Dangerously sensual: Rihanna + Laetitia

I couldn’t ignore a video like this. Not only because gorgeous Laetitia Casta has been one of my favourite models ever since I got my hands on Russian Cosmo back in, let me think, 1996-97. The video is so incredibly hot, it could have easily be rated for 16+ viewers and then cancelled in many countries, which, frankly, wouldn’t surprise me. Love it.

Music tag for fun and pleasure

So I say...

Thank you for the music, the songs I'm singing.

Thanks for all the joy they're bringing.

Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty.

What would life be?

Without a song or a dance what are we?

So, basically, yes, just to sum up ABBAs immortal lyrics, I love music. Almost all kinds of music with my special loves being classic, pop and rock. Doing this tag is something very exciting for me because it's like sharing something from my heart and soul and that is why I want to write a massive THANK YOU to the best and prettiest dentist in the world, little Miss Toothfairy. If you haven't seen her blog, then definitely visit it as soon as you finish reading mine.

So the rule of the tag is to complete a survey below, mention the title and the artist, mention the person who tagged me (check) and tag three other bloggers.

PERSONAL

Top 40s at the moment (I am just going to pick my 3 most favourite songs, not 40...): Quelqu'un m'a dit - Carla Bruni, Relax - Mika, Never coming home - Sting

3 songs that represent your feeling at the moment: Paris - Faith Hill, Rain - Madonna, Radio - The Corrs.

Songs that give you spirit when you are down: Ombra del gigante - Eros Ramazzotti, Don't stop me now - Queen, Irresistible - The Corrs, Welcome to wherever you are - Bon Jovi, Hey God - Bon Jovi, Catch you - Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Up! - Shania Twain, Let me entertain you - Robbie Williams, Smile - Charlie Chaplin, My oh my - Tina Turner, It's raining men - The weather girls.

SPONTANEOUS

you should be spontaneous, scroll slowly and make sure you read each entry, one by one before continuing to the next question

Wedding:

If my heart had wings - Faith Hill

Sexy!

J'taime moi non plus - Serge Gainsbourg / Jane Birkin

I hate my ex, he's a real jerk! (pardon my French, don't usually use words like this... and I don't actually hate anyone from my past...)

Eternity - Robbie Williams (long story, perhaps, will tell you some other time...)

R&B night:

Sexy - Black eyed peas

Diamond:

Kissing a fool - George Michael

Eccentric:

Filthy/Gorgeous - Scissor sisters

British:

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Adorable:

Mockingbird song - Katie Melua

I would love to tag the following bloggers not only because they are absolutely unique, but also because these guys would create very special lists of songs, I am 100% sure: Dapper Kid (very classy classic writing style and great taste in everything), Miss Always Carried Away (beautiful marshmallow'y romantic darling) and Sofie (the sweetest girl who is very dear to me)

P.S. More tags tomorrow, so come and visit me again...

Love,

LittleRus

xxx

Photo: Numero Tokyo October 20009

Psycho-logic by Christian Louboutin

Loved this short Hitchcock-inspired film written and directed by Christian Louboutin to celebrate the opening of his LA boutique. A nightmare that turns into a dream for gorgeous Elisa Sednaoui who finds herself in Heaven full of glitter and, of course, Louboutins (that as far as I can see all come in her size :) ) and then gets a chance to meet Monsieur Louboutin himself. I was also very happy to see that Mika is back and his music is great as always because I adore him (and yes, I've just ordered his new album).

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Good bye, Michael!

Well, I must say I am a bit late with my post in some respect. I woke up on Friday and heard the news while reading a message from my friend. I thought I was a bad joke. I couldn't believe it and for a moment there the world felt quite shaky. But I had to get ready and go. I didn't have time to write anything at all.

I still find it hard to believe that Michael Jackson is gone. Forever. I've never been what I call a true fan, but his music was always a part of my life, which made that particular moments of life rather special. I'd say a lot more, but I think I'll keep my opinion to myself now because here it's all about fashion and my opinion is not going to bring him back to life anyway. Instead I am going to put some of my favourite videos here featuring Naomi, Iman and very young Tyra. And share a moment of melting cloudy sadness that fills heart and soul and turns into tears as it slowly comes out... R.I.P.

Karl Lagerfeld designs for the National Ballet

"The Dying Swan" has always been one of my most favourite ballet performance. I first saw it when I was four or five in a movie about Anna Pavlova who worked with Mikhail Fokine who created the solo ballet dance in 1907. Accompanied by Camille Saint-Saens's The Swan (the thirteen movement of the Carnival of the Animals) it was incredibly moving, beautiful and very sad.

Anna Pavlova

Since then I saw this magical dance many times as it was always performed after "The Swan Lake". Should I also mention that as a little girl I always dreamed of having this costume? I even created something out of what was available (probably, my grandma's curtains) and vividly remember attaching a finishing touch to the top bit - a big ruby brooch, which was also borrowed from my grandma (I don't think she ever found out though).

This year Karl Lagerfeld designed a dream costume for Senior Principal Dancer Elena Glurdjidze who performed the Dying Swan as a part of the English National Ballet's season of Ballet Russes at Sadler's Wells in London in June. The costume took 3 women and 100 hours to make and is a work of art, a true masterpiece. As a part of her final fitting, Elena danced The Dying Swan for Lagerfeld in his Chanel studio. The video of the beautiful dance was made by Karl Lagerfeld himself and you can watch it here.

"As a child I was already impressed by old images of Anna Pavlova dancing the ballet," Lagerfeld said in his interview, adding that, "the Ballet Russes were an influence for me". It looks like the history is repeating itself as Lagerfeld seems to be following the steps of Coco Chanel herself, who supported Sergey Dyagilev while he was staging The Dying Swan in 1919.

Here I also include videos of Anna Pavlova and Maya Plisetskaya (I adore her and think that her Swan is the most beautiful ever).

Translation: ....the Dying Swan became famous. This short 2-minute dance was choreographed for a young ballerina Anna Pavlova in 1907. The Dying Swan was an impromptu idea and is considered to be one of the most inspirational Fokine's works, a dramatic symbol of rebellion against death.

Sources: youtube.com, chanel.com, vogue.co.uk, bloomacious.com

Unfashionable pleasures of life

I spend my afternoon, such a dreamy, sleepy, quiet and transparent moment of time, in my kitchen, preparing creme caramel and listening to one of the most beautiful albums I've even owned, Quelqu'un m'a dit by Carla Bruni (her first music "baby"). True, there are always exception for anything and here is the one when a beautiful model can have everything - beauty, brains, talent and sensual mystery. If you even want to please your soul, then listen to this CD, have some beautiful creme caramel and enjoy a quiet moment of simple and yet exquisite pleasure.

Bon Jovi & Cindy C.

I am in a Christmas mood today, so decided to add this very special video to my blog... Why is it so special? Well, because first of all I simply adore Bon Jovi. And Cindy has always been one of my favourite fashion models, one of the true top models. And since this is Christmas (almost) what could be better than this perfect combination of fashion and music?