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40s Shanghai Chic

Maxi Cheongsam and long coat was the most popular style in Shanghai during 1940s. At that very period the design of women’s wear became much simpler and more practical, the well tailored cheongsam dress was loose but fits each woman’s shape perfectly . Curly hair,…

Black Jack

Women in all black looks the best, so dramatic and mysterious. That day my friend Shoko in her store Townes said my black outfit reminds her the Japanese manga “Black Jack”,although I didn’t think about it before! I guess a lot of inspiration is hidden…

Memories of Snow

Now of course winter is gone and it feels like Spring is in its full bloom. It has to be the shortest winter I have ever seen. Dressing in white is a form of camouflage for me with this type of weather, but im happy…

Aestheticism

Art Nouveau and the golden age illustrations used to be my favorites during my studies. Of course I still love them very much even now, just not as passionate as before …Time is changing, people’s aesthetic taste changes as well, but some of the style…

Snow Blind

The blind snow only was in Berlin for a short time, then vanished as if it never came here. I couldn’t describe how much I love the snow in Berlin, all the colorful architecture was covered by those heavy white blanket, the whole Berlin looked…

Walking Tall

Sunshine! The sun is back in Berlin after a freezing winter and it is very welcome. The other day I had a little walk whilst drinking my coffee, a daily routine to relax and wake up the mind. Then I came across this man. He…

Ocean beauties.

Another work from “The Ocean” series, sleeping ocean beauties.   Painting by Nancy.Z

The Little Mermaid.

 The Ocean is vast and full of possibilities in creative inspiration for people such as myself.  There is such beauty in the depths of the ocean and even the superficial surface. You can see from my picture here clear inspiration of the Aquatic Sometimes ….

Snow Red.

Finally the snow came to Berlin, although it is ice cold. For me the real winter has just arrived, I feel happy like kid! Painting by Nancy.Z Photography by Pickledthoughts   Moodboard           Child with red hat, Mary Cassatt, 1908

Street impressions- A summer night.

  An elegant girl who I came across and her boyfriend. The way she held herself in a such nonchalant pose, gazing off thoughtfully during the conversation with the guy she was with, thinking about some intimate part of her life yet at the same…