*****Merry xmas from Stella*****

Flowers and ribbon hair pieces

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo

Kirsten Dunst in "Marie Antoinette"

Marc Jacobs eye wear

Marc Jacobs SS2011

It is party season and time for adding that little extra touch. Get inspired by these lovely ladies and make a nice hair piece of flowers or ribbons.

Stella in Chinese Indoor magazine

Stella has made it all the way to China and is featured in the December issue of the Chinese lifestyle magazine "Indoor". Stella is listed as "The Editors New Discovery", see more here.
Thanks a lot Indoor magazine.

Stella loves Agnes Obel

Photo by Mali Lazell

The Danish singer songwriter Agnes Obel is a shinning star. Her first album "Philharmonics" is a pleasure to listen to. The album is full of beautiful melodies and her lovely piano playing. Agnes lives in Berlin and recorded her album here. Listen to her beautiful music here.

Louise Bourgeois in London

At Hauser & Wirth Gallery in London you will find a solo exhibition by the late Louise Bourgeois untill the 18th December. The exhibition is featuring over seventy fabric drawings made between 2002 and 2008, as well as four large-scale sculptures. Made from clothes and other domestic effects accrued over decades, Bourgeois’s fabric drawings are abstract yet acutely personal works, retaining allusions to the materials’ past incarnations. So if you come to London go and check out these beautiful pattern and colour combination or take a look here.

Time for book classics

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

It is cold outside and it is time to get cosy on the sofa with a good book. These classics by Penguin have the most beautiful covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.  Eye candy and must reads for book lovers!

Stella in Storm

Now you can also buy Stella in Storm, a very nice fashion and design shop in Copenhagen. They have cool brands like Comme Des Garcons Play, Jonathan Saunders and Whyred and they have a great selection of books and magazines.

Sara Gomes/The second bus home

In the next issue of Stella magazine out in March one of Stella's contributors will be the photographer Sara Gomes/The second bus home. We are very happy to show Sara's talented work and are really looking forward to showing her lovely pictures in Stella magazine. Sara has a blog as well. Visit it here and get inspired!

Popquilts from Julie Ansiau

The French photographer Julie Ansiau creates these wonderful multi coloured objects which she draws, sews and embroiders entirely by hand. She calls these objects « popquilts ». Take a look at her website - really amazing hand work and fun objects that makes you happy!

Julie is inspired by pop culture, referencing everyday life and reproducible objects, a deliberately simple language that then comes to life through her needle. 

Patchwork burka

Check out this project by fashion student Sara Emilie Terp. She combines fashion and politics in her Patchopia Burka Project. The colorful Burka made out of patchwork is ment to be worn as a statement of freedom and it symbolises the right to independence and individuality. 

Read more about Sara Emilie and her work in the first issue of Stella. You can buy our magazine here.

murmur - a cool Japanese magazine

Look at these beautiful covers. We came across this nice Japanese magazine called murmur. It is published by a Japanese fashion brand and the theme is "To live beautiful and sweet". The magazine is  about eco-fashion and sustainable lifestyles. Maybe a good theme for Stella to look into for the next issue...? Please let us know if there are subjects you wish to read about in Stella.

Broken Fab

Broken fab aka Fabienne Morel is a cool jewellery designer from Switzerland. Influenced by club culture and African tribal design she creates colourful and unique hand beaded bracelets, ear rings and necklaces. Read more about Broken fab and where she gets her inspiration from in the first issue of Stella.

Stella magazine on Bloesem blog

Bloesem is a really nice blog about design and living made by Irene Hoofs. This week Bloesem did a second post about Stella magazine. Read the interview ("Let's get personal tour") with Laura Terp Hansen, founder and Art Director of Stella magazine and check out the earlier post about Stella magazine here. Thanks a lot for your posts Bloesem!

Spoon magazine

Spoon is a cool Japanese fashion/lifestyle magazine for girls. They have some great covers and inspiring layout. The text is in Japanese but the photography is really nice. You can buy the summers issue here at Uguisu online shop - check out their other magazines and their books - they have a really nice selection.

Stella in Japan

Stella will be in Japan for the next couple of weeks and will be sharing some inspiration with you from this inspiring country full of contrast.