MY BIGGEST LOVE

CHEERS TO LIFE!

This is not a New Year promising list…a “new me” thing, neither “now it´s finally time to get serious” one. I am not a fan of it, probably because I cannot see the point of it. Why would I throw under the carpet or even simply erase something built through not only last 365 days, but especially many, many years of collecting mistakes, loses, loves, betrays, new meetings, new knowledge, good and bad habits. Years of growing, which I am still and will be till the last breath. Sounds romantically, which many fragments in life are or more accurately to say may have shades, tints of softness, easiness, lightness and joy, making you emotionally and spiritually fulfilled, balanced. Otherwise life is mostly intense, demanding, too fast and tough, even brutal, like my past 365 days, when, without extra drama, you have two options, to swim out of the “rising black water” or drown. The first option always sounds logical, which it is when you think about it during “calm-water” days, but always the hardest to choose when it’s actually happening. The consequence, the final act of it is the heavenly feeling with your personal luggage (a bit) fuller of wisdom and knowledge as it was before, and with you full of wounds that will become scars, your “life “partner „symbols, or “life medals” reflecting your inner strength and always reminding you which on which path you walked through life so far, which mistakes you made, the ones that you should avoid. Let’s rise and shine. Cheers to life! ❤️ xT

FRANCA

PRINCE

After David at the beginning of this year, one another music genius left us yesterday. The music accompanies each of us through the life. Different songs make us to remember different moments, good or bad, comforting or encourage us. Prince long "palette" of sounds, filled with emotions, did that with many songs throughout my journey. I have no doubts, that regardless his physical absence, he will be still present, to enrich my future life chapters.

GETTING THERE

Where? For instance to get that strive for imperfection is nonsense. Perfection cannot be detected, because it doesn´t exist or in other words, you will be never satisfied. I am not praising passiveness, but to do so with imperfections. Yes, the things that seemly - fruit of our insecurity - bitter our lives. What for?? They simply make us diverse. And for god´s sake, what is wrong with the word "diverse", since going hand by hand – mhm, married -with "unique". On the other side is the tendency towards perfection bittering our life. “Imperfection has a lot of charm”, said Isabel Marant. Don´t you think she´s right? We´re getting there.

TO SPEND MONEY OR NOT TO ON A PAIR OF JEANS?

When the subject is jeans, we all have the same idea of them: most of the time they are blue*, paired with zip or buttons, belt loops and having five pockets**. That´s our basic notion about them. The difference comes with all wash-variations, colouring and the fit. The market has full of brands, variations, so tons of options for you to choose. Most of the time one of key factors is the price. On the market you have jeans for 20 Eur (approximately $25) and jeans for 200 (approximately $25)  or more. Yes, yes, plus all in-between ones. But why is such a difference in the price? You would probably think that they are only jeans.  So what really makes a difference between the cheapest and the most expensive one, not to mention all those in between? Fabric quality? Yeah. How they are treated? Yes. Where they are produced? A big yes. And there´s much more. Find it about out on this lovely graphic below. I almost forget it. Which one I buy or would buy? Before I didn´t put a lot of attention to the quality/fabric, which changed in last years, due the fact that everything I buy, I want that last. As with everything else. So I take time to research and discover great samples made from Japanese denim. Costly, would you say. Yes, they were, but that´s why the patience and a bit of luck pay of, because I almost every time buy them on discount.

D WEEK

Trend followers and not*, we have this and upcoming season something really**in common. It´s not just about a piece, but more about of material and from which can be made almost everything. I am totally realistic, when I say that everybody*** is in contact with it from early age. What I am talking about? Three possibilities to guess would be more than enough, but I will not tease you anymore. Denim, yeah! If nothing else, my first memory of it is traced to my early childhood wearing denim dungarees. A little farm-boy like in the city . Since then the denim industry evolved enormously, not only  in numbers of different jeans brands that have been established, but the functionality and usable side of it in different sectors.

That´s why I´ve decided that this week´s post will be mostly focus on denim and you´re right if you presume that will be in correlation with fashion. So let the D week starts!

*me included

** that really is underlined, bolded and big

***and I mean that

EQUAL

We claim to live in modern years. What modern means to you? High-tech? Ok. But that´s it, because everything else I find it really close minded, to not say ignorant! Sorry, maybe I sound rude, but first of all and beside all, I am frank.  

"Profit cannot be a justification for bigotry and racism." 

- Nick Knight -

Now I will explain you why the accuse, which is a pure fact.  I know that everything today, sadly, is led by money and profit, without taking care of moral issues and other things that come across and “obstruct” the whole process. Fashion business is not different. It´s primarily, yes, a business. Excusable? Even when you think that fashion is doing something to help certain community, minorities, at the deep end is a pure profit. Ok. Maybe I am too drastic and there are few* individuals** that are doing opposite and fight against that. So it´s not quite a novelty that in fashion beside everything is also and still a big racial aspect present. How many black models or Asian or by any other race, that is not white, you saw during last fashion weeks or campaigns or editorials? There are daily examples, like this one shared by a Sudanese model Nykhor Paul.

"What we want to say is, ‘We are not a trend!’ It shouldn't have to be that way. I don't want it to be a trend. I didn’t work 28 years for it to be a trend." – said Naomi Campbell to Nick Knight about this issue in the video below. So you still want to call this era "modern"?  Really? Do you thing that we really go forward, when these things are still happening on daily basis? Can we start to make a difference? Now!

LAST SUMMER DAY

christophe lemaire over-shirt jacket

sunspel t-shirt

christophe lemaire virgin wool shorts

mansur gavriel leather pouch

church´s loafers

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Actually summer ends tomorrow at 5pm in; yes, by nature-rules should it be the warmest quarter part of the year. But it was? I mind few days of over-high temperature and sultry weather, but that´s all. On the other hand I am actually not a big summer fan, to be sincere. I don´t like too hot-sultry weather, when things you put on you is compressed-like bonded, creams inclusive. Living under the air-condition with a bottle of water in one hand and a tissue of paper to sweep your sweet in the other one, plus being on the toilette every half an hour at least, it´s not really a paradise; Even when you decide to go to the beach; you prepare yourself by putting a sunscreen lotion on, like an hour before you are actually on a beach and before you reach a beach, all cream drained away (did I mention, that you need to re-apply the lotion every time you go wet? That is written on every sunscreen product.). Nice feeling - sticky. Yuk! As soon as you get there in less than a blink of an eye you use it as a good excuse to jump into the sea. Yeeeah, that fresh feeling, that only the sea during summertime can give you. In that moment you forget everything listed before. I call it summer charm. Like the fresh breeze during nights drinking a cocktail or "raw" gin (with some tonic in..ok ) and with the addition of mosquito bites. They´re not pleasant, especially not beautiful, if we consider that you have that red mark of non-love (lump), probably on the most exposed part of the body for days, but it happens only during summer. Huh, I see I was quite elaborate here. In fact I miss all those things listed; yes, you read it right. After many years, you get used of them and when you get used of them, you can live without it. Gosh, how predictable a human can be?  

/ Photo ©tedore /

PROSE I

The 18th century writer and composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau said, that “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet” and he absolutely knew what the core of patience is. If I still relate on the fruit, it takes time, the input energy, effort and love before the plant itself grows and even more when it starts to „produce” any fruit; whether it´s about the field, garden or the balcony version of it. Every time I see my skinny green plant “throwing out” on her own a new flower, a big smile appears on my face. It´s like a birth process to me. I know that in this case the effort is bigger from it side, than from mine, because so far I am only good putting fresh cut flowers in a vase full of water (of course, I mind this), then diligently and regularly change this water with fresh one. Any step further in the horticulture world is like a “Cul-de-Sac” (dead-end street) for me. I cannot handle it. Yet.  Yes, the knowledge is not everything, if you cannot transmit it into a daily use. No succeed (yet) as the way I want it or it should be respectively.  It will. One day. Because I am trying. And I don´t care if it will be a matter of my stubbornness or of the willing to transmit the real “know-how” theory to the even more real reality.  I want it. That´s the point. I do care that my tiny and at first look fragile plant is not left to itself. Ok, she gets the water and she “sunbathe” enough. But this cannot be everything. A lonely, occasionally flower is not enough. 

Also German for example, which in the last few months is amusing me, is not self-evident. Not at all. I am a polyglot by nature, but this language is slower and harder to pop. Placid learning, beside my stormy personality, is fruitful. After four months of learning, “Guten Morgen” (Good Morning), “Danke” (Thank you) and few numbers, are now only a shadow of themselves. With no problem I can now walk around in any German-speaking city, without having anymore that shyly feeling of not being  able to order a coffee, or something more than a “Wiener schnitzel” (Viennese cutlet), to ask for direction or even to exchange anecdotes with local people. Now is really fluently and without the “aaa” intermezzo. A step towards to reach the goal: to perfectly master the language. Yes, with patience and effort. Here we are again. Without them, that cannot work. 

It´s really a good pleasure for me, every time when I am able to praise myself, because I did something good, in the way I should did. Mind that I have really high and strict standards (I am the worst pain in the ass to myself) and it´s not always that easy to reach. Shopping is one of my hard-to-leave nightmares. Well, not to me, but for my bank account.  It´s not an addiction, but in past I bought things that I liked, without needing them. It´s really banal example, ok, but not that much when you realize that my bank account breaths now more freely and without “the help” of various by-passes and similarities. To contain my impulsiveness is not that simple, so to be able to transmit this point onto the common sense part, instead of the heart-wish part, it´s (finally) the sign, that I get a grip on myself and that I react more mature. It was really a time. There is always the “but” thing here. In the end, the beautifully composed domino collapse, when I don´t take enough time to write this text properly. Blame it on spontaneous now!

WATER FOUNTAIN

                                                                     performed by tUnE-yArDs

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Let´s have a kick-ass weekend! With or without sun, rain showers, people to take at least one coffee with (or evening with a glass of something), good bank situation, partner,...etc. It doesn´t matter how, where and with who (or not), just do it! My big part of the weekend will be on the road, so maybe we can catch us somewhere. Who knows? :)

until then...xx t

RIP ZORAN GAREVSKI

We´ve met not long ago and I got a chance to share life experiences with you. The quantity never defines the quality and the deepness of emotions, things. You are a rare example of a person that from the very first moment you meet, inspires you deeply. Your style, sincerity and simplicity are a completely take over for me. The fact that I can´t share those emotions, laugh and experiences with you anymore, makes me sad and vulnerable. But in the same instant I know that I carry you, your persona with me. That´s also a reason why I have used a present tense here. You left a strong steal…you are here, present in me.

forever...t

Nekje, nekoč...za vedno Garevski

Somewhere, once…was a title of a very special and touching fashion event and charity auction in honour of a designer who in last 17 years enormously marked and raise the level of fashion in Slovenija, Zoran Garevski happened this past Tuesday 29^th April in Ljubljana, Stara elektrarna.  That day was also Zoran´s birthday and he wanted to celebrate it in a special way; 34 his friends –designers:  Peter Movrin, Dajana Ljubičić , Sanija Reja, Katja Magister, Nena Florjančić, Anđela Lukanović, Nina Tomažin, Ana Jelinič, Petja Zorec, Špela Hvale, Barbara Vrbančič, Barbara Krmelj, Matic Veler, Maja Leskovšek, Sofija Urumović, Sara Valenci, Elena Fajt, Almira Sadar, Vesna Mirtelj, Barbara Podlogar, JSP - Jelena in Svetlana Proković, Urša in Tomaž Draž, Urša Drofenik, Anja Mlakar, Maja Mehle, Marta Kosturska, Petra Grmek, Gia Gruden, Nina Šušnjara, Romi Bukovec, Goga Štiftar, Olgafacesrok - Olga Košica in Rok Marinšek ter Marjeta Grošelj, made their own-unique garment inspired by Zoran´s work.  All pieces shown on the runway were then gone on the auction. The raised money was donated to a hospice house “Hopsic” where Zoran is currently living and which very kind stuff is taking care of him. The lesson of life came from the designer itself, who despite his illness was present in first person during the whole event. His and Hospic motto is: “Give life to your days and not days to your life”.

You can still participate to maintain the service and the mission of hospice house “Hospic” (to give the complete care to very ill people in their final stage of the disease and to their family, where patients are accommodated, for free):

- by sending an SMS with the word “HOSPIC5” on a number 1919. In this way with each SMS you will donate 5 Eur to hospice house “Hospic”

- or you can transfer a random amount on their bank account IBAN SI56 0700 0000 2061 243 (GB d.d., Kranj)

/ Photos courtesy of MMC RTV SLO-Sandi Fišer /

TEDORE IS BACK

After 9 long days "Tedore" is back, with the same flair, desire and childish-like curiosity to discover and serve you what fashion and beauty in general can offer nowadays. No more on te-dore.com. The right and only "Tedore" destination address from today on is: tedore.at

To be sincere it has been also 9 painful and nerve wracking days for me, thinking about the uncertain future of the blog...the biiiig problem was the hosting company of my previous domain and that was also the reason why the web address needed to be changed. I will not polemicize and neither will point the finger to anyone. "Tedore" lives on and that´s what really counts for me.

For a great support I would say a big THANK YOU to Fleur Glansbeek (she is also the realizator of the "Tedore" website look and the super-talented look creator for many blogs and websites. Take a look at here website here) and to a web technician Sinisa.

A special biiiig THANK YOU goes to all of you, my beloved followers. Without your support "Tedore" would be much weaker and who knows that will also celebrate its first 5 years. No better timing I guess for this change...like re-born.

With all my Love,

Tedore

/ Original image courtesy of Maison Martin Margiela /

COME AS YOU ARE

Continuing with my concept: simple, natural and elegant is also the new i-D Spring 2014 issue, covering my favorite model, Daria Werbowy and photographed by always great Karim Sadli. Is there anything better? Do we need anything more? Sure,...to mind the message from the cover > Come as you are < means to me: 

> Don´t pretend, just be yourself...always <

...for most of people it´s the hardest thing; but if you think, it´s harder to pretend to be someone else the whole time, than just be who you really are. Don´t you think? And I met lots of them - pretenders...people with no personality, willing to squeeze your persona, just because you think differently or look differently or act differently or... be different, be you and never turn your´s back on your persona.

p.s.: only now I saw this...two i-D posts in a row :P

FIRST KISS

There are different "first kisses". There is the stamp-like one with just a quick touch of two compressed lips*, mostly happened during our childhood. If I remember well, I was like ten. The after-reaction? Two fast steps backward and the lip whipping, made simultaneously, to finish with a bit blushy smile.

But I guess we all think that the first one, the real one is composed by four** basic ingredients: mouth, tongue, love and passion. I guess I do not need to explain the technique of how to...the base is always the same + some personalization by each of us. This one happened quite late...the last day of the second grade during the High school. The combination of Love and passion makes even the worst thing, the best ones.

And there are first kisses, that they become always first with a new person...a first kiss with that person. On a first date or on a day you meet for the first time the person***, like in this video... of 20 strangers sharing a first kiss. It was made by a filmmaker Tatia PIlieva as part of L.A. label Wren’s fall ad campaign.

* a similar shape of lips you get after you squeeze with them a lemon
** almost
*** party, a "hormone" crush,...

SPRING SCENT

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FLOWERHEAD by BYREDO

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I am that kind of person that when I found my perfume, the scent that represent me most (and not only)...I tend to use it over and over and over...for an unlimited, uncounted period. I tend to have a favorite, fresh-light one during the whole year*  and for special** occasions I use time by time a bit deeper scent. The quantity of it it´s really important for me; I would say less is more***. It´s a matter of a droplet or maximum too of the scent****.

But***** sometimes is good to add new, fresh things to revive, stimulate our routine...to add an extra beat and the Spring time is really a period when most of us tend to start make changes******. Some of them are inevitable and the result of recent life events and there are the funny, unexpected ones; the ones that when you wake up, you get a click in your mind and there´s no time to wait, the thing*******, need to be done in that moment. No I am not talking about those black, drastic things...just funny-crazy ones. Ones you regret with a smile on your face, after you already did them. Like a drastic change of hair color or haircut. Or an impulsive buy. How many of you had days like this? How many of you said after "WTF??". I have them...quite many. The hair color too; but that ended well. My hairdresser convinced me not to do it. The real reason was an extra time in between of thinking and actually doing it...a time to calm down the impulse. But at the end I am still not convinced at 100% that ended well...I am still with my hair color, lol :P

The one thing that I am now sure is that I will start to revolutionize my pre-Spring days with a new scent. Yes, small steps are cool-er.

* I am not a "need to have a summer and winter perfume" believer
** means mostly evening
*** I don´t like that the perfume overcome me
**** neck zone mostly, sometimes wrists
***** yes, the but thing :)
****** the belief in New Year vows ends with the empty glass of champagne, wherewith we toast few seconds before)
******* sometimes the really crazy one

DETOX TIME

It´s official…holidays are over! And with it also eating too much (mostly heavy food), less or none movement, drinking alcohol (one of the highest drinking period in a year…and it´s not just about champagne!). But we didn´t overdone only with food and drinks, the new year means also to overview (almost) a little what you have done (or/and didn´t) in the past year. Bad habits? What I missed?...etc. In one word, it´s a DETOX time.

Detox for me is not only the process of neutralizing or eliminating toxins from my body (this is definitely not with drinking lemon water or starvation)…it´s also a process to clean or let´s say purify our soul, habits. We all tend to do some things in a way we shouldn´t, like me spending too much money or let´s say it in that way: I tend to buy not just need, essential things, but also the ones with a less importance, the ones with the) “expiry date” aka season stuff. But about this in the next post (episode ;) ).

Now let´s start with the main purpose of the word “detox”, cleaning our body, inside and outside. 

A good idea is to write down a NO and YES to do list. When you are doing it, you have to be 100% sincere with yourself...if not, where´s the point of this? Half done things brings you half-made results ;)

Less sugar and no stress making are probably the toughtest ones for me from the lest. I can not remove choccolate...sorry. I will try to eat it less, that´s for sure :P The same "problem" is my hyperactive personality which time by time is a good stress maker for me ;) Need to learn how to calm down, relax and enjoy every moment. Yeah...be more disposed on spontaneous things. That´s already from my "YES" list :)

This kind of a detox shouldn´t be a pain in the ass thing, but something you are happy to do or willing to some changes in your life...to enrich it, bring it on another, higher level. Just for your own good.

Good luck with it to you all! (and me too ;) ) + do not forget to report me how is going

p.s.: I already started with Yoga and sugar-less meals...and it looks by now great!

MAKE A WISH

Dear my adorable followers,

It´s been an inspiring and amazing year for me and the blog, especially the second part of the past year. And that´s all because of YOU! Every day, every post, there were more of you. More visits, comments, shares and support. So I would really Love to take this opportunity to say a big THANK YOU!

You made me happy and willing to continue this fabulous journey of Te-dore.com with even more energy, passion, fun and Love in the 2014.

Never stop dreaming, wishing...they always come true!

Loads of Love,

xxx Tedore

THE BLACK BOX

This year´s Christmas we decided to enjoy it with less presents under the tree...by mean less, I mean actually none...because it´s not the right time time to play a big Jack and spend money, but just to enjoy a good company and food. We did it.  But there was a black box under the Christmas tree; a famous black box. I guess I was really good in the past year to earn a present, beside the agreement. What was inside?...something I wished (my 7-dayswish list) and you will discover in one of my future posts ;)

Thanks Santa! ❤