Akila's photos are always raw and sultry. Her pics remind me of old photographs, the ones you can find of your parents and their earlier partners. Intimate, real and beautiful. Photos like that rarely are taken with a digital camera. It's something about the old way I miss... When you got your pictures back and flipped through them, not knowing how they had turned out. There is a realness in them that's so lost now. I think the pics above captures that realness. What do you guys think?

These photos are from the latest issue of Contributor Magazine. Check out Contributors website for more awesome shots, or Akila's site if you haven't already.

Okay. Where to start... I do actually love this. This is probably as far away from decadence you can come. Carousels and my little pony.. But somewhere in my little girly heart I find this incredibly cute. This is from the Louis Vuitton S/S 2012 show, LV has never been one of my favorite brands, but I do like this little princess theme. I almost feel like they have gotten the inspiration for the collection from all those blond girls with pastel colored hair highlights or like they had dipped their hair in dye,



you remember this trend?

Wow! Somebody has grown up! Frances Bean Cobain shot by Hedi Slimane. She really has lost a lot of weight! She does look a bit trashy, but hey! It's grunge... I am surprised finding myself thinking she looks pretty in some of these, what do you think?

Taylor Momsen. Definitely a part of the decadence crew. I do love her trashy grunge rock style, what do you guys think? Too trashy? or rock n roll perfection? On another note: my mom would have killed me if I dressed like that at her age (she's 18 now, but she dressed the same way when she was 16/17).

So, let me explain what Château Decadence is to me. This is not a blog, this is a lifestyle.
You know how you have dreams that you want to happen before the age of ... and dreams that you have your whole life to realize. C.D. is that life long project for me, there is no end to it - I can see anything happening; books, tv serie, movies, magazine, clothing line, music, musical, nightclubs, hotels.. the list goes on..

Château Decadence is a concept more than anything. The concept of living life to its fullest without boundaries. Ever wanted to go to a nightclub that never closes? No dress code, you can come naked if you want to. Of course when, or lets say IF, you get in you will have the time of your life, every night. I see crystal chandeliers (and of course cristal champagne), smoke, velvet, burlesque and decadence. Not burlesque as in a forced show, but natural. The life of no limits has no stops, no prudence. You're not vulgar, you're spontaneous. Nobody will judge you, no cameras - no consequences. What happens in Château Decadence stays in Château Decadence, and is only shared that one night with those special selected few that have the code to get in. Tempted? I am.

So, officially 21 now. 22.32. I had some troubble grasping that I'm actually 21.. not so much over looks or even age, just that I'm not exactly where I want to be in my life.. I wish I had come further. But here I stand, stronger than ever. All of my 20th year was a learning experience, boys, love, job, money, dreams and most of all I no longer have a knee problem, witch is crazy. Since I was 16 my knee has been one of my biggest hold backs. But today - it's as good as new! Thanks to surgery in Strasbourg and rehab in St Raphaël. I'm incredibly thankfull for that.