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dori

Name: Dori Z.
City: Warsaw, PL

Dori grew up in Warsaw, a full –blooded Pole. Working for two years as a PR consultant at HBO, mainly documentaries, series and HBO events too. Helped Comme des Garcons Guerilla Store opening and brand launch in Poland. Worked at the first Polish glossy lifestyle magazine – A4. Booked the best Polish models at the most reputable Polish model agency Model Plus.


She is at heart a party promoter – the life and soul of the Warsaw party!!!!


posts by this scout:

Polish Gareth Pugh

(Aug 26, 2010) Konrad Parol decided to pursue his greatest desire and start designing menswear. His AW ’10 collection is inspired by the post...

Discovery!

(Aug 19, 2010) Inspired by Canadian kitchen parties, acoustic instrumentations and music collectives while growing up in North Bay and later in ...

Miracle at the Vistula

(Aug 18, 2010) The idea is very simple. Dirty and beautiful river, Vistula, and its surroundings are great locations for bars and cafes. CUD an...

Legal downloading

(Aug 13, 2010) Based in Berlin but available worldwide, Soundcloud had the intention of allowing musicians to share recordings with each other, ...

Fingers crossed for TVP Kultura

(Aug 12, 2010) TVP Kultura is the first TV theme channel to be run by the Polish public broadcaster TVP. The channel was launched a few years ag...

Love is colder than death

(Aug 09, 2010) New German Cinema is all about Rainer Werner Maria Fassbinder. He died in 1982 but is still considered a huge inspiration to youn...

Cult of Celebrity

(Jul 23, 2010) My love for De Niro sends me to Amazon from time to time. I have recently watched The King of Comedy and wasn’t surprised t...

New DVD Box Set Blowing My Mind

(Jul 22, 2010) The entire television run of Twin Peaks is included in Paramount’s Definitive Gold Box Edition. Hidden in a eye fucking gold box...

Polish Brighton

(Jul 21, 2010) With its magnificent location, Sopot has always been a fashionable resort. The late-19th and early-20th-century aristocrats and a...

Masterpiece

(Jul 20, 2010) Jacaszek Pentral is a music producer who combines electronic sounds with raw acoustic instruments. His MySpace page reads: ̶...

Kasia’s Blog

(Jul 12, 2010) Kasia Bobula is a London-based fashion journalist and photographer. She has written for a variety of magazines including Dazed &a...

Instant mood enhancers

(Jul 10, 2010) The combination of sweet icing and fluffy sponge in an irresistibly cute package is fast becoming our favourite treat worldwide. ...

Krystof’s dream

(Jul 10, 2010)   Photo by Kasia Bobula Many Poles have settled in London since Poland joined the European Union that it was only a matter of tim...

Protected: Lonely brand advertising

(Jul 01, 2010) Q: What bad examples have you seen of brands using social networking sites/applications/services?  A: It was really hard to fin...

Protected: Connecting with brands

(Jul 01, 2010) Q: What good examples have you seen of brands using social networking sites/applications/services? A: RunKeeper iPhone – Ni...

Protected: Forums will come back

(Jul 01, 2010) Q: What do you expect to be the ‘next big thing’ or ‘next big trend’ in social networking? A: I think social networking mo...

Protected: The necessary iPhone?

(Jul 01, 2010) Q: What new social networking sites/applications/services have you heard of recently? What do you think of them? How do you feel ...

Protected: No other tool is as good as Facebook

(Jul 01, 2010) Q: How do you feel about social networking sites/applications/services? Why do you feel this way? How does it affect how you use t...

Highlander Fashion

(Jun 25, 2010) Meet Olga Szynkarczuk - she’s a young Polish designer thats rediscovered traditional Polish highlander shoes called “...

Protected: Warsaw is not really a pub place

(Jun 21, 2010) Q: How do you tend to socialize with your friends? How has this changed over the past year? How do you expect this to change over ...

All that I love!

(Jun 16, 2010) It was like a breath of fresh air! Borcuch’s newest film, the Sundance pick, All That I Love (“Wszystko co kocham”), will ...

Protected: Facebook is constantly improving

(Jun 16, 2010) Q: What’s your current perspective on Facebook? Are you and your friends still using it, if so what for and how has this change...

Dynasty forever

(Jun 14, 2010) Dynasty is quite possibly the best soap opera ever.Revisiting this classic American show from the 80s has proven to be even bette...

Collaboration that actually works very well

(Jun 10, 2010) The Creators Project is a new network dedicated to the celebration of creativity and culture across media, and around the world...

Is Marina From Marina and the Diamonds Polish?

(Jun 08, 2010) There is much hope in Poland that Marina from Marina and the Diamonds is Polish.  Nope.  Marina Diamandis  hails from Wales...

Polanski’s ghost

(May 14, 2010) You may think they’d give someone who survived both the Holocaust and Charles Manson a break. But Roman Polanski is having seri...

Real Life Is No Cool

(May 10, 2010) Hans Petter Lindstrøm just released an album together with the singer Christabelle. The album Real Life Is No Cool plays a lot ...

Blue Blood

(May 08, 2010) Sang Bleu was initiated in 2004 in London as “an attempt to create a publication proposing a contemporary and experimenta...

Justyna Chrabelska

(May 07, 2010) One of Warsaw’s most talented designers, Justyna Chrabelska, recently opened her new boutique in Warsaw. With stylish dresse...

Phenomenal

(Apr 17, 2010) The Phenomenal Handclap Band is the best live act I’ve seen in ages. Eight people on stage usually make things happening but th...

Snow White, Russian Red

(Apr 15, 2010) Dorota Masłowska’s best-selling novel Wojna polsko-ruska pod flagą białą-czerwoną (translated into English by Benjamin Pa...

Julian Red shows off Irregular Warsaw

(Apr 14, 2010) Julian Julian Julian (3J) is the sub-label of Julian Red, with his unmistakable edge but more accessible. 3J merges the best styl...

Cykloza

(Apr 12, 2010) For those who like bikes, especially fixed-gear, here it is the first really cool blog in Polish for them. Cykloza is primarly ...

Fashion Vice

(Apr 11, 2010) Brand new fashion website has arrived and has a reputation for disrespecting mainstream fashion. So here you can find everythin...

Almost Famous

(Apr 04, 2010) Easily the best Crowe’s film. Not new, but I watched it recently. Feels really fresh. It’s a detailed portrayal of the music ...

Spring is in the city!

(Apr 03, 2010) The first warm days of the year always make me think about Kepa, the amazingly popular Warsaw hangout park. Basically it’s the ...

Polish stand-up

(Mar 31, 2010) Szymon Majewski is my favorite stand-up comedian. Poland doesn’t have a long heritage of stand-up comedy, but Szymon has be...

Toan Pho

(Mar 22, 2010) A hearty broth-based Vietnamese soup most often made with beef, pho (pronounced “fuh”) is eaten for breakfast, lunch ...

Olka Osadzinska – The Game-Changer

(Mar 19, 2010) My dear friend, Olka Osadzinska, is one of the most amazing visual creatives I know. Years ago she started to draw her friends fr...

Swansea

(Feb 26, 2010) The most recent film in VBS.tv’s Rule Britannia series, made by Vice magazine editor Andy Capper (and London Scout) and direct...

Huggy hugs?

(Feb 24, 2010) A remake of the hit BBC  series The Office, this is a mockumentary that documents the exploits of a paper supply company in Scra...

Perfume Salon aims unique brands at Varsovian noses

(Feb 23, 2010) Located on fashionable Mokotowska, alongside boutiques selling Dries Van Noten, Jil Sander and Comme des Garçons, Galilu Olfacto...

Keep me posted

(Feb 22, 2010) Sorry, Ghettoblaster is a monthly club night in Warsaw, the capital city of Poland. It was created by the DJ duo of Sekta and Kosa...

New Mitch&Mitch

(Feb 18, 2010) Mitch & Mitch was formed in 2002 by two musicians from the legendary Warsaw post-punk band Starzy Singers.  They released the...

BIBA

(Feb 17, 2010) The most glorious fashion retailer of the 60’s and 70’s, Biba was the totally original brainchild of Barbara Hulanicki...

Polish blue pottery

(Feb 11, 2010) Young Poles have started to appreciate their traditional handcraft. After Alessi and a high-tech style dinnerware era here comes ...

Status mania

(Jan 28, 2010) Who cares what you’re doing right now? I’m always astonished by the amount of information people post on their facebo...

Passports to be given live

(Jan 26, 2010) I like watching award ceremonies transmitted live. It’s always exciting. A little bit of fashion. A little bit of faux pas. ...

Reverse

(Jan 25, 2010) Borys Lankosz’s award winning (11 awards at Gdynia Polish Film Festival, including Best Film and Audience Award) feature le...

NEVER STOP BELIEVING

(Jan 24, 2010) New single on Gomma Dance Track! The KDMS. London’s Soul Diva KATHY DIAMOND and 20 year old disco honcho MAXIMILIAN SKIBA fro...

Gazeta Wyborcza

(Jan 23, 2010) “Gazeta Wyborcza” was founded in 1989 by a group of journalists and activists of the underground democratic oppositio...

Escape 2

(Jan 23, 2010) Kampinos is a large forest complex located to the west of  Warsaw in Poland.  It covers a large part of the ancient valley of Vi...

Documentaries on HBO

(Jan 18, 2010) I can’t stand watching TV. Honestly. I watch news and documentaries. Series on DVD, sometimes. Polish HBO presents good doc...

Here comes the Young fashion

(Jan 14, 2010) Watch young Polish designer – Bartek Michalec.  He’s definitely talented and innovative – as Art Director, Sty...

Watch things on VCRs, with me and talk about big love

(Jan 12, 2010) London’s the XX belongs to the rare and dignified breed of artists who, on their debut, emerge fully formed with a unique soun...

Escape

(Dec 15, 2009) The Garden-City of Podkowa Leśna (pronounced: poht-KOH-vah LESH-nah) – which means ‘Horseshoe Grove’ – is a wonderful ge...

Vintage on demand

(Dec 14, 2009) Vintage clothes are fairly cheap in Poland. And surely shopping reminds us of an exciting hunt, ’cause it’s still kin...

Maurice Sendak says that Spike Jonze did not screw up Wild Things

(Dec 12, 2009) Where The Wild Things Are finally opens in theaters on December 11th. Everyone’s been talking about/wearing the t-shirt/listenin...

Hang out at the Warsaw’s favourite kiosk with vodka and culture

(Nov 15, 2009) The UFO shaped bar conquered the bar scene in 2009. Warszawa Powisle train station has been transformed into a cultural centr...

I watched one episode and now I am addicted

(Nov 15, 2009) Obviously I don’t remember the 60’s. But watching “Mad Men” feels like a proper time traveller. Set in N...

Jogging soundtrack for Autumn

(Nov 13, 2009) The new Simian Mobile Disco album is great for outdoor sports. I don’t know about the rest. Very pumping.   Tim Sweeney&...

Ania Kuczynska is the best Polish designer. Period

(Nov 12, 2009) Kuczynska’s trademark look, a contemporary, somewhat austere, simple yet elegant, consists of a precisely cut trousers, dres...

London Calling

(Nov 12, 2009) Recently I found a blog that’s really interesting. Ania Kopaczewska is an artist and besides galleries she exhibits her work...

33 Scenes from a Life

(Nov 06, 2009) Magorzata Szumowska graduated from the  famous National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź in 1998, having also spe...

Late night fun at Klubb 55

(Sep 30, 2009) Klub 55 is located in the Stalin’s Palace of Culture in the middle of Warsaw. Possibly the best club in Warsaw. This is where So...

Red lipstick. Red Dress. Red is back

(Sep 30, 2009) Red. Red lipstick. Red dress. Red is back. Golden jewelry works with everything. Even if you’re wearing simple American Apparel ...

Mixed feelings over ‘Inglorious Basterds’ – it’s no ‘Rushmore’

(Sep 30, 2009) I have mixed feelings over Tarantino’s version of history in “Inglorious Basterds,” but def recommend to watch it. H...

Alain Finkiel Krautrock

(Sep 29, 2009) Alain Finkiel Krautrock is my beloved music blog. Simply the best. Weloveyouso.com is the collective-backstory-production-commenta...

Cult comedy brings back the memories and laughs

(Sep 29, 2009) “Alternatywy 4” is a cult Polish comedy series. The show is all about a communist residential complex inhabited by eccentric f...

Milky Ways and Holy Ghosts

(Sep 26, 2009) I am looking forward to hearing the new Joakim’s album “Milky Ways” on !K7. Last one, Monsters and Silly Songs, was one of ...