When I look outside the window, I see a cold white world. Amsterdam is covered in snow. And it’s not even Christmas! The temperature in my typical Amsterdam apartment is almost as low as the temperature outside. Brrr…So I have to come up with all kind of creative ideas to get it warm and cosy. With a fashionable touch of course. This is how I turn my house into a winter wonderland!
Just a week away from Christmas you might need some help with your X-mas shopping, so let’s give you a hand! We made X-mas wishlists in different color-themes. They are all christmassy, winter themes… We went green, red and white, and today we start with ‘green’.
My collection of fashion- art- and photographybooks grows bigger and bigger. I still miss the Patrick Demarchelier-book that I wanted to buy at his exposition in Paris, but it was a bit to heavy. And now there’s another book of one of my admired photographers on the list: Nick Knight. With the famous picture of Devon Aoki as a spacy geisha on the cover.
Start collecting all your change, bring back all the unnecessary clothes you purchased lately, or even better, go stand in front of your local supermarket with a cardboard strapped around your neck with the text: ‘Help me buy a real Chanel‘.
On February 25th and 26th 2010 auction house Million Cornette de StCyr (assisted by the Chonbert and Sternbach cabinet) will auction about 600 Chanel pieces, consisting of Haute Couture, pret-a-porter, accessories, jewelry and leather goods. From vintage to recent.
We knew it! Music festivals are the new fashion inspiration! Think of crochet, long or short floral hippie dresses, embellished jeans bermudas, slouchy blazers and flat ankle-high laced up suede boots. And that’s just one theme in the River Island Spring collection…
Miu Miu has launched a sweet, sorbet-coloured minicollection of ballerina’s and clutches for Spring/Summer 2010. Embellished with a gold trimmed bow. They come in four different colours and are made of materials such as patent leather, denim or lizzard, and decorated with brocade or rhinestones.
Tommorrow Sonia Rykiel’s lingerie-line for H&M will hit the stores. If you are a fan of the nostalgic French lingerie-look, you’ll love this collection. Sonia did not make any concession in her designs, and the items will also be available in her own boutiques.
Marc Jacobs has gone wild for his Marc by Marc Jacobs S/S 2010 collection. Animal prints all-over, from coat to computer case. Prices start at €55,-, so very affordable!
It’s getting colder and colder in our little country, so were are looking for some boots to keep our feet warm. We all know Ugg’s, but as real fashionista’s we look for new stuff of course. Now we found something really new and we don’t’ know yet if we like them. But we like the story so we want to share this new boots with you. May we introduce: Slovz!
