Offline blog exposition at Fashion Hotel Amsterdam!

It is a bit of short notice, but I am very proud to announce to you: my offline blog-exposition with the boyfriend in collaboration with Tree Full of Scones! It's a celebration of the one year collaboration between photographer Marc Deurloo and my fashion blog. Exhibition of 20 photos (you can buy them too!)and official release party June 21st in Fashion Hotel Amsterdam. If you want to come RSVP to: info@treefullofscones.com. Hope to see you there!

'Staring is Caring' Supertrash skirt and Minkpink cardigan from NR9

Skirt: Supertrash, Stop Aids Now Staring is Caring

Cardigan: Minkpink by NR9

Shirt: H&M

Boots: Zara

Backpack: Episode

Sunglasses and scarf: Queensday market

One of the last days of May I went to the release party of the 'Staring is Caring' skirt designed by Supertrash designer Olcay Gulsen in collaboration with Stop Aids Now. I love the fact you can buy a fashionable (and comfortable!) piece and all of the profit goes to a project for woman with HIV in Godino in Ethiopia. 

Together with tv personality Tess Milne and Anna Nooshin of the website NSMBL, Olcay launched the project to raise money for woman to start their own business. The skirt you can buy at the website of Supertrash or in a Supertrash store in the Netherlands or Belgium for only 29,95 euros! 

In the above pictures I'm wearing the skirt in my own way. For me the skirt is perfect to wear to a festival! The cardigan I'm wearing is from one of my favourite new shops in Amsterdam: NR9 at Herenstraat 18. They sell Dutch brands and international brands, very comfortable, very colourful, so very me! This Minkpink cardigan I will be wearing all summer long during chilly summer nights (and days)! 

'All eyes on me' socks and 'say my name' necklace

Shirt and trousers: H&M

Socks: Monki

Shoes: J.W. Anderson for Topshop

Necklace: Tatty Devine 

The insipration for this outfit is Michael Jackson. The patent leather shoes I found in London at Topshop, at the J.W. Anderson collection, and immediately reminded me of the King of Pop. What better way to combine the shoes with a high water pants and some literally 'all eyes on me' socks. The necklace was a gift of the boyfriend. It's from Tatty Devine, they have a really nice website where you can order online name necklaces, necklaces with animals and flowers and other prints, and wonder around for hours...

Photography: Marc Deurloo

Smurf up plain jane

Jeans shirt: J.W. Anderson for Topshop

Jeans: MMM for H&M

Leather gloves, bag, shoes: H&M

I don't like to wear outfits with all jeans or all black or all white. But if the jeans shirt and pants have different colours and odd shapes I do like it. Although for me an outfit feels plain jane when only wearing jeans even in odd shapes, so a touch a smurf blue is very appropiate in my eyes. How do you pimp up plain jane outfits?  

My Fashion Statements

Beanie: Marc by Marc Jacobs

Jeans shirt: J.W. Anderson for Topshop

My fashion statements for today:

- I will keep my beanie on untill the temperatures are above 15°C.

- I will match my lipstick with my beanie.

- People should only wear designers' names on fashionable items when it's their name too or someone you are related too.

Photography: Marc Deurloo

 

Oh My Dot and Square!

Clutch: New Look (similar here)

Jumper, legging, heels: H&M

Blouse: Zara

Skirt: thrifted, Iceberg

 

Oh my God! Pop art has introduced its way into fashion! The BAM's and TRASH's and pop art drawings fly around your ears. Since wintery temperatures didn't leave Holland yet I still wear some knits and wool jumpers now and then. I found this skirt at the second-hand market IJ-hallen a year ago, didn't know how to combine it then. Now I know! Print-on-print for me is the best way to show off the different prints. It's the best way to hypnotize people I guess. 

Did you ever wonder why the pop art drawings with skin made off little red squares look so real and appealing? I did. How come such geometrical drawings can appear human? When you read about pop art and Roy Lichtenstein, you can find that pop art was a way of making fun of mass consumption. The purpose was to emphasize the banality of any given mass culture. Now my question; how come mass consumption uses drawings on their products that makes fun of their own mass consumption? I think it's a genius way of self-deprecating!

Hello Yellow Love

Upper left:  my vintage find from last week, Basler

Upper mid:   Petite Bateau raincoat at Urban Outfitters

Upper right: Underwear of Zeeman

Mid right:   Hell O sweater of Bas Kosters 

Lower left:  Shirt of Zeeman

Lower mid:   Zara jacket and shirt

Lower right: Acne shoes at mytheresia.com

The temperatures in Holland went up last week and now down again this week. Just when I felt like shaving my legs, wear tights instead of leggings, wear colour instead of black and blue, the snow kicks back in... Yesterday I went shopping with the boyfriend and it was raining all day. I was wearing a yellow outfit and somehow the rain did not bother me that much. So my very scientific conclusion is: wear yellow during bad weather and feel so much happier! Especially the yellow Hell O sweater of Bas Kosters gives a smile on your face! Is that why smileys are yellow?

The first line of the song 'Feel my love' of Adele says:'When the rain is blowing in your face, and the whole world is on your case, I could offer you a warm embrace, to make you feel my love'. I was thinking Adele wears a lot of black. What if she would wear yellow? Would she feel the rain much less as a whole world on her case? Would her songs change a bit more positively if she wears colours more often? I changed her song a bit into yellow-toned than black-toned to make you feel my yellow love!

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel yellow love

When the evening shadows and the yellow stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel yellow love

I know you haven't made your mind up yet (about yellow)
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong

I'd go hungry, I'd go yellow and blue
I'd go crawling down the avenue
No, there's nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel yellow love

The storms are raging on the rolling sea
Not on the yellow brick road of happiness
Though winds of change
Are throwing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing like me yet

I could make you happy
Make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the Earth for you
To make you feel yellow love

To make you feel yellow love

Walking on the streets of London

Shirt, leggings and cat-bag: Bas Kosters

Shoes: J.W. Anderson for Topshop

As you could see on my last blogpost I went to London fashion week, to the show of Bas Kosters, called: The Rebellious Shadow. To this show I wore, ofcourse, a Bas Kosters outfit! I'm very into all-over-prints at the moment. This shirt and legging are from his previous show at Amsterdam Fashion Week; 1,2 tree. I like how the two prints of the legging are different on both legs on front and back side. To match my hair with the rebellious theme of Bas his London show I made a mohawk of buns. 

During trips I always have to leave my cat behind at home (also called Bas, by coincidence), but with this sweet cat-bag I don't feel that much pet-less.

Photography: Marc Deurloo