SUNDAY INSPIRATION // ROMA.

The lovely readers who follow me through my twitter already knew: I had a special thing coming up, involving a pair of plane tickets...

And now, I am thrilled to tell you that I am going to ROME tomorrow!

I organized a trip to the most gorgeous city I have ever visited in honour of my boyfriend's birthday.. Super excited!!!

Rome is called the eternal city. Today's inspiration post will show you why.























Roman Holiday. 1953.

La Dolce Vita. 1960.

Claudia Schiffer in Vogue US. December 1994.

The talented Mr. Ripley. 1999.

Dree Hemingway in Harper's Bazaar US. September 2010.

A POP magazine editorial. F/W 2010.

All these movies and editorials fit in seemlessly in the millenia-old background of the city of Rome.

I can imagine living there, dressed up in vivid red, pink and baby blue. It doesn't matter whatever you put on - the beautiful things of all eras blend in perfectly with the Roman walls.

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Arrivederci!

OUTFIT // PREVIEW

Oh I am such a slacker.. I should have been working on a 'Wednesday Wannahave' (although it's Thursday already) but instead I have been busy with something personally exciting..!! More about that later!

For now I'll leave you with yet another preview from a new outfit..



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OUTFIT // RUST AND SQUEEZY EYES.

The weeks fly by. Don't really know what's happening with time lately, it's like my life's in fastforwarding mode or something.



I went to Delft to see my boyfriend, he studies over there. We went to the movies, we saw Black Swan. After that we had to watch episodes of Scrubs until 2 in the morning to lose the wretched feeling we had after leaving the cinema. Black Swan might be the best, but at the same time the most horrifying, disturbing film I have ever seen. Bhhhhggrr.

However, we had a good time. We made a dinner out of the most random ingredients ever, and it actually tasted pretty good. Had breakfast with little buns out of the oven, some energy drink and red wine (hell yes we are so decadent.) I managed to ruin my eye contacts so I had the choice to run around like a blind chicken or wear my ugly glasses outside.

I opted for the first choice.
It didn't really work. I am really looking funny out of my eyes haha. Going to get myself a decent and fashionable pair of glasses soon, what do you think?





Meet my new vintage purchase: brown suede laceups! They're so comfy, and the laces are of the perfect colour. They were never worn and I got them at the heavenly price of 4,50. New daily fave.

The cardigan might be new to you as well - I bought it during Fashion Week on sale since I was cold and quickly needed something cheap and cosy. It's actually becoming a major staple to my wardrobe because of the interesting colour, who would have thought!

Suede laceups // vintage
Denim shirt // ZARA
Curve ID jeans // Levi's
Cardigan // Bershka
Jacket // River Island
Blue socks // extremely old
Bag // vintage
Jewellery // made by me, and my other favorites

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OUTFIT // PREVIEW

A small preview on the next outfit post.. The pictures include denim on denim, an interesting colour combination and a new pair of shoes.. Have I made you curious yet?

EVENT // AIFW: SUPERTRASH

And here we are, the post on the biggest show of AIFW 2011!

The well-known brand Supertrash (Dutch origin) got to close off with a marvellous show.

Hate her or love her, but designer Olcay Gulsen managed to put an impressive show on stage. The event started with off with footage from the roaring twenties, projected on lifesize screens. The rumbling music got the crowd in the mood, after which the models came in. And they kept coming! The collection was huge, and started with camel tones and floral prints.










On my wishlist: the little floral dress in the picture! The playsuits and longer pants were awesome, but I think that Supertrash often tends to become a little bit trashy at some point. The dresses and skirts were often way too short! Such a pity whenever you look at the quality of the fabrics and tailoring. My favorite leather jacket is from the hand of Supertrash (see the Velour post down below) and it's perfect!

The collection slowly diverged into the partywear. This part of the collection was kind of divided in, let's say 'super' and 'trash'. No pun intended. Some things I really, really wanted to have in my closet, and some dresses didn't even manage to cover the behinds of the petite models.








Nevertheless, Olcay Gulsen closed off with her well-known feel for glamour and said goodbye with a good portion of fireworks.

Like I said, hate it or love it. But you'll have to admit that she does have a feeling for drama, doesn't she?

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RANDOM // FEATURE

Got featured on the website of De Telegraaf, one of the biggest newspapers of the Netherlands! (I don't read it however haha)



The article

EVENT // AIFW: VELOUR

We're finally getting close to the final show of last week's fashion week dearies! And I've saved the best for last.. Let me introduce you to the Swedish brand Velour! The brand showed in association with Volvo and this collaboration worked out great.





The fashion crowd was at it's most stylish this night. The highlight? Stylist Jean-Paul Paula rocking his D-Squared thigh highs with spine heels!

The collection consisted of both menswear and clothing for women. I personally preferred the menswear - Velour has proven that putting young people into an old fisherman's outfit can really look good. I especially loved the stylish colour combinations, the casual knitwear in combination with simple denim and nicely tailored jackets. Although I wouldn't want to see those little knitted hats back into the street, it really worked well on the runway. Laid-back, stylish show.









Isn't that mens clutch just to die for? I got word there is going to be introduced a bag like that at the H&M mens department.. Guess who'll be standing in line?




My fav 'jellyfish' dress // H&M
Suede obi belt // H&M
Leather jacket // Supertrash
Birdskull necklace // my own
Suede booties // ZARA (not shown)

Finally, I'm leaving you with a (partial) picture of my outfit. Nothing special - everybody seemed to have the time to think about their clothing for hours, but I actually had to rush from work to the shows, grab some dinner and fix an outfit within 45 minutes, haha!

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