EVENT // Cosmo

Yesterday I attended the Cosmo mooiste benen van Nederland 2011 event. In other words: a contest about the prettiest Dutch legs strutting around in our little country. Although I was kind of sceptic about the whole thing - I generally don't like these kind of 'meat inspections' as I call them - the Cosmo team managed to put down a fun, light-heartedly event that even hit the front pages of the national papers!

The most important thing for me was that I met some incredibly fun, laid-back, creative and beautiful people! Sabrina, Xaviera, Zafiera, Nadja, Valentino and last but not least Christian - thanks for such a wonderful afternoon! I'm sure you'll be seeing them more often on my blog from now on.


For now, I'll leave you with a little bit of a sneak peek from the event. There's a lot more to follow, but I am off to Amsterdam in a bit - I won tickets for London Calling, a great festival in this club called Paradiso. So that's were you'll be spotting me tonight! Hope you'll have a great weekend, I'll certainly will be having mine!








all the girls lined up // the judges, uncluding Jort Kelder and last year's winner // famous Dutch people: hostess Lauren Verster, actress Katja Schuurman, DJ and former judo champion Dennis van der Geest and Nikki Plessen, former VJ // the catwalk and me on the big twitter screen // the winner: Anke // me by Sabrina // a little sneek peak on the outfit

STYLE IN SKETCHES // White blazer

Never thought I would actually be able to continue an art project.. Behold: the second part of the series Style in Sketches, and this time I have focused on
one of my biggest loves at the moment: the white boyfriend blazer.



You might have noticed that I have been wearing mine quite a lot lately - moreover, I have been wearing it to the point that it's showing tears and ripped fabric everywhere.

I wouldn't mind replacing my old blazer for this brilliant item from the Viktor & Rolf men's line.

Found the picture in GLAMOUR magazine. I used multiple pencils in the range of 2H-4B and finished it on my laptop by adding digital watercolour with my Wacom tablet.

Hope you like it! If so, I might continue this little series.

OUTFIT // White. Pink.

I still owed you these pictures from the stuff I wore a few weeks ago at the Spice PR day. A simple transition outfit from college to the event - just a simple top, blazer, jeans and a nice pair of heels.. With hot pink lipstick, two necklaces and a ring as the icing on the cake. The home-made crystal snake pendant has been my latest obsession, it's both minimalistic and dramatic, exactly how I like it.







I don't know how I could have lived without this bag for all these years. It's simply perfect for me! It's BIG. It's PRAGMATIC. BLACK LEATHER! GOLDEN BUCKLES! I'm in love ♥

Top // eBay
Blazer // New Look, old
Jeans // H&M
Nude heels // River Island
Bag // ZARA
Agate pendant // a market in Amsterdam
Snake crystal pendant // made it myself
Ring // H&M

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OUTFIT // Ombre hair

Sooo.. You might have seen the little preview on my hair already, and here's the rest of the pictures. I have finally done it - I dipdyed my hair!


For this look, I simply made a small calculation..









Voilà, my new ombre hairstyle! It strongly reminded me of the My Little Pony horses from my childhood, and I love love love it! Especially because I have never done anything special to my hair ever before. The only downside is that, as we are speaking, the colour has washed out already - it's quite a task to maintain the colour. On the other hand, I'm able to try out different colours in a matter of days!

What do you think, do you love the ombre hairstyle, or don't you? What colour of hairdye would you pick to dip your hair in?

Hairdye // La Riche Directions
Neon pink lipstick (my latest obsession) // Aktion
Blazer // New Look
Tee // Primark mens department
Jeans // H&M
Snakeskin texture leather bag // ZARA
Silver pendant // made by me
Silver cross ring // made by me
Flat leather peeptoe shoes // ZARA

This post also is a little preview on the necklace I recently made, with some help of my colleagues down at the goldsmith's store I work in. More detailed pictures soon!

♥.

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RANDOM // Absence

Don't ask what I've been doing for the past three weeks. I really don't know how I managed to not blog for almost a month, haha. Must have been the weather.

Anyway, I have loads of pictures for you. Some of you could have read on my twitter that I've done something new to my hair.. Here's a little preview!



More to come soon.. (or not, if the sun decides to lure me outside again). Hope you still like me, dearies. ♥

EVENT // Spice PR

Ph. by me, pictures in which I am featured by Sabrina, Zafiera and Xaviera

Killer shoes at Iris van Herpen // with Sabrina // United Nude loafer pumps // leather Iris van Herpen dress.. WANT NEED CRAVE // Jan Taminiau // details // with Yara // United Nude

Had a lovely time at Spice PR with Sabrina.. Have seen some gorgeous stuff! Smitten with the Iris van Herpen pieces.
We met two wonderful girls, thanks for the pictures btw Xaviera & Zafiera! Looking forward to our next date!

I will be posting some pictures of the outfit I wore tomorrow or something.. Featuring some new pieces!

In the end I switched the pink ZARA bag from a previous post for a black, more minimalistic one.. I LOVE it, hope you'll like it as well.

INSPIRATION // Up Close

Ph. Jak and Jil, Sartorialist, can't recall where the other pictures came from

Random closeups I just happen to like.

My tests are finally over and I am enjoying a week off from university. Don't really have any time to rest though, my days have been extremely busy!

Today I had a date with lovely blogger Sam. We had so much fun we forgot to take pictures (and it was freezing at the end of day - the weather has been acting weird lately!)

Going to call it a day now, need to be fresh and fit for tomorrow - going to a dear friend in Gent, Belgium tomorrow, woo!

Goodnight dearies ♥.

WARDROBE // New In

First things first, what do you think of the new layout? I wanted to create a light, clean, cute feeling. Ready for the sunnier seasons!






Readers who follow me on twitter already know that I did some serious shopping at ZARA yesterday.. I had to return some stuff but I kept these two interesting items.

I am in love with the bag. Charming, a little bit old-fashioned, and yet it's so minimalistic and modern.

Does anyone know the other item? I'm going to keep it secret for a while.. You'll be seeing it next week.

OUTFIT // YOUNG BLOOD

I really felt like dressing up in the colours of flowers, of young nature popping out of the ground, whites, pastels.
The air is still cold against our cheeks, but the sun is up and warms up the grass floor and the tops of our heads.

Spring is definitely coming this way.








Ph. Sabrina
We bumped into one of our friends, Timor. Thought that you'd like these pictures, he has great style but above all a great smile. ♥





Badly combined coat // H&M
Blouse // vintage
Pants // H&M
Moccasins // ZARA
Two finger ring // Primark
Orange bracelet // H&M

Edit I deleted the LB look because half of it didn't show up (weird?)

OUTFIT // PREVIEW

Sometimes I just feel like disappearing for a week. Sorry. ♥

A preview. The entire outfit might be up tonight or tomorrow...
I am so happy that Spring finally seems to be here!

RANDOM // PERFUME.

The only beautiful commercials in the world are perfume ads.
I love how the makers manage to convert a scent into images and sound.
Commercials are commercials, but these little clips are like artwork to me.