THE CUT

This blog has been featuring a lot of my-face-in-yo-face pictures lately, but I couldn't not share this with you - it's my new hairdo! Opinions?

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BYE HAIR

The kids that follow me on twitter already got prepared - I mentioned an appointment with the hairdresser, and it was quite the revolutionary appointment if I have to say so myself..!

Yesterday evening, I cut my hair for charity. This is the very last picture that features my lengthy hairdo, all that's left is a ponytail that will go straight to charity. I decided to donate my hair to be used in a wig for hairless children - may it be children who suffer from Alopecia or children who have hair loss due to cancer therapies.

There used to be a very brave young girl in my school when I was about 10 years old. I still remember her, because she proudly strutted around sporting... Her hairless skin. She wasn't ashamed of her bald head. And there was nothing to be ashamed of, in my opinion - it takes a lot of bravery to be able to walk around like that at an age of such uncertainty, the early start of puberty. Apart from bravery and confidence, it takes a lot of acceptance and support from the environment as well. Sadly enough there still is a taboo on bald women and kids.

My hair will eventually grow back. In some heads it simply won't grow at all, permanent or temporary.
Hair: it's just a bunch of keratin. But to a young kid that bunch of keratin can make them feel a bit human again, and less a 'sick person'. I don't agree with the taboo on baldness, but as long as it exists donations will be needed to provide these kids with free wigs.

For Dutchies who are interested in the story of the charity fund: Stichting Haarwensen has become quite famous over the years but every single straw of hair will be welcomed warmly.

On another note, I will show you the new hair soon soon soon. I happen to be very happy with it, too :) win-win!

Peace out.



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JE SUIS

HI. MY NAME IS -

VOGUE

DAKOTA

WHITE ON / OFF WHITE

MOVING ON (IN THE SAME PLACE)

Now, if you have been following this blog for quite some time you must be used to these unannounced breaks of mine. I striked again with my habit!

A hiatus like this has always been a forecast for big changes - last time I took nearly a month off from the blog I changed the website name, altered the layout, improved the content. A hiatus like this was always a consequence of a kind of dissatisfaction with my work in here. I find it hard to put time and effort in things that don't inspire me enough, because I am eager to grow.
My soul needs to be nourished with the art, music, literature, fashion that it longs for in order to become the creative and passionate person that I want to become. The soul is like a sponge that should never dry up - a soul that lives without passion will become hard and crumbly and will eventually fall apart.

But despite this eagerness to learn, to grow, to live a passionate life, I might have to work on my New Year's resolutions. I need to realize that the things I am not satisfied with in my life can be changed by myself to a certain degree. If you lose your passion for something, you can either give up or look for a possibility for change.

I realized that I didn't take this blog along on my journey towards becoming the person I want to be - in fact, it hasn't really changed that much at all. I put this website in a new crispy clean jacket, but the static formula has stayed the same. And that caused the dissatisfaction. This blog used to be my platform to stimulate my creativity and diversity, and inspire you, my reader. But I have grown. I feel like I have much more to offer to myself - and to you. As mentioned above I am a person of habits, and I feel like this blog has gotten a little bit rusty. My New Year's resolution will be throwing those habits OUT. OF. THE. WINDOW. I don't know how you feel about all this, maybe you love coming here. But I have been envisioning something slightly different, and I think you'll love it as well.

I simply needed the distance from working on my own platform to realize all this. I think that I should be able to pull it off, to create something more unique, something to be proud of.

And last but not least, I wanted to thank you. Thank you for sticking with me, I know a lot of you have been following me for quite some time now and I just can't believe that you keep coming back to this website with your ever so supportive comments. THANK YOU. I am looking forward to seeing you in the next year as well - and maybe a bit sooner!

♥.
Ilse

RANDOM // Coming up ...

Busy times, ladies, busy times. As we are speaking I have just returned to my home country after a rather short but fabulous weekend in Ghent, Belgium. And now I am going to get my hair cut - which means I will say goodbye to a wowing 2 inches of my hair... Pretty damn daring, no? EDIT: just cut my hair. You will be STUNNED (insert sarcasm tag). No seriously, I really, really should be thinking about a new hairdo! Any ideas? But we're getting off-topic.

This picture shows.. my back. But it's not just my back, it's my back intensely listening to Dutch designer Charlotte Kan. We will be collaborating on her so-called Play and Pose series slash collection, in collab with several Dutch bloggers, and I'm really excited to be playing around with one of her designs.. To be continued.

If time will miraculously quadruple itself by tomorrow, I'll might be able to be posting an outfit post later on this week. Woo!

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RANDOM // A small announcement

Hello dearies, it's been ages once again! What can I say, I am just a horrible thing when it comes to doing things regularly. Like following a series on TV, watering my plants, phoning my friends every once in a while, putting up blogposts on a regular basis..

This behaviour surely costs me a lot of subjects to talk about.. Whenever I yell 'Shut up about who got eliminated at Masterchef Australia this week, haven't seen the show yet rah rah RAH!!' like a crazy person, it might cause some awkward and slightly shocked silences.. I simply love that show, damnit! The lack of flower-watering probably brings me a lot of negative vegetable karma (?), and trying to donate my floral friends to the buddies I neglected by not phoning them doesn't help that much either.. 'Here, have this wonderful, erm, plant! Yes, off course it's supposed to be brown and arrid, it's a.. Desert plant!...' I think I'll buy some cacti next time.

In other words, by being the chaotic multi-tasking mess I am I cause myself a lot of problems. This blog is one of them. Luckily, it's not a threat to my social life like the phone-drama. But it surely is something I feel guilty about - I think I don't allow myself to do something I love, because I always have something to do that's more important. But, you see, the thing of life is (LIFE LESSON 1): it's short. I decided that I really need to take a step back, lower my pace and look around a bit. Enjoy the moment, enjoy the stuff I love. If I would do so, I would notice that my plants are on the edge of dying a slow and thirstful death on time. And I would take the 30 seconds it takes to give them a shot of H2O. Plants happy, me happy. And I think that it's the same with my dessicated little blog. A little bit of time and love and it will florish again, and in the end it will be worth the effort for myself as well.

Taking this into consideration, I am now busy creating a fresh new layout, I'm working on a give-away collaboration and there's a LOT OF FASHION COMING UP. LOTS LOTS LOTS! If you want to keep up to date in the meantime, follow me through my facebook or twitter. You can also check Concept of Infinity via Bloglovin' if you're curious of the newest post that's coming up!

PS. Here's a little preview on an outfit that I obviously wore while it was still hot outside (which is synonymous to a gazillion years ago, but whatever)!


See you very soon!

♥.

RANDOM // Preview and something to say

M Y   H E A R T   H A S   B E E N

F I L L E D   U P

W I T H   M U S I C .

Just came back from a Dutch festival called Lowlands, and my heart's filled up with one of the most beautiful things on this earthly world: music and love. This antique jacket fits the theme of my mood, and you'll be seeing the full pictures later on this week..

On another note, I wanted to say that I feel extremely shocked and aggravated by the events occured on the Pukkelpop festival in my neighbour country, Belgium. I think it struck me twice as hard since I was enjoying my time on a festival myself at the same time..

My heart goes out to the people who lost their loved ones in that terrible accident.

Back

Hello guys, back to blogging after a short break. The trips to Spain and London were fantastic. I'm sorting out the pictures as we speak!



One picture. More tomorrow.

♥.

LIFE // Model makeup

Readers who follow me on twitter already know that I have walked a show as a model a few weeks ago! I still need to sort out the pictures my boyfriend took while I was walking down the runway, but here's a picture of the look that the makeup artist gave me.



It's going to be a little bit quiet on my blog for the few coming days - I will be flying from Barcelona to London tomorrow! Excited and see you soon!

RANDOM // New stuff

H E L L O ,   F L A W L E S S   S K I N 

A N D   P E R F E C T   B E A C H W E A R !

Ph. 1 & 2: Clinique stuff. Got half of it for free, yay
Ph. 3: the promised closeup of my home made crystal snake pendant (worn here
Ph. 4 & 5: I wrecked my fave pair of vintage sunnies last month, this perspex H&M piece should do the job for upcoming summer.. Craving for some nice sunglasses but lack of budget!
Ph. 6: picked up this little set at H&M. one of the rare bikini colours out there that might look good on a pale skin

♥.



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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. ♥

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.

RANDOM // FEATURE

Just a quick post to show you my feature in an article at I LOVE FASHION NEWS!
I am featured as Fashionista of the Week. I am so honoured!

The pictures are accompanied by a small interview on my blog, but it's in Dutch only.. The pictures are open to anyone though ;) I'll be posting the bigger images in a new post tomorrow!



Click here to read the full interview!

LIFE // DETAILS OF ROME.

ROME WAS AMAZING GUYS ♥











standing at the gardens of the Vatican Museum // gorgeous view from up a hill // the romantic Trevi Fountain while night is falling and the streetlights are lit // ZARA's nice interior // random // PRADA shop window at Via Dei Condotti // the famous fountains at the Vatican Square // the most expensive cappuccino we ever had at Antico Caffè Greco

More to come soon..

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

HUGE!

I am too excited for words.

I know I have been away for centuries once again, but this time I had a good reason.. Or wait, I even have two!

1. Amsterdam International Fashion Week. Attended it. Loads and LOADS Of pictures to come.
2. I COMPLETELY CHANGED THE BLOG!

I am so excited that I WANT TO TYPE EVERYTHING OUT LOUD BY USING CAPSLOCK.
But the huge changes that I made are because I felt ready for something new and more mature. So I'll try to hold back on my.. AHRRR.. CAPSLOCK.. TYPING.. URGE!

No seriously, I had been feeling like I had grown out of Stijlkind for quite a while now and I have finally taken the step. The name wasn't internationally oriented and I didn't like the sound of it at all after a while. So I came up with a name that fits the concept I want to carry out (and it sounds cool and intellectual, big plus haha.)

I already tried it out today at the Amsterdam International Fashion Week the moment people asked me about my blog: it felt great to say 'it's called concept of infinity!'

The content of the blog will basically be the same, except for the fact that I will be posting in a more structural way. If you've recently gone through the blog you might have noticed that I have been introducing some subjects that I will be updating on a weekly bases, next to the regular posts. The Wednesday Wannahave topic is a great example.

I'll be working on an extreme increase of quality AND quantity of my posts as well.

So, what do you think of the new name, fresh concept and crispy new layout? I would love to hear from you!

To make up for all the neglect I will be treating you with loads of AMFI pictures asap!

Here's a little preview of what I wore to the events. (Together with the new layout I finally have bigger pictures on the blog, huge improvement!)



See you soon dearies. MWUAH. ♥

PS Some of you might remember that I promised to do a nice giveaway.. Hee hee hee