Win a trip to LFW!

Motilo gives you an amazing opportunity to go to London Fashion Week and see the Jonathan Saunders show! All you have to do is create a look that you would wear to LFW. I made a few looks (you can see some of my looks in the pictures above) and I can tell you it is so much fun to create them! When I started, I wanted to keep going on and on! 

You can get all the information here and you can create you own look on Motilo, so let's start!

Of course I hope I win. ;)

It would be a dream come true.

Fashion weeks are coming...

New York Fashion Week almost starts and London, Milan and Paris will follow. 

The shows inside can only be attended by the happy few. For the  lucky ones who are attending: ENJOY! Fortunately there is a show outside as well which is open to everyone: the street style show of bloggers, fashion journalists and other fashion lovers. 

Isn't that great? :)

Pictures from Jak & Jil, Impulse & Vision and an unknown source.

Black and white

Jumper By Malene Birger and Trousers from H&M.

Raspberry red

The raspberries from our vegetable garden I had tonight were the reason to do this post. The colour of this beauties is enchanting and these pictures confirm that even more!

Perfect lips from Little Plastic Horses, Eaton Mess from The Cherry Blossom Girl and fields of flowers from Taromatsumura.

Autumn is coming

It is still summer but honestly I'm looking forward to autumn. I love it when the colour of the leaves turns into beautiful red, orange and yellow shades and fall gently from the trees. I also can't wait to take out my cozy knits. 

But for now, let's enjoy the end of summer!

Drawing by me and autumn wardrobe from Little Plastic Horses.

Harvest day

It was quite hot here in Holland. This made our fruits and vegetables very happy. Today we came home with string beans, plums, grapes, raspberries, blackberries, tomatoes and flowers. Especially the raspberries are my all time favourites! 
Now I'm going to eat a salad with string beans and tomatoes and a plum pie for desert. ;) 

I'm wearing a Ready to Fish blouse and H&M Conscious collection shorts.

Floating

All these floating things are so beautiful. Pretending lying on that first bed and just looking at all these 'falling' flowers makes me feel so happy! After that I would walk under all these colourful umbrellas and then I would walk between and under a sky of hats. Unfortunately, my holiday is far from floating, it is more like flying... But I still have one week left!

Have a happy 'floating' weekend everyone!

Pictures: Falling garden by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger, Umbrella sky by Ivotavares and an exhibition of hats by Akio Hirata.

An ode to Alber Elbaz

I have always loved Alber Elbaz, the designer of Lanvin. He puts humor in his sketches as well as in his clothes.

Last holiday when I was in Paris I had the chance to buy the 10th anniversary book by Alber Elbaz. It is a beautiful book which shows the whole process from a blank paper to a fashion show. So here is a little sneak peek into the world of Alber Elbaz.

First picture is a sketch from Alber Elbaz for the collaboration with H&M and the other are pictures of the book made by me.

Purple chic

Elegant pending flowers in all shades of purple and violet, a blowing skirt and royal pastries are things in life that give you a posh and chic feeling.

Pictures from Agridulcie, The Sartorialist and Ladurée.

Favourites

Today two of my favourites: my silk dotted Zara blouse and my beloved bike which can fall to pieces any moment. ;)
Zara blouse, vintage skirt and Marc'O Polo clogs.

Lunch with sunflowers

The drawing I made today goes with a photo from Alix, the Cherry Blossom Girl; a perfect lunch in the grass. I replaced the grass with hundreds of sunflowers. ;) Two things for a perfect summer feeling.

You should have a look at Alix's blog, it's amazing!

Drawing by me, perfect lunch from The Cherry Blossom Girl and a field of sunflowers from CharlesFred.

Eye candy

The Jil Sander spring summer 2011 collection is like candy.

Pictures: Jil Sander spring summer 2011, cotton candy from Lolitas (original source unknown), my sister's pastry and Papabubble sweets.

Beau Bon Paris

At the end of my holiday in France I went to Paris again. Everytime I'm there, I'm overwhelmed by the beauty of the city. It surprises me each and everytime.

Pictures by me: Old sign in Courances, View from the Promenade Plantée, me at the Palais Royal, a Beetle in Paris, Balenciaga and Comme des Garçons at Les Docks (you really should go there!) and good old Eiffel Tower. Enchanting!

Shadows

Pictures by me.