Geluk is een jurk

I just read about this book, that's being published february 2012. It  tells the experiences of editor in chief of Elle Cécile Narnix. I think the title is great; Geluk is een jurk (Happines is a dress). I can't wait to read it!

Lots of love, Liselot

je veux

I'm sorry it has been a while. Busy busy again, but I'm promising a lot more posts. Starting with this je veux. Another perfect outfit for the holidays. Gold, burgundy and black combine perfectly. Some (very) expensive mixed with some (less) expensive.

Black pencil skirt Narciso Rodriquez €639

Patchwork shoes Zara €89,95

Black jacket L'Agence €863

Gold/ burgundy bracelet Aurélie Bidermann €285

Embellished blouse Vince €435

Furry bag Zara €99,95

Lots of love, Liselot

p.s tomorrow, I'm going colourblocking, trying to get a photographer!

La classe de la danse

Yesterday, I've been to Swan Lake with my arts class. This famous ballet is about the story of prince Siegfried who falls in love with Odette, the white swan. He declares his love to her, but actually proposes to the wrong swan, Odile. The ballet was amazing and we really enjoyed the music, dance and costumes. Everybody was clapping when the swans came on stage the first time. They looked magical with their white tutus.



Looking at the theme tutus, I decided to look at ways people use tutus in their clothing. Because tutus are no longer just inspiration for classic ballet, but they're also used in fashion. At the collage above, you can see different ways people used the tutu. At the first picture, you can see a blogger who wears a tutu very casual with a grey shirt. At the second image, a famous painting of Degas is shown who especcialy painted ballerinas. It's called 'La classe de la danse'. At the third image, the white swan from Swan Lake is shown. This is the ballerina, we saw at the ballet yesterday. She wears a traditional tutu which makes her look like a swan, combined with the headpiece. At the middle you can see a special edition of 'Flowerbomb' by Viktor & Rolf. They used the theme ballet, and gave their limited edition bottle a tutu. The image next to the image is also from Viktor & Rolf. It's a piece from a very famous collection they made, in which they used a lot of tulle, where tutus are also made from. The last foto has been taken at Fashion Week by a streetstyle photographer. The material and shape of the skirt are inspired by the traditional tutu.

Below, a trailer of Swan Lake, I've been to yesterday. It gives a good impression of the magic of ballerinas in tutus!

Lots of love, Liselot

bye bye

YES! I'm finally able to laugh with my mouth opened. No more hiding my teath!

Marc by Marc Jacobs

 Affordable designer goods, these two Marc by Marc Jacobs items. On the left, a enamled neon- lime ring and on the right, an IPad cover. These IPad covers, are often used as clutches.

I especially love the ring!

Neon-lime ring Marc by Marc Jacobs €43
IPad cover, to be used as clutch Marc by Marc Jacobs €37

Lots of love, Liselot

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je veux

I'm not planning on wearing such an outfit to school, but I'm looking for a nice Christmas outfit. Like all the other 'je veux's', this outfit isn't near to my budget. I spotted the dress today, while working. It's got some beautiful embellished details at the sleaves, which make this LBD a special one. I've combined it with some gold and bronze.

Black embellished dress  French Connection €229,95
Bronze clutch Mulberry €444
Golden necklace Kenneth Jay Lane €111
High heeled sandals Yves Saint Laurent €1327

Lots of love, Liselot

only item left

I just took a look at the H&M shop. There are still a few items left from the Versace collection and I actually kind of like this one. I think it's more a summer skirt, to wear with a loose white tanktop. But in a winter outfit, I could wear it with a black blouse, tights and heels.

I'm gonna sleep a night on it.

Lots of love, Liselot

United colours of Benetton

United colors of Benetton, is knowm for its contorversial advertising with the aim to show the social problems in the world. Yesterday, they launched a new campaign, called UNHATE. With this campaign, Benetton aimed to foster tolerance and 'global love'. On the right poster at the image, the pope is shown, kissing an senior Egyptian imam. The vatican announced that they think this photo is unrespectfull, and Benetton was forced to pull the image from the new campaign. As I allready said, Benetton is known for it's ads, so I decided to show some, that I think are really confronting and shocking, but that also make a statement.



United colors of Benetton is a fashion brand, but they use their reputation to make a statement. I think that's a good thing to do. Which one do you think is the most confronting of shocking?

Lots of love, Liselot

Collaborating with H&M, a succes story

Today, the H&M launched another collaboration, this time with versace. On the 28th of octobre, I already wrote an article about Versace for H&M. When I was just looking at the online shop, I saw that almost everything was sold out. Apart from some weird looking bomberjack. A friend of mine was taking a look at the site, this afternoon, and she got the sign shown above: ''We're sorry!'. It can be concluded that the collaborations with H&M are a huge succes. They make designer pieces accessible and affordable. A lot of famous designers have already collaborated with H&M. I remember a few of the collaborations but to give you a good view, I googled it.

Karl lagerfeld for H&M 2004

Stella McCartney for H&M 2005

Vikor and Rolf for H&M 2006

Comme des Garcons for H&M 2008

 

Matthew Williamson for H&M 2009

Jimmy Choo for H&M 2009

Sonia Rykiel for H&M 2009

Lanvin for H&M 2010

Versace for H&M 2011

I've left some of the collaborations out, but I guess I gave you a good vieuw this way, right? Striking is that the style of the collections are good alternated. So that everyone has got a choice. The collections of Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney and Comme des Garcons are really simpel if you compare them to the remarkable collections of others like Versace. Still the collections are collectors items, where only people with a real interest in fashion put effort in. With patience and good luck, you are able to get hold of an item.

The rumours about a possible next collaboration are on again. It's said that Tom Ford will be the next to design a collection for H&M. The creative director of H&M already said, that she thought, Tom Ford would be an interesting choice. I guess we'll just have to wait!

Lots of love, Liselot

The magic of heels

I felt very proud yesterday, being able to walk on my new wedges an entire day. But my 15.5 cm heels are nothing compared to these 20 cm ones from Christian Louboutin. Louboutin got inspired by ballet shoes when he designed this pair of heels. Ofcourse no one is able to walk on shoes like these. While walking around at high heels, I often get questions, why girls torture themselves with uncomfortable shoes. Well, I've got some pretty good reasons.

People always say, that heels must be invented by men, to make a girls ass look prettier. That could really be true. Lots of men twist their necks when a girl in high heels walkes by. And well they're actually right. Your but looks prettier when you're wearing heels, your legs look longer and you're much more elegant. (Don't see the previous sentence as publicity for high heels because some girls are just not made for them)

When I was googling the history of heels I found an article that said that people really began wearing them around the year 1600. The nobility used to wear red heels to show their status and their nobility. Around 1650 fancy clothing became populair. Wealthy traders, who were often in France brought fashion as well as high heels with them. Ofcourse the poor started copying the heels.

On the left, shoes that the nobility used to wear and on the right heels from the 1650's.

After the revolution, the view on shoes changed. People started to dress more plain. High heels became outrageous and people didn't wear them anymore. From 1948 high fashion from Paris and Italy was from great influence. High heels became hot again and that didn't change anymore.

It doesn't matter that it's said that men invented heels, just because our asses would look better that way. We ourselves decide to wear them because we feel a lot prettier and confident that way. No matter how much they hurt, I'll continue to wear them.


Lots of love, Liselot

Outfit of the day

Yesterday, a friend of mine gave me a birthdaypresent. A little bit delayed, but well presents are always nice. He saw me drooling over these Nelly wedges and he just decided to buy them, without me knowing. They are pretty high so I really need to get used to them, but I really love them!

Black wedges Nelly

Knitted cardigan de Bijenkorf
Silk blouse Zara

Burgundy pants Zara

Lots of love, Liselot

Special thanks to Esther, who made the photos!

Guess what's in the box

I received a gift yesterday.
Can you guess what's inside the box?



Lots of love, Liselot

Best of H&M

Today, I was looking at the H&M site and I decided to make a collage of the items I like the most. You could make really nice outfits with these items!

Strapped sandals €39,95
Black velvet dress €9,95
Grey pleated skirt €9,95
Camel coloured hat 12,95Black loafers €59,95
Metallic cropped shirt €19,95

Have a nice weekend!

Lots of love, Liselot

je veux

I've chosen a completely different style this time. Hope you like it.

Leather shoes Alexander Wang €385

Yellow knit Monki €35

Silk star pants Dolce & Gabbana €437
Pink bag Monki €25

Black shearling gilet Karl Donoghue €525

 

Lots of love, Liselot

Looking back at summer

It's getting colder and colder and I really miss the lovely weather at Curaçao where I've been this summer! Don't get me wrong, I love winter and going skiing in Austria.

 But at the moment, my hands feel like icecubes!

Lots of love, Liselot

Carte blanche

As most of you will probably know, this blog is an experiment used for my final work at highschool. I'm pleased with the results so far, but they can be improved. I'm at the point that I'm receiving visitors from different countries around the world and I'm really curious how you all have found my blog. In this post I'm asking everyone, from the Netherlands as well as every other country to tell me how you think, what you think could be improved, what you really like and ofcourse what you don't like about the blog.

I'm giving you carte blanche, spill your comments. I could really use them analyse the progress of my blog.

I can't wait.

Lots of love, Liselot

inspiration

ph/ Stockholmstreetstyle

Combining 5 trends; statement necklace/ sequins/ stars/ velvet/ burgundy

Love it!

dreaming about the future

HIGH HOPES

When I was a little girl, I wanted to become a teacher. A singing teacher/mother.
Well, my dreams changed a lot. I've got big plans and big dreams and I think everybody should have dreams. I know that not every dream comes true, but if you work hard enough, they may will.

Starting with the near future, I just want to graduate. I'm in my final year and it's hard.
But I've got faith. If I graduate, I'll be done with highschool, the first of june.

I'm now working at the warehouse of the departmentstore De Bijenkorf and I've been talking with my supervisor about a transfer to the store itsself. So after my exams, I'm going to work at the store the entire summer.

Working at the store is great, because next year, I'm going to study Fashion Managment. I really can't wait to study fashion. 

I can't predict what is going to happen after my study, but I'm sure it will be great. I'm going to make sure that it is.

This week, I'm starting running again. I'm dreaming that once, I'll walk the New York marathon. Talking about good motivation to go running!

Ofcourse I'm also dreaming about designer bags and shoes (like I said in a recent post), but my most important dream for the future is: being happy and healthy!

Lots of love, Liselot

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You've seen both these pairs of shoes on my blog, more than once. But I'm still unable to make a choice. I'm going to give you the details and I really want you to help me choose.

So, what do you think, which one should it be?

Lots of love, Liselot

Time is running by

Busy, busy, busy!

Yesterday I was feeling very horrible and ill, but i've got exams so my life consists of studying and even more studying. Time is running by and there's still so much to do.

Tomorrow, a clear-minded written article will be posted.


Lots of love, Liselot

Faux Fur

This week is all about learning for tests. Horrible, but we have to.

Because of the exams, my brain is filled with Maths and French, instead of fashion. And that's a pitty when you're writing a fashion blog.

I decided to write you an article about faux fur. I used to not be a great fan of faux fur. But a certain jacket made me change my mind. I was watching a programm where they showed a faux fur coat with leopard print, wich looked very classy. The brand, to which the item belonged, doesn't really have a good webshop, and I couldn't find a picture of the jacket, so I dicided to show you some others instead. I actually fitted the second one, when I was in Paris and I really loved it. But the fact that the jacket isn't at all timeless and that it was kind of expensive, made me not buy it.

Next week, after exams, I'm going to shoot outfitposts again and I'll write a lot of articles.

If you're also studying, Good Luck!

Lots of love, Liselot