Romania is one of those countries everybody knows, all the while not really knowing anything about it. When I was young, my family used to vacation in Transylvania. Yes, that was exactly as pic...
I havent bought any clothes since january and boy am I dying to scratch a hard-core shopping itch. Ever since my mother uttered the magic formula clothing budget, I have been buying clothes on a mont...
I never thought about this before I read through the comments of an article considering skin colours in The Hunger Games, but I wonder: in Africa, does the term nude, when used for clothes, refer to ...
I sometimes forget, but long before I had wrapped my head around the brilliance of Emily Weiss, I had already found a personal fairy godmother when it came to matters of beauty. Im talking about my f...
Happy intercalary everyone! (Apparently thats the official name of Leap Day. Who knew?) Long time no post. I dont have any excuses: havent been especially busy, or even especially uninspired. Just se...
Paris! I didnt take as many pictures as I anticipated, but I do have some recommendations for you. First up: vintage shops. Paris is the very best city for vintage. Youll find everything: cheap piles...
Fur is a pretty heavy issue. If your upbringing was anything like mine, you were taught that buying fur is not okay. While I have thought about vintage fur coats and whether its okay to buy one, it n...
Our Paris trip in a few words: pancakes, Musée dOrsay, taking pictures of tourists (I kindly left those out), weird encounters with vulgar tour guides and hostel personnel straight out of Little Brit...
Just a little while ago, I was asked to attented a meeting on the start-up of a research project for my organisation. Also attending would be my nearest colleague, my boss and three researchers, one ...
Three more days and well be on our way to dancing the cancan and downing macaroons by the kilogram! (Maybe not the macaroons - I honestly dont understand the obsession.)Pictures by my beloved who wou...
... Im not sure I would spend over a 1000 euros to carry one around. Do you think these qualify as the literary equivalent of fake geek glasses? As in: style trumping function and fetishing an intell...
Should you ever fall prey to an uncontrollable desire of crocodile leather (surely one of lifes more offbeat but underestimated hazards), there is always the option of visiting Olgas Retro in Gent. I...
Do you think you cant afford handmade clothing? Think again! Its not as expensive as you might expect. Usually, when thinking of handmade clothing, the first thing that springs to mind is haute coutu...
This was a sure way of brightening up my Thursday!Fresh New Start Edited by: Collette Osuna of Statements in Fashion Even though January is one brutal cold month in Michigan, it happens to be one of ...
Do you have a friend who is so good-hearted, kind and mirthful you could not imagine anyone disliking them? One of those charming people who never cease to be joyful, except when theyre angry, which ...
Disclaimer: this post claims no useful content whatsoever.Is it okay to feel super productive just because I cleaned out my closet? Im usually so messy I felt like patting my own shoulder last week. ...
When I was a teenager, I passed by Icon on a daily basis, and yet it couldnt have been more removed from my own small sartorial world. (From 12 to 16 I bought H&M and a few fugly second hand finds, t...
Well howdy-do 2012. Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed some jolly holidays. Mine were filled with travel (London!), lots of food (lobster breakfast anyone?), The Killing (I just discovered Sarah ...
I put my knowledge of Word flowcharts (pretty non-existent, I have to admit) to good use today and made one of those magazine style personality quizzes. Kind of fun to do, actually. Who doesnt love a...
One of the things I used to love most about living in Gent was that everything was so incredibly nearby. Friends, university auditoria, cafés, 3 cinemas: all in walking distance. I never replaced my ...
Ive got a ton of stores I want to talk about, but somehow dont get round to actually writing about them. So tonight, I decided to procrastinate productively and fooled around with Google Maps. I made...
A quick glance over my blog posts teaches me that Ive made a lot more posts on slightly expensive or downright luxury stores than I have on cheaper stores. Time to mix it up a little! I was recently ...
Im writing this post a day late and a dollar short (quite literally). I went to the Modo Sales two weeks ago, but couldnt write about them since I was about to embark on my trip to Venice. The event ...
In a way, buying clothes resembles starting a relationship. You might think thats crazy, but bear with me for a moment - I dont mean I make my girlfriends go ask a skirt if it will please go out with...
Oh man. Returning to the office after the most wonderful 4 day trip to Venice and seeing a shiny new stack of papers to be dealt with immediately is (much as I love my job) kind of rough. It made me ...
By the time you see this, Ill be off to Venice. See you in a couple of days!Incite, Invigorate, Influence, InspireBy Jessie Thorpe of Denimology When selecting blogs to be featured in Links à La Mode...
My last post was about the scavenging possibilities at the flea market in Brussels. Our hunt that day made me ponder the (in)conveniences of thrifting. Thrifting might sometimes have its disadvantage...
Sunday in Belgium (otherwise a most godless country) is still a day of rest, much to my frustration. Basically, the choice is between hiking, visiting family or brushing up on your art knowledge in a...
Visitors from abroad always make a great excuse for exploring your own country. I took a Brazilian friend to see Gent this weekend and went into some shops on the way. One was on my to do-list, and a...
Who doesnt love to shop in the city of light? There are few places in the world where youll find such an enormous variety of clothes, ranging from really cheap to luxury only oil magnates can afford....
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