Jimmy Choo for H&M

Jimmy Choo for H&M! Pretty sure this ain't new news for lots of ppl but it is for me... and I must say I am THRILLED!!!!!! Because who doesn't want a pair of Jimmy's at a reasonable price?!

And yet again my wishlist is expanded... sigh...

Just another 84 sleeps and they'll be available worldwide!!!

Favourite Models: Lara Stone

We all know Doutzen Kroes! One of the most successful Dutch models nowadays. But she's not the only Dutch beauty out there. The Dutch are marching up in the fashion world... And to give you an idea of whom I'm talking about I'll update you each week with a new Dutch beauty. And no, they're not all blond & blue eyed; but they are mega tall... 

Part 1: LARA STONE! 

French Vogue has already dedicated a whole issue on our national beauty last February. But she has also been the face of Calvin Klein jeans, H&M, Jill Sander, Max Mara and Givenchy, opened the Jean Paul Gaultier show, and closed Chanels show last season. And she'll be once more on the cover of the French Vogue next month... . Make sure to keep an eye on this model because it will not be the last that you have heard from her.

Siblings Fashion part 1: DSquared for MAC!!!

Siblings in fashion is not a new phenomenon... On the contrary it has been quite a successful concept. My favourite designers come in pairs! And part 1 of the revelation of my favs is: DSquared!!! Dean & Dan, canadian twins came to Italy to seek success, and they have managed to get some for sure! Oh my god, their designs are just the right mix between casual chic & haute couture and a touch of rock glam. And they know how to put themselves out there. Not only is their store an exception between the stuck up stores on gloden square of Milan but they have managed to shake up the traditional runway. Putting models, gorgeous models, on the runway as if they were celebrities with a starbucks and a handful of magazines in their hands, is just briljant! I bet other designers wished they had come up with such a refreshing idea. Cos it makes the whole show and the clothes especially, a lot more 'real' to the public and will definitely result in great sales as people will feel the clothes are actually really ready to wear!

Not only have they produced an amazing collection this fall and winter, but the canadian twins are teaming up with MAC! MAC being my ultimate favourite make-up brand working with DSquared is just to good to be true cos my motto: "Once you go MAC, you don't go back...." and the new fall/winter look of the twins, must be a winning combo! I can't wait to go to the stores..

Newest item on my wishlist...WILDFOX Couture

Just returned from an afternoon stralling in downtown Brussels....
Although my personal financial crisis prohibits me from purchasing anything new, it doesn't hurt to extend the wishlist with another item, or items now does it?! Where t-shirts used to be absent in my closet because I thought it didn't quite fit me well, nowadays I can't seem to stop myself being lured by the most simple clothing that exists. But surprisingly I keep wanting the expensive ones, with prints, studs, glitter and glamour... but the ultimate first that I need to find is a Wildfox Couture one with the roses. Awesome with my new high waist skirts, mean high heels and the boyfriend blazer! Can totally imagine myself wearing one....

Too Late...

YAY!!!! I got home from my holiday in Amsterdam and my newest gadget was waiting for me freshly arrived from Italy!!! The TOO LATE watches are the newest rage in Milan, and they don't sell outside of Italy just yet, but you can find them on their official site. They exist in the brightest colours, from my fav baby doll pink to lucious red. However I picked the white one to begin with... white on a tanned skin always looks good! But... no reason not to buy some more colours as they are cheap as hell, 20euros! And not to forget they're unisex, and waterproof... So you and your loved one could even go for a midnight swim together without losing track of time, although maybe that's just what you want don't you?!!

ps: i looove my new buddha bracelet as well... my best friend got it for me from Shanghai and I'm keeping that one until it falls off....

Magical Fashionista all Grown up!

Harry Potter Fashionable?

Ok I know, Harry Potter is not what you would call super duper cool and fashionable, but I just can't help it: I'm addicted to the little boy with his lightning scar and tiny round glasses, which he has outgrown big time.

It all started around 6 years ago when I was dating this lovely skinny french boy Thomas. He was totally into the whole HP rage, and I just refused to go with it. I thought Harry was for kids, and seen my 17 years old, I surely wasn't a kid. But he stood foot, and placed me in front of the tv and made me watch HP and the philospher's stone the movie. Two hours later I was hooked. I bought the second, third and fourth book the next day. Four books were already published, imagine how far behind I was. But two small months later I was up to date. I read like a madwoman, sometimes until 4 in the morning. Harry Potter for kids? Heck if that meant I was a kid, who cares!! I was totally turned around, and my boyfriend regretted introducing me to the magical world of Hogwarts.

Ever since I was on waiting lists for every book that was published and I sat in the cinema as soon as the next movie was out. My ultimate favourite was the fourth book and movie, Harry Potter and the goblet of Fire. Amazing the way JK Rowling let her imagination go on that one.

But the last movie: HP and the Half-Blood Prince! Just one word: BRAVO!! Really well done, and even though some parts of the book were left out, it's amazingly done. I just love the way they have all grown up and how they're starting to have love lives and so on. And one character has especially evolved big time: Hermione Granger. Wow. In realy life as well... To think that she has become the new face of Burberry.

So in the end, Harry just is plain fashionable, and there's no shame in saying you read or rather devour the books and movies... :D few, what a relief!

On the Rise in Amsterdam: Ann Bogaerts

See my dear people, I wasn't talking all balloony stories. The Amsterdam International Fashion Week is not the little sister of the big fashion cities anymore. It has proven to produce cool and significant upcoming designers. Go Dutchies!!!

www.style.com - July 27th 2009 - Mark Smith

"Amsterdam International Fashion Week lived up to its name this year by selecting a 22-year-old Belgian fashion student as its breakout star. Ann Boogaerts, a graduate of Holland’s prestigious ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arnhem, was chosen by a panel of 100 industry insiders (among them Wendy Dagworthy, originator of London fashion week) as the winner of the €10,000 Lichting cash prize. For her brightly hued capsule collection, Boogaerts drew her inspiration from Spanish-born Queen Fabiola of Belgium, who reigned from 1960 to 1993, imagining what might’ve happened if the young Fabiola had taken a Dutch lover instead of her eventual royal suitor, Baudouin of Belgium: “My show starts to the soundtrack of the Belgian national anthem and morphs into the Dutch one. I wanted to make light of the little fashion stereotypes and preconceptions that exist between the Dutch and the Belgians. The Dutch think the Belgians are bourgeois. The Belgians think that all Dutch people wear bright red pants.” Whether or not they understood the sartorial and political significance of this excursion, the Lichting jurors were charmed by the whimsy of Boogaert’s designs. Dagworthy, for one, was royally impressed: “It’s been such a difficult decision,” she said of her duties on the panel. “I’ve seen degree collections here that are innovative and experimental, with fantastic cutting, color, and fabric choices. This bodes very well for Dutch design.”

Lipstick Jungle

No "Lipstick Jungle" is not about the marvelous series of Candace Buschnell, who also wrote Sex and the City, but it's about my own personal "Lipstick Jungle".... I have discovered that with a little tan, my lips tend to fall on the background, and well aren't your lips exactly that, what boys love to ... indeed: KISS!!! And then not to forget, the fact that lipstick is sooo 2009!

The question is:

• Rouge Scarlett
• Rouge D'Amour
• Pink Baby Doll
• Rose So Lovely
• Beige Plaisir
• Bedtime Plum...

Gosh too many deliciously sounding colours, which you'd rather want to eat than put on your lips. They're actually a handful of the new line of Nivea by Chantal Thomass. I've tried the Pink Baby Doll, which is more of a fluorescent kind of bright pink than the sweet and soft pinks I usually use in my make-up, but it looked amazing and stayed on even after having jogged and taken a shower!!!! And in these economical dark times, and grey and black tones in fashion a splash of pink might just be the thing the world can use. So I could go for the Pink Baby Doll right...? Wrong... cos I love to put scarlett reds on my finger and toe nails, and I don't own a Pink Baby Doll nailpolish yet. Unfortunately it doesn't exist either, which definitely does not make my life any easier at the moment. Well it does exist, but not in the Nivea by Chantal Thomass line, but by NUBAR, with another lucious name as HOT PINK! My luck again, they don't ship abroad...

So basically my dilemmas are:
1. which of the lucious colours to choose to start my lipstick grown up life?
2. where am I going to find: Pink Baby Doll, Hot Pinkish nailpolish??!! (it has to be really fluorescent!!!)

*SIGH*

Amsterdam International Fashion Week

The Amsterdam International Fashion Week Spring Summer 2010 has just started. From the 22nd to the 26th of July, Amsterdam is covered in fashion!!! Exactly the way we love it.

Besides the fashion shows of the upcoming designers, there's the exceptional downtown programme. This programme is designed for the public, meaning that everyone is allowed to join in on the AIFW. I think this programma is amazing, especially for us fashionistas dying to be part of fashion weeks in general. Amsterdam is until now, the only city that has such a programme and others can learn from the upcoming fashiontown of the cheese peeps. Living in Milan I have praid the gods many times for them to initiate with such a programme.... Maybe it's time for me to take forces into own hands and start such a programme abroad. But HOW??!!! :)

Anyways, I have been following the fashion week day by day... and in stead of the usual big names which tend to rule the fashion scene, the upcoming designers get a chance to shine during the AIFW. This is another lovely aspect about this unusual fashion week compared to the big ones.

Picture will come soon, as they're not yet available to the public and can't seem to get them from the official site. But if you're so curious and can't wait another day, check out www.aifw.nl and join me in following the official Amsterdam International Fashion Week. It's worth it, trust me!