(temporary) changes

as some of you may have noticed, i kind of completely vanished from here.
i miss it almost every day, but i just cannot seem to live up to the standards - my standards, your standards, everybody's standards and expectations of someone who would like to call themselves a 'fashion blogger'.
to try again and take the pressure off at the same time, i have moved to tumblr.
i used to go there for inspiration and great random photos and i thought to myself, maybe i can get back over there.

so, if any of you is eager to keep up, you can find me here.
not saying i will never come back, just saying that i just cannot be here right now.

hope to see you in a bit.

x

trends | zara lookbook october 12

all pictures by zara lookbook october 12

aymeline valade doing the lookbook for zara again. complete adoration.

hope there is more to come, soon. however, life is very much full of action right now and i kind of like it. i don't know if blogging still can be fitted somewhere in between everything else.

xoxo

outfit | the leather skirt

i was long looking (and longing) for a leather skirt. i had this inner image; summer, a black mini leather skirt, a white simple tee and some golden jewellery. and white sneakers. and my ray ban wayfarer. and maybe red lipstick.
you get the image? so how happy was i when i was for the first time in a while rummaging through h&m online and saw it - a genuine mini leather skirt with a seethrough under-skirt. even though it was h&m, i was quite sure not to see it on too many other people (is that still true?).
i purchased it in winter and wore it today for the first time ever. with a white tee, golden jewellery, white sneakers and my wayfarer glasses (without the red lipstick though - next time!).

(sorry for the crappy pictures, lack of proper photographer)

any plans for the weekend lovers?

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blog | the rereturn

okay, enough is enough.
it's been so long now that i didn't even know how to use this new post editor!
i am not going to apologize though, life is what it is and i cannot help it being busy at times.

so, here you go with a little picturesque update on what i did these last months.
i have a ton full of posts lined up, so i hope a few of you are still with me to enjoy!

xoxo

random | going back and forth

life has been busy these last couple of days and weeks, as it always is, i guess. i got offered kind of a new job in the same area so the stress is not going to lessen. however, this time, i will try and keep a regular blogging schedule up as i really do miss it in my life. it is just hard to get those two things together if you work in a completely different area than what you're writing about. PLUS, i am currently not connected to the internet at home (leave alone a washing machine) which just makes things more difficult.

anyways, a few random shots on my capability of packing. and, obviously, a few other things that i collected over the last weeks and haven't worn once - SHAME!

i'm gonna spend my weekend in hamburg, going to do lots of shopping tomorrow and planning on taking a gazillion pictures - or maybe just a few nice ones?

catch you later people!

ps: how are you balancing work and blogging properly?

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sunday song | the xx - vcr

i'm quite late on the xx-train, i guess. happy sunday, everyone!

xo

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sunday song | bon iver - skinny love

well, and the sunday song seems to be back again, too.
bon iver, skinny love - this songs makes my heart break of beauty and desire.

enjoy and happy sunday!

xo

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life | i ain't lost, just wandering

random shots from a weekend in munich a couple of days ago

it has been a whole while. life has been full of changes and surprises lately and i was busy keeping track of them all.
i miss blogging though so i will shortly resume to being here again. being full of new ideas, creativity and many many changes ahead, i hope you will stay with me.

xo

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sunday song | james mc morrow - we don't eat

lately, life is being a bit of a rollercoaster. so, it is just a song for today and, hopefully, inspiration for a next few posts in the following weeks.
excuse my absence.

xo

life |new year's resolutions

new year's resolutions - i actually like them. not the ones that sound like everybody else's (lose weight, find love, blabla), but the ones that really make you look forward to the new year. plus, i think mine are pretty easy to achieve:

- wear more heels

- buy more shoes (hello mum, if you read this. sorry, yes, i mean it!)

- be more daring

- most important: save more money to buy great stuff, leave cheap and unnecessary things behind.

i am already on a mission to fulfill my last resolution: i having been going radical on my closet, dismissing all the things that have filled me with the slightest doubt about me ever wearing them again.
i really just want to keep the basics and the things that i really really really like and do constantly wear. i have already sold five things and i am planning on putting up more and more so my closet will look as empty as can be when i'm done.

it would not be me though if i didn't plan on buying new things. this year, however, i will try to be very conscious about the things that i take home with me. i would like to stay away from shops like h&m as i think that they just support consumerism and make us unconscious about the things that we really need and really want. if you would like to support my little mission, just click here or on the shop-button in the sidebar and maybe you will find something that you like.

on a side note, a few more resolutions are to wear more lipstick and to read elle uk as the only fashion magazine every month.

do you have any new year's resolutions? i would love to hear them!

xo

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sunday song | lana del rey - blue jeans

happy new year people! i hope everyone is going to have a terrific year and that all your dreams and wishes may come true!
as a kind of special-edition sunday song, again the wonderful lana del rey with yet another terrific tune. i have a feeling that she is going to become the thing in 2012, although i kind of feel like she already did.

how did you celebrate last night?

xo

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random | unser morgen stirbt nie

first of all - a very merry berry (belated) christmas to all of you! i hope you got to spend time with the ones you love most and to just relax.
i, for my part, tried my best. however, i am still quite exhausted from the last.. months, i guess, so i was not really in the mood for taking pictures all the time. plus, i really am dissatisfied with the way my outfit pictures look as i am tired of all the detail shots. therefore, i am still figuring out a way to make myself more content. hope i will find a solution to this soon!

to not be a complete disappointment, some shots i took during the last days. another post is just about to be prepared, so this should be the end to my little christmas pause!

xo

glitter nailpolish from aa aka best nailpolish ever

beautiful and delicious christmas dinner

me being super excited about getting my beloved zara bag (i actually knew it before but was happy nevertheless!)

homemade macadamia-white-chocolate-cookies

one of the things i gave to my boyfriend which he 'unfortunately' (well, for him!) forgot at my place

putting things together that i am about to sell on the blog! (here: vintage armani high-waist jeans and vintage leather chelsea boots)

yesssssssss

me playing around with my new mac lipstick (ruby woo, matte)

what my boyfriend gave me for christmas - PARIS!

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closet | new in

dress/jacket/bag - all zara (hello monotony)

talk. about. over. consumption.
all in all, it is not too much. a dress, a jacket, pants (see last post) and a bag. combine it though, add up the prices - what was i thinking? haha but i really cannot help it as i love every single piece and two of them (jacket and bag) i've wanted for a very long time so i thought with christmas around, i would deserve a treat. WRONG THOUGHT!
i just hope that this post will keep me from buying more stuff for myself that i actually did put on my wishlist for christmas. i am just so afraid that the things that i want will be gone before anyone could give them to me. i am obviously nuts.

do you get the same? i just always make wishlists and in most cases, i buy all the things myself.

xo

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outfit | it's all for you

pants, boots - zara/blouse - h&m/necklace - urban outfitters

i am lacking creativity, majorly lacking it. i've been browsing tumblr for hours and days now, it is not getting any better. it starts with having no ideas what to gift everybody for christmas and ends with hating my entire closet, although there is so much stuff in there that i have wanted forever now.

in addition, i am just the most impatient person right now. i would love to buy everything off my christmas wish list stat, anxious that people won't give it to me haha. also, taking pictures of myself is the last thing that i can do right now. i am always so frickin unsatisfied with everything!

oh well, maybe i just need a break. 2 more weeks of work to go and i am off for a couple of days.

anyways, say hi to my new pants (that i never want to clean as i am afraid that the color will fade and the wonderful softness will leave as well). and the necklace, that is.

how is life treating you people? how is the christmas present situation over at your places?

xo

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random | christmas wishlist

pictures via topshop; zara; aa and uo

here we go, my humble wish list. well, it is indeed humble as there is not nearly everything on it. just some random picks (from top to bottom, left to right):

1. turban hat from topshop, ca. 25£

2. sequined clutch from zara, ca. 40€

3. ambush boots from topshop, ca. 75£ (of course i'd much rather like to have the pistols, but 400€ - do not think santa is that generous)

4. le vernis by chanel, ca. 22€

5. kate moss by mario testino, seen at urban outfitters, ca. 55€

6. velvet bralet from topshop, ca. 25£

7. crystal necklace from urban outfitters, ca. 21€

8. asymmetric pumps from zara, ca. 100€ (i cannot get the fact around my head that i didn't want them when i could have them and now i am basically chasing them..)

9. THE COOLEST NAILPOLISH EVER! of course from american apparel, ca. 9€

as i said, there is a lot more, but well - this would made me happy for starters!

besides all that, i just wish for another happy year, staying healthy, spending more time with my family and friends and especially, being more creative and finding more time for le blogging!

what is your biggest wish for christmas?

xo

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sunday song | lana del rey - video games

don't have no words for it. she reminds me of natalia avalon, summer nights and red wine (even though i do not like it).
i simply love lana del rey, she is so weird and her music is as well, that it is just good.

happy sunday people!

xo


ps: and happy first advent to everybody who celebrates it!

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trends | leggings

all via we heart it

i saw them a while ago for the first time - to be exact, when i was about 6. i wore them everyday anyday, i just loved them. and i had them in many patterns and fabrics! maybe i was a trendsetter all along..
ANYWAY! when i saw these leggings a couple months ago, i didn't realize what i was seeing. my childhood love had come back to me - leggings that are in the best case knitted or made of velvet oooor, even better, have some fancy patterns that now would be called ikat or aztheqe or something similar (when i was young i was calling them christmas-leggings as many of mine had reindeers on them - LOVE!).
when i was in hamburg last weekend, i could not avoid stopping by at urban outfitters and i found that they had many lovely leggings that just felt right. they were for the most part a mixture between leggings and sweat pants; i think that is just the right mix for the lazy holy days.
howeverrr, i am not too sure if i'm not.. 16 years too old for that (yes, i had to count). what would you wear these pants to? what shoes, what tops? should you go for the all-pattern-mixed-look? well well well..

what do you think guys?

so long,
xo

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trends | zara lookbook november

all pictures via zara

november lookbook

i am madly and utterly in love with the november lookbook of zara woman's collection. the print mixture, the pj-pants, the flower prints.. love! not to forget the absolute casualness of the model's looks and her pure beauty.

L O V E  and a desperate need to have it all.

proper blogging to come soon (the usual)!

xo

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sunday song | noel gallagher - if i had a gun

i loved the gallaghers in a group, but noel gallagher is pretty special on his own as well. i instantly fell in love with this song.

enjoy,
xo

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outfit | close enough to start a war

sweater,choker,parka - h&m/shorts - cos/tights - wolford/shoes - converse chucks/bag - zara/foxtail - gifted

i guess its official: tights season is back. 

whenever i get a new piece (that usually i am in love with) it is incredibly hard for me to also wear other things that i owned before. therefore, i wanted to let go off my dr.denim-jeans at least for once and dug out those cos shorts that i bought in summer. now i wish they were even shorter but only cause i can wear them with tights now ;-)

also, making something suitable for wintertimes that you bought on a hot summery day seems to be a difficult task. there is nothing worse for me than people trying to pull off their jeans cut-offs during winter with black tights. but these shorts didn't make much for a challenge.

all paired with my last-season parka from h&m and my beloved zara-bag. foxtails are cool in summer, but they really are awesome in winter (or fall, for that matter) i think!

how are you with new pieces in your closets? do you wear them until you cannot look at them anymore, too?

so long,

xo

ps: only 7 weeks to go until christmas! who is as excited as i am?!

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