Aquatic print

A quick post about today's outfit. There were really strong winds today, so making good outfitpictures was almost impossible. Happily my amazing photographer managed it to capture the look properly. I wore my new dress with this brilliant aquatic print on it. The colors are perfect and its shape is my favorite lately. I started with a sort of moodbook (to help me create my new summer/spring look) yesterday evening, and remarkable was the fact that there were many dresses like this in it. I predict that this first one isn't the last one that will join my wardrobe..

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Dress- AX Paris; Blazer - River Island; Bag - Esprit; Watch - Quartz

Trendy meets preppy

While I was extremely hurried, I grabbed some of my favorite items to create my Saturday-look. After an early-morning visiting, we went shopping and took some outfitpictures. I guess my look is a bit trendy meets preppy. On the one hand, there are the checked scarf, the color combinations, and the blazer; and on the other hand I chose the tightly-fitting leggings, trendy bracelets, and the bright blue booties. Love the fact the boots are such eye-catchers. Lots of people told me that, when they're looking for me, it's easy to find me because of the dazzling color of my shoes. I take it as a compliment, I love having unique footwear. :)

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Boots - Jeffrey Campbell; Bag and scarf - Tommy Hilfiger; Cardigan - H&M;

Blazer and leggings - River Island; Blue bracelet - Pieces

Duotone look (+ GIVEAWAY)

"Thinking is talking of the soul with itself" - Plato

Blue used to be my favorite color by far when I was younger. My preference for colors changed when time passed, but I still feel very attracted to my electric blue JC boots. To make this shade of blue look extra chic, I combined it with only black items to create a duotone outfit. I always think duotone outfits look a bit futuristic, and that's something I really like from time to time.

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GIVEAWAY Then about the 2nd giveaway for Dutch people (Like I wrote last week: my apologizes to the people who live somewhere else. I'm trying to organize a giveaway for you too soon!).

De winnaar van de eerste giveaway onthul ik over een uurtje, en het is nu alweer tijd voor giveaway nummer twee! Deze winactie heb ik samen met Outfitters Nation georganiseerd. Ik draag vaak hun kleding, en nu leek het ons leuk om dit zwarte glitter vestje aan jullie weg te geven! Het is hetzelfde vestje als die ik in deze outfit in het blauw draag, maar dan in het zwart en in maat M. Hartstikke leuk natuurlijk om een topje mee op te vrolijken! Om mee te doen hoef je slechts drie dingen te doen:

1) Volg mij via GFC of bloglovin'
2) Volg Outfitters Nation op facebook
3) Volg mij op twitter of facebook

Als je de giveaway retweet (noem de link van deze post en @OUTFITTERNATION en @Rachella93) krijg je een extra deelname! De giveaway duurt een week, succes allemaal!

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Cardigan - Outfitters Nation

Blue monsters

It was the perfect day today. I passed my last exam of this year yesterday, and I decided to celebrate it with an early Friday morning shopping session. I bought myself such nice things and I truly feel euphoric when looking at my acquisitions. It was the first time I took my new blue monsters outside. I think they are fantastic, and I love the fact they are sooooo eyecatching because of their amazing shade of blue. The bag is from the vintage section of Shoppalu, and it's not the only item of the outfit that's aged: I found the navy turtleneck yesterday when I restructured my closet. I haven't worn it for years but I think it's time to wear it again now. Oh, and what do you think of the scarf (available here)? It's a combination of different colors (the color of the bag, the shoes, the socks, and the top among others) and in my opinion, it's a must have to survive the winter cold!

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Bag - Shoppalu, Scarf - CauseWayMall

Blush

Do you want to hear a good story? Or do you want a little perverse delight? If your answer to one of these questions is yes, than you absolutely have to read further. It's all about the incredible blue sturdy boots pictured below. I saw them a few weeks ago, and it was like love at first sight. I couldn't think about anything else and I had to buy them. So I did. I loaned the creditcard of a helpful colleague of my brother and I bought them. Well that ends well, you're probably thinking. But this was not the case. For some reason, the system crashed when I ordered the boots, and I received more than one order confirmation. I was freaked out, because the creditcard didn't belong to me. They took lots of money from the card and all I could do was ... freaking out, haha. Happily I found a very sweet girl when I called the customer service (Thank god they picked up the phone, because I was afraid it would be night in the USA because of the time lag between Holland and The States), who promised me to refund the amount I paid in excess and to send me just one pair. I still felt guilty because I caused the colleague of my brother so much trouble and I had sleepless nights untill we got the money back after just over one week (haha, it probably sounds like I'm a huuuuge dramaqueen. Actually, I guess I am).

To complete the story, I got a letter regarding the order last Friday. It stated the shoes were being held at a postoffice untill they received a letter with among others the invoice of the order from me. The wrote literally: If we won't receive your invoice quickly, the package will be destroyed. I was like O myyy gooosh DON'T DESTROY MY BLUE BABIES and I wrote a letter and I called the post office and so I saved their lives (haha). Finally, I received them today and after paying VAT and import duties to the postman (there was an incorrect invoice in the package so I had to pay much more than the amount should be..), I could embrace my JC blush boots.

And we'll live happily ever after.

Shiny blue pants

I think I've been a magpie (or a discoattendee from the 70s) in a previous life, because when I see shimmer, I go crazy. Therefore, no coincidence that I raid the shop assistant when the courier just delivered the new collection and I saw these beautiful shiny blue pants. They were perfect in combination with my new blackwhitesilver sweater. Actually, I wanted an oversized sweater with a huuuuge turtleneck in this pattern, but I think this one is really cool as well.

ps Afresh, my apologizes for my absence this week. I'm so glad I'm back to blogging-land again!

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The city girl

I guess one of the most eyecatching colors is electric blue, and it stands out even more when combined with black. The legwarmers were in my closet for years now, but I rediscovered them after receiving this gorgeous top (available here) last week. Obviously, I wanted to use different fabrics to create this duotone outfit, so that's why I choose the leatherlook leggings (available here), the leather boots and croco bag, and the military jacket. And about the hair: My hairdo is - as you can see - loose and messy on the one hand, and girly and elegant on the other hand. I think this combination provides the perfect flirty city girl look. Let's go shopping!

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Top - Outfitters Nation, Leggings - Outfitters Nation

The winter child

Perfect happiness is the result of a proces of growth. The road towards has some bumps and holes, but when you see a glimmer of hope despite all the troubles you're experiencing, your final destination will be paradisiacal.

I couldn't resist singing Christmas songs this morning. When I woke up I saw the gorgeous bright sky, and in combination with the ice cold weather it created an atmosphere that almost forced me to think about the lights, decorations, and songs associated with The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year. However, people would probably think I'm crazy when I would already bring up the Christmas tree in October, so my thoughts about the holidays are only expressed in the songs I hummed and in the colors of my outfit. In my opinion, black, dark blue, and especially the maroon-like color, are typically colors that are perfect for the colder days. And I have to say, I feel more than happy in these shades. My love for dark colors will always remain, I guess.

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Outfit: "The blue wonder"

First things first: I'm sorry for the lack of replies to your wonderful comments. I ensure you I read all of them with the greatest pleasure every time, but as I possibly wrote before, I'm terribly busy these weeks. I've barely got the time to post outfits on a regular base, but when I succeed in doing that, I unfortunately don't have the opportunity to get back to all of you. I'll try to reply as soon as I can, but if it takes too long, please don't be disappointed in me and you have to know that I really appreciate all  of your reactions. It sounds cliche, but they make me smile over and over again.

Then shortly about the outfit: I think the blue wonder does exactly describe how I feel about the blazer. It's currently the best piece of my wardrobe and I'm in love with it. The fabric, the shape, the color.. Everything about it is perfect.

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Amethyst necklace -Dress Republic, Bird skull necklace - Fashionology