Multiple shades

As promised yesterday, here's the first outfitpost with the bag. I wore this outfit last weekend, when the weather was still delightful. It's a pretty simple look, but I think it's still interesting because of the use of items like the two-toned sunglasses and the ombre sweater. Call me conservative, but I'm always careful with wearing see-through clothes. I want them to look classy, even though most people would say they are less decent than high-necked tops or ladylike dresses. However, I believe see-through clothes do have the potential to look elegant, feminine and classy. When properly styled, a cut-out maxi dress or a sheer shirt can be even more chic than a non-transparent piece. And even though this look isn't intended to be very sophisticated and solid, I think it's important to consider whether the see-through item is still decently enough. Anyway, I think the sweater has passed the test. I love it in combination with the black bandeau bra. It strengthens the feeling of spring!

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Shorts - Outfitters Nation; Sweater - DressRepublic; Sunglasses - Accessoirize;
Shoes - Carel van der Meer; Bag - Guess via Bagageonline

The city trip

Visiting another city than your own is such a great thing to do, even when the relevant city is in your homecountry. However, I learned (by trial and error) that dressing comfortable is the most important thing when doing that. So I decided to style a really city-proof look. I hope you like it!

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Shorts - DIY; Shoes - Converse; Belt - Outfitters Nation; Top - Felicee;
Leather jacket - Guess; Leather bag - V&D

Denim on denim

Denim on denim.. I've never tried it before but there's a first time for everything so I decided to wear it for the first time today. When he saw me wearing the jeans shirt, my brother asked me whether I went to a saloon, because he thought I looked like a cowboy. However, I enjoy the result. It's a quite different style than I usually wear, and I like the alternation.

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Jeans shirt - Outfitters Nation; Shorts - Romwe; Boots - Carel van der Meer
Sunglasses - Mango; Watch - FLR

Camouflage

When I saw the weather forecast for yesterday, I didn't have to think for a long time about my choice of footwear for the day. For granted, I chose my all-time favorite suede wedge sandals. I almost forgot how comfortable they are and hey.. don't you think they are beyond gorgeous? I decided to go for sort of a camouflage look. I used items in brown and green shades, and completed the look with my new safari necklace. With an accessoire like that, you imagine yourself in sunny times already. And what's a better feeling than summer? I truly can't wait for it to be that season!

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Necklace - Westrags, Cardigan - Outfitters Nation

Neat, but youthful

If I've got a little time, I love trying new hairstyles on myself. Long hair provides lots of possibilities, so my hair is perfect to satisfy my creative needs. I try to heat my hair as little as possible, but I just bought a nourishing heat protection spray, so happily I'm able to use the curling- or flat iron more often. Unfortunately, my curling iron is very old and it doesn't work great anymore. So I need a better one. Then someone told me that a better alternative to create glamorous curls would be a flat iron. She's a hairdresser and she makes gorgeous curls with hers. I saw great flat irons here, and I was just wondering.. Do you think I'd do wise to buy one of those, or do you prefer a curling iron?

Then about my look of last Sunday. The hair is inspired by Gossip Girl's Serena. When I saw this hairstyle on her (season 3), I had to try it. I think it looks neat and classy, but playful at the same time. I did my best to create an outfit that's also characterized by these features. On the one hand I chose a sophisticated black blazer and my new Outfitters Nation pants, and on the other hand the snakeskin-printed pieces. I really like the balance between neat and youthful, and I hope you agree with me!

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Pants - Outfitters Nation, Top - Felicee

Earmuffs and gossip girl

I'm having a great weekend. One of the reasons for that: A gossip girl marathon! It's so refreshing to have a weekend off after months of non stop working on various things, and I try to enjoy it as much as possible. I know it's a shame I haven't seen gossip girl before, but now I have, I became totally addicted to it. However, besides the fact it took me some effort to turn off the DVD player, I'm here now and I want to show you the outfit I wore yesterday. It's very winter proof again, because of the extremely low temperatures we're experiencing in Holland at the moment. I changed my beloved grey coat (previous post) into my faux fur coat and went outside while being amazed at the stability that the platform shoes gave to me when I walked through the snow. So even though an outfit like this doesn't look like the perfect outfit to conquer cold and snowy days, it definitely is.

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Jeans - Outfitters Nation, Shoes - PaperDoll, Earmuffs - ARAFEEL

Frosty the snowman

It's been a while since my latest post, but I'm back (and I won't leave you again). The first snow of the year has fallen today. The landscape turned into a white wonderland in no time this afternoon, so there was no opportunity for me to change my heels into more snow-proof shoes. I wore a combination of my current favorite items; you definitely can say I merged with my Tommy toggle coat, preppy scarf and bag. And what's a better choice than wearing a good pair of jeans in cold winterdays? You're right: there's no better choice.. ;-) Have a nice weekend everybody, I'm going to enjoy my snowball fight (so watch out haha) xoxox

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Jeans - Outfitters Nation

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