August 31, 2008

Any Japan savvy people out there?

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Purikura, manga, bento boxes, geishas, karaoke, origami, ryokans.. All things that come to mind when you mention Japan to me. Obviously, I don't know much about the country yet it always fascinated me. Now, I'm in the very lucky position that my dad has given me a trip to Japan this fall and we're leaving in less than two months now. We're visiting Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Takayama and Nikkō and though I do have a few things on my list already, I would love to get some input: What to see? What to eat? What to buy? Any input is greatly appreciated!

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August 30, 2008

Like huge Legos

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ApartmentTherapy ran a small feature about this the other day and I just had to research it a bit further. You already know I have a soft spot for the brutal architecture from the USSR times, so I guess it's no surprise that I love this, too! Apparently, this is part of a public housing project called Sirius, located in one the best neighborhoods in Sydney. Funny, how I again find myself drawn to something which is so not pretty but I just love the concept of the boxes which look as if they're just randomly glued together. I'm wondering what it looks like inside.

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August 29, 2008

Stream of inspiration

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I know I promised you a fashion post but truth is that my schedule is packed at the moment and I'm not in the state of mind for creating something 'decent'. I guess because my head is filled with a strange mixture of interior design and statistics, seeing the new semester is coming up and I'm doing all I can to get my apartment ready before just that. Actually I had lined up a post about my recent shopping spree in Monoprix's children's department (seriously, it sounds much worse than it is - I got some great stuff there!) - but as said, my mind is in the state of chaos at the moment, for which I'm also blaming this extremely incoherent post. This is just a random mix of old favorites. Pictures which I can look back at again and again and still feel inspired by.Yet they all have one thing in common: they're all gorgeous females.. I'll be back soon!

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August 25, 2008

Au Marché Provencal

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Ok, I think you get it by now. I'm a HUGE francophile. It's in my heart, my blood and every cell of my being. So here you have another post about life at the wonderful Côte d'Azur (more fashion posts coming up très soon I promise). This time it's about my prefered food market in our local area: Marché Forville in the center of Cannes. Every single day people stream to the food court for everything from fruit, vegetables and flowers to local delicacies like fish from the Mediterranean, fresh eggs and the chickens who once produced them, neatly lined up (though still with their heads and feet attached). Then there's the olive oil from the oliviers which you will find aplenty in Provence and of course the tapenade, anchoïade, rouille, aïoli... It's a brilliant place for observing people as well. You will see the old people who spend their afternoons in front of l'hôtel de ville drinking their pastis and playing boules, the best chefs in the restaurant business (I saw that two-star Michelin restaurant l'Oasis had brought their little cart to market this morning as well) and everybody in between. But enough talking, these pictures speak for themselves. Really, aren't those artichokes in the first picture some of the most beautiful things?

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August 23, 2008

Ensemble du Jour

WhywhyWHY is it so hard to take pictures of yourself? I'm so bad at it and I always need something like 50 tries before I get one which is just fairly decent. Where to place your feet, your hands, your head.. It's a study in itself really. How do you guys do it?

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But on topic - meaning the outfit - the Marc Jacobs by Føtex jelly flats saved my ass today (I purchased the grey-ish transparent ones as well as they were marked down to a mere 10dkk a few weeks ago). The rain is coming down brutally and my accountancy book is not feeling particularly great, neither is my hair, after sprinting less than a kilometer to the uni librairy in the pouring rain (after deciding it wouldn't stop any time soon. It still hasn't). Good thing they are well-armed with lots of steaming hot chocolate at school.

August 21, 2008

Un jour à Nice

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It's been a wonderful vacation. I just love Provence. There's something from each and every of your senses there. Me and my friends spent a magnificent day in Nice, walking around the old town. Watching the old buildings, going to the fleamarket, shopping in random, small shops. We bought everything from fresh, colorful fruit to the most delicious cookies I've ever tasted. It's days like these that keep you going on days when the rain is coming down heavy and you're stuck at the university librairy with only 3 days until an exam and you're only halfway through curriculum. Like tomorrow.

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August 15, 2008

Going, Going, Gone ...

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To the land of the mimosas. So don't wait up. I'll be back full-force next Thursday!

August 12, 2008

Copenhagen Fashion Week picks!

The celebrity circus has finally left town. It's again possible to go to a café in the city center and not have a hard time finding a table. I still have a hard time believing that 55.000 foreigners come her for fashion week alone, as I always thought our fashion week to be rather.. ehm.. mediocre. And this fashion week wasn't really an exception. But of course it wasn't all boho and bad ripoffs. These are my 4 favorites, hope you enjoy them, too!

- Bruuns Bazaar
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- bARBARA í gONGINI
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- Heartmade / Julie Fagerholt
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- Designer's Remix
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For more info about Copenhagen Fashion Week, click here!