An addition to the collection

Do you guys also have favorite searches on eBay? The first thing I type in is always "Chloe clutch" (and I must admit it kind of bothers me that you have to omit the accent aigu in Chloé. If I hadn't it would have saved me a lot of money). However, at the moment I'm trying to break the habit and avoid eBay altogether since the cash level is low. But yesterday I accidently entered the website of temptation and this beautiful clutch came up. I can't say I'm a huge Chloé fan anymore but I love what Phoebe Philo did for the house (it's going to be interesting to see if she can manage to give Céline a revival).. And one of my most treasured wardrobe pieces is a black/gold clutch with green pearl embroidery from the Philo era. Now it has company. At the price of $78 I couldn't resist.

Retail Therapy

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I really shouldn't have... But I simply could not not buy them. They're like a piece of art.

On the 8th day of Christmas...

Ok. So I don't do countdowns very well, I guess we can conclude. The quite kitsch-y Christmas decoration my mother gave me a while ago doesn't think so either (I'm making up for lost time tonight though - I'm down to the 4th already!).. But I've been busy enjoying my weekend, which for once did not include a paper or 200 pages to read. But lets try again, shall we? First of all, look at what I got in the mail just last week.. A new Chloé bag! It's of the Paddington species but it has lost its padlock - shame, isn't it? *cough* Well, its disability probably saved me quite a bit of money so there's no complaining on my part..

On the 5th day of Christmas...

And here's something not related to Christmas.. Because somewhere between red and blue I lost my heart a while ago. It's still a mystery to me how it happened as I never felt that strongly about this shade but I've really found myself attracted to it as of lately. Or well, my inspiration folder has always been stuffed with purple hues but I never really managed to apply it to real life. Nevertheless, the last two dresses I've bought have been purple and I'm loving them. I'm thinking I will try to experiment with makeup as well. It can look extremely beautiful though I guess it's a bit harder to pull off.


alberta ferretti ss08 + behnaz sarafpour fw08


marc by marc jacobs fw08 + jeremy laing fw08


alberta ferretti fw08 + proenza schouler fw08


me, today in purple dress #1.. from cos.

And below is dress #2 (H&M's finest, by the way) which I'm also planning on wearing tomorrow night. Maybe I'll do the chicken dance like Masha, too.

The postman came...

..while I was busy with a 72 hour corporate finance exam and neglecting NaBloPoMo. Sorry about that. But on topic: I was inspired by This World Tonight to buy these Gucci inspired heels. They're amazing and I love them. Just as much as the TI83 silver edition I bought as well. Calculators was never this much fun!

Souvenirs from retail heaven

..casio watch (inspired by vanillascented).. and a large stack of japanese magazines and books (more about those later)..

You think I'd go all the way to Japan to not shop? I don't think so! I'm still in complete awe of the selection in well, everything you can possibly imagine. And just as exciting, actually witnessing the matching buying power - especially in these troubled times, actually it didn't seem that the customers could be bothered thinking about financial meltdown at all. Life's too short and there are plenty of unbought Gucci bags out there! Right? Not that Gucci is really my thing, I actually ended up buying mostly pieces of Japanese origin (and my Visa card is still hurting)..


..comme des garcons cardigan and wallet/makeup clutches (i couldn't decide on just one color.. oops)


..tsumori chisato shopper.. i thought it was adorable..


..navy zucca dress.. a great everyday piece.. kind of low-cut in the back and ties with a bow..


..muji flats.. I got these in black, too!


..layered dress from extremely cheap but adorable store called 3 minutes happiness..


..navy silk shorts from zucca.. they look like a skirt when worn..


..and finally a shawl/scarf from Muji in action..

Tōji Temple Flea Market

I just love flea markets! My grandmother had a strong weakness for them and always dragged me along and I guess that managed to rub off on me. I love the thought of buying old things that already have a history. Obviously I had to go when I completely by coincidence found out that Japan's oldest flea market (and one of the largest) takes place on the 21st of every month by the Tōji temple in Kyoto. Unfortunately we had to catch a train to Osaka but I did manage to squeeze in more than an hour (I think I could have spent half a day there, though). Not only could you buy old things like furniture, ceramics, clothes.. there was also food, tools, fabrics.. Highly fascinating and definitely recommendable should you ever happen to be in Kyoto on the 21st of a month.









And this is what I managed to pick up.. Of course at heavy overprice but to my defense I must say that bargaining in Japanese is not really my thing.. (All I managed to learn was the most essential.. Konichiwa (hello), arrigato (thanks), cohi kudasai (coffee, please)).. I bought a children's kimono (or I guess it actually is a yukata? - same genre, less formal) and some old photos..

Adding animals

I already told you about my little zoo but it just keeps and keeps expanding and is actually getting rather large. The first animal I'm introducing to you I realize is.. well.. slightly odd.. It's a rat! His name is Marc Jacobs and me, this world tonight and another friend stole (I prefer to say adopted) him from a halloween setup in a cinema. Less strange and much more adorable is the cardboard zoo calendar I bought in Tokyo. I only just assembled it yesterday and it fits right in here in my flat. Now I just need to figure out names for the animals..

FALL!

I feel it coming. Yesterday I wore the outfit above and miraculously I managed to eternalize it just before running to class. Now I realize that it's only a month ago since I posted an outfit with this exact dress. But weather is already so depressing that I need to layer to stay warm. Otherwise, rien de neuf. With the new semester I'm falling into old habits. Like drinking 8 cups of coffee each day to stay concentrated while studying. And sitting up late in front of the laptop. But I'm trying to allocate my hours appropriately, though I only end up getting things done halfway, it seems. Like getting stuff from the drycleaners but having it hang in the hallway for days. Trying to finish decorating the apartment but I just cannot decide on what to hang on my walls. And how. I've been searching for old picture frames at fleamarkets for a while but I also want something else.. something larger.. for the walls like the one in my bedroom (ideas?).. Oh, and one last thing: It is so not fair that fashion weeks are starting now when I'm buried in statistics and financial calculations. My weak character cannot handle it.

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?



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.

Une robe à rayures

clockwise from top left: united bamboo ss07, sonia rykiel ss07, geraldine saglio, thakoon fw06

The perfect striped dress? I've been looking for the one for a really long while, and today I finally found a worthy winner of the price. And in H&M even ...

Ensemble du Jour

Posting outfits wasn't really my first intention with this blog, but this is in honour of Tine. Obviously a lot of thought didn't go into this outfit, but at the moment I just feel like wearing things that aren't too complicated. The dress is an extremely old H&M piece, the gold flats are the ones that the new Repetto acquisitions theoretically are substituting.. they're from French Koah and some of the best shoes I've ever owned. I don't think I'll ever bring myself to throw them out.




Though I openly admit to playing favorites in my wardrobe, I always welcome more pieces with open arms. And yesterday I received the Acne top it seems everybody around the Danish blogosphere has been ordering this past week. I did know that it a bit ran big but I was almost drowning in the sz 36. I doubt the 34 would even fit, so it's going back for sure. So to comfort myself I went shopping today, again. First I went fleamarket-ing and came back with an adorable navy H&M dress with stars on it. And after a tip from Ditte I went to Danish supermarket chain Føtex to pick up these Marc Jacobs rip-offs, which set me back a mere 49dkk. It seems I've been bit by a shopping bug but I guess as long as I keep my shopping in the discount category it should be alright (good thing somebody pressed buy-it-now on the Balenciaga Day I've been watching on eBay)..




Oh, and I got a new haircut today as well! Ever since I saw Anna Selezneva in August's French Vogue (which is less than a week ago, haha), I've been thinking of having it cut shoulder length-ish and letting my bangs grow out (this post really exposes my copycat tendencies, eh). In any case, I'm very pleased with the result.