archive for February, 2008

My boyfriend just told me he millimetred his hair. Oh gosh. I will see it tomorrow, but I really don’t know what to think right now. He already did this about 2 years ago, and I didn’t like it. Though, now I like guys with millimetred hair a lot, but I don’t know if I will like it on him. Still, I SO MUCH PREFER A LOT OF HAIR (at least on the head), like afro’s or something.

Should I get him a wig by tomorrow? Haha.

I wanted to do so much this week, but I haven’t slept that many, so I’m tired every day. I wanted to sew, sew, and sew even more, but I just couldn’t start. Quite a childish outfit right? Haha. I didn’t really know what to wear, but for just 2 classes, it didn’t matter that much.

Tomorrow finally is my fashion design workshop, in the World Fashion Center in Amsterdam! Including Dutch designer/couturier Bas Kosters, Abkva students and CosmoGIRL! to do a report in their mag! I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow. Or maybe the day after, if I’m tired.

Skirt, top, bracelet: H&M
Bolero: Vero Moda
Shoes: Vintage Sergio Rossi
Tights: Hema
Necklace: ?
Earrings: Selfmade
Belt: Second-hand, painted gold
Watch: Vintage

Outside the Balenciaga show: A lot of models and a lot of black.

I’m so in need of that skirt. And the shoes.

The outfits below are only my picks, only my favorites, it’s not an over-all look of the complete collection. Click the designer for the full collection.

Topshop Unique: Oeh, give me those leather pants! For the rest I don’t want anything, the collection’s horrible! I picked only 2 out of this collection that consisted of 45 looks!

The outfits below are only my picks, only my favorites, it’s not an over-all look of the complete collection. Click the designer for the full collection.

Sinha-Stanic: Despite these few looks, it’s a horrible collection.

The body of the former top model Katoucha Niane has been found in the River Seine, police in Paris said today.

The model, one of the first African women to attain stardom on the catwalk, disappeared on January 31 as she returned late at night to her houseboat moored near the Alexander III bridge in central Paris.

There were fears that the 47-year-old may have fallen into the river after a heavy drinking session. Police said today that her body was found yesterday and a subsequent autopsy showed no sign of foul play.


1993 & 2008

”She fell into the water and went straight to the bottom,” a source close to the investigation said.

Katoucha, as she was known in the fashion world, was born in Guinea and became the face of Yves Saint-Laurent, the French haute couture guru, in the 1980s before stepping off the catwalk to launch a campaign against female genital mutilation.

When her handbag was discovered by the front door to her boat there was initial speculation that the woman dubbed the French-speaking Naomi Campbell could have committed suicide. But police thought it more likely that the mother of three lost her footing and slipped into the river accidentally.

Her success as a model was largely credited to Saint-Laurent, who turned her into a global icon nicknamed the Peul Princess after the Peul ethnic group of Guinea and eight other West African states.

“He loved her enormously,” said Dominique Deroche, head of PR at the fashion house. “She was exactly like an Yves Saint-Laurent drawing, a proud head on a long neck, very slim but with strong shoulders, made for haute couture. She looked magnificent on the catwalk and often wore very powerful outfits like a Cubist navy-blue dress with doves around the neckline.”

From Times Online and agencies in Paris.

I wore jeans for a day, and because the outfit isn’t that special itself, I added a lot of accessories. I wore the second-hand bangles and button-up floral top for the first time.

Yesterday when I got home, there was a large package waiting for me. I finally recieved the Friis & Company bag and clutch I got for free with my year’s subsribtion to Grazia (Dutch weekly fashion mag). It looked sooooo much better in real! I expected it to be half the size! I thought there were made pictures to make something look better than in real…

Look! Dip-dye buttons! No, just kidding, but I do love the different tones of pink.

As you can see I lost one of the pins on my shoes, so I’m just ripping the other one off too.

Jeans, cardigan: H&M
Top, bracelets: Second-hand
Bag: Friis & Company
Snakeskin belt, watch, small ring, scarf: Vintage
Earrings: Valentino Perfumes
Large stone ring: Some shop in Koln
Pumps: Graceland

She always shoots the most amazing pictures, but isn’t this just simply too beautiful to only call it ‘amazing’?

The outfits below are only my picks, only my favorites, it’s not an over-all look of the complete collection. Click the designer for the full collection.

Paul Smith Women: I did like a few looks, but most of the designs were just really boring.

CONTINUE READING ‘London Fashion Week Fall 2008 – Paul Smith Women’ »

The outfits below are only my picks, only my favorites, it’s not an over-all look of the complete collection. Click the designer for the full collection.

Louise Goldin: Great refreshing designs! Superhero-comic-style. Or actually I think it would be worn by the bad guys, not the hero’s. Picked 18 out of the 25 looks.

CONTINUE READING ‘London Fashion Week Fall 2008 – Louise Goldin’ »