I L O V E Amber Le Bon

Amber Le Bon neemt mama's carrière over:
Zo moeder, zo dochter. Dat kunnen we wel zeggen bij de familie Le Bon uit Londen. Amber Le Bon, de oudste dochter van oud-model Yasmine Le Bon, breekt uit als topmodel met vele shoots voor merken zoals Myla, River Island,Forever 21, Pantene...
Ze verovert de covers van vele modebladen en liep al shows voor onder meer Armani, Umberto Giannini, Parah Noir en Ramon Gurillo. Hierdoor is ze al erg bekend over de hele wereld en belooft ze nog een lange carrière te gaan. Ikzelf ben al helemaal weg van haar! Give us some more, Amber!

Ze is ook het gezicht van het merk Forever 21. Ik ben helemaal gek op dat merk en op Amber, dus die combinatie is gewoon gorgeous!

 Amber Le Bon voor "Myla"

a parfum is forever

De 'light blue' parfum van Dolce & Gabbana is mijn favoriete geur! Het ruikt fris en doet me denken aan (zoals op de foto) de oceaan en de zon, die in combinatie ervoor zorgen dat je een heerlijk vakantiegevoel krijgt. Ik kan niet genoeg van de parfum krijgen! Elke maand gebruik ik een flesje op (wat voor herrie kan zorgen thuis..), maar ik trek me er niet van aan! Een goed geurtje is toch een van de belangrijkste items die je aantrekkelijk kunnen maken? Ik spuit 's morgens wat op elke pols en in m'n hals. Ook mijn sjaal krijgt enkele wolkjes light blue op zich! Mmmmm...  Ik raad het jullie allemaal aan! (Misschien mag je nog een cadeautje voor kerst uitkiezen?)...

Officieel overschakelen naar iets nieuws!

Leg je Girlz!, Cosmogirl, Elle, Vogue of Glamour even opzij voor een kijk in het kwaliteitblad ' L'Officiel ' ! Het is een prachtig tijdschrift vol met topshot-foto's van modellen in gorgeous outfits. Een tijdschrift zoals een ander? mm misschien wel meer dan dat! Ontdek het zelf en koop eens iets anders!

P.S. : doe ook mee aan mijn enquête over 'welk tijdschrift kies jij' !

Voorwoordje..

Hey girls & boys !

Dit is mijn eerste bericht op mijn nieuwe blog! Ik deed al wat ervaring op bij 'worldpress.com', maar vond die blog niet zo goed werken. Hopelijk is deze blogsite meer iets voor mij! Je kan altijd een berichtje achterlaten of een reactie schrijven, om mij te helpen bij het vinden van mijn weg in de chaos van fashionbloggers! Wie zijn de goede bloggers en welke benoem je tot '' enorme freaks '' ?

Welnu, waarom ik een blog oprichtte? Ik ben gewoon erg geïnteresseerd in alles wat met mode te maken heeft en ik kwam op het idee (zoals velen dat idee hebben) om een blog te starten. Ja ja, zo kunnen jullie heerlijk meegenieten van mijn meningen!

Om mijn inleidend tekstje niet te lang te maken, begin ik alvast over de kleding! De zomerkledij is jammer genoeg al lang opzij geschoven, maar de traantjes zijn al snel weggepinkt bij het zien van allerlei winterbotten en leren jasjes ( ik ben gefreakt door leren jasjes ! ) Kortom : we hebben een hele nieuwe collectie voor de boeg. Herfst- en winterkledij hangen nu netjes in onze kast, op gouden schabben. Hmm..

De items waar ik helemaal weg van ben, zijn ongetwijfeld : de pelzen jasjes, de pelzen botten, pelzen sjaals en truien. Pelzen handschoenen, oorwarmers, mutzen, diadeems.. ! Alle pelsjes in de wereld! Pelsjes zijn mooi, warm, zacht en comfortabel! What else do you want?

Holiday Transitions

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Pier 1 Imports. All opinions are 100% mine.

When Pier 1 asked me to come up with some great holiday entertaining ideas, I thought it would be a fun way to usher in the season. One thing I love is a holiday table and while I'd love to have a separate set of dishes for each season or holiday, I simply don't have room for it. And it's not that necessary anyway. The same set of dishes can go from Thanksgiving to Christmas with just a swapping out of a few small pieces and accessories. So, I challenged myself to do that with items from Pier 1.

I started with some new dishes for the basis of my Thanksgiving to Christmas table:

I love green and I love a bead detail, so the Spice Route dishes in Clove Green are right up my alley. I also felt these would pair nicely with my cream Wedgwood dinner plates that also have a bead detail.

For my Thanksgiving table, I paired the green dishes with a pretty bird on a branch dish I found at Pier 1:

  

 

I topped the dishes with these cute little leaf bowls, which I imagine could be used for a soup or other side dish.

  

I used my existing linens (yes, green again - have I mentioned how much I love green!) and found these great feather napkin rings, which reminded me of turkey feathers:

  

 

And so, we have a festive and colorful Thanksgiving meal:

    

 

Okay, so fast forward 30 days and it's time to set the Christmas table. 

  

I thought that the bird dishes have a certain "Partridge in a pear tree"  look about them and decided that they would work for Christmas as well.   I swapped out the leaf bowl for a clear  glass mini-compote.  I added these  ruffled red napkins and glittering  glass bead bird napkin rings.

  

 

 

  

 

And here we have the final Christmas table:

As you can see, it only takes a few well-chosen accessories to move from holiday to holiday. I hope you  enjoy yours! And, while we're enjoying ourselves let's not forget those less fortunate.  Pier 1 is accepting unwrapped  toys or cash donations  for Toys for Tots, or if you "like" Pier 1 on Facebook during the month of November, they will donate $1 to Toys for Tots.

SoCal Waves Crash on Fifth Avenue

The great electronic facade of HCo. Fifth Avenue (image source)

As if one HCo. location wasn't enough, Abercrombie & Fitch has now opened doors to a second HCo. locale on Manhattan island! To set it apart from the EPIC flagship in SoHo, this Fifth Avenue location boasts a massive electronic facade that displays live feed from Huntington Pier. The overall effect makes a bold distinction from the typical of Fifth Avenue store fronts, and people just can't help slowing down and staring: SoCal waves are crashing on Fifth Avenue! The technology is nothing new, of course. In December 2004, Chanel made headlines in the architectural world when it revealed the facade of its groundbreaking location, in Tokyo's swanky Ginza shopping district (now also home of A&F Ginza), which incorporates the technology utilized on HCo's facade on a much grander scale. However, the inclusion of such technology on presentation definitely says much on A&F's part - a devotion to continually project its brands' images to a new level of cool.

668 Fifth Avenue, address to the newest SoCal Pier, was initially acquired by A&F back in 2008 with the intention to open an abercrombie kids flagship store there. When profits continued to slum as the recession dragged on, the kids brand was dissed: It obviously would not be able to bring in sufficient revenue to make up for the expense of the location (one of the most expensive on the avenue). Operation Moose went out the window and plan Hot-Surfers was introduced shifting gears faster than you can scream, "ABS!!!" Another HCo. only a short distance from EPIC in SoHo? Apparently, EPIC's 40,000 square feet of SoCal goodies is not sufficient enough to satisfy an entire city, let alone an island. That should really place the brand's momentum in perspective for you! And with HCo. continuing to surf in profits, all thanks to its sexy-cool Cali image, success is quite eminent my dear surfers.

While the attraction of any flagship store has typically always been the interior - yeah, you know you only go to check out the hot models than for the actually clothing itself! - the real gem of HCo. Fifth Avenue is the awe-inspiring view of electronic waves...

UPDATE: Hollister now has a sweet photo album of the opening day! Check out HCo EPIC 5th Ave Store Opening!

It takes a village - to fill two pages

Well, as I posted on Friday (and you'll see on my sidebar) I published my third issue of Surroundings Magazine - The Holiday Style Guide. It's a lot of fun for me to put this together, but it's a lot of work to do only twelve pages. Seriously - I have new found respect for the Rue Girls (their 2nd issue is due literally any moment now) and the folks at Lonny, both of whom put out 200-300 page publications. Of course, they have staff people, but likely not legions of staff, just a few really talented people. I, on the other hand, have just me and I'm pretty cantankerous and am known to whine about holiday bonuses, especially at 3 A.M. Management doesn't find that behavior very productive, but is not yet ready for staff changes. Staff thinks Management should provide a better work environment and stop the late night hours. Picket lines are forming on both sides.

Anyway, last weekend (7 whole days ago) I wrote to several of my favorite blog and design friends and asked them to provide me with their best tip for holiday entertaining, or ideas for hostess gifts. Basically, just some little nugget - because this is certainly a group that has lots of nuggets of goodness in their design holsters. Mixed metaphor's aside, they are THE BEST. Within 4 days, I'd received eleven fantastic responses, complete with photos (in some cases staged for this purpose) and great ideas.

So,I wanted to take a moment to thank my very generous friends for their excellent ideas and participation. I know how busy you all are and I appreciate your support!

Eddie Ross - EddieRoss.com

Greet LeFevre - Belgian Pearls

Stacy Kunstel - StacyStyle

Grant K. Gibson - GrantKGibson, The Blog

Megan Arquette - Beach Bungalow 8

Vicki Archer - French Essence

Monika Claassen - Splendid Willow

Gina Milne - Willow Decor

Trish Allen - Trouvais

Joni Webb - Cote de Texas

Scot Meacham Wood - Tartan Scot

You can read all their great tips here.

Speaking of digital magazines, Megan, Joni and I chatted about the new field of digital magazines, including Rue and Lonny, and many others. We're also hosting a give-a-way - a $200 shopping spree courtesy of One King's Lane!!  So, stay tuned for that post up on Monday!

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