IJ-hallen

Today I went to one of the biggest vintage fairs in Amsterdam with Thomas and Vera, in the 'IJ-hallen'. It was fun - albeit VERY cold - and I even scored some clothes for very decent prices (nothing over 5 euros, I'm proud to say, haha).

OK, I'll admit -- I actually bought this jacket on sale in the New Yorker afterwards, so it's not thrifted at all..

the weight of my words

kings of convenience - the weight of my words

 

I'm sort of done with winter now - the snow has melted away and it's become warmer, which is making me long for flowers and sun instead of ice and clouds. So I put together a spring-y outfit and played around with vintage-looking filters in Photoshop.

Oh and I bought this hat yesterday at H&M! I love how everyone looks at you friendlier when you're wearing a hat (no idea why, but it's true!)

 I love these tights, but unfortunately I ruined them the very first time I wore them - there's a huge hole in the back. I just can't be trusted around fragile tights.

Of course, I couldn't wear an outfit like this outside. If I wanted to, my getting-out-of-the-door ritual would go something like this:

(except that, realistically, I would be wearing two pairs of thick tights and some sturdy lace-up boots. But where's the fun in that?)

snow and a blue cape

Hello dears, I hope you've all had a lovely Christmas and are currently enjoying some well-deserved days off. I'm finally done with end-of-term finals, and I had the most perfect Christmas, with presents and all. It's still very cold and quite snowy, so I'm constantly wearing my new cape - it's fleece-lined and very warm when paired with this cardigan (layers, layers!)

O, and this is a terrific song.

pomplamoose - telephone (lady gaga cover)

no winter extravaganza

Hello my dears! I apologise for the absolutely terrible lack of updates here.

What I've been up to in the past weeks:

- Studying for finals (what do you call them in English once you're at university?) like the nerd I am. I even get really stressed out by them, resulting in lack of sleep and loads of disgruntled behaviour

- Ploughing through a massive blanket of snow that, while making Amsterdam very pretty, is responsible for a crazy amount of delays in public transport, and making it fairly impossible to go anywhere by bicycle without slipping.

- Taking up the rather ambitious plan to start a blog with longer stories, in Dutch, which is not about style (shocking, yes)

- Finding that going to an Amsterdam club called the Melkweg ('the Milkyway') when it has a theme that, surprisingly, tells us to go ahead and 'Kill All Hipsters', is a very nice thing to do on a Saturday night.

- Eating inordinate amounts of chocolate (whether or not in liquid form), cookies, sandwiches, and many other things. Which is all good because it's nearly Christmas.

- Participating in the largest student demonstration that Amsterdam has seen since the 1970s. Pictures here. It was so very, very awesome.

- Spending faar too much time on Facebook.

What I have not been up to these past few weeks:

- Make blog photos.

- Put up a Christmas tree.

- Go to cool holiday parties that require me to wear sparkly dresses.


I'm so out of it! Anyway, expect improvement soon, as I have five WEEKS of Christmas holidays. FIVE. So I'll have no excuse for not making posts then :)

Wish me luck for my next few exams and see you soon!

photo by me.

Then I'll float to you, my darling, with the evening on my tail

 It's so disgustingly beautiful and wintery outside with all the snow, it's killing me! I want to go outside and make a snowman with a carrot nose! But well, being tucked up under a pile of blankets with my laptop isn't that bad either, even if it is for doing homework. This is a picture I made of the Westerpark yesterday, with my cellphone (so not the best quality):

Enough to put me in full-blown Christmas mode! I even put up a mini-Christmas tree. Anyway. In these pictures I'm wearing a Zara dress, which unfortunately gets packed under at least three jumpers whenever I venture outside. I'm in love with the pattern and the collar! The pendant is actually an old brooch.

i get misty

ella fitzgerald - misty

It's stopped being so darn cold outside, but now the fog comes creeping in - and I love it. It looks so dreamy and fairytale-like! This is what it looks like in front of my window:

now that I know, the way it goes

devendra banhart - now that i know

It's so snowy outside! I bravely ploughed through the 10cm layer of snow today to go buy absolutely necessary things like shampoo and christmas decorations, and I will never doubt the functionality of fur coats again (though I still feel a tiny bit like a Russian hooker when I'm wearing one). I must go out soon to make pictures against a perfect snowy backdrop, but for now I just really want to share this AMAZING spread in British Vogue. Every image depicts a different star sign, in the most beautiful interpretation of the zodiac I've ever seen. And how great would it be if they made this into a 2011 calendar?! This Devendra Banhart song I'm currently addicted to goes perfectly with it, I think.

btw; making monthly playlists is my newest obsession. Click here for my November and October mixes (and also for my fondness of using 'a tad' in my descriptions). A December-playlist will be up soon as well.