Cake

We went for coffee and cake to my parents' house today. I made brioche, which was actually really good, although I had never made it before. My mom didn't like my dress too much, she said it is too grandma-ish, but I like granny things. I can't help it.

Vintage 1960's wool dress: thrifted
Tights: H&M
Vintage Boots: fleamarket

Spring Inspiration: The 50ies & Pink

I found myself pretty drawn to pink lately. I guess this just expresses my need for spring. It might have also something to do with this post on Vintage Vixen's blog. I love how she combined her dress with the black accessories. So I did a little inspiration shopping on Etsy and found some cute 1950's pieces:

1. exquisitebones, 2. thirteeneightyfive 3. kikirikikikiriki 4. caramelizedvintage 5. oldage 6. zombieladybug

New York: Part 1

I wasn't following fashion week the last two times, but this time, I thought, I am going to follow it  on style.com again, to pick out my favourites and post them on the blog. It also would be something nice to relate on, once fall is about to come and I am looking for some inspiration. From the ones I've seen, these are the ones I liked best:

Ruffian: I do like the ladylike looks, which definitely have a 1970's feel to them.

Jason Wu: love the sheer dresses and the classical 60's elements

Karen Walker I liked best. I love the pastels here, and the combination of light grey and pink.  It makes me want to bring out my soft pink ballet flats and pair them with grey woolen tights.  But I think I don't own a matching dress for that. It also seems, that overknees are going to be big (again) next fall. I've seen them everywhere.

all pictures via Style.com

Spring Inspiration: Kate Spade

I know, I posted about Kate Spade's fall collection before and it seems to me I like the spring collection almost equally. I really love the splashes of colour with the pastels. And there's a lot of orange too. And of course, polka dots. I'm such a sucker for polka dots, I need to prevent myself from buying dresses with polka dots, just because I already own too many of them.

all pictures via Kate Spade

At the Pond

Yesterday, we took a walk in the park and it was even possible to take off my coat for a while and take some outfit shots with the new camera which finally arrived. I still haven't figured out how to take decent shots with it yet, the pictures appear kind of blurry. So I'm a bit undecided, if I should send it back or keep it and learn how to use it. I had to take indoor shots today, and I couldn't figure out the whitebalance, so this was quite annoying.

The outfit I'm wearing is inspired by fall colours, although I can see that dress working in summer as well. I thrifted it this week and originally had the intention to sell it, but I just couldn't part with it. I don't usually find dresses from the 1950's. And this one even fits me like a glove. It's tailor made and has a very funny print on it. I already wore it twice this week, I definitely had to keep it.

Vintage 1950's Dress: thrifted
Cardigan: H&M
Tights: C&A
Vintage 1970's Boots: Fleamarket

Rainy Days

It was raining cats and dogs today, and I mean all day. It's better than this snow though, because it just makes me feel we are a little closer to spring now, but this could be a false conclusion. It made me think about that saying, raining cats and dogs, and where it would come from. I have no idea, but I like it somehow. So I decided to cheer myself up and make a little collection of cats and dog things.

Those rainy days also make you remember, that there actually is something in between winter and spring. When we think spring, we like to think about the first sunny days and flowers in bloom when we will wear sundresses again, but I know that there will be a lot of uncomfortable days before that. Last year I was on the lookout for a cute vintage raincoat, but somehow forgot about it. I think I will start looking again now.

1. Yumi Kitty Dress, 2. Fauna Cat Pillow, 3. Pink Dog Shirt on Etsy, 4. Vintage Blouse on Etsy, 5. Dog Pillow from H&M Home

How to marry a millionaire...

Right when I was rambling about, how they don't play old movies on TV anymore, they showed "How to marry a millionaire", which is definitely one of my favourite movies. I never payed any attention to the clothes though, so when I watched it this time, it was like new to me in a way. I liked Lauren Bacalls wardrobe best and, of course, Marilyn Monroes glasses are the best.

I was really determined to take some outfit pictures in the snow today, because the wheather was extra lovely with even the sun coming out for a few hours. Sadly, my camera died today, because it fell down while I was taking Ebay pics and I have to buy a new one now...

all pictures via Doctormacro