Sneek Peak

All these items are going to be listed on Ebay Germany tomorrow. I am extra excited about the Leonard dress, I would have never thought I'd ever find one:

1. 1960's mod brocade dress
2. Vintage 1970's rayon maxidress
3. Karl Lagerfeld for H&M silk dress
4. Vintage 1970's Leonard de Paris dress

Elsa Schiaparelli's Trompe l'oeil Sweater

picture via Schoolhouse press

I've been coveting this Elsa Schiaparelli bow sweater ever since I got this book about vintage fashion for Christmas. I was thinking about maybe I could, or better someone else could, knit this sweater after the picture of it. Learning to knit was on my new years resolution list, but maybe a sweater would be too ambitious for someone who has never knit something before. For those of you who are however a bit more experienced, I found the knitting instructions for the sweater: Schoolhouse press has the instructions downloadable as pdf files on their site for free.

For those who can't knit, like myself, I found the sweetest replacements on Etsy:

Top left to right: decades, FrockStars, thebackwardglance, revivalfinds

I absolutely adore the one on the top right, which is also the most similar to Elsa Schiaparellis'.

Vintage Living

On New Year's Day we went to the museum of technology and work. I was fascinated by a copy of a typical middle class house and its' interiors from around 1900. I always love to see things like this and wanted to share with you some of the pictures I took. I love all the tiny little details lying around there. Like the birdcage or the hot water bottle in the bed.

Happy New Year

I'm not the type to make too many New Years resolutions, as I tend to give up on them in February already, but still there's always something I'm determined to do (better) in the upcoming year. So here a few New Years resolutions of mine:

• avoid buying retail or new clothes at all. I was trying to that last year as well, but then I was too tempted at the H&M Sales. So this time I am trying to buy only vintage and at thrift stores.
• Do more wardrobe remix posts, which will challenge me to think more about an outfit, in the first place instead of just putting on a sweater and pants.
• Update my blog more often.
• Comment on other blogs.
  
• Manage my closet. It's still too crowded with things I don't wear no more, or things that don't go with anything else I own.
• Learn how to sew.
• Learn how to knit.
• Take a trip to Spain, to Paris or to Prague.
  
• Finish university. This one is the most important one.
  

picture via myvintagevogue

Baby, it's cold outside

Baby It's Cold Outside

Christine | MySpace Video

Merry Christmas, everyone! It's cold outside and I am looking for a new coat. I've been wearing mine three years in a row now and it's time for something new. All these grey and dark days make me wish for a colourful soft woolen coat with a (fake) fur collar. I also love the russian princess coat Louise is wearing. I can't believe this coat is from Primark! I could have sworn it was vintage. It seems to be sold out though. I had the intention of buying a vintage coat anyway and I think I'm going to stick with that. I did browse the coat section on Etsy and I fell in love with the green one with the fur collar, but I'm a bit undecided yet.




1. Louise Ebel on Lookbook.nu 2. 11karri

3. FrockStars 4. plumberryvintage



5. animalheadvintage 6. MojoGurl

What to Wear at Minus 11° Degrees

I was a bit surprised to wake up to such a cold day today. I hadn't imagined it would get that cold already. But we had to leave the house running errands anyway. I think my wardrobe isn't exactly equipped for those temperatures and even though I wore two pair of tights, socks and boots and a woolen skirt I did get my feet cold. I also wore two sweaters and a winter coat... Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture. The one above is from last year when the lake froze.

I think my outfit choice wasn't so bad at all, if I had chosen a different pair of boots. But still, I think these temperatures are the most challenging for picking stylish clothes and stay warm at the same time.

This however made me go on an internet hunt on streetstyle sites from colder regions. It seemed a lot of them didn't show pictures in the winter months, but I found some inspirational looks on Hel-Looks:

all pictures via Hel-Looks

Snow

Hi there, I'm back. Yesterday we had the first day of snow this winter. We took a walk in the park. Of course there's nothing left of the snow today. Why is it so that our mood is so much better in winter when it snows?