Dreams of Claude Monet...

I'm very inspired by Monet lately. I stole a book from my father about his work, and found it so beautiful. It matches perfectly the floral mood I'm still in since spring...

Madame Monet and her son.

Holland; where I live!

Women in the garden.

Flowers!

The music that goes perfectly with the paintings in my opinion is Lady&Bird; a side project of Keren Ann and Bardi Johannsson. Their music is very dreamy, very mysterious, and a bit creepy. I just love to listen to it when I'm working on something, it's very peaceful.

The Secret Garden

Dress: Vila, floral tights: H&M, shoes: Converse, hat and coat: vintage.

Top: Bershka, leggings and coat: H&M, shoes: Converse, necklace and headband: vintage.

Skirt, blouse, hat and belt: vintage, pair of braces: H&M.

"The Secret Garden was what Mary called it when she was thinking of it. She liked the name, and she liked still more the feeling that when its beautiful old walls shut her in no one knew where she was. It seemed almost like being shut out of the world in some fairy place." -The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Chapter 10

Fashion is a religion. Vogue is the bible.

I can't wait to see The September Issue, the documentary about Anna Wintour and the making of Vogue. Director RJ Cutler followed her while she was busy with the September issue; "September is like the January in fashion." I can't say that I'm not intrigued by the small women with the bob line and the big sunglasses, who is probably the most powerful women in the fashion world. But before I make all these big expectations, let's first see how much she'll open up in the movie that'll be watched curiously all over the world by fashion victims.

Song of the day: The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts-Sufjan Stevens

Garage Glamorous

I just love this new line from Erin Kleinberg. The soft T-shirts, tank tops and cardigans with chain detailing are so cool. You can wear them with distressed jeans and studded booties, or as mini shirt dresses with sheer black tights, as good friend and model Theodora Richards does for the Lookbook of the line. I wish I could afford a piece!




I just love the outfits that she wears in this vid: La_Roux-Bulletproof; love the song too, it sticks in your head.

Fall Wishlist

Hi everyone, I'm back! I've had a wonderful holiday in Marocco, where I went backpacking with my family. I've seen very beautiful cities and extreme landscapes, I've met so many nice people and I've learned a lot too. I hope you all had fantastic holidays!

Well, I'm back home, and the new school year's about to begin (I have two free weeks left). For me, that means three things:

1. My birthday, I was born on September 22nd(finally fifteen)

2. The new school year; new classes, teachers, subjects...

3. And, of course, the new fall fashion!! I can't wait to decide how my new fall wardrobe is going to look like....

This'll be my wishlist:

1. Studded boots, like these from topshop;

2. A military jacket to throw over my distressed jeans, like this one from Balmain;

3. A men's blazer to wear with a white lace dress, like this girl on the streets of Paris does;

4. The perfect shade of red lipstick;

5. Bright scarves in all kinds of colours and prints, like this pink one from Marc Jacobs;

6. A big red bag for school, like the one this stylish girl is wearing;

7. I always love the bright, colourfull ads from Juicy Couture, but I just gotta have their newest fragrance: Couture Couture. I collect perfume bottles, and this will be one of my jewels.

The single thing I don't like from all the fall fashion, is the obsession about the extremely high boots. I don't know, it just looks ugly to me. I prefer ankle booties! What do you guys think?

Be Pretty, Be Reckless

Taylor Momsen's band, The Pretty Reckless, is one of the coolest bands I have heard in years. The little girl from The Grinch rocks out, literally. It seems like the wardrobe changes did change something inside of her, and brought out rockin' Little J. The band makes heavy, kind of dark rock music. As she said: "it's probably not what people are going to expect." And that's right, because people wouldn't expect such good music from a freakin' 16 year old. People will expect some kind of Miley Cyrus/Taylor Swift songs, but they couldn't be more wrong. Taylor can sing, pretty good actually; her rough voice reminds me a bit of Courtney Love. The music sounds like a punky dark mix of the Veronicas/the Clash/No Doubt. They will be opening for the Veronicas until June 30. Their debut album will be released this fall. I can't wait!

You can listen to a demo here:

Blender

Tomorrow morning, 5 a.m., I will be flying to Morocco. I will be there for four weeks, and I don't know if there will be internet, so I may not be able to post. It's possible that you won't hear from me the next four weeks. But I'll be back! I wish you all great holidays and loads of sun!

Walkin' on sounds...

'Soundwalks' is a project that I was working on this year. A soundwalk is some kind of audio tour, you're cycling a route while you're listening to instructions. The soundwalk can be played on an iPod as podcast. You'll hear a voice that tells you where to go, you'll hear some background information and you'll hear recorded sounds like birds and talking people. At the same time, you'll see beautiful photos on your iPod. It's the cool combination of seeing, hearing and being there at the same time that makes you really experience all the places.

The soundwalks are designed for expats: children whose parents work at multinational companies; who are living in The Hague for some years. With the soundwalks they can learn something more about the place where they live. I made a soundwalk with two friends; it was really fun to do. We planned the route, wrote the script (the script had to be in English. This was sometimes hard, because English is not our original language, but I think we learned a lot of it), recorded the sounds and made the photographs. The soundwalks are not completely finished, but you can sneak a peak on the website; watch example A, that's the one I made.

Soundwalk

Currently listening to: So What - Come With Me