Right now I´m in the middle of becoming a Visual Merchandiser for Swedens most famous fashion store. The training takes 3 months, and I’m being trained by Peter, and Tamara in Utrecht. A few weeks back Tamara came to work having the most wonderfull necklace around her neck (well where would you put a NECKlace anywhere besides your neck, as that’s where it’s made for right?).
Turned out the necklace she was rocking is from a brand that is her friends company: Toois.nl!
It’s a super cool brand, that even has exclusives (one of a kind, one piece ever produced items!).
They have adult jewerelly:
Sweet Jewellery
Retro Jewellery
Toys Jewellery
And Name Jewellery, where you can have your name necklace!
Oh dear, this is I think the fourth time they try to bring Biba back to life. This time House of Fraser has bought the brand and it’s archives.
House of Fraser will introduce Biba to 30 department stores and online for autumn 2010. The collection will also include accessories, jewellery, footwear, homeware and fragrances. House of Fraser has stated that this time Biba would be “more accessible”.
The design team draws inspiration from Biba’s archives but updates the brand using modern technologies. “We will be making it a lot more appropriate for today and picking up an essence of Biba with flamboyant, sexy prints in silks, knits and dark denims with soft washes.”
The one and only 60’s/70’s Biba
There will be a Biba Blue range priced at £50 for denim and Biba Gold limited edition pieces priced at up to £200-plus.
I’m curious about the designs, unfortunately no preview yet. But it feels weird to see Biba continue without any involvement from the woman who started it all: Barbara Hulanicki (how about a second collection for Topshop?).
(Yes, another celeb clothing line. These pictures are from Nicole Richie’s Spring-Summer 2010 Winter Kate collection. I know it’s totally not cool to like Nicole, but I can’t help to like the clothes. I love floaty fabrics and big knickers. Just don’t tell anyone I like her stuff, ok?)
Went to the hairdresser a couple of weeks ago. I have a really nice hairdresser, she doesn’t talk about the weather and she doesn’t try to change my style. She’s the only person on this earth who has noticed I changed my hair colour from “Scandinavian” to “super light natural blond”. Anyway, we talked about different hair colours and the only colour I like, except blond, is red. Not “orange-copper-fall”-reddish, but bright, fire truck red. And immediately I thought about one of my favorite bands from the 90’s, Lush, and their red haired frontwoman Miki Berenyi.
Lush started in 1987 as a one of many shoegaze bands, but they stood out from the rest because Miki and guitarist Emma Anderson were not one of those “Oh look, a girl on guitar, how cute”-bands, but actually made amazing music and had a no-nonsense approach about it. And as a plus, Miki and Emma both looked gorgeous.
After four brilliant albums (Scar, Spooky, Split and Lovelife), they split up in 1998. Since then Emma started a new Band (Sing-Sing), but Miki quit the music business and became a magazine editor.
Berets for me are a timeless fall/winter wardrobe must-have. I have seriously inapropriate amounts of berets and i wear them every winter ever since i can remember.
Now a red beret is something special that’s why it deserves it’s own little post… It really adds a POP of color and 50s class to any outfit no matter how simple. The lovely girls in the following pics demontrate various ways to wear this cute piece of headwear. When worn with cold colortones(such as blue, grey, beige etc.) and perhaps a bit of plaid, it just adds a brilliant contrast and makes you stand out for all the right reasons. This does not mean you have to dress down with the rest of your look.. so put on your heels, paint your lips red and hit the town feeling fabulous!
with an oversized anchor detail on the beret
blogger Carrie from wishwishwish.net
Jenny Lewis
combined with blue plaid and red shoes
l.a.m.b. fall ‘07 lookbook – note the red gloves
Eva Green in “the Dreamers”
Zooey Deschanel in the Oliver Peoples campaign
Nicole Richie, who i wish had added a bit more to the look, but look how the red Vogue letters stand out
The one and only 60’s/70’s Biba
