berlin, ich liebe dich

I'm back again! I had a wonderful time in Berlin. It's been a very sunny and warm couple of days. This was our third time visiting the city, so we decided to take it slow. We were happy to find out that there's still loads of new things to discover about the city. I love to show you the charm of Berlin and since you guys requested to see some pics -and lucky you, I took loads of them-, I'm going to divide them over a couple of posts. Looking back on it I even wish I took more pictures, because now I don't have any documentation of some things, like that cool cocktailbar/B-movie cinema, the street trumpeter who kept on repeating a horrible version of the Star Wars theme or the best Mexican place ever with übercheap yummy cocktails and pumpkin burritos. 
I did one proper outfit shoot, the rest will just be me showing you how awesome this city is! If you love a free and creative atmosphere like I do, this is definitely a city worth visiting.

We stayed at the Easy Hotel at Haekescher Markt, which I definitely recommend. It's in the middle of Mitte, one of Berlin's coolest neighbourhoods with plenty of shops and cafés around to satisfy your needs. Plus, major bonus, the rates are pretty low. 

Let me know in the comment section if you want to know any recommendations. In that case I'll put them in my next post and you can bookmark them for any future visits!

So yeah, loads of pics after the jump!

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holiday mood

As you can see we're back to gray & grainy weather again. This doesn't put me in a bad mood at all, since I have something to look forward to! I'll be going to Berlin in a few days. Not only that, I'm also visiting the Night + Day festival curated by my Favourite Band Evarrrrrrr: The XX. So, yay! Jump for joy! Again! 

This will be the third time for me visiting the city, but I'd love to know about nice restaurants, shops or cool things to do, so if you have any tips for cool places to visit in Berlin, please let me know in the comment section! 

On another note, I'll be working full-time starting next week, so it might be possible that I'm not updating frequently. Soz in advance! 

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#instaglamour

My best friend told me about this Instagram contest from Glamour magazine. The editor-in-chief picks the best outfit of the month and all you have to do to enter is use the hashtag #instaglamour. The best of all best outfits gets to style a shoot in Glamour magazine. Of course that's something I'd love to do. And so it happened that I was hashtagging away with every outfit picture I posted on Instagram. You can imagine my excitement when I received an email about this outfit saying that it had been picked as best outfit of the month March. This alone is awesome, but fingers crossed that I win the competition! 

The text next to my picture reads something along the lines of:

Where do you find inspiration? Movies, magazines, video clips, people on the street... I'm a massive user of Lookbook.nu, Pinterest and Instagram. Above all I love to watch pictures of visitors of the international fashion weeks. That's where you'll find the most inspiring and daring outfits. 

If you'd like to see it in real life, this (Dutch) edition of Glamour magazine is in stores now! 

music is my boyfriend

Besides my obvious love for fashion and design, I am a massive music lover. Music is what inspires me and I'm always looking for new artists to listen to. I basically listen to music everywhere I go and if my iPod battery is empty this puts me in a really bad mood. To enjoy my tunes to the fullest I obviously need great audio. You can imagine I was thrilled when the lovely people at Skullcandy contacted me to feature their newest headphones: the Navigator. And so it happened that I met up with the lovely Maureen of Backtoback PR a few days later on a sunny terrace in Amsterdam. She hooked me up with these babies and I immediately fell in love with the sleek retro design of the Navigator. After giving it a spin I must say the audio is impeccable, I could hear everything so clear that it even made me discover new song elements in some of my favourite songs! The best part: the headphones are foldable and come with a handy storage bag, so -fingers crossed- I guess I finally found headphones that won't break in my bag! 

On another note, we recently celebrated Queensday (and the crowning of a new King!) here in the Netherlands. On Queensday garage sales are always a tradition and I managed to find two polka dotted items which I just couldn't help but combine together in one outfit! 

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