Inspiration: Coachella

Festival season is coming up! I selected the 3 - in my opinion - best outfits from this years Coachella festival in California. First in my top 3 is Diane Krugers perfect maxi skirt. She combines all trends: a simple maxi skirt with a loose top makes the perfect festival outfit :).

  

Second we have Kate Bosworth: casual as usual. 

Last, but definitely not least, we have the always sophisticated Alexa Chung.

All pictures from Catwalk Queen.

Outfit: basics

Cos dress

Cos jacket

Ikks boots

Backpack from South- Africa 

In Antwerp every single day on every single moment there are people sipping wine in bars, taking lunch in restaurants. Sometimes I find it strange to see all those people relaxing, I often think: Don't you have to work or do something? :) Todays outfit is mainly comfy and comfy for me equals Cos. They always give a nice twist to very simple clothes.

X, Saar 

Summerhouse

Although I've always had a predilection for spanish literature and poetry, my language and literature studies (german and spanish) showed me the - very often unknown - 'grandeur' of the german literature. From my point of view, the german autors and linguistics are among the bests in the world: next to the world wide known Goethe, Gunter Grass and Alfred Döblin, nowadays you can find - the still very young - Juli Zeh, who writes complicated and profoundly accurate novels. 


I have to admit, however, that I will always be more attracted to spanish or latin american writers. That is, from the moment that I discoverd the poetry from Pablo Neruda, a chilean poet, I was literally blown away by his flawless ability to express what we all feel when we are in love .  Meanwhile, I have - with the exception of 2 - all the collections of poetry which have ever been published by him. If you don't know Pablo Neruda (yet), I warmly suggest you to read one or two of his poems: you will instantly understand what I mean :).


In this moment I am reading a novel by the dutch writer Herman Koch called "Zomerhuis met zwembad". It has not been translated yet and I'm still figuring out what I really think of it - maybe I'll just have to read it until the end first :). What kind of poetry/literature/autors do you like?

Saar

Pressday Antwerpen

 Steve Madden wall: pumps, pumps, pumps.

 These Alberto Fermani shoes I loved most. 

 I'm a real Annelies Timmermans' fan. She uses really soft Italian leather and is very creative in her designs:

she designed a special flute bag for my father.

 I didn't really know what to think about the Roxy collection. A bit too flashy for me :).

Yesterday I attented my first pressday here in Antwerp. Together with Elien from http://dogsanddresses.blogspot.com/ I went to the Pravda showroom, where we got to see the AW '11 collections from Steve Madden, Roxy, Nike, Alberto Fermani, Annelies Timmermans etc.I It has been a very nice experience and I want to thank the Pravda crew for having me.


X, Saar

Ai Caramba

Our comments on the swapping event got published :).

Later on today I will be attending my first pressday at the Pravda showroom.

I'm excited to see what the A/W '11 collections look like.

Contemporary Fashion Days

Bruno Pieters showroom

Two times a year there are the so-called 'contemporary fashion days' in Antwerp, where Belgian designers as Dries van Noten, Bruno Pieters, Haider Ackermann etc. sell their last season (and earlier) designs for very good prices. Today I went to Bruno Pieters (pictures above) and DVN. It was crazy, at Dries van Noten, you could get really beautiful pieces for only 25 euros. I scored pants, completely orange, which are so nice :). The contemporary fashion days are up until this weekend, if you are in Antwerp you should definitely check it out. This is their website: http://www.blogffi.be/2011/04/08/con-temporary-fashion-days/.

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Bright white

chiffon dress made in Vietnam

bag and sandals from Morocco

"Belgium is the hottest place in Europe", can you imagine that?
The past week has been like summer: relaxing, barbecueing, sunshine, fresh shrimps :)
All my summer clothes are back on top of the shelves, what a feeling!
For Eastern I chose this dress which was made for me by some vietnamese tailors.
Incredible how they can make exactly what you want, how you want it.
Enjoy the sun!

XX, Saar