Fashion show for charity

About a week ago a class from my school organised a fashion show for charity (Serious Request - raising money to prevent infant mortality).
I was there with my mother who loves clothes almost as much as I do. 
First the clothes were to be shown and afterwards there was an auction of the clothes. 
Some of the clothes were customized by the students themselves.
I went home with these beautiful pieces:

Pants:

A Scottish skirt:

A blazer: 

And another piece of clothing (which I didn't particulary like, but I liked the idea) inspired me to do it myself:

It's not finished yet, I'll see what else I can do with this denim jacket, because I'm not completely satisfied. 

Knitting!

I started knitting again! I am currently knitting a scarf for a friend of mine. I'm knitting with a rib, which I'm doing for the first time. My roommate is an amazing knitter, so she tought me. It's so much fun, and it's looking pretty good already! 

And it's dark in a cold December

This morning I saw this winter's first snow! (Well, my first snow, not the first snow.)

Which at first I thought was beautiful and wonderful (snow always creates a special feeling for me) until I had to go outside. 

It's cold outside! And wet. The snow doesn't stay on the ground but melts right away, which is kind of a disapointment.

So, winter is finally really here. 

I've wanted the winter to come, I'm not such a big fan of the autumn. At first it's beautiful with all the different colours the trees have. But then all the leaves fall off and the trees look sad and dead. And the rain! 

Oh well, there's an up -and downside to every season.

But since I live in a house with no heat (well, we have one heater, but when we turn that on - the whole apartment smells like gas, which can't be good) it's very cold inside. 

I'm wearing a lot of clothes to keep myself warm. 

My parents gave me this little heater (it's a champion because it works like a charm). 

Unfortunately, my feet are the first to get cold (and my nose, gotta buy a nose-warmer).

It's so hard to keep your feet warm! 

Luckily my mother bought me a sort of pillow where you can stick your feet in. I love my mother for buying me things that prevent me from freezing.

Oh! And to get in the Christmas-mood, my roommate took a little Christmas tree with her.

With coloured lights, very cute. 

Just this morning I felt a little sad because I wasn't at home with my parents in this special month, because I miss the feeling I get when it's December. But this little tree makes everything better!

Hands up for recycling!

I'm a big fan of charity shops. I almost always go there with my mother, she loves them more than I do.

I was home with my parents for a day yesterday, which was awesome because I  hadn't been home in ages - and won't be for ages.
It's a good thing I don't go home as much as I used to last year - it makes my parents like me more ;-)
Or at least appreciate it more when I'm there.

Anyways, my mother and I went to this charity shop in the town my parents live.
And to make a not-so-long story even shorter: this is what I bought:

And real Doctor Marten shoes! (I had never heard of the man before yesterday to be honest), but they're great, and visibly worn, which I love most about them.



And a briefcase, which I've been looking for for ages. 

And that's that.

Tough look

I just came back from the hairdresser, and my hair looks so different! Short and asymmetric! Oh man, it's short on the right side of my head.
This is the first time that I come back from the hairdresser feeling content about my hair. Usually the woman asks me: 'So, what do you think?' and then I lie with a forced smile: 'Love it.' 
Usually I do love it, after a week or so. But this is great! When the hairdresser suggested this, I first wanted to say 'no' but then I thought 'you know what, you're just going to do it!' 

So here it is:


Oh! And bought the greatest sweater today.It's what I've been looking for for a while now, and it's perfect. Lovely colour too.
Hopefully it will look good too, because I haven't tried it on yet. Oh well, we'll see.

Fabulous fifties

Last Friday I (with my class) went to a museum in Den Haag. There was an exhibition about the fifties, which was great!
The whole museum was full of mannequins dressed in clothes from the fifties. It made me regret we don't wear dresses like that anymore. There were beautiful going-out-dresses and also every-day-dresses. All great and stylish.

Also the museum itself was special.

Everything was all about the fifties, movies, icons, dresses and commercials.
   We've also seen a lot of Marilyn obviously. Beautiful Marilyn.

Fun thing is, that when I walk around in Den Haag I always feel like I'm in another country. High buildings, lots of traffic, people talking English or any other language. The only thing that reminds me that I'm actually in the Netherlands are all the bikes. 
I love to walk around in big cities on my own pretending to belong there. I still want to go to New York for a couple of months. Well who know, maybe in a couple of years.

Amazing Margiela

I've only recently been introduced to Maison Martin Margiela and I already love him! 
His designs are so wonderfully weird! 
Look at some pictures of one of his shows:

I love how he can make every piece of clothing so unique and - let's be honest - kinda weird and yet so gorgeous! I can't take my eyes off of it. Especially the third picture from the left. I would want to have that dress, eventhough I would probably never ever wear it. It's beautifully bold.

And, great news (well, not really news because everyone already knows it): Margiela made a collection for H&M!
Maison Martin Margiela clothes for H&M prices - unfortunately still too expensive for me. I would love these three items on the right. Especially the purple turtleneck. I just love how it's just not ordinary.

I admire Margiela, and I'm glad he and I got acquainted - well...you know what I mean.