Last week I visisted Amsterdam for the third time, and I must say every time I’m there I love it more and more! Amsterdam is such a vibrant and fashionable city. Maybe it’s a bit to underknown as fashion city.

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4th of July and we do celebrate the American Independence, and as you can see this day I get my inspiration from the American flag.

To talk about America is not only interesting because of that, but also because of the upcoming autumn and its fashion. Soon you will see some of the news for the AW season in store, and don’t get too surprised if you will see the influences from USA. On one hand, there will be a nice high school girl with boyish style mixed with a nice twist of the retro fashion we’ve had recently. The 70s will stay a bit longer.

And at the other hand we will see inspiration from the Native Americans and their down to earth colors and amazing prints. A lot of mustard yellow you will see. And the already loved feathers will have a real high moment this autumn, not only as decorations but as prints as well.

But this is just a few words of what you will see, let’s get back to the summer a while more. And on this day, what’s your inspiration?

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I Am Not Afraid To Admit This. I love red pants. Well, I guess there is nothing frightening or particularly weird about that. Luckily my opinion is confirmed by both Mrs. FashionToast and ONLY. Incidentally, ONLY just launched a beautiful pair of red jeans and I love how they have this slightly used look. Maybe you could cut off a piece to create a more  edgy look, as Rumi did it, though not if you have short legs, since it tends to make an overall shorter impression of the legs. (or wear the length with heels)

There are several ways to style a red pair of pants, all depending on your own style of course. One way is to combine with a simple top or blouse in a mild color like off-white, grey or beige. Then there is the solution to ‘countercolor/print’ with a strong pattern, as Kate Moss does for Vogue UK 2010, combining the red leather pants with a leopard jacket.

Personally, I went with yellow stripes by ONLY combined with vintage gentlemen pants, inspired by the beachy theme of the shoot – despite the fact that those kinds of stripes usually come in the blue and white combo I decided to put a color-block spin on the style with my yellow-white choice.

The images of me are by Agata Mlynczak and Mikolaj Lewandowski (Objartiste.com)

What do you think of a red bottom? Yay or nay?

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I think I seriously need a course in time-management. I am so busy at the moment and I keep on saying “yes” to all sorts of projects (very nice things, but still). But there comes a time when you have to say “no” and that’s definitely not my strongest point.

I have my internship now where I am working at least about 45 hours a week, my part-time job, my essay for school, my blog, my sponsors, my overloaded inbox, some very nice writing projects like this one, discussing a TV-show at the moment, starting up a web shop, working out and besides that I like to have a social life with my boyfriend, family and friends! So sometimes I get a little bit crazy :-)

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This year’s Roskilde Festival is on and I couldn’t be more exited! I love festivals, and particularly Roskilde – the vibe is fantastic and the line-up is always loaded with great music.

However, having a fantastic festival does need some preparation, and like always, I’ve been planning what to fill in my backpack for weeks. Let me share some of my best survival-tips for a week in a tent with you! Of practical stuff, I always bring chocolate spread and rye bread, because it can survive a week in an overheated tent and it taste great day and night – and magically cures hangovers! The long, light summer evenings are great for festivals, however, the bright early mornings are dreadful for sleeping, and without sleep I’ll turn into, and even worse, look like, a zombie! So to prolong the night, I bring earplugs and a sleep mask. (more…)

Who wears short shorts? I wear short shorts! And you’ll probably too this summer.
This summer is all about shorts in all sorts of fabrics, colors and styles. Let’s all hope the sun will hit us hard the next couple of months, so we can all show off our gourgeous legs. You don’t have to be a stick figure to wear shorts. If your legs are toned and firm, you’ll pull them off fors ure. Not quite catching the summer tan? No problemo, just put ons ome fake tan. But be careful with that, you don’t want end up with stained or orange legs. Moderation is key.

So back to the shorts. I allready have my favorites for the summer arranged in my closet.

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I’m really a denim loving girl. Yeah, I know that might be something that’s kind of taken for granted when writing here. But what I want this to lead to is really the fact that even though I really can’t count all of my jeans anymore, I really haven’t found a really flattering pair of denim shorts that looks just the way I want them to. I can tell you I’ve tried a lot of them and have surely bought a few of the ones I found. They are hot for the moment, but it hasn’t been what I’ve been looking for. But a few days ago I tried a pair of my ONLY jeans and realized that they had the perfect fit. To be a pair of shorts.

And you’ve seen earlier that if I want to change some pieces to look the way I like them to, I do. And so I did this time as well. What I was looking for was a pair of tight blue high waist shorts, with studs. Something like the ones on the pic. And now I’m close to that, just need to get the studs on. But I’m close to the thought of my perfect denim shorts, don’t you think?

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I suppose this is the perfect solution for at classic visit at the mother-in-law. This I realized after the shoot. But let’s rewind to the beginning of my jeans story.

In our age of skinny jeans, it cannot be very easy for ‘flaredness’. So in an attempt to play on that, I decided to style a pair of ONLY Jeans I have had hanging in my closet for a while. (sidenote: probably the most comfortable pair of ONLY Jeans I’ve had. Sidenote #2: I have had many pairs of ONLY Jeans.)

So, in my ‘logical’ view, there are two ways of styling these jeans. Either go completely 70′s style with either a turtleneck, a very colorful flower blouse with an enormous collar and don’t forget a pair of platforms. (You could preferably add any wooden accessory, but let’s not make it a costume, hm?)

The other way is to pair it with something as simple as possible, like the chosen light blue (collarless-) blouse in the first pictures or a beige t-shirt as in the last. It will still appear as a 70′s style due to the flared jeans, but the simplicity of the top will, in my opinion, keeps it classy. Here is where it transforms into an outfit that will suit any kind of visit at the mother-in-law. By that, we are at the end of my little flared tale.

All images are by Aga & Miko.

D’you have a good styling-tip for a successful visit at the in-laws?

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Miuccia Prada and Stella McCartney were both inspired by fruit. Prada showed bold banana prints while McCartney opted for a citrus mix: lemons, oranges, limes and grapefruit. (Although she did do bananas in the past, in her spring 2001 Chloé lineup.)
Thanks to Muccia and Stella, I now like bananas, oranges, apples and strawberries on my clothes. Actually, like is not a good word to describe my latest obsession J

That’s why I was so happy to find a more affordable option of the fruit print top at ONLY. Very Stella but at a fraction of the cost! I love it so much!

Are you also so hungry for these fruit prints and what are your favorite fruits?

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Summer is here now, and all of the sun’s shades as well. This is something that’s really true this year, yellow is hot and orange as well. And any other shade in between! I see these colors everywhere nowadays, sometimes as an accent color and sometimes as a whole garment. This is something I really like as we so often dress in black.

I’m one of those who would love to get dressed in yellow, but I really think that color is really out of my league, I can’t wear it. And me who really wants a maxi dress in yellow. So when I found this dress at my ONLY store, I was really happy, it’s not yellow but it’s a color of the sun, and not only can I wear it, it’s really my style as well. It’s amazing as it is, alone. And with a few details, it can be a really hot party dress as well as a dress for everyday wear. I love the fact that the cut is a bit twisted, and this is how I prefer to style it to get that everyday chic, making it wearable straight from work to the party! (more…)