I’m not quite feeling too well today, so I thought I’d take advantage of the fact that I’m laying in bed all day and write a little something about the beauty of simplicity.

When I wore the Stella McCartney jumpsuit last week and was stating that it was probably the most gorgeous piece I have ever been able to wear, one of my readers commented saying it was just extremely ordinary in her eyes and if I could explain what’s so special about a piece like this.

Of course everybody’s free to have their own opinion and share it, especially here on my blog, but I’ll try to explain why a ‘simple’ piece like this is so special to me.

I guess first of all it’s something very personal. I, for example, could easily fall in love with a plain marble grey t-shirt. More easily than with a statement jacket in a bold color. When I go shopping, I go for pretty fabrics and pieces that are well tailored or cut, rather than for pieces that are super on trend this season. It’s not something I can exactly put my finger on, it’s just little details that make the difference.

With the Stella McCartney jumpsuit it’s the fabric, the way it’s cut in the back, the fact that it fits so well and doesn’t show any details of the boobs when I bend over, that extra piece of fabric that’s hanging over the behind, the perfect wideness of the pants, the fact that it’s timeless but still super fashionable. AND it’s a Stella!

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To be honest, I wasn’t too excited about this seasons’ Amsterdam Fashion Week schedule. Now I don’t want to be all negative about my own countries Fashion Week, but it’s just not what it used to be. The big designers like Jan Taminiau and Iris van Herpen are showing in Paris (and I would have done the same if I were them) and the week is now filled with commercialism, kind of.

Now that the week’s over, I’m still not too excited about everything I saw this week. However, Dennis Diem didn’t fail to impress me. I’m not sure if the use of alligator skin on corset dresses and toucans peckers as heels is less cruel than the major amount of fur one of the Dutch designers ‘threw’ on their models, but I was definitely wowed by the collection. You could see everything was well made (handmade!) and the designer has thought his collection well through.

A strong collection to end our Fashion Week with.

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Looks like my week has been more than awesome so far. It started with being photographed by the amazing Carli Hermes AND a huge feature on the Dutch news. I can tell you I don’t get nervous in front of a photographer very easily, but this felt so cool my lips started to weirdly vibrate, haha! I’m still not sure wether I like it or not (trust me, it’s not mr Hermes, it’s me), but I thought I’d post it anyway. The week ended with over 10.000 ‘likes’ on Facebook. I say let the awesomeness continue!

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Individuals

Individuals

Elise Kim

Elise Kim

Wearing a cos blazer, zara shirt, wrangler jeans, tommy hilfiger shoes and céline bag

Marije de Haan


Winde Rienstra

My favorite its and bits and pieces of Amsterdam Fashion Week through my lens. More to come!

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WIW (what I’m wearing)/ stella mccartney jumpsuit via pl line, h&m haircuff, kurt geiger bracelet, zara shoes

This is probably one of the most gorgeous pieces I have ever been able to wear. I wore this Stella McCartney jumpsuit to the openings night of Amsterdam Fashion Week and never received so many compliments about what I was wearing in my entire life, ever before. The front even elongates my tiny me and the back doesn’t need too many words. LOVE!

About the openings night, I had a shitload of fun, but I don’t think I’ll be posting about the two shows I saw. They don’t fit with what I normally post (one was menswear, one was anti-fashion), so I’ll skip day one and share day two instead…soon.

ps; Yes, I was freezing to death while taking these shots, but I couldn’t help myself, I HAD to take proper photos of this.