My Daily Reads - Fashion Blogs

December 10, 2013

I really wanted to share with you my top daily reads - the fashion/lifestyle blogs edition. I have a really complete and long blogroll on my blog but with a full time job, a small business on the side and - a currently not so active - social life, reading all these amazing blogs on a daily basis is practically impossible.

If you are looking for good RSS readers, you can find my top choices here. I hope these are helpful.

However, I seem to always find time to spend ten minutes a day going through these:

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Christmas Gif Guide For Him and Her

December 8, 2013

Elemental Herbology Fire & Earth Body Duo

With Christmas around the corner and the high street shops looking increasingly less appealing with just about everyone and their mum on the hunt for those perfect Christmas gifts, I thought it was about time I compiled a long Christmas gift guide for all of you. Obviously the first one if aimed more at the ladies and the second more at the men, but frankly I wouldn't mind any. Enjoy and happy Christmas shopping.

Note: Simply click on the images to be taken to the relevant store online.

Dot Panorama Phone Lens Black II by Kogeto

Megaphone iPhone Amplifier White by en&is

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Stromae's World

November 17, 2013

ph/Official Stromae

Stromae - who's real name is actually Paul Van Haver - is probably one of the best things to come out of Belgium lately. His tunes are catchy and the lyrics invoke topics such as divorce, unemployment, dept and the financial crisis. His music is realistic and that is exactly what he intends it to be. Recently the NY Times did a great piece about him and his work, definitely worth a read if you have five minutes to spare.

Currently two of Stomae's most popular songs and my personal favourites are "papaoutai"and "formidable" (videos below). Enjoy. What are you currently listening to? Anything I should know about

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Isabel Marant pour H&M

November 16, 2013

The collection is undoubtedly great and was highly anticipated and talked about. However, all the about the collaboration and the upcoming collection made it really unappealing to me and I have to say I wasn't in the slightest excited about it even though most of the pieces from the collaboration - including pieces from the men's and the kids' collections - caught my eye. I guess the hype just wore me out even before the mania had started.

Bottom line, if I was handed the collection I would probably wear it daily but I was not planning in getting up early to stand outside in cold for hours to then battle it out with some crazy woman. Nor was I prepared to go stir crazy staring at a screen telling me the website had crashed and I was being put in a queue.

Unfortunately for me - and my bank account - I was home very sick that day. Both my Twitter and Instagram streams and feeds were full of people's #isabelmarantpourhm purchases so I decided to check out the website and well the above happened. It was just too easy. Apparently I was really lucky because I was (1) able to access the website, (2) browse the collection, (3) picked my favourite pieces in my sizes and (4) was able to pay for my virtual basket. I am sorry to hear this was not the case for most people who found the online experience - and the offline experience - a nightmare.

I went for the very classic/neutral pieces, as well as the pieces that could double up as workwear - the four pieces below are now on their way to me as I write to you. The pieces of the collections are incredibly versatile and it is great to see just how everyone is wearing the collection.