Eurostar Swishing

You might (or might not) of heard of the new thing to do with your clothes; and that would be to 'swish' them. This means that instead or selling them on to your highest bidder, you swap them instead for another item of clothing. This means that no money is involved, and when done seriously and properly, you can basically change your wardrobe without spending a dime. I can see both my dad and boyfriend smiling from here. I actually really like the idea of not spending money on new clothes and just going through someone else's wardrobe instead.

Well this is precisely what happened this Saturday when we were invited to London, to take part in the first ever cross-border swishing experience. An event organised in collaboration with Eurostar, our trusted transport to cross over to that weird and isolated island, called the the United Kindgom. We left Saturday at 8h45 and we arrived at 9h45 in London (UK time). We spent the morning swishing, got to know each other over lunch, discovered East London, walked upa nd down Brick Lane and shopped (yes that was inevitable) on Oxford Street.

Thank you to the lovely girls from swishing.be for sharing this new activity with us and to the Eurostar team for looking after us so well.

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Soirée "customisez moi"

I received an email a while back from Coca Cola Light asking if I would be interested in becoming a style reporter for them. Not only am I a huge fan of the drink - as I don't drink any coffee, I have gotten use to drinking it every day - but I also believe that they have one of the best branding strategies out there, something that the EU could use a lot of right now. These are rough times for the EU people! Anyway, this view was only strengthened when I heard Dominique Reiniche (President Europe of Coca Cola Company) talk during the State of the European Union conference, where I was also invited to reflect the views of young bloggers and digital entrepreneurs about the future of Europe and how to renew Europe.  I actually really the idea of my two worlds -fashion and political - colliding in this way.

Anyway, coca cola Light invited me and other fellow bloggers to the 'customisez moi' fashion event and party which took place last friday.  It was a great fashion show, with some amazing young talent and some coca cola light inspired designs. The evening started with crazy and very colourful presentation by Romain Brau, you never know what to expect with Romain, but one thing for sure is that he always successfully takes us on a fashionable  journey.  The party ended on a musical note, with a act by Nicola Testa.

Blown up at Forever21

 

I went shopping with the boy on Saturday in Antwerp, and as we passed the new Forever21 store, my jaw dropped. I couldn't believe it! There I was, all 4m of me. I had been contacted a month or so ago to ask me if I was okay about being on the digital screens in the new store, little did I know that they meant the giant ones at the front of the shop. I have to say it was pretty impressive and I am grateful for such a nice gesture. Plus, it was an honour for me to be up there with the great Sabrina, from AfterDRK.

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Francis Ferent Bloggers night

 

I was invite, with many other Belgian bloggers to Francis Ferent in Bruxelles, to discover and talk about their new collections and the coming trends in fashion. It was a wonderful evening, and great to just sit around eat some nice food, catch up with friends, and talk with the owners of the store. So all in all a successful evening! Like kids in a candy store, four of us (including the lovely Cyrielle as see above) picked out this gorgeous dust pink Herve Leger dress paired with an oversized military green parka with a gigantic fur collar. That we finished up with Valentino heels and the Fendi Peekabo bag. If you like the look we came up, please do like it on Facebook here, you would not only make me happy but two of my friends very happy indeed, and you have no idea just how happy :)

Thank you again to everyone who organised the event, it was a wonderful evening, and thank you to all of you who like the picture (picture below c/o Geoffroy from the Elle.be)