What I love most about the Holidays is spending time with my family, eating all the food I love, drinking my favorite Champagne, and watch every single Christmas movie, until I fall asleep on the couch. Luckily I found a man who loves to do the same, so every year our planning is pretty straight forward. We do the above mentioned, we both do our part – he does the grocery shopping, I do the gift shopping – and then we start. For the first couple of years in our relationship, when we lived in The Netherlands – where we both grew up – we spend these days with our families on both sides. However, this changed when we moved abroad. For the better – for a while – and the worse…
Recently a major print publication asked me to shoot a street-style look wearing something sheer… First thoughts were excitement, second a little less happy… How was I going to wear “sheer in winter?” Winters here are ice-cold, and even without those being in full swing yet, it simply felt impossible to go outside wearing sheer, or lace, or anything that falls into that category. So question remained, how was I going to make this work without risking being frozen?
With loving the Chanel Cruise Cuba collection, two little problems arise. First one is “How to wear the Cuba Cruise collection in winter”? The solution is easy though, just replace a few of the thinner pieces – like the beautiful silk shirt that came with the look – for a simple cotton turtleneck, add some “invisible” layers underneath, and you are ready to go. Truly, this look worked fine on a “relatively” warm winter day, as I managed to not freeze anywhere, but my nose. But there’s another problem…
What a dream to walk into the fitting of a Valentino show, and walk out of it in a beyond beautiful Valentino AW16 dress. I think I will never get used to that feeling. And I never want to. It’s a dream coming true over and over. A little stress I had before the show though, because as you can see, the dress is pretty much completely see through. Not a problem really, apart from the fact you need the perfect underwear to wear under it. I found a great body, but not “perfect”. I was not 100% happy with how the top part looks as you can see it pretty clear under the dress – and when you see the runway photos, you see there’s nothing really visible worn underneath… But as much as I would have rather had it that way, there won’t be any freeing of the nipples from my end! Not this season at least…
Thomas would totally crack up if he would know how this jacket is called. He would say the jacket is called after me, and found his rightful owner once it came of the runway. I would laugh about it, and people who know me well would know what he means…
