Drop from the clouds

COLOURS

2012-02-16T06:20:00.004-08:00

Normally I like to wear a lot of black and grey, but this dress is an exception. Especially with the grey and sober weather today, this is the perfect dress to ignore the rain. It makes me so happy and cheerful, and I adore the flowers and the different colours in the print. I got it at Topshop last summer and although it is more a summer dress, I just like to wear it all year round now.

This week is actually rather quiet, mainly worked on school assignments and went to dinner with two lovely friends in the city on Valentine's Day at Wagamama. Next week is my last week before a short holiday break for a week and I am really excited for that, because I am going to visit Antwerp and maybe even Paris too, who knows!

see you all soon,
X

Dress-Topshop/Boots-River Island

SOMEWHERE

2012-02-05T11:01:00.000-08:00

A night out in town.

Last week I officially completed the first half year of school, which means I am starting with the new semester tomorrow! I am really exicted, because I can finally start with my own course, Fashion & Design, but on the other hand, I am going to miss my classmates so much. The last half year was a lot of fun, I met a bunch of lovely people and they became some of my best friends. The next semester is in our original mentor classes and I am lucky to have another amazing class, but some of my closest friends unfortunately are in other classes now.

Although, I am starting with some great subjects, like pattern drawing, technical and model drawing, fabrics research and sewing technique. And I am going to start making my own small collection, so that should be really exciting! Having the best time at school, it's slowly starting to hit in, my dream comes closer and closer every semester.

See you soon,

X

Blazer-H&M/Denim shirt-H&M/Skirt-H&M/Boots-Zara

TEXTURES&THINGS

2012-01-28T14:05:00.000-08:00

The details in different types of fabrics are really inspiring and interesting. It is amazing to see how textures look so close-up and how many difference there is in fabrics.

Nana van Blaaderen, Machiko Agano, Unknown, Andreia Chaves, Me, Claudy Jongstra, Lærke Hooge Andersen, Unknown, Iris van Herpen, Elaine Ng Yan Ling

SILVER

2012-01-20T09:07:00.000-08:00

Hello, hello, lovely readers,

Here a brand new outfit. After the crazy busy times at school, I decided it was the time to give myself some presents in the form of some extremely reduced fashion items. Got this sweater, this necklace, some lovely brown boots and a gorgeous jacket with leather sleeves in the sale for half of the original price. Score! My last deadline for the first semester was on monday and I passed the assignement stylebook, thank god. In two weeks I have another big assessment, but hopefully that will go just fine, so I can start of fresh and energized with my second semester.

They always say, time flies when you are having fun and that sure counts for me ever since I started at Amsterdam Fashion Institute. The classes, the school, my friends, I am really enjoying myself and I know I have found the perfect place for me. Off now to do some serious 'cleaning out my closet' to make more room for the new stuff!

See you soon!

Sweater-H&M/Skirt-H&M/Shoes-Roxy/Necklace-Zara

SPARKLES

2012-01-04T07:18:00.000-08:00

Happy new year everybody!

Here are some of the last buys of december-accessory wise.

Nailpolish-OPI/Shoes-River Island/Hair cuff-H&M/Ring-Topshop/Earrings-H&M+Forever21/Shoes-Roxy

How was the start of the new year for you? I celebrated new years eve with a dinner at a friends house and after twelve I went to a lovely party with some amazing friends. There are still a couple of free days left, but I start to feel the stress from school slowly crawling back, because it starts again next monday.

Hope you all have a lovely year filled with amazing moments!

CREATURE OF THE NIGHT

2011-12-26T08:54:00.000-08:00

'Nekromantik' by Polish fashion designer Katarzyna Konieczka
Inspired by Frankenstein and his creations.

Found these images a while ago during research for school but they keep capturing my interest. They kind of remind me of horror and slaughter movies, but because the pictures and models are so delicate, there is a weird contrast. I adore the creepy, yet fairytale-like feeling that these pictures bring.

images/trendhunter

DECEMBER

2011-12-16T09:27:00.000-08:00

Bonjour my lovely readers,

It's already halfway December and that not only means Christmas in a week, but also the end of a very hectic period for me. Deadlines for school, exams, lots of meetings, driving exam, name it. Thank god I passed everything school-wise, so I don't have to worry about any of those things doing the holiday break.

Next week there are only two days of school scheduled on my timetable and after wednesday, my break starts. More time to do some fun stuff, and most importantly, more time to blog. It is a bit quiet these days on here and I am planning to change that. After this first half year of fashion school I started discovering more and more about fashion and blogs and I really miss the days were I blogged almost 3 times a week.

Out now for Christmas tree shopping in town!

See you all soon and thank you so much for following, because I reached 50 followers last week!

X
Charlotte

Top-H&M/Skirt-H&M/Shoes-River Island/Jewelry-Vintage/Belt-Forever21

OCEAN

2011-11-05T10:04:00.000-07:00

Gorgeous underwater photography. I love how the fabrics move under water, it's breathtaking.
Found these on one of my long searches on the internet for my inspiration book for school on the trendhunter website.

Photography by:
Alix Malka - 1,2
Zena Holloway -3,4,5

SUNDAY RAIN

2011-10-09T08:51:00.000-07:00

Blazer-H&M/Jeans-Cheap Monday/Necklace-Forever 21/Ring-Vintage/Shoes-Van Haren

This week was heaven compared to last week. Last monday was the big day for my first assignement to be hand in and the fashion show for our prototypes (pictures are coming soon). Last weekend was a very stressful weekend with just a few hours of sleep to finish everything. Luckily everything worked out fine and I passed! The fashion show was a lot of fun and school in general is lovely, although it is also hard work, but my classmates, the lessons and just being around fashion all the time make it so much fun. Last few days I went out for dinner and drinks to celebrate the good marks for my assignement, met up with a few friends, did some serious shopping and I got a haircut!

Today there was a museum trip to Utrecht, to see the Iris van Herpen exhibition with my friend Loes. It was pretty cool, although unfortunately there weren't a lot dresses made by her and it was a bit small. The weather is not really making things any better this weekend either.

Tomorrow starts my next semester already, how time flies.

see you soon.
X

SCHOOL

2011-09-18T02:40:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow starts my fourth week at Amsterdam Fashion Institute, how time flies!
School is a lot of fun and I am pretty sure it is the place for me, but it's also a lot of work. Still, my homework is pretty amazing, making dresses, drawing, making a fashion diary, collecting different types of fabric and more. Just being in Amsterdam and going to a fashion school there is a dream come true and I am looking forward to everything what this school will bring me in the future.

For now here is one of the outfits I choose for my fashion diary for one of my courses.

Jacket-Zara/Top-H&M/Skirt-DIY/Bag-Spikes&Sparrow

ORIENTAL

2011-08-10T13:24:00.000-07:00

A 3 week travel across Thailand.
Not only are the people welcoming and really nice, the food is delicious and there is so much to see and to experience, Thailand is most of all a photographers paradise.

It was absolutely one of the most amazing and impressive experiences of my life and the things I have seen and done are just too much to sum up. Some highlights for me were the visit to the Elephant Hospital, a hiking tour in the jungle, a thrilling ride on the back of an elephant in the rainforest, off-road quad riding in the mountains and taste the amazing food in the many streets of all the places we visit.

Other stories to tell in the past three months:
- I got in the school I applied for! Two weeks from now I start at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute, Fashion & Design.
- I turned 19 two weeks ago and I celebrated it with my family and friends in Thailand. The staff of the hotel we stayed in was super nice and got me cake and decorations.
- I went to Pinkpop with my friend Mirthe and it was a real last-minute decision, but we had so much fun and the music was awesome.

see you all soon.

ALIVE

2011-05-28T10:07:00.000-07:00

Yes, I am still alive, the last month was crazy and a lot of work for admissions for new art schools, but at the moment there is more time to sit back and relax and do fun stuff.

These two pictures I took a couple of weeks ago. I made both the dress and the skirt in the upper picture and styled it with some other items. Huge thanks to Julie for modelling.

Hope to see you soon and new followers, thank you!

SAND

2011-04-06T13:26:00.000-07:00

Promdress. Made by me in 2010.

SPIDER

2011-03-25T07:22:00.001-07:00

TODAY

2011-03-16T03:35:00.000-07:00

Today I stayed home from school to work on an application for AMFI, the school I would like to go to and just relax and have some 'me-time'. Also came up with this outfit, featuring lots of new items from Dubai and a short shopping trip with my mother the other day.

Dress-Forever 21/Blazer-H&M/Belt-New Look/Shoes-H&M

PRINTS

2011-02-13T08:54:00.000-08:00

The new year is already full in motion, and for me the first few weeks were extremely busy and filled with all kind of different events. Birthday parties, school assignments, a new job, interview at a new art academy, driving lessons and much more. Luckily the next couple of weeks are a lot more quite and in a week I am going to visit Dubai with my family for a week, so there is time to relax now. Hope to get some more blogging done too, because I still love it and my blog.

See you soon

X

Charlotte

FUR AND GOLD

2010-12-24T08:27:00.000-08:00

Winter is here and Christmas is only one day away. I walk around all day with my fur headband and yesterday I painted my nails gold with glitters. I love these lazy days were you just stay in, drink hot chocolate, listen to christmas music and watch the snow outside. The last two I took yesterday in the forest, it's the perfect weather for photgraphs.

Merry Christmas lovelies! Hope you have a lovely christmas eve and two cosy christmas days with the ones you love.

SUNNY DAYS

2010-12-08T12:21:00.000-08:00

Meet my precious dog, Floortje.
Pictures from only two months ago, cannot believe it was really sunny back then, while at the moment the whole street is covered with ice and snow.

Top-H&M/Jeans-Cheap Monday/Shoes-Primark

WINTER WONDERLAND

2010-11-29T11:06:00.000-08:00

Today is the first day snowy day here in Holland.
I was afraid it would cause a lot of trouble with the train, but luckily there was no trouble at all.
The balcony was free of footsteps, so a perfect place for some snow-writing-fun. My finger is now really cold and red, but hey, look what we have here...

I'M A NINJA

2010-11-28T07:01:00.000-08:00

It will take another 9 months for it to start, but my Lowlands ticket is in the pocket.
I cannot wait for Lowlands 2011.

CURIOSITY

2010-11-27T01:57:00.000-08:00