9 Books for Cool Girls
As we have discussed numerous times, I am not a cool person*. I do, however, know several cool girls personally and I also observe cool reading babes in their natural habitat on Instagram. As a result of years of intense research, I present this entirely arb..
Three Women I Follow Instead of Gwyneth Paltrow
I really was nice to Gwyneth much longer than reasonable: I felt I owed her for the 10-hour chicken and blueberry muffin recipes (still like her cookbooks, in fact) and I also believed that a woman who has the brains to pick this Tom Ford dress for the Oscar..
Cocktail Hour (It’s Always 6PM Somewhere)
Of all the clothing categories, the cocktail dress must be one of the most old-fashioned. Not quite as bad as a corset or a crinoline – people do still wear cocktail dresses – but it’s not a cool thing to put on. Even a proper gown is more modern: you can dr..
London Debrief: Gin, Kew and Frida Kahlo
I’m back from my long weekend in London – if you follow me on Instagram, you have probably seen the pictures, but I tried not to spend too much time on social media and deliberately did not blog at all. What follows is a quick run-down of the trip, in case y..
7 + 1 Books I Read in July
My July reading was still affected by the World Cup and – towards the end of the month – also by all the walking I’ve been doing, but it was a good reading month regardless. I liked pretty much everything I read and some of it I liked a lot.
1. My Year of..
Makeup Update: Bronze and Smoke, Red and Ruby
I haven’t done a makeup roundup in ages, mostly because I haven’t been buying much – or been that excited about makeup, for that matter. Lately, however, I have found not one but two looks that I really like and bought a few new toys for trying them out. The..
The Only Thing to Wear Right Now + Sales Shopping
To quote Morpheus: fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. The pictures for these posts were taken in Estonia with about 17 degrees Celsius and heavy wind. If you zoom close enough (don’t!), I’m sure you can detect goose bumps. Fast forward two week..
Warm Weather Skincare Routine
As the heatwave continues (it’s going to be 37 degrees in Brussels today), I have been contemplating my skincare routine. I fully understand when people do not want to put anything on their skin in this heat and if you can get away with cleansing, a hydratin..
Workwear Wednesday: The Strange Allure of Mustard vol 1
It feels ridiculous to post any clothes at the moment that go beyond bikinis, as Brussels is taking this heatwave business rather seriously. However, I realise that it’s not necessarily as warm everywhere and even if it is, at some point we’ll be back to nor..
On the Anatomy of Walking
Walking has always been something I enjoy, but this enjoyment has lately taken on epic proportions. There are many reasons for that, most of them extremely practical. First of all, work is quieter, so I can actually leave my office building during lunch and ..