All the things I love...

All the things I love...
All the things I love...

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Discovery Channel...

Nothing excites me more than discovering new designers either online or on one of my trips. Since I care, I'm going to share... I have a passion for sneakers and I must say that when I came accross this Dutch brand online I immediately wanted to run to the store.The Amsterdam based brand Filling Pieces is designed by an architect and it clearly shows in the designs. They have them for both women and men (yay for all fashionable gentlemen out there) and are handmade in Portugal. 
If any of you buy a pair of these beauties, I highly recommend the low top croc sneakers in red. And of any of you want to buy me a pair for Christmas, size 38 please.




I was leisurely walking around the streets of Rome when I came across a cute little store filled with handbags. As soon as I walked in I saw a sparkle in the corner of my eye. Sequins, leopard and a chain, what else do you need in a handbag? Nice anecdote attached to this bag is that the guy who owns the store is the actual designer: Gilbert Halaby. He explained me that the bags he sells in his store in Rome are the ones he takes to Paris when he presents his collection. So my Halaby bag is a showroom model with a small French adventure attached to it.
Unfortunately his collection is not available in Belgium but thank God the year is 2014 and the Internet brings all the fashion you want to your door. A plus: besides bags he also designs jewelry. 

Here's a picture of my Halaby bag (sorry for the bad quality)





Covent Garden is definitely the place to be for Sunday brunch and Sunday shopping when you're in London. It was there in between the handmade tiles and paintings that I saw a colourful table filled with clutches. Heidi Sturgess is a London based designer who makes all the items herself. Everything is colourful and the buckles are detachable. If you ask her nicely, as my friend did, she will make one especially for you. What I love about these clutches? Everything! The colours, the materials (suede or leather), the bright pink insde, the detachable chain,... I have mine in bright blue suede with the New York sign. As I am as clumsy as I am amazing (Humility is not in my dictionary) I broke my NEWYORK sign when I was in Milan. No worries I'll get it fixed asap. 






London was particularly nice to me that Sunday. Going from Covent Garden to Seven Dials I did my discovery number two of the day: Bailey Nelson London. They have a great selection of optical glasses and they only cost 98 £ inclusive the glasses itself. I know a good deal when I see it so I couldn't resist ordering the Fitzgerald model in Mahogany. If you need new glasses and you are in London I highly recommend you to stop by. With excellent service and only 15 £ to get your specs delivered in Belgium I don't see any reason not to buy them. A plus: they have sunglasses as well. 
Ready for work in my Bailey Nelson glasses
I hope you all go online and discover more about the above mentioned designers and maybe even buy a piece yourself. If you do, let me know! 

Saturday, November 8, 2014

We're falling two by two...

Mornings are colder, drinks are warmer and fashion is layered. This can only mean one thing: fall is here. After travelling to Lisbon, London and Milan it's time to slow down and enjoy Belgium. This sunny Saturday was perfect to put on my two fall essentials: sneakers and sweaters and explore Ghent. I love checking out the stores, observing everything around me and go for a hot chocolate while catching up on my reading. And under the beautiful fall sunshine I noticed something. People like pairs. Salt & Pepper, boyfriend and girlfriend, Tom & Jerry, Milk and Cookies, etc. The list is endless. I saw couples, I saw friends, I saw mothers and daugthers.All of them in a pair.But why are we so obsessed by making everything two? Is two better than one, than three, than five? 




Me in my Zoe Karssen sweater

My Nike sneakers