I don’t keep many clothes at Clem’s place
Only because
1. there is no wardrobe of massive proportions = no space for my little collection
2. i hate splitting pieces up and going ballistic when i don’t have that particular piece for this outfit right now
So the simplest solution is to keep a few dresses that need no mixing and matching.
Except maybe the one below would have been better with some textured piece layered underneath.
See.
See what i mean about how i end up wanting something else to complete the outfit.
On the very white and neat dressing table
are my colourful things
that have made the man’s apartment
less minimalist than he intended.
But that is what happens when you let a fairy into your life.
Painting from St. Tropez that reminds me of
stifling sunshine
glazed water
dripping ice creams
paintbrushes by the sea.
Yishyene came up with some pet project – to take pictures of me squatting everywhere.
She’s got quite an impressive collection so far -_-
But i’m not posting it up here, that’s for sure.
I know i’m jumping posts all over the place
but i really want to put up as many pictures and notes about my Euro-trip as i can,
before other trips follow and i NEVER END up blogging about anything! And the reason i’m doing so is more for myself (sorry being a bit selfish!) cos i know i’m going to forget lil bits and pieces i wanna treasure, and by doing that i’d like to look back at it easily!
It’s easy to find yummy food in Amsterdam.
One of the times we decided not to use the Wallpaper guide
and simply duck into the nearest okay-looking cafe,
the food was satisfying enough!
We walked on and stumbled onto a flea market.
FLEA MARKET.
FAVOURITE.
LOVE.
MUST HUNT FOR BARGAINS.
Warning: Shopaholic Talk Alert
Yishyene and i were pouncing on colourful bundles of clothes on the floor,
all vintage and each costing around 4 euros.
For a while i was trying to be REASONABLE (note: ‘reasonable’ does not exist next to word ‘shopaholic’) and not buy too many pairs of vintage leggings cos they’re quite heavy, and i still had to take into consideration all the other clothes/books/stuff i was to bring back to KL.
But after feeling its authentic thick material paired with crazy-ass prints, i threw all ‘reason’ out the window and picked more than one.
I couldn’t NOT pick just one… i know i’d be thinking of the prints and regretting it back home.
Lots of vintage bathing suits for cheap too, but most of them were too large, i swear the crotch would be hanging off me somehow. NoT attractive!
Went gaga over this stall selling only ribbon.
All TYPES of ribbon – new, vintage, colourful, floral, graphic.
Thanks to the “wannabe fashion designer in me with good intentions”,
i ended up buying a few metres of some patterned ribbons which were too precious to ignore.
And now… they’re sitting in my room. Somewhere.
Old books
Ye olde baby’s chair
See. Even things like this chair i want to buy okay.
I think of where i’d put it, and how kitschy and precious it’d look in a room.
Lots more interesting bits and bobs i spotted while walking around the streets of Am –
I love how the reflection of the real trees and sky go with the glass painting!
Went to the Van Gogh museum after that,
much to my insistence.
We tried entering as under-18s (seeing how we always have trouble passing as 18 to buy drinks) but it didn’t work.
Dammit.
When you WANT to look young, you can’t.
When you DON’T, it doesn’t work either.
I think Van Gogh had a sense of humour…
because amidst all his paintings of still life and portraits,
there is suddenly one that sticks out like a sore thumb –
Feeling cultured from visiting the museum,
we went to Vondelpark to do our favourite thing… nothing.
Got food, beer, and sat there talking rubbish.
Like below.
My favourite line:
Me: “Imagine if you walked around in public doing that.”
Her: “I am in public.”
Hahaha, Yishninini i miss you so!
top, mng; shorts, topshop, tights, public beware
FYI, those polka dots you see are SHORTS alright.
Just in case you got the wrong idea.
I was invited for this Secret Shopper party held a week ago,
where these two girls shop for their friends and friends’ friends,
and sell all the items to them at private locations every month!
Even though i’m on soddof a shopping ban,
i couldn’t help going to see.
JUST SEE you know.
And plus, they had a different concept so i was curious on how it would be like.
It took place at Nomad Residences in Bangsar,
and was nicely done.
Basically their idea is to let girls come in groups with their friends,
and spend as long as they like there – trying on things, do some weekend shopping without crowds, eat snacks that are laid out, and lots of drinks i.e. ice lemon tea, beer, alcoooo.
I didn’t take lots of pictures cos i was a bit shy of intruding on people’s private shopping time
Secret Shopper brings in lots of really sweet items from brands we can’t get here,
and they get everyone to fill in a form with their sizes and type of style preferred so they really buy things with every customer in mind!
My shopping ban tak jadi,
cos i saw this nice striped B&W skirt from H&M for RM79 (ok wut, quite cheap!)
Even tho i went early Saturday afternoon to try to spot out stuff before others went,
there were like 15 girls who went earlier than me and grabbed some funky stuff first!
Like these colourful pants Andrea got.
Was eyeing it like anything but she obviously bought it in the end.
Damn you Andreaaaa *waves fairy fist*
You get to know about the event only thru invite from The 2 Girls (they wanna be anonymous la)
but maybe if you asked them really nicely on email they might invite you
Email: info@thesecretwardrobe.com
Oh by the way, they’ve got 4 pairs of Reebok 25th Anniversary Freestyles that they got from HK and nobody bought that day, so they’re still up for sale.
Limited edition, and were the last pairs that were nabbed in the store there.
Unavailable in KL.
They are brand new (and come in their original boxes) and are priced at RM399 each.
Interested buyers can contact info@thesecretwardrobe.com
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– two pairs in gold/purple emperor > US size 7 and 8
– two pairs in silver/laser blue > US size 7 and 8
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Sorry for super nothing post
cos i’m really bogged down with work
and naturally two deadlines had to clash today!
Will blog bout this Secret Shopper thing where i got my H&M skirt from!
In KL too.
Wait k!
not usually so miang, but guinness makes me love everything. including the wall.
i’m wearing > asymmetrical top; all saints
striped skirt; h&m via secret shopper
flats; tory burch
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