Spring Zest

 1."cuppa tea"-dress | 2. Orange Juice clutch | 3. Fringy Necklace | 4. everything's peachy leather | 5. 1st day bare legs-shoes | 6. Happy Nails | 7. 'Did you see my curves? No? now you do'-skirt | 8. Cobalt Perfection | 9. "bring back the armparties" | 10. "hand-y" ring

Shake away last monday's blues with a good dose of happy new trends like the neons, the florals, the ethnic & the good [cobalt] blues...

New Prints

love-affair with ethnic prints + a fascination with Espadrilles -> bye bye, no buy!

I didn't want to buy any more shoes but I reasoned that buying them from Zara would be cheaper than going to Madrid for the originals, although that's still something I would love to do this summer.

(earlier article here about Casa Hernandez' Espadrilles)

Fusion Ethnic: Pendleton

Urban Outfitters had a covetable item on sale: The Pendleton coat:

Not obvious on the screen is that it is actually a maxi-coat

Originally a whopping 700 euros and now 200...

It is not just a mere copy of Native-American clothing: it actually has roots with a genuine pattern of a certain clan/tribe (article over here)

I somehow feel guilty for wearing Native-American linked clothing after reading this article, however, I realise Pendleton itself decided to go global and adress to the hipster crowd. Perhaps the profits earned by this commercialisation of ethnicity is directed towards the Native-American communities, or, at least some awareness will be linked towards them by commercialising Pendleton.

In the meantime, I got myself a pretty warm coat with a delightful design...(not so guilty about that)