Sunday Company

First off, thanks for all the fun comments these last couple of days. They make study breaks so much more enjoyable. I went to Antwerp on Friday and did some shopping. In fact, I was actually hoping to still score an issue of The Gentlewoman somwhere there but Frankie and Lula make for a good alternative, don't they? I didn't even know Frankie was sold in Belgium! 

Frankie reminds me of the time I still read N.E.E.T. magazine, back when I was first discovering all things fun and fashion on the interwebs. Does N.E.E.T. even still exist nowadays? Anyways, it's all cute and crafty and it features so many young and talented people. It's less cutesy than I had expected but I think I like it better this way. 

Lula is still out of this world. Picking up an issue and flicking through it always makes me giddy. I stumbled upon the last two issues by chance (Stockholm, I miss you) and Friday was no different. The photoshoots have lost some of their magic (or maybe I have grown up a little) but the interviews are still the best. For this issue Tavi Gevinson talked with Iris Apfel and Tennessee Williams with Lesley Gore. Lesley fricking Gore! I love how the interviewers are not just journalists looking for some ridiculous tagline but old friends or great admirers having a cosy chat with their interviewee. With a cup of tea and macarons, obviously. At least that's how a Lula interview takes place in my mind. I'd like to keep that image.

Now if only I could get my hands on the next issue of The Gentlewoman. 

(Acne dress with open back and Dries Van Noten silk sweater)

I also bought actual clothes on Friday. Result! Now I don't want you to get the impression that I'm all of the sudden rolling in dough. I got my designer fix (lol) at Rosier 41, this amazing outlet store. They have a really excellent stock of designer vintage. For example, they had two clothing racks with nothing but Dries Van Noten. Seriously?!

 I'd say I mostly shop at Zara here in Ghent and whenever I can, COS in Antwerp but every few months I buy a thing or two that is a bit more special, like those Essentiel trousers. I like the fact that I am slowly (very slowly) but surely building up a wardrobe with a few very beautiful and timeless pieces. I'll show you more of my dress and sweater in an outfit post when I finish my exams i.e. an eternity away from now! - x

Stockholm syndrome

Hejhej! I returned home from Stockholm on Friday. The four days I spent there were some of the most brilliant in my admittedly very short life as a young adult. As the Zita Swoon song goes, I feel alive in the city. Stockholm was burning, burning bright and I felt so good there. It was just me and my Mum and we had such a lovely time together. She is my supreme shopping buddy and we get along so well.

I'm no trained big city girl but the nature and peacefulness in Stockholm really caught me off guard. I could live there, really. There's just one thing that puzzled me: every Swedish girl seems to own the same pair of white Converse. Here are some of the things I brought home with me:

- a cotton candy pair of Swedish Hasbeens, shoes I've been longing for for so long now. I don't think the name's a self-fulfilling prophecy but only time can tell.
- Lula issue 12 which I read every night in Stockholm before falling asleep.
- Beyond Retro tote bag (and now I should probably go hide in shame because I have to admit I bought it only for the sake of owning it - yes, I am like that) and this amazing necklace which you can hardly see with my crazy vignette-effect that I bought at Beyond Retro a.k.a. the perfect excuse to justify buying the tote bag.

This paragraph makes no sense at all.

xoxo

Girl of my dreams

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How is it even remotely possible that Lula Magazine has no distributors in Belgium? No Lula equals an unhappy Lies. I only have issue 8 with Chanel Iman on the cover. Actually, I went looking for a copy in Paris last weekend but my efforts were fruitless. Maybe I should stop whining and subscribe like all the regular folks do. In the mean time, enjoy these gorgeous scans from the tenth issue.