Python Persuasion

Jeans – J Brand, Baseball Jacket – Maison Martin Margiela, Shoes – MMM for H&M, Bag-‘Dioific’ in Python photos by my beautiful lil sister.  March started weeks ago and at one point it was boiling, the next moment it’s still March and freezing again. How on earth did that happen?? You could only find this kind of weather fluctuation in London, honestly. Being smashed with uni work yet still enjoy the nightlife and staring into the depths of the Ukraine’s crisis on a perpetual caffeinated high probably screws with the body’s time perception abilities. I try to keep myself busy all the time these days, whether with business or with pleasure. Regardless, I’m super ecstatic for Spring, the lighter layers (and the better mindset) that come with it, fresh blooms, and more vitamin D. On a more outfit-y note, i have never owned a Dior bag before but this python baby definitely won my heart over. Have a productive week everyone! With love, N ❤

Second Style Challenge : A Brown Bag

photos by Phan Nhat Minh bag, bracelet – George, Gina & Lucy / other bracelet – Floralpunk / ring – & other stories / hat – H&M / top – NosbyN / coat – Mango / shoes – Nike / necklace – Zara

What is it with me and brown. How is brown even a style challenge, right ? I don’t know why either, why I really disliked the color so much ! So I thought. When I was contacted to promote the brand George, Gina & Lucy, I was thrown right back to my times in school, when everyone who was cool seemed to have a George, Gina & Lucy bag. I wasn’t part of the cool crowd, actually my style was pretty weird, so I never had a George, Gina & Lucy bag. That’s why I felt so excited when I was offered to receive one of their bags ! Just that… it was brown. I could have declined the offer, but when I saw that bag, with it’s shiny brown and simple shape, I knew I could totally pull it off, and when I received it, suddenly I had no idea why I’ve been hating on that color for so long. Seriously, why ? For over two years I didn’t even think of touching or buying anything brown, and suddenly I feel like this brown bag goes with so many of my looks. And this is exactly why I do these style challenges. To get out of my comfort zone, try new things, or things I wouldn’t have tried otherwise, and to get proven that it is not possible that ‘brown doesn’t suit me’ (yes I used to say that.)

Btw, I always had George, Gina & Lucy as a bag brand in my mind, but they also sell cute accessories, like the bracelet that I received along with the bag. Sometimes it is worth to have a look at brands and shops of which you usually think that they are not your style, because exactly those might change your style altogether ! Check out their online shop here.

I’m sorry that it’s going a little slow with the style challenges and updates in general, but it was crazily cold in Berlin the past weeks. It slowly gets warmer these days, but I’m in the middle of exams, so it’s hard to squeeze shootings in between. So stay patient, stay tuned, because I have a whole lot of ideas to realize ! 

Much love,

Julia

About being in love with a too small bag

coat – Mango / bag – Alexander Wang / shoes – Converse / shirt – H&M / pants – Zara (perfect skinny jeans for people with small calves !) / earrings – Floralpunk

Just some photos my bf took of me today, when he actually wanted to take photos of his car. And one of the rare days on which I can wear my Wang bag. I spend most days either at uni, library and the gym. Or going to the post office and then library then gym. Or doing lash extensions then gym. Or uni then library. Which always means that I have to take a bag with me that fits all my stuff. A lot of stuff. Which this Wang baby certainly doesn’t. It fits my purse, my phone, my iPad Mini and minor stuff like lip stick, but that’s about it. Plus the bag is kind of hard to open. Not your everyday bag if you always have to carry lots of stuff with you, but sometimes looks really is all that matters. I can never wear it, but I still love it.

Julia

My Perfect Uni Bag / What’s in my bag Part I

What’s in my bag ?

Gina Tricot Bag: I have to be honest. Actually I don’t like Gina Tricot. Because the quality of their products is not up to my quality standard. The fabrics they use simply aren’t fabrics that I want to wear. The prices aren’t justified either, considering the really very low quality, and the shit working conditions the people who produce these products probably have to go through. Ok but I still go inside all the time. Why ? Because it’s so close to my uni, and the clothes look cool. Mainstream girl at heart. Yes, i think they look cool, but then I touch them, and I always get disappointed. I used to love their jewelry, but since I sell jewelry now, I don’t buy it anymore, unless I really really want something so bad, that I can’t forget it for days. Anyway, last week I went into Gina Tricot after an afternoon at library. I just wanted to get my mind off Chinese characters a bit, and checked out some of the stores around my uni, one of them Gina Tricot. Went in, saw this bag, tried it on, bought it. Because it fulfills 80% of the criteria I was looking for in a bag for uni ! It’s a shoulder bag, big enough to fit my Chinese book, my Macbook Air, and a whole lot of other things, without being too big, you know. It’s just the perfect size, no unnecessary details, just a plain black shoulder bag, which is easy to open and close. It’s no real leather, but the hardware is solid, and I can’t complain at all. I would have paid 400€ for the same bag in real leather, if I had found it somewhere. But I didn’t, so I guess I made a bargain for my uni bag. You can buy it here.

Macbook Air “11: The Macbook I’m using is the lightest and smallest Macbook in the Apple family. It weighs about the same as a normal iPad, and I love it so much, I don’t know how I would get my work done without it. I got it from my boyfriend on my twenty-first birthday, and I had never worked with OS X before at that point, and thought I’d never get used to it, and kept reminiscing about my Windows computer, but now it’s Apple or nothing. There is a reason why so many people use Apple Macbook’s these days, believe me. I didn’t want to believe it at first, but once you get used to it, you won’t wanna go back. At least I don’t. And the best thing about my Macbook model, it is so light, you can take it with you anywhere ! It’s lighter than some of my books, I never have to think ‘oh shit it’s so heavy, I’m too lazy to take my Macbook with me’. Never.

iPad Mini: The first iPad Mini model, without 3G, which I use in uni or at home, since I can only use it with wifi. I used to use it a lot for Instagram and my Floralpunk Facebook page, because I had a Blackberry before. But now that I have my iPhone, it has become a much less important product in my life. I still appreciate it when it comes to browsing though.

iPhone 5: OH-EM-GEE. I used to be sooo anti-iPhone, because everyone uses it. Yes I can. I hate because I want to haha. But now I’m addicted ! Seriously I use it all the time. All the time ! It makes me being able to work on the go, non-stop. While eating, on my way to the underground station, while shopping, all the time, anywhere. Anywhere, where I have 3G signal. I even stocked up my data allowance from 1GB internet to 3GB. (Oh Apple, you are so evil. Why are your products so easily to get addicted to?)

Floralpunk Daisy case: In case you still don’t know, I have an online shop called Floralpunk. And I sell this case. No I didn’t make it myself. If I did, it wouldn’t be that cheap. But that doesn’t make it less beautiful : ) You can buy it here.

Chargers: Iam always on the go, from dawn till dusk. Everyone who uses iPhone, knows that it runs out of battery extremely fast, especially if you are on Facenook, Instagram, Tumblr or Pinterest a lot. I never leave the house without a charger ! 

 & other stories purse: My coins always get lost below the paper money, business cards, bank cards and ID in this purse, but I love the sleek design and the feel of the leather. It looks and feels expensive, but it’s very affordable ! Get it here.

 Leuchtturm planner: What’s the big difference between Moleskine and Leuchtturm ? The size. Moleskine planners are a little smaller in width, that’s why I picked Leuchtturm. But except for the size, they are pretty similar. I don’t think the brand is important, but having one is ! It changed my life ! Buy here.

Eyeko mascara: I got this one from Nga : ) ! The reason I carry it around with me is that I usually leave the house in the morning, and don’t come home till late at night. I never go home to change or anything, but sometimes I want to add more emphasis to my eyes in the evening, so all I do is add more layers of mascara. Some girls have to carry around their whole make-up bag, I’m glad that all I need is mascara and eyeliner. Because I hate carrying heavy bags.

Pens & uni documents in a clear envelope: I usually only have one subject a day, so I never need to take more than one note book and different sheets of paper with me.

Ok, now you know what’s in my bag most of the time, and also what my perfect uni bag looks like : ) Part I in the title, because I will add more posts to this series. Of course I don’t want to wear the same bag all day everyday ! I’m definitely looking for more bags to add to my “perfect uni bag”-collection !

Cheers,

Julia