I know off-the shoulder is quite a cliche look at the moment and it seems every single shop window features it. But a cold shoulder floaty shirt or dress paired with a blue and white stripe really is my most dreamy summer pairing. Worn with denim,whether thats long jeans or a cut of skirt, and a little sandal - mine are olive green and gold  in the classic Menorcan/Mallorcan style - what could be more effortless and comfortable!

The little dusty pink clutch that features above was actually crocheted for me by my Grandma. I came across a similar one on instagram and a couple of days after showing a photo to my fabulous granny it was ready! I just added a skinny little golden chain ordered off Amazon, which after a summer of use has been perfectly worn matt.

please let summer be endless....

xoxo

Astrid

I found the American fashion designer Rosie Assoulin through by ever beloved babe Leandra Medine from the best blog ever, Man Repeller. She writes on her website that "she developed an encyclopedic understanding of fashion and the greater culture that contextualizes it. Her passion flows from an appreciation of the transcendent nature of beauty in all its forms, driving her to develop a visual vocabulary to express concepts that cannot be verbally articulated."

In a similar way to Leandra. Rosie learned a lot of her beautiful draping and skills from Oscar De La Renta before moving to experience the studio of Lavin in Paris. In 2014 she came out and stunned the fashion world with her debut Resort collection.

I was initially drawn to the romanticism in her deigns that you can see everywhere at the moment, however it is very clear to see her cuts and designs are that much more thought through and perfect down to every little detail. I also love the sense of sculpture that can be seen in most of her pieces as their bold shapes and lines create a dramatic but still relatively wearable piece of  clothing. In this way there is a clear sense of ease and comfort in her designs that I absolutely adore. Finally I love that she is not afraid to play with colour, pattern, proportions and texture through the use of ruffles and luxurious draping of fabrics.

xoxo

Astrid 

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I've been feeling a bit moody and tired lately and am truly craving summer, sunshine and most of all for school to end. I have been seeing ruffles everywhere lately and they feel so free and cheerful - which is just what I wish I was right now!! They are such an adorable detail to a shirt or dress making  an outfit feel that bit more bouncy and floaty.

xoxo

Having escaped to the South of France of the last couple of weeks I thought it was about time to share a few pictures and updates. The first week I was an only child as my brother was away with friends. I mainly just chilled, revised a bit and mooched around watching tons of crap movies that we leave down in our house including classics like My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Valentines Day (as well as quite a few episodes of modern family because it turns out French Netflix is SO much better that the English one) It felt so good to finally have a dose of sunshine even though most of the second week consisted of cloudy, grey and rainy skies. In the second week  my brother and one of best friends, Isis, along with her lovely family stayed with us. And even though we failed to be very adventurous or do very much we hugely enjoyed the company of each other and the peacefulness of the surroundings.  I have curated a couple of my favourite photos and some that just show what I was up to ( the one with all revision notes and books for example). In the top left Isis and I sat outside watching the sun set over the vin yards with our favourite film playing on my laptop : Notting Hill. It was the most perfect and "hyggelig" scene with everything from cups of tea to four blankets bundled around each of us. We also went of a few walks through the local area picking wildflowers and on the last day we spent some time in Marseille visiting the brutalist architect Le Corbusier's iconic Unite d'Habitation as pictured (the cutie against the red wall).

I am craving summer now.....

xoxo 

Astrid

Last night I was lucky enough to be off to the O2 Arena for the Brit Awards 2016!!! I was invited by my lovely friend Sophia and her family. We were sitting quite low down in stands and really had quite a good overview of everyone and everything including the numbers celebs dining on the floor below as well as the artists performing on the stage. The night was jam packed with music performances including from Rihanna and her guest star drake , Jess Glynne, Justin Bieber, James Bay and of course the all fabulous and awe-inspiring Adele. Not only did she pick up almost every single award it seems but she shared her true emotion in her thank you speeches as well as performing, of course as amazingly as you would imagine, my favourite song of her's : when we were young. Sophia and I could not help but sing our hearts out to her standing there so perfectly in her sparkling dress and the rest of the stadium who I am guessing my the applause were in as much admiration as us.   Obviously Justin was also one of my most anticipated acts, although his singing wasn't really all that incredible, I was still completely over excited simply because it was HIM!!! It was such a fun and star studded night that I thought  it would be not only be something perfect to share with you but also to save for later memories of my own!

 

xoxoxo

 

It is finally half term and I spent the first couple of days of the holiday roaming London with my Danish cousin, visiting from Copenhagen. We enjoyed two days of shopping, caféing and lunching in the February sunshine.  

In the above pictures I am wearing my latest purchase: a pair of flared jeans. They are "low-rise" and quite loose fitted in a perfect dark blue denim colour. I am not the tallest of people and so was very weary of going for flares but decided to finally go for it after seeing them every wear in fashion this and last season. They are so unbelievably comfortable and so perfect with a pair of sneakers like I am sporting above. I am wearing a basic light grey cashmere roll-neck jumper from trusty uniqlo as well as my favourite forest green faux fur. Finally I of-course took the rare opportunity to wear my sunnies in London's gorgeous winter sun.

I'll be enjoying the rest of the holiday catching up with friends homework and hopefully netflixing a great deal in my PJs on my sofa.

xoxo