Category Archives: FASHION + STYLE

My go-to shop for basic items is Everlane as I love their basic elegant and casual fashion. Their style is a cross between Scandinavian simplicity and French chic. The quality of their clothing is good (they work with the best factories around the world) yet their designs are affordable (as they do not work with resellers). My Everlane favorites that I own are the cotton U neck tee (very soft), the City Anorak (simple but very stylish) and the Stretch Ponte Skinny pants (the perfect black skinny pants). On my wishlist is this beautiful off-white sweater. Everlane only ships within the US and to Canada and Australia but I use a forwarding shipping service (Shipito).

We are taking a family trip to Lapland in Finland later this month. This destination has been on my wish list for a long time and now our son is six I think he is old enough to be enjoying a trip like this. We will be doing lots of activities such as husky and reindeer sledge tour. And we are hoping to get to see the Northern lights. It can be extremely cold in Finland (last week it was -40 °C (-40 F) so we need to get appropriate winter gear. In cold conditions you should wear layers to beat the cold: thermal clothing as a base layer (preferably made of merino wool), then a fleece jacket and then a water and winter proof jacket & ski pants. As I was browsing the web for good snow & winter gear I decided to create a post about this topic.

1. Fire + Ice Sierra ski jacket | 2. Hestra Alpine mittens | 3. ski pants | 4. Bogner Fire + Ice ski pants | 5. Bogner ski jacket | 6. Smith goggles | 7. Sorel Carnival winter boots | 8. Bogner Fire + Ice ski pants | 9. Dakine beanie.

1. waterproof down filled ski jacket | 2. Barts beanie | 3. merino wool legging (to be used as under layer) | 4. merino wool sweater with stars | 5. merino wool top | 6. quilted down ski jacket | 7. Sorel Carnival winter boots | 8. black ski jacket | 9. Falke ergonomic ski socks | 10. Continue reading →

More Cyber Week shopping! Madewell offers a 25% discount with code THATSALE (valid through Sunday). Here are my favorites. Happy shopping!

1. Woolrich stocking | 2. sweater | 3. plaid shirt | 4. striped tee | 5. check socks | 6. pompom beanie | 7. cardigan sweater | 8. tassel boots | 9. cocoon coat.

1. sweater coat | 2. merino shearling mittens | 3. scarf | 4. felt fedora | 5. sherpa slippers | 6. leather wallet | 7. leather billie boot | 8. necklace | 9. zip pouch.

More Cyber Week deals:
– J. Crew offers a 40% discount with code HOLIDAY
– Shopbop offer up to 25% discount with code GOBIG16, see my favorites here
– get 40% off from French Connection with code F40BLF (until 29th November)
– with code THANKYOU you receive 20% off your entire order from Serene & Lily (valid until 28th November)
– with code HOLIDAY15 you get 15% off your personalized holiday cards from Minted.

It is cyber week and it is the time to buy all your presents and stock up on winter fashion and accessories! Until 28 November Shopbop is offering up to 25% discount with code GOBIG16. If you spend +$200 you get 15% off, on orders above $500 you receive a 20% discount and a 25% off on orders above $800. Here are some of my Shopbop favorites. Happy shopping!

1. Kade Spade chunky striped scarf | 2. Rag & Bone turtleneck top | 3. textured wool jacket by IRO (also available here and here) | 4. Madewell classic tote bag | 5. Kade Spade pompom gloves | 6. leather boots by French brand APC | 7. reversible DVF coat | 8. double-faced Rag & Bone scarf | 9. off shoulder cashmere sweater.

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It was last year that I started to see images of women in a red coat on Pinterest. I am normally not into bold colors but I loved the combination of red with a white blouse and a blue jeans, or with a black outfit. So I got myself a red coat this year, I purchased this one from French label Sandro and it is beautiful (it is also available here and here). You can see more red coats at the end of this post, Happy Friday!

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