New York citytrip

After also visiting the fairs 'kleine fabriek'en 'modefabriek'I went to New York with my friend Gea. It was the second time for me, but still overwhelming. Our hotel was in Manhattan on Broadway. When you came out of the hotel the neons were screaming, cars claxoning and people all around, 24 hours a day: the city that never sleeps......
We had 5 days for shopping, so I am sooo inspired now!! We have seen so much nice things, people, shops, bars, clubs and restaurants. Below a little impression and some tips.

Neons and taxis at Broadway!

Designerfabrics at Mood. A few levels of all kind of fabrics and accesoiries. This is the store where they shop for project runway!

We walked a lot. From Brooklyn to Manhattan. Here, walking on the Brooklyn bridge. What a great view. Wow!

'The View" This is a bar in the middle of Time Square on top of the Marriott hotel on the 48th floor. The outside ring of the bar is slowly rotating so you can see a lot in 1 hour!

A shop in Soho with a very nice name.

This is such a lovely, cool (penthouse) bar. The name is 230 Fifth (Fifth Avenue). There is also a rooftop (largest of NY) where you can have a breathtaking view over New York. Because it was soo cold they had a lot of red bathrobes at the rooftop. Everybody was wearing one.

Another nice (sky)bar is the Thom bar at 60 Thompsonstreet. Downstairs you can eat at Kittichai, they have excellent food.

For cheaper options you can go to Cafe el Portal at 174 Elizabeth street (mexican) or Baluchi's at 193 Springstreet (indian).

Bread and Butter, Berlin 2010

2 weeks ago I was at the Bread and butter fair. It was cool as ever, but there wasn't so much new stuff, very safe actually. Again a lot of studs and sequins. Marble finished denims was an overwhelming trend, with a lot of acid and bleach washes. I've seen again some militairy inspired details together with big shoulders.

After visiting the fair I had 3 more days left for shopping!

SQUARING THE SQUARE

The collection by avantgarde fashion designer Lisa Shahno, is called squaring the square and is based on rectangular pieces of various length and width.

Tie or shawl?

Buy the tie/shawl from andtie here

Best wishes for 2010

All the best wishes for a good, succesful and happy 2010 and a wonderful christmas. I hope to see you again next year.

5 Musthave cult cd's of 2009

Miike Snow - Animal, Empire of the sun - Walking on a dream, Masomenos - The third eye, The asteroids galaxy tour - Fruit, Terry Poison - Terry Poison (in random order...)

Chanel Iman

Chanel Iman dresses up like Minnie Mouse. Pictures from Vogue Germany's december issue.

Very nice!

Atomic war

Designer Christopher Kane has collaborated with NYC retailer opening Cermony to produce unisex atomic bombs and mushroom cloudprint tees and dresses. The images are inspired by testexplosions of the 50's and the 70's.

cut-out peek-a-boo holes!!

If you're down with the '80's, it;s high time for you to cut it out!

Christian Louboutin sneakers

Christian Louboutin has taken the lois sneaker, and completely covered it with studs. You can expect to buy these shoes in Spring 2010.