Colorful patterns, motives and dressing up

I want you to open your wardrobe; or remember last time you went to ZARA to take a look on the new collection. What do you see? What I see in my wardrobe, is a jungle of fancy, eye-catching clothes, full of patterns, colors, lace and all these cute little details that make a piece of cloth look like a lovely puppy! The same with my scarfs; maybe I can count 3 or 4 of them having no more than 2 colors (out of many). Each of them is absolutely beautiful - carefully picked and worn and loved  and all together make my wardrobe and my scarf basket look like gardens in blossom! The trouble comes when you try to combine them. How can you match detail-with-detail? Floral-with-stripes? Laces with prints? Ok, they might even share a color, but how many chances are there for these two strong-personality items to match on my outfit? And why buying low-key minimalistic clothes and accessories is not so much fun?
Well, my slightly prone to conspiracy theories mind, tells me that selling patterns must be much more profitable to companies than selling low key garments; the opposite is for consumers. Think of how many outifts you can make with a single pair of black jeans and how many with a blue-with-strawberries ZARA skirt. And this is how we return all the time, to buy matching items, or to buy another fancy eye-catching garment with which we can make a few more outfits.
And this explains why many times, I stand in front of my wardrobe, thinking I have nothing to wear, while the fancy jungle of clothes is laughing at me.. And then standing like a little colorful clown  in front of my mirror, I miss minimal stuff in one color that won't dominate my outfit.. So back to basics for me..And hopefully greek basics! (how much I want back my black slim attrativo pants, soooo nice fitting and fabric, torn after excessive use one frosty day in the Netherlands!)
... From autumn and onwards I am gonna be a simple girl :)

Leuven. Berekclauw. Clothes free!

Hi.
People change and I am not an exception. From a clothes victim, I became clothes free!
I almost didn't buy anything for a year. Blogging about clothes and me, I must admit made me feel guilty.
Because of its vanity.Clothes still give me the same pleasure though and I find it surprising! I am surprised by the fact that I lost interest in buying but clothes still make my day (or ruin it)! I really love wearing them, making nice combinations and I would really love to report them, but I still miss a nice camera that will give me the motivation to take and post photos.
Moreover, I understood that the kind of people I like the most, don't care what they wear. . I am recently very proud about things that I still wear years after I bought them. My oldest cloth is a black sweater that has gone small and thick and it's so good for layering during the cold dutch winter. I also have fabric leggings that I bought so long ago, and I treasure their little holes on the knees. They remind me how good times I had in great parties.
Another nice thing about wearing my old clothes, is that I can lie on the grass or sit on the pavement and don't care.This is an amazing freedom..
I still make nice outfits though, although I fail more often because I miss the right things to complement my outfit, or because I have bought during my life so many clothes with patterns and these clothes never compromise; they need their unique pair (top or bottom) that will take them out of the wardrobe and give them a fascinating life ...on my body!

Lego Antikythera Mechanism

Gustavo Dudamel at the Proms - Arturo Márquez - Danzón Nº 2

Dream A Little Dream Of Me - The Mamas & The Papas

I'm posting songs here because
1. I want to remember the music I like in moments when I don't have any idea what music to listen.
2. I want to remember my mood (which now is romantic, retro, melancholic like this song and much more)

Radiohead - A Wolf at the Door

Sail Amsterdam 2010 memoire

SAIL AMSTERDAM is a festival in which beautiful old boats sail in the canals of Amsterdam. It takes place end of August every five years! Boats from all over the world gather in Amsterdam. Locals sail with their own boats, drink eat and greet other people from their boat. I went there with my friend R. who was taking pictures. And guess who was really happy to stand in front of his dslr lense!

Me!

 I was walking and chatting around with my friend, I was wearing colorful clothes and I was feeling happy not following the map - that was given to us to navigate through all the different places where boats were parked.

R. is pointing at me - I dunno why. Here you can see what I am wearing : 

a desigual skirt,

 a light blue short jean jacket pull'n' bear, 

an old  black knitted bolero

a scarf  ( I dunno if it was a stylish choice in the end, but it worked for my mood!), 

black leggings

an eastpak bag (bought 3 years ago from Vienna and travelled in most places where I have travelled:)) 

and a mng bag.

Quite a lot and not so carefully picked!But for practical purpose: water and food in the backbag. Wallet and phone in front.Scarf and leggings for the changeable dutch weather. The jean jacket when it's cold above the bolero.:P

We went on some boats and I tried out what I would do if I was a pirate like my grand-grand-father* (* that's a long story). Most boats had beautiful interiors.

All this post will be sent to Santa, because for this Christmas I want a boat. I have my island, now I want my boat.I've been nice all year long, in case you didn't notice.:)

PS.: Please do not use the photos without asking my permission (I will ask R.).