Soir de Fête

zaterdag 9 mei 2009

The end has no end

From this day on, there will be no more updates on Soir de Fete.

A very sincere merci beacoup for all your wonderful comments over the past year ♥ Receiving so much kindness and support has been a true joy!

In case you're interested, you can still find me at http://rememo.tumblr.com/

woensdag 11 maart 2009

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vrijdag 20 februari 2009

Tomorrow!

woensdag 4 februari 2009

I'm going to take a break from blogspot for a little while.

In the meantime you can find me at:

http://rememo.tumblr.com/

xxx

maandag 26 januari 2009

I'm just waiting 'til the shine wears off...

Ok, so it has taken me forever to write a new post, but here it is:

First of all, Paris was great. The hotel was amazing as it's location was utterly convenient, and it's interior made me feel like I was sleeping in a giant Versaillesque dollhouse. I already showed you some of the photographs I took in the previous post (and thanks everyone for leaving such nice comments about them!) and here are a couple more: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbon_monoxide/

When I returned from Paris, having bought nothing more than some underwear and a striped cardigan, I convinced myself that it was ok to indulge in some (online) shopping to acquire those much needed essentials. Like a pair of creme coloured converse sneakers for spring (haven't owned a pair of those in years), a couple of lightweight v necks, and a loose silk cardigan. Yet I still feel like I'm nowhere near wardrobe completion. Sometimes I think that I'm never going to reach the point of having that perfect wardrobe I'm so "desperately" aiming for...

I've also been once again thinking about which direction I want my 'style' to take this year (typing that out makes it sound so silly) and to be honest, I don't think it's going to change much from where it's been going during the past year. I think I have a pretty solid idea of what I like these days, and therefor I've decided that I can afford a bit of experimenting. So now I'm kind of contemplating on how I should do that. The idea is to add some sort of 'bold' piece of clothing or accessory to my wardrobe.

One potential candidate is this skirt from APC's spring collection. I love it's colour and the shape of those pockets is pretty magnificent, but it's 100% woolen and I think paying 130 euros for a woolen skirt that's meant to be worn during spring and summer isn't exactly the most sensible thing to do.

On a totally different note, has anyone checked out the Vanessa Bruno website lately? If you haven't, you really should, because it's a little piece of heaven. The new campaign featuring Lou Doillon is so stunning! And I simply love the new Athe collection! The colours, the designs, it's wonderful ♥

dinsdag 20 januari 2009

4 days in Paris

1. Reaumur Sebastopol, 2. Blanche, 3. Champs de Mars, 4. Anvers deux, 5. Rambuteau, 6. Hotel de Ville, 7. Anvers, 8. Pigalle, 9. Louvre Rivoli, 10. Tuilleries, 11. Arts et Metiers, 12. Reaumur Sebastopol trois, 13. Palais Royal - Musee du Louvre, 14. Sevres Babylone, 15. Reaumur Sebastopol deux, 16. Hotel de Roubaix

more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbon_monoxide

donderdag 15 januari 2009

Je depart a Paris

If I were a religious person I'd probably be shouting something along the lines of 'praise the lord' right now, because the trip to Paris is definitely taking place. So I'll be leaving tomorrow and we'll be sleeping in the cutest little hotel ever! It even has floral wallpapers and tiny little balcony's.

I did, however, spend a significant part of my savings for this trip on a pair of boots last week. Yes shame on me, but they're beautiful and very similar to the boots from the Kooples I wanted so badly, so in a way there's no real harm done.

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Today Mango will release Sandrina Fasoli's exclusive collection in selected stores on the European continent (that includes Paris). I think this collection is quite wonderful and I would love to get my hands on one of these pretty blouses. Or trousers for that matter.

I realise my posts have been very unfrequent lately and I promiss I'll write an 'enormous' entry about the trip (and I will also catch up with/respond to everyone's lovely comments) as soon as I get back!

Au revoir!

dinsdag 6 januari 2009

From the rooftops I remember, there was snow..

Last week, just when I thought my bad travel karma was a thing of the past, I received an email from the travel agency saying that the Paris trip was cancelled due to a lack of demand. I could, however, reschedule the trip, which would mean we'd have to go a day later. I reluctantly did so, as the only other option was to not go to Paris at all. Unfortunately they couldn't give me a guarantee for this trip to actually take place either, or at least not until a week before the departure date.
Well that's just fantastic, isn't it? Now I'm anxiously checking my mail every hour, worrying that this trip get's cancelled as well. So much for looking forward to Paris.

With all this 'drama' going on, I felt like I had no other choice than to comfort myself with buying the Athé Vanessa Bruno dress I mentioned earlier. I received it a couple of days ago and it really is as perfect as I'd imagined it to be. I know I'll be wearing it a lot during spring and summer and it's really versatile as it can be worn as both a dress and a top.

As long as we're on the topic of what to wear, I feel like every year, at the beginning of the year, I have this huge crisis when it comes to getting dressed in the morning. I all of a sudden feel the need to reinvent myself, and revive my wardrobe, even when there's actually nothing wrong with it (as would be the case right now) It's probably because of the holidays, I'm telling you, those black sequins and glitter tights are the devil's spawn. After being surrounded by them for a week or so, I am tempted to dress up like some sparkly party decoration EVERY DAY, even and especially when there's no reason for celebration. I'm sure that come February this severe case of discofever will have died down, but until then, I shall have to try very hard to refrain myself from clicking the 'add to basket' button whenever I come across something glittery on the web.

Since yesterdaymorning the streets have been covered in at least 15cm's of snow, don't think that has happened in the the last five years. And it's cold, freezing cold. I'm glad there are such things as moonboots because without them I probably would have already lost a toe or two to frostbite. Especially since my bloodcirculation is so messed up. Anyway, I'll be glad when spring starts and brings along some warmer weather.

Before I forget, you might have noticed that I replaced the header, I'm not sure yet if I should keep this one or switch back to the old one, what do you think?