Kenza Farah – Au Coeur de la Rue

Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Stockholm

Stockholm

Just returned home from 2 months abroad. I’ve done little except eat and sleep these days. I was exhausted, especially since Scandinavian cities were very small and quaint, so Z and I walked everywhere. Near the end, in Copenhagen and Stockholm, I had to give up on the heels and just trekked about in flip flops–though let me tell you, even in August, Scandinavian weather is not kind conducive to open-toed footwear. These places are chilly.

We did a lot of shopping, though I didn’t buy as much as I would like. We walked down Stroget in Copenhagen way too many times. Likewise with Drottninggatan in Stockholm. We visited Topshop, COS, way too many H&Ms, Vero Moda, Zara, Gina Tricot, Illum, Ivan Grundhal in Copenhagen, and Galeria and NK in Stockholm, where Z bought a pair of bomb Hugo Boss heels. For how much I shopped I really didn’t buy very much. However, we rubbed a few heavenly mink coats and nearly died from the butter softness of those $4,000 fur coats. We vowed to one day own one–yes, we are horrible people.

In Amsterdam we lived right next to the main shopping street, and our hotel was next door to the G-Star Raw flagship store. I saw this awesome denim jacket for ~$300, I was so enticed, but I didn’t believe they wouldn’t sell it at other G-Star retailers, so I put it off until Stockholm. Only to find out that jacket was stocked only in Amsterdam. I’m such an idiot!

PS–temporarily switching back to the old layout while we figure something out–the new one was draining bandwidth.

Magic Wands – Black Magic

Photos from samanthastacy

I dug out this old Forever 21 Vest and am trying to figure out how to wear it. It’s hard to layer during the summer, what with the suffocating heat. Vests are the best option.

I like this series of images from Brooke Nipar. I think summer is supposed to be like this? I don’t know, I have never had a real summer that isn’t summer school, work, interning.

And the last photo is just because I think that black/white fur jacket is incredible. Would go quite well with my Gareth Pugh shoes, no?

Ivan Grundahl is a designer from Copenhagen. I haven’t yet decided what I think about these looks in the collection (images are from his lookbook). Adjectives that come to mind are “frazzled,” “frumpy,” and “androgynous.” But I do like some of the individual pieces–a glove here, a jacket there. I abhor those shoes though.

I know Little Boots’ album “Hands” was released a few days ago but I only just got around to listening to the whole thing. I loved almost every track…and uploaded a few for you.

Little Boots – Remedy

Little Boots – Symmetry (ft. Philip Oakey)

Little Boots – Mathematics

Clipse – Kinda Like a Big Deal

Tik-Tak – Tänä Yönä Taivaaseen (loved this song a few years ago. TikTak was a Finnish 6-girl band from Helsinki. They broke up in 2007, this is the only song I like from them…the rest are too kiddy.)

Thunderheist – Jerk It (I linked the Jokers of the Scene remix version of this in the past)

Nicole Scherzinger – Physical (ft. Timbaland)

New song from Enrique Iglesias – Lost Inside Your Love