Carolin Dunkel is that friend you constantly want to ask where she’s found what she’s wearing. The gorgeous dress. The fabulous handbag. The jeans cut in exactly the way you’ve been looking for, but have been unable to find.
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I last moved house eight years ago. Do you have any idea how many charging cables it’s possible to collect in eight years that you no longer know what technical device they belong to? A LOT OF CHARGING CABLES.
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When I went to see my friend Mirjana at the Closed headquarters in Hamburg recently – I’ll be showing you the pictures from my visit soon, but let me tell you this already: I wanted to pull up in a van and steal all of the amazing furniture from their showrooms for our new apartment –, it happened to be the first truly hot day of the summer. Within 15 [...] 
So. After not being able to blog for three months last year, I was resolved not to let that happen again. And it didn’t. This year, I didn’t blog for FOUR months. Is there even anyone still reading this?
(more…) My book Stilvoll is out now.
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I'm Marlene and this is my blog, where I share stories about style, beauty, design and all things that spruce up the everyday. I like men's shirts, good tailoring and a kick-ass red lipstick. My grandmother taught me that one can never own too many shoes. And who would I be to question my grandmother.
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