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fashion week inspiration: the tied shirt

By Marlene | Published: 5. July 2013
When I wrote about dressing my age earlier this week, I mentioned that it's slightly weird to see the fashion of my youth go through a revival. I don't know about you, but this is basically how I wore my shirts in the 90s: tied around my waist. While I'm not convinced by everything that's making a comeback – buying a pair of crushed velvet Dr. Martens once [...]

fashion week moment: malaika raiss

By Marlene | Published: 3. July 2013
If you're wondering what goes through my mind when I see a fashion show, sometimes it's as complicated as: Aaaaaahhhhh! Which was what I thought when I saw the serious earrings at Malaika Raiss yesterday, made by Sabrina Dehoff and rocked here by Katrin Thormann. The thought that you might not be able to wear them for more than five minutes only occured to [...]

inspiration: daytime sparkle

By Marlene | Published: 29. March 2013
It's entirely possible that it's because it started snowing again – again! – in Berlin today, and that it feels like this weather has been going on since the beginning of bloody time, but I'm loving the idea of putting a little sparkle into daytime dressing right now, like Lina here did with her cool green trousers. And, heavens, what a luminous face [...]