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Category Archive: street style

not so basic black

By Marlene | Published: 16. March 2015
Who knows what’s taking spring so long, but until it arrives in Berlin (and, of course, everywhere else), here’s a little inspiration for winter dressing: black from head to toe. Not exactly an original suggestion? But yes! If you do it like Ari and combine different textures and materials. Taking this as an example to mix up my black winter uniform – [...]

inspiration: the oversized coat

By Marlene | Published: 23. January 2015
Remember that oversized coat from the Maison Martin Margiela x H&M collection? I do now! And I do also now regret not getting it at the time, because it works so beautifully the way Marie wears it, setting it off against an all-white outfit and a small, boxy handbag. Perfect.

inspiration: last days of summer

By Marlene | Published: 16. September 2014
Selecting outfits is very easy for me at the moment. They only have to pass one test: are they resistant to baby spit? No wonder I’m drinking up all the streetstyle pictures from the shows like an It girl after a champagne drought. My first click every morning, as Arlo is drooling on the shoulder of the same-as-yesterday-grey-sweatshirt, is Sandra’s blog [...]