Inside my closet

You can never have enough of......Pink Stiletto's!

High heels from: New Look, Nada, Poti Pati, Together, Mango, La Strada, Zara, Via Uno.

Total Look & Happy Shopping on November 17th: Steps Special Dresses Night

I went to Breda for the "Steps Special Dresses Night", there are Steps-stores in Belgium but this event only took place in the Netherlands where the brand comes from. So hup, I took the train to the closest city next to the Belgian border and since Breda received the name 'best citycenter' ,I wanted to check it out. Yes it's cosy and everybody was very friendly! :)

My Total look for the day: 'Night-butterfly'

  

A comfy look (for the road) with sparkling elements 
(for the 'Special Night' ok, but still every day is special! ;))
Because there are a lot of details in this look, I used only 2 colours. The satin-dress has the accent-color, petrol-blue, that colortone comes back in the stones of the bracelet & shoes and eyeshadow. Black as neutral-color. 
Because of the 'empire'-line of the dress, I've chosen a long cardigan with a cut that has the stiching also in the 'empire'-waist.
Dress: Zara
Cardigan: Esprit
Bag: Mango

The Butterfly-hanger-brooch (yes 2 in 1!) 
(Caroll Paris  www.caroll.com)
is the eyecather with beautiful grey-black stones. I've attached it in the empire-line to 'break' it.

Jacket: Zara
Butterfly & dragonfly-rings: Claire's
Nailpolish: Chanel 'Black Satin'

I find it very important that elements come back. In this case the stones from the bracelet and shoes are quite similar.
Bracelet: Mango
Ballerina's: Sacha Shoes (www.sacha.nl)

I normally always wear high heels but this 
ballerina's are so pretty, I couldn't resist!
and yes,  the 'Sacha'-collection has also a pair of high heels with the stones but the huge sole is not flattering and makes it vulgar.

  

For the hair: a little black pin with butterfly's & gray-black stones. 
The pin is not from a particular brand, I've found it at a cute little giftshop here in Brussels.

It's not good to over-accessorize unless it's in the same style and not too flashy as you can see in this look.

                                               The eyeshadow comes from this lovely Claire's make-up box,
                                               I've mixed 3 colours (the ones with the *). Other make-up: 'touche éclat' YSL,
                                               'Stiletto Lash'-mascara Maybelline,
                                               eyeliner-crayon from Art Deco, transparent lipgloss...

Happy Shopping at the Steps Special Dresses Night:

The Steps-clothing caught my eyes this year's spring, it's not too classic and the collection always has special pieces. It reminds me a little bit Monsoon (www.monsoon.co.uk).
This is my selection from the website: www.steps.nl

                                                                     3 Dresses

                                           Martini-dress,  Jardin-Dress,  Vaslav-tunic



                                                                        Paris-Chic

                                               Moulins-skirt,  DaschundDog-top,  Library-vest




                                                                                        
                                                                     Stylish Basics

                                    SevresJersey-vest,  RondSleeve-Bolero,  Pinos-top



                                                                   Indian Contemporary

                                                Margay-colbert,  Madeleine-tunic,  Mohair-bolero


There is much more on the website; sadly they don't show the very nice accessories.

   4:50pm: waiting for the store to open                                         5pm: guestlist-check      
   (everybody could subscribe on the website)
   I like such shoppingnights: something to drink, a reduction,..
   it makes it all more festive!

 let the shopping begin!

 

oh!... this vest would be perfect for my friend Jyoti!











  and this blouse for Evie!

I took a picture of one of the saleswomen who's wearing the 'Jardin'-dress. She shortened her dress and was right about it:  this dress is better with a shorter lenght!

 The gorgeous 'Martini'-dress

A size XS-34 fits me, dutch sizes are clearly big but what a feelgood-boost! :)

 
First I didn't find the 'Vaslav'-tunic in the store, but the saleswomen found it in stock for sale, jipie!

Beautiful chinese-style blouse.

Yummie pink! and pretty necklace.

That was fun! In my bag: the Vaslav-tunic and Jardin-dress.

 

Some window-shopping after:

ooo that dress @ Zara!

and this skirt @ D.E.P.T
A raison to go back to the Netherlands!

Lara

Styling: Neo-Nostalgia

Neo-Nostalgia

Photo: Olivier André
Make-up: Lise Verbrigghe
Styling & model: Lara Dudek
Hair: Toni & Guy
All rights reserved

the inspiration for this look:

This amulet with a picture of a Victorian Lady : the colors, the roses, the white skin, I love those!
(necklace: Six  www.click-six.com)

This 40's-50's beauty picture.

















I combined for this look:

Pearlgray, soft, frivolous dress (Lipsy  www.lipsy.co.uk)
All the flowers are vintage
The vintage scarf was not used in the final look

Silver shoes with a retro-twist (Mango  www.mango.com)










For the make-up I asked the make-up artist: white porcelan skin, with light-pink blush (wich is not very vissible on the picture, because the photographer used warm lighting), she did a great job, matching the lipstick with the rose, mmm delicious!
And my nailpolish (La Roche-Posay Silicium Color Care 'Framboise') matched also with the lipstick.
I will post other pics from this look later.

Lara

Starting my blog

Although I'm quite sceptical about blogs, I wanted to find an extra way to share my passions with the world. So here it is! Mainly for the pretty, lovely, fun things in life! Of course, life is more than that! But I want to keep this a happy place, got already enough 'weltschmerz' and darkness in my life everyday. Thats why 'Lara' is pink and black! 2 contrasts with a reason ,not just because it's stylish. So everything I post is well-overthought, I'm my worst critic. I don't like trends or hypes, I prefer things that last...
So let this blog inspire you and give you lot of ideas!
Lara

feel free to e-mail me: lara_dudek@hotmail.com