As promised, here’s some pics of my new favorite jacket, its a studded Blazer from H&M. The material is very interesting, it’s very thin, but kinda heavy, which makes it fit perfectly. I love the cut, I love the creamy color and the silver studs, only the price was a bit high, 49,95 Euros, but it’s from H&M Trend so I expected that. I like it, if anyone else is thinking of buying it, I would say do it! I think there will be quite a lot of oportunities for you to wear it!

I’m sure you’ve noticed the Vintage trend that is going on, especially among bloggers. Saying that you wear Chloe boots with a vintage dress seems to make you ultra fashionable immediately. Aparently mixing so called vintage pieces with new pieces is a sign for looking great. Well… I have to say I often like the mix on fellow bloggers and yesterday I went to a big vintage store in Berlin called “Garage” with the intention to find some great and cheap accessories for my wardrobe. After looking around for 10 minutes I realized that vintage isn’t for me. Here are some reason why:

First of all, “Vintage” is just a euphemism for the word “second hand”. If you say your scarf is vintage, we think of an old scarf of great quality, probably worn by a wealthy lady in the 60s, having a tea party. If you say your scarf is “second hand”, we would think of a cheap scarf that you bought because you didn’t have enough money for a new one.

Which leads me to reason no.2: You don’t know who wore the piece of clothing before you! Of course you can wash it and it probably would be fine, but just thinking about the fact that a person who doesn’t care so much for hygiene could have worn it for years makes me shiver.

Which leads me to reason no3.: The smell. Have you ever noticed that all vintage stores have the same smell? And believe me it doesn’t smell nice. It smells old and dusty. Now this smell doesn’t really make me wanna buy something there.

Last but not least reason no.4: The prices. Sure, you can be lucky and make a really good deal if you find something of great quality, but let’s face it, most of the stuff in a vintage store is old, worn and pretty average quality. For some reason though, the prices aren’t that low! I saw a dress yesterday at “Garage”, black with some golden pearls, really nice and simple, but then I saw the price tag: 20 Euros! Uhm….I can get a completely unworn, new dress like that at H&M for the same price. So no, thanx.

Frustrated after realizing that this was probably my last visit of a vintage store, I went off to Zara and H&M and bought a beautiful skirt and studded blazer, will show you tomorrow…

What’s your opinion on vintage? Do you like it? Do you often buy vintage clothes? Leave a comment! I wanna know!

Last night I was invited to a charity fashion show in Potsdam, which is a beautiful small city close to Berlin. I’m happy I went, because the designs were amazing. The designers were students of fashion school ESMOD, but you couldn’t tell that they aren’t professionals. All the dresses looked like something Lady Gaga would love to wear, lots of shimmer, glitter and shiny fabrics combined with oversize shapes, big shoulders and super high heels. I think it is really great to see that the future of designers is nothing that we need to worry about! Check out my pictures…

So last night I decided very spontaneously that I wanna go to our huge department store KaDeWe and I didn’t regret it. They have the best christmas decoration in Europe, it is amazing. And this year it is pink! Not tacky pink, very beautiful dark pink with gold, the huge christmas tree looks amazing and there are marry-go-rounds and wooden horses and birds everywhere. The best thing though are the details. If you look closely, there are candy hearts and lollipops saying “Love” everywhere. I felt like a little kid in winter wonderland. If you are in Berlin until christmas, you have to go there and see for yourself. I took these pictures with my cell phone but believe me, it looks a thousand times better in reality, and yes, thats me in the picture with the mirror, I thought it looked funny : )

Last night I went to the Createurope Fashion Award Show in Berlin. It was pretty much what I expected. Typical Berlin underground we’re-too-cool-for-school-fashionistas everywhere, a big factory hall or something like that with a nice long runway and huge TV screens on the walls. Lots of oh so fashionable people with free drinks in their hands were chatting, standing around or looking at the posters of the 30 international designers. After about 1,5 hours the fashion show started. 180 outfits were to be seen, a little bit too much unfortunately. You could clearly see how people got more bored and distracted after about half of the fashion show. Anyways, except for that it was quite nice, lots of talented designers and some really impressive creations. There were 4 winners I think and to be honest I cant even tell you who won because I dont remember their names, but I think all of them deserved it. Here are some of my pictures…

It was like christmas and my birthday at the same time when I found my Vogue Anniversary Issue in the mailbox yesterday. Actually it was only half in the mailbox, the other half didnt fit in. Ladies and Gentlemen, this issue has 730 pages!!! It is so heavy, I had to actually carry it with both hands into my house. I got the Bruce Weber issue (the other two are Karl lagerfeld and Peter Lindbergh issues) and so far I think it is amazing. I only flipped through it yet and scanned my favorite editorial called “Berlin bei Nacht” with models Abbey Lee Kershaw, Candice Swanepoel and Behati Prinsloo. Here are my scans…

MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK BERLIN SHOWS CONTINUED 

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MANY NEW AND RETURNING DESIGNERS ON BERLIN’S RUNWAY SCHEDULE  

 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin has continued to grow since premiering in July 2007 and will again this summer present an ever increasing number of designer runway shows. Conversations with interested brands and designers are still ongoing, but confirmed thus far are Anja Gockel, Black Coffee, BOSS Orange, CUSTO Barcelona, EASTPAK, ESCADA, GANT, GREENshowroom, Guido Maria Kretschmer, Kilian Kerner, Kunsthochschule Weißensee, LAC ET MEL, Lala Berlin, Lena Hoschek, Michalsky, Michael Sontag, Mongrels in Common, Pablo Ramirez, Patrick Mohr, Penkov, René Lezard, Sabrina Dehoff, Scherer González, SCHUMACHER, Smeilinener, Starstyling, Strenesse Blue, University of Fine Arts Berlin. “Our designers know that a catwalk show within Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin is a very good investment, even in challenging times,” says Maia Guarnaccia, Vice President IMG Fashion Europe. “The marketing reach of these shows is tremendous and the costs in Berlin are reasonable compared to Paris or Milan. Here also, they find an amazing audience filled with editors from key national and international publications, as well as retailers from all parts of the world.” “Thanks to the strong partnership between IMG, the city of Berlin and ourselves, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin has returned into the top class of fashion metropolises,” says Anders Sundt Jensen, Vice President Brand Communications Mercedes-Benz Cars. “The continuously growing number of designers, visitors as well as other fashion events all around Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin is proof of this success.” The Award-Show “Designer for Tomorrow by Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf” will again put amazing young talent on the runway of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin and give them the chance to be discovered as the next up-and-coming designer. Out of more than 150 applicants, 8 finalists will get to showcase a capsule collection in front of an expert jury and a large industry audience. The winner will be awarded with a prize and extensive tutorial by Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf. Last season’s participants have received huge media attention and have started promising careers with companies such as adidas and Comme des Carçons. For the third time, the Showroom-Mile, an initiative of the Senate for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues, Berlin, will present a large number of designers, such as van Reimersdahl, But- terflysoulfire or Zeha. Local businesses and institutions support this great effort and make space for the collections. Berliners, tourists and the industry guests of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin are invited to experience these local designers within unique settings.  “Showroom-Mile is a perfect addition to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin,“ says Harald Wolf, Mayor and Senator for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues, Berlin. “We open this fashion event for the general public and found several companies and partners who give space and other benefits to the designers. Again this season Showroom-Mile will represent 50 designers and artists from Berlin and around the world.”  Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin is made possible by the following sponsors: Mercedes-Benz, DHL, Maybelline Jade, Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf and Veltins and will again be endorsed by the Senate for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues, Berlin. For further information and our online registration please visit www.mercedes- benzfashionweekberlin.com. Proceed to “MEDIA” for photos and videos about Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin.  

First of all… sorry for not posting a lot this week. I am basically working everyday and so it’s kinda hard for me to find time BUT I thought I should tell you all about something new and cool in Berlin F***ing City. Today I walked along Leipziger Strasse and saw a small brown building, which I had never noticed before. It turned out to be a new Hawaiian Coffee Drive In Shop called Cahoona. Aparently they opened their first branch one week ago and they import their coffee from Hawaii. I loved it! I ordered a Cahoona Special Frap-a-hoona (Frappucino Hawaiian Style) and it was pretty tasty. They also serve yummy Bagels and of course lots of different coffees. So if you’re in Berlin and want to feel as if you’re in Hawaii for a few minutes, check it out! Here’s some more info about Cahoona…

“Germany’s first drive-in coffee shop will open its doors at the end of March, close to Berlin’s Alexanderplatz.

Cahoona Coffee is currently being constructed at the Leipziger Str., close to ministry of finance.

The idea came to Günter Wakulat after seeing 42,000 cars pass along that stretch of road very slowly during rush hour each day. He wants hopes his service will enable him to deliver fresh coffee after 60 only seconds in the new drive in.”