Living Fashion

Posted on 10 April 2012 by Steffi

Last thursday I was invited for a bloggersevent organised by MoMu (Fashion Museum) Antwerp. The new exhibition “Living Fashion. Women’s Daily Wear 1750-1950” was presented to us. MoMu has received the collection (with more than 2000 pieces) from Jacoba De Jonge, a Dutch collector of women’s clothing. I cannot describe it proberly without understatements. The collection is just breathtaking. It’s about the daily wardrobe of a middle-class women between 1750 and 1950. It’s separated in different themes: at home, pregnancy, sports, shopping, evening dresses, and so on. They’ve told us that there were fashion trends back then, but the middle-class women were inventive. Their closets weren’t as abundantly filled with dresses like those of fashionistas nowadays, but they adjusted their dresses so they could be worn on different occasions. I couldn’t help but notice several overlaps with contemporary trends. On the walls you could see pictures where women were wearing these kind of dresses. They got me daydreaming of walking around in such dresses myself (I’m a costume drama lover you see!). The floor was covered with a print of cobblestones, a big wink to streetstyle fashion nowadays.








You can visit the Living Fashion exhibition at MoMu Antwerp every day (except for mondays) between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. untill august 12th 2012.

MoMu Antwerp
Nationalestraat 28, 2000 Antwerp

And last but not least: all the bloggers together.. Thank you MoMu for the wonderful evening!


Picture by Dorien

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Week overview x2

Posted on 9 April 2012 by Steffi

Didn’t have the time to make a week overview yesterday, so here it is one day in delay. I’m sorry! It’s a week overview x2 because I didn’t manage to make one last week either. This is what I’ve been doing the past two weeks.






Went to see The Iron Lady, the movie about the life of Margaret Thatcher. I really loved it, it gives a good image of her political career with a beautiful love story behind it. Then there were two events this week. On wednesday there was the River Island Summer Style Night by ELLE, you can read about it here. On the picture you can see my purchase, my manicure by O.P.I and a Cointreau cocktail shaker. The next one was the ‘Living Fashion’ exhibition and presentation for bloggers about dresses between 1750 and 1950 at the Fashion Museum of Antwerp (MoMu). You can read all about it tomorrow. After that you can see some of my purchases of last week (which wil definately appear on Life With a View!) and the sign ‘reserved‘ was from my bf’s birthday party at our favorite lounge bar. Then, the Easter weekend. On saturday I ate suchi, omnomnom! I had dinner at my mother in law on sunday, we ate bird’s nests. It’s a meat ball with an egg in it and I’ve received a yummie chocolate bunny. Those pictures on that wall are three pictures of Marilyn Monroe. I’d die to get one of them, or all three!
I’m ending with two beautiful skylines..

Have a nice monday evening!

S.

 

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Event // River Island Summer Style by ELLE

Posted on 5 April 2012 by Steffi

Late night shopping (with discount), the best music vibes, cocktails, O.P.I. nail treatment and the hottest trends presented by Elle. Is there anything more a girl needs? The River Island Summer Style night by ELLE did it, and I loved it! Come take a look with me..





O.P.I. Picture by Steve & Charlie

And this beautiful clutch is mine!

 

Want to see more? Check this video!

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Grey and BB

Posted on 3 April 2012 by Steffi

I wore this outfit last week when the weather was a lot better! I allready miss the warmth of the sun.. Think it’s kinda chilly outside nowadays.

I’m wearing a grey H&M jeans and bracelets, a Zara tee, my lovely Style Scrapbook for Kipling camerabag and as promised here, the return of the Converse sneaker. They were laying around in my closet for a couple of years now, I’ve cleaned them up and decided to wear them again. I hear you guys think why I haven’t worn them for so long? It’s just because the bf despises All Stars. But hé, if I want to wear something, he has to cope with it! :)



You were probably wondering why I put BB in my title. Well, on my tee you can see the wonderful Brigitte Bardot. I love her style (like it was in the 60′s of course) and I am so jealous of her hair! This is one of my ways to go with the retro flow that’s happening in fashionland these days. I love the retro/60s style, but I don’t dress like that often. Got to admit though, I’ve bought some glam retro pieces last week. You’ll find out more about them soon, so stay tuned! Now, BB!




Pictures: Tumblr

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Ps: I’m sorry there wasn’t a week overview on sunday, although it’s easter holiday I’ve got a lot to do for school. And there are a couple of wonderful events coming up, so I’ve got to work hard to get it all done on time!

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NOTD: Bright orange

Posted on 29 March 2012 by Steffi

I’ve received a nailpolish and some nailart tools from Pronails on The Big You event from UPR. This week I’ve tested the bright orange nailpolish for the first time. The polish comes from the Royal Picnic collection (No. 275). It is actually also the first time I use nailpolish from Pronails (shame on me!). The polish needs two layers and dries quickly. I’m not the patient type, so this works for me. I also love to use spring colors right now. The temperature is relatively high in Belgium, but I’m not ready to walk around bare legged yet (I’ve got class mainly in the afternoon, so when I go home at night it’s allready cooling down).


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