Outfit #22 New In... Black Tops

Besides mint tops I also bought black airy tops. As I'm into mint recently, I paired them both with my mint pants.

The only downside of these airy tops is that I have to hand wash them.

 

 

Outfit #21 New In... Mint Tops

I love airy colorful tops and blouses. It's simple but still elegant.

These two beauties I've found in el Conde in the Dominican Republic for less than 5€ each. Perfect for my vacation...

 

 

 

 

Fashion Haul - Metzingen Outlet

I went to the Metzingen Outlet last Friday and this is what I got:

- A white cardigan from Tommy Hilfiger (77 EUR)
- A teal dress from Max Mara for my other friend's wedding (104 EUR)

I have bought tons of white cardigans from H&M, Zara and who knows what... but they've always been of bad quality. Now I'm trying out this one from Tommy Hilfiger and just from touching and wearing it, I think it's much better than my other white cardigans. I'll let you know, how the washing turns out...

I was too unsure of the other dress' color << click >> for my friend's wedding in August that I decided to buy this gorgeous teal dress. I just wonder about how I'll pair it (white / black / brown ?)... but there's still more time to decide.

A groom's haul:

Unfortunately I can't show you my friends' hauls - one of them is going to be a groom in June and bought his suit for the wedding. It's chocolate brown with a champagne shirt, a beige tie and pocket square as well as chocolate brown shoes and belt. He's even got cuff links :)
His bride's dress is champagne / off-white. I wonder how she will like his suit because she demanded a champagne one but didn't give him a swatch of the actual color and wouldn't it look odd to have them both wear champagne, especially it it the colors were slightly off? His suit from René Lezard is stunning - I wished I made a picture.
Since she has been bugging him so much about the wedding, he's not going to show her the suit until they get married... It's just fair, he doesn't get to see her dress either, right? 
His best man got a black suit for the wedding with violet tie, pocket square and cuff links.

For me it was interesting to see the other side's view about wedding shopping ˆ-ˆ

Chicago Haul: Clothes

I didn't buy too much because my closet is way too small and I don't want to stuff everything inside. Finding things to wear is hard enough when everything is organized... I'm still dreaming of the IKEA Pax systems but I won't buy it until I move out of my apartment...

Anyway... Here's what I bought.

1. Forever 21 - necklace (~3$) and top (15$)
2. Old Navy - T-shirts (5$ each)
3. Urban Outfitters - dress (~25$)
4. Payless - nude peeptoes (~20$)

I want to wear the dress to my friend's civil wedding. Is it too light? It's not white though! I think I might pair it with these nude peeptoes or maybe with my other white peeptoes but it's still a long time until August. Maybe I'll find something else until then.

But first of all, I need another dress for my other friend's church wedding!!!

Taiwanese Woman at the Beach

As much as people from the west like to tan, Asian women mostly want to be fairy white and luminescent. So either way, there is a lot of effort and sometimes suffering... here there are sunburns, tanning studios, tanning lotions and early skin ageing and there are umbrellas, whitening creams, long sleeves and masks for the face and body at the highest temperature and humidity...
So for example here you might think, it was a cold day at the beach but not at all... this was in Taiwan at about 35˚C in the shadow and about 100% humidity. Just an hour earlier there was sunshine and no clouds but that's during the wet season... but don't be fooled, rain after a humid day doesn't freshen the air in tropical countries, neither does the night.

in Taiwan at the beach (2005)

Some even wear these masks and visors:


Long sleeves can also be added