Casual Parka

First and foremost: I will be doing a tutorial on my faux fringe one of these days, as some people have been asking about it :) I might even do a vlog ozkgzmeghzilzzomg! Expect lots of awkwardness and my deliciously sexy Dutch accent speaking English.

Second: I was riding the bus this morning to go to class, and it just dawned on me how incredibly happy I am at this point in life. The increased recognition I'm getting for my blog makes me feel so content. I'm getting to that point in life where I finally understand and feel that following a certain professional route, proving my worth in the work I put out (both in university and through my blog) and generally expressing myself, honing and using my skills WILL satisfy me and make me happy. Before, I never got that kind of satisfaction in the more professional parts of my life, leading me to conclude I just wasn't a very ambitious person. Maybe I am in fact ambitious. I'm proud of who I am and what I do. My mind has been bubbling with ideas, inspiration and dreams I wish to push into reality one day. And I feel like I will in fact get there someday. 

I might just be on the way to accomplishment.

Thirdly: I did not wear yesterday's bustiertop to class! :D I wore it to sit in our garden, soaking up the sun. I would wear it on a trip to the park or to the beach, and last year I wore it to go shopping once on a very hot day. But I would feel a bit bare if I wore it to class or to work. Not that I find it too slutty or that I would disapprove of it on another girl. It's just that I would constantly be fidgeting to see if my boobs were in the right place, and feel way too selfconscious. I'd wear it with a cardigan though!

Fourthly (does this even exist?): I just got my first "hate" comment today! I don't really know how to take it. I mean, the comment was fairly politely worded, but the things that were said were pretty mean. The commenter basically told me I fail at fashion and should find my own style instead of being a slave to fashion that succumbs to cheap knockoffs that look like crap. And also, according to her I look like a teenager that's still grasping for individuality. She did recommend me on my ballsiness, and the fact that I dare to experiment! And that I might become a stylish woman one day, even if I am not there yet. It didn't hurt me, but it did rattle me a bit. I have a hard time imagining other people's motives when they are very different from mine: maybe the girl in question just doesn't really know about netiquette and didn't intend it to come across as an insult. Or maybe she just thought I looked a damn fool. I can respect that, fashion is very subjective and my outfits can get pretty out there. But it seems weird to me that you would see yourself as an authority on style, entitled to tell other people what they should and should not wear? Eh, whatever floats her boat. 

blouse, parka: H&M

jeggings: Pimkie

bag: Zara

sandals: Sac d'Anvers

watch: ASOS

ring: Alex Monroe

nailpolish: Model's Own @ River Island

Everything I'm wearing is supercheap by the way. Except for my ring. I'm sorry, angry commenter, I'm not rich. Please forgive me!

EDIT: just got back after a night out with a friend, and it's wayyyy too late to do a post, so you'll have to wait a day longer, sorry! Also, I got another anon comment, this time about me dedicating half a post to the hater thingy and I don't know whether the commenter will read my reply, so I'm copy-pasting it here: 

@ anonymous: I did in fact think twice before writing a post about it. On one hand because I had posted about this before in a way that wouldn't be consistent with the way I was about to post about it now, and on the other hand because "internettrolls" only want you to pay attention to them, which makes it kinda dumb to give into it.


However, I chose to continue with my post because I am honest and real, and because priorities and attitudes may change when you ARE confronted by something. Before, I didn't really know what it was like to get one, which obviously influenced the way I thought about the issue.
Also, I do feel like the way I addressed it was different from the way I had seen it being addressed on other blogs. Not as "ooh I'm so sad and the commenter is evil". I actually really stand by the part where I say that maybe I misinterpreted her, or that maybe we just have different tastes, which is OK. I wasn't being sarcastic, I put things in perspective. I get where you're coming from, because I thought about it myself, but I do think you're sort of overreacting. I didn't dedicate half a post to it (it was CLEARLY slightly less than half a post :D), and I didn't do all the things I dislike in other bloggers that talk about the issue. So my opinion changed a bit, but not so much as to render me a total hypocrite, just a normal girl with a fickle mind :)


I did think it was about cheap fashion btw and it was the part about the cheapness of my clothes that annoyed me the most, so that's the part I focused on.