I used to get inspired browsing street style blogs, but nowadays you find the same people dressed in the same outfits on every blog. Boring. This short from Garage Magazine gives an insight into the craziness street style photography has become over the years.
even though temperature wise spring is still not here, the sun has been shining almost every day. And what better way to celebrate sunshine than with some good music!
My father gave me these records a few years ago (he only listens to CD’s now). They are all original, meaning that he bought them when they came out, back in the late sixties. A week after I took them home, a fire broke out in our house. Luckily, most records survived from the flames. Besides listening to them, I also like to look at them, because of the great graphic designs.
I discovered this great tumblr today through stilinberlin.de that I wanted to share here. Meet Ali. Ali lives in Berlin and is said to own over 80 different suits. He works at a tailor and is snapped in his great outfits by a girl who works at a coffee shop on route to this work.
all photos by alioutfit.tumblr.com
I love Amsterdam. I never lived there, but I did everything else there: study, work, shop and party. Luckily, my front door is only a fifteen minute train ride away from Amsterdam’s Central Station. Only downside: not living in Amsterdam means I have to enter the city via the Damrak or the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal. Both are busy streets with tram lines, tourists and loads of loud shops and restaurants aiming to lure in those tourists. Not the Amsterdam I like. But something has changed for the better. Since 2012 concept store Options (it is also a cafe and is connected to design hotel The Exchange) has opened its doors on the Damrak. Conveniently located between the train station and fancy warehouse the Bijenkorf, Options comes to the rescue if all the visual and literal noise from the street is making you in need of some tranquility.
In the shop you’ll find beautiful stationary that gives Muji a run for its money, fashion for both adults and babies, sturdy backpacks from it-brand Herschel, fashion magazines, books and of course ’design’ souvenirs for those tourists I spoke about earlier. The cafe serves fresh food to eat in or take away and they even have a small terrace for when the sun is shining.
photos by me
it has been quiet here for too long due to this annoying flue that I can’t seem to get rid of. On the upside, being stuck at home gave me plenty of time to finally watch all those movies and documentaries that I had saved for a lazy sunday. Among them, this documentary on Hermes that gives insight into how all those beautiful leather goods are made: by hand and with the utmost care and knowledge. Here is craftsmanship for you.
bookshelf porn. Quite possible one of the best blogs around. Needs no further explanations, simply go there, enjoy what you see for a while, turn of your computer and finally start reading that book that has always been there but has never been opened.
photos bookshelfporn.com
I was looking for tips on how to do a DIY repair on the hole in my favorite pair of jeans, when I found this nice tutorial by Self Edge in New York. Love the machine he is working with (a original Singer Darning machine from the 1950s) that makes it possible to create new fabric with thread, instead of fixing the hole with a patch.
