VOGUE GOES FLORENCE

Welcome back! I know I haven't posted anything on my blog for a while, but that doesn't mean I haven't been doing anything. Meanwhile I've found my way into Amsterdam Fashion Week, turned 23 and been to Florence with the Styling class from Vogue Academy. So here comes a long blogpost, with a lot of fashionable and fabulous pictures of all the adventures we'd been through in Italy.

It all started on tuesday evening, Lotte and me went to Pleuni's home in Amsterdam - which is close to Schiphol so we could get a taxi together. With some prosecco and some snacks we decided to stay awake until the taxi would arrive (around 4.30h!!!). Our flight went around 6.50h. Luckily the seats behind us were free, so we were able to take a little nap in the plane. Because I could feel the bags under my eyes getting bigger every hour!

Around 8.30h we arrived at Pisa airport, from there we had to take a bus to Florence. Then we had to walk to our hostel, with our bags which were way too heavy (ofcouse). But the weather was nice, the sun was shining and it was around 16 degrees. After a walk we finally arrived at Plus Florence, really nice and clean. They have two swimming pools, a sauna, a bar, a gym and more.

We decided to do some sightseeing, enjoy the nice weather and of course the beautiful view.  We had lunch at a little Italian luncheroom with delicious sandwiches and of course Italian Coffee! (Which is the best!)

View of the Arno river

Because we didn't slept for about 36 hours, we went to bed early that night. And boy, I think I never slept better in my life. Totally knocked out for about 10 hours straight!

The next day, it was Lotte's 20th birthday! So we had to celebrate that with some Italian chocolate cake.  

Lucky Lotte, the Italian waiter was singing for her ;-)
Later that day we went to the fabulous store Luisa Via Roma. Which was of an assignment for Vogue Academy. My god, what an amazing store, everything is just wow. Too bad it was expensive, otherwise I would have bought everything! Especially the Guiseppe Zanotti shoes (which won't go out of my head for days now!)
The prints in the styling are made by a Dutch company called Vlisco Fabrics. Pretty damn cool right, to see some Dutch prints in this stunning store, I felt a little proud. We weren't aloud to take pictures, but we're badasses so we did it anyway. Take a look of the styling of Luisa Via Roma

After our visit we had some dinner, (pizza of course) and went out for some cocktails for Lotte's B'day.

During our stay in Italy a lot of people were staring at us the whole time. I don't know what we did, but it worked. Free shots for everybody! During our cocktail hour, the bartender started talking to us and he wanted to take us to a club Colle Bereto Bar. Where we got another round of shots, and we got to this VIP area. My god, Italian girls are acting drunk, and dance uhhh how can you explain this... drunk! And the guys are not ashamed to flirt with you: big time. After some more (free) booze, we wanted to go somewhere else, so we left. But then everything was already closed. Florence is not really a party city.

Friday morning, lucky us: no hangover. We decided to get an 'early' breakfast at 10.30 across the street. So we just went there in our pyjama's. Had a nice mozzarella sandwich and coffee to open my tired and swollen eyes.
After we showered and got dressed, we went to the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, with a lot of shoes. But also other work he had created; like drawings and paintings. Really nice to see what colors he used, and combined it; it looked a bit cartoonists but so pretty.

After our visit we thought it was time for some serious shopping, and the weather was so nice. So after a while we thought it was time for wine!

Later we did some shopping and had a yummy dinner at a little Italian Restaurant. Bored with Pasta's en Pizza's already we ordered Lobster and Steak (yes, living the student life: NOT!) From day one we wrote down all our funny sayings and crazy things what happened to us in out little Burn-Book. Also this evening in this restaurant, and you could see all the people were really annoyed by our presence. We were laughing the whole time, and I made these little headbands out of our napkins (sooooo creative with fashion haha) This was one of our most funny evenings we'd have. We left the building wearing our headbands and calling ourself FASHION SCOUTS!

When we got back at out hostel, we wanted to swim; so we did. But we were staying at a "Back-building' so we had to crossover a little square; but we did in in style of course - in BIKINI and a TOWEL. To get to the pool you had to walk across the bar; so all the guys had the night of their life.After we jumped into the pool we discovered it wasn't that warm at all, so we moved our behinds to the sauna to warm up a little bit before we had to go outside again to get into our room!

The next day we thought it would be nice to show our faces to the people from school. They were going to the Gucci Museum, and it was nice to take a look there. This is the floral scarf Gucci designed (in one night) for Grace Kelly!
I liked the museum, but the tour was too long for me. I like it more when I can just go wherever I want, plus it was way too hot inside. During the tour I thought I was already in menopause, my god!

One of the teachers told us if you go to Luisa Via Roma (the fashionable store) and you tell them you want to go to their Outlet, they'll arrange a taxi for you and pay it as well. So I really wanted to that; and of course spent some money on something really nice. But fist we had to lunch, because we were hungry and we needed a little break from all the walking, shopping and sightseeing. We ended up to the other side of the river Arno and found a little cafe with an amazing view, but food and drinks were so overpriced.

After we re-gained some energy we went back to Luisa Via Roma, to take a taxi which will bring us to the good stuff!

Unfortunately there weren't so many nice things. I only saw a cute Marc Jacobs dress, but I was doubting; and doubting isn't good so I didn't buy it. We sunset was really nice that evening,  I think it's funny because Luisa is my second name and I never liked it because the way you write it; but now I know this fabulous store is called the same it's a pretty cool name isn't it?
Here are some more pictues, also during out VIP treatment in the taxi to the outlet store from Luisa Via Roma. But we accidentally walked into a little art exhibition with only red shoes and visited a cute store with nice clothes called twin set. Take a look down below :)

 



Saturday is for shopping, so we did. After that we had dinner in one of the nicest restaurants in Florence. The waiter was very nice, and we decided to drink some Limoncello! After that we went back to our hostel to change outfit and go out for some more drinks. We went to a cocktail bar called Caffè Concerto Paszkowski and ordered two enormous cocktails, me likey!

Around 2 am we were kicked out of this bar, because they wanted to closed. But we didn't finished our drinks yet, so we got plastic cups so we could take it with us. Strange, but hey... we had a mission; we wanted to party. We went to Slowly, but they said they were closed already. But Lotte (with her blonde hair) got us in, we got some free shots of vodka and time to dance. And there was a little dance battle between Pleuni and the bartenders! They said we could go to a underground club Blue Velvet if we waited for them to finish and clean up. Okay, sure! A couple of Vodka's later we went to Blue Velvet, if you normally walked into this street you would never know there was a club. You had to be quiet outside, once we got in it was pretty cool (and blue). We got in for free, en got some more booze. We danced all night long until 6am, we had to walk home again but made a little stop at McDonnald to get some foor in our tummy. Around 7.30h we finally saw our bed again, and slept like little babies 'till afternoon. 

Sunday, the last day in Florence; we had a little hangover. My god, what happed last night? There was a bucket in the room, Lotte brought home from somewhere and some blurry pictures on everyones phone! But it was a good night, now the task is to get rid of this hangover as soon as possible. Because the sun is shining and we want to enjoy that! So everybody took a quick shower, put on their sunnies and were out and about again; looking for some great hangover food. We ended up near by theBasilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (a.k.a.) Duomo, there we ordered some soup with bread and I ordered one big glass of Chardonnay; that's the best cure for a hangover. We wanted to buy some last things before we went back to the Netherlands, and then we found some cute little vintage stores and Second hand Haute Couture shops, where I bought some things. Actually I didm;t buy that much this holiday, only some shoes from Steve Madden, 2 skirts, and a top. That's all, my dad can be really proud!


The next day we had to take a taxi around 6am, to bring us to the station where our bus went to Pisa to bring us to the airport. The plane left at 9 o'clock, and once I sat down, I slipped into a little coma. About one and a half hour later, we were back in Amsterdam. Luckily it was sunny, but also a bit chilly. When I got home I had to do all my laundry, and I took a very long nap; because I was tired as hell. But what a nice trip, so many funny moments and a lot of inspiration. I spotted a lot of fashionable and fierce people for my style-bible, but I'm gonna post that later!

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First of all, Happy New Year! May your only pains be Champagnes! As you might have guessed, I couldn't fine any time to keep you galls&guys updated with my blog. Shame on me, big time. But, it's a new year and it's one of my resolutions to post more often.

During the holiday I've been thinking about last year, and what has been happened to me the last 365 days - and it's quite a lot actually. In 2013 I've been graduated at the Dance Academy, designed ánd made a costume for my solo, started a new study at Akademie Vogue, got an internship at The Darling and moved to the most beautiful city; Amsterdam. I think I can be a little proud of all the things I've done this year. It wasn't easy for me to make these drastic decisions, but now when I look back at my life I can enjoy it more in a way. I never could have done this without the people who never stopped believe in me - even when I didn't.

In 2013 I've been to beautiful places in the world, like Singapore for example. That was a magical trip for me, that's where I decided to change my life; quit dancing and go for the things that make me happy. That's what matters in life.

2013 was also a year of having wine (no… a lot of wine, maybe too much wine) and tosti's at Anvers. To "reduce" the stress, haha! Somethimes I wish I had the time to re-do that, because it was a blast. Dressing up, and just having talks with the people you love.

Now it's 2014, and I'm curious what this year will bring me. This week there's coming new Outfit of the Day posts, because in those two months where I haven't posted a look, doesn't mean I didn't shop. My poor bank-account and creditcard, but happy be! And that's what counts! With love xoxo A.

BEACH-WALK IN BLACK&GOLD

Today I finally got home from my holiday, I left the island of Lanzarote this morning (very early), and when I landed on Schiphol I was happy I'm connected to the world of internet again! So I can update my blog, and share my outfit-of-the-day pictures with you.

This is the dress I got from TopShop while I was visiting my Swedish friends Josefin and Åsa in London, November last year. And when you're living in the Netherlands, there's not so much opportunity to wear this kind of dress, because of the shitty summer weather. So during my holiday in Lanzarote (Spain) I had to wear this beauty, and had a little beach-walk in it. Because of the wind the back of the dress was blowing in the air and had such a charming look, don't you think? I combined it with my new shoes I bought at a Spanish clothing store called Blanco, these are black leather sandals with high heels and when I saw them I had to buy them (of course). You likey? 

DRESS TOPSHOP | SHOES BLANCO

SHOPPING IN SPAIN, LAZAROTE

Sorry I hadn't updated by blog so much during my holiday, the wireless internet sucks big time here. Today I had a little off-day, so I decided I didn't go to the beach and watch some Sex & the City episodes in bed instead. After a while I was so inspired by Carrie's style and wardrobe, I needed to go shopping. So I grabbed a cap and took my lazy butt to the city. There was a major sale going on, that's perfect because I was in that kind of mood to shop a lot, if you know what I mean. First stop was Zara, I got an amazing cute salmon pink dress for only 12 euro's! After a while my feet were killing me, now I finally understand why they call high heels 'killer-heels', so I had to buy flats or slippers. Then I walked in a sort of hipster store called 'Blanco' and saw these cute slippers, with a touch of hippie ;-) matched perfectly by my bag I bought earlier at Zara for 9 euro, but you're gonna see those items later on my blog, because it takes ages to upload a picture here.
 After I had a iced latte, I decided to walk back to the apartment just to clear my head and think about all the things I want to do with my life.

my pretty new dress from Zara, you likey?

FLYING FRIENDLY TO LANZAROTE

From sunny Lanzarote, a brand new blogpost! This was the outfit I was wearing during the flight from Amsterdam to Lanzarote; a vintage hat from Episode (a vintage store in Amsterdam) with a dress I ordered a couple years ago at Asos.com with a gilet from the New Yorker. Completed by a pair of trousers from the Zara and shoes from the Primark. I fell in love with Lanzarote, the weather is perfect. It's sunny with a lot of wind, so it's not too warm. But I get a tan anyway! The only thing I don't like it's that there too many tourists, who are just the wrong clotting, as usual ;-) well, while I'm enjoying my holiday, I wish you the same: sunny weather! Enjoy xoxo Alyssa

HAT EPISODE, AMSTERDAM | GILET NEW YORKER | DRESS ASOS.COM | TROUSERS ZARA | SHOES PRIMARK

PACKING MY SUITCASE FOR MY VACANTION

Sunday morning, very early (around 5 o'clock!!) I'm leaving the Netherlands for a week, to have a nice vacation at Lanzarote! But first we stay a night at the Mercure Hotel at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam.
And as usual I planned everyday before I leave, so I have to pack my suitcase now already. But, that's no problem for me, because I love it. It's easy girls, just make (new) outfits you want to wear and add some extra tops and shorts/skirts so you can combine other things to create new looks! Told you, piece of cake ;-) Look, I have plenty space enough, for my shoes of course! And... for all the things I want to buy in Spain.

I'm excited, I've made so many new Outfit's with 'old' clothing, because I'm very inspired by Sex&the'City lately. Just love the Carrie-look, styled by Pat Fields - it's just stunning! So when I don't know what to wear, I google Carrie Bradshaw and create a new look. Just wait and see, I'll put it on my blog during my holiday, don't worry.
For now I've got to pack my last things! Sleepwell dear fashionista's xoxo A.

ROSES ARE RED, SO IS MY OUTFIT OF THE DAY!

Today I was experimenting with my new look, I thought it would be fun to combine my red blazer with my red pants. And guess what: it works! Don't you think it looks classy, like I was going to a meeting at the office or something. But it's not a boring look, not at all if you ask me. I think it's edgy and also a bit sexy because if the color red. On the picture it looks like I've cut my hair, my friend Alisa (the Hair-Stylist) told me it looks so nice on me, maybe we have to try it. Well, maybe not! Haha on wednesday, I'm a model for the end performance for the graduation. I'm excited! Can't wait to see what she's gonna do to my hair! For now, enjoy the summer! xoxo Alyssa

BLAZER H&M | SHIRT H&M | TROUSERS ZARA | SHOES UNKOWN SINGAPORE

SEX & THE CITY CHIC

Yesterday was a perfect summer day, the perfect opportunity to wear my red hat. I really I felt like a celebrity when I was walking around Tilburg. When I was re-organizing my wardrobe, I found this jumpsuit from Asos.com which I bought 4 years ago, it's so nice when you re-invent old clothing. It's a easy going look, but with the hat and the fierce red heels, it more edgy like something Carrie Bradshaw would wear in Sex and the City when she's out for a cosmopolitan. My friend Alisa dyed my hair last week, and I'm so happy with it! More blond at the ends, perfect for the summer! So... let the holiday begin! Cheers fashionista's, enjoy the nice weather with some drinks! Adios, xoxo A

HAT MONKI | JUMPSUIT ASOS.COM | SHOES PRIMARK

FLYING'FRIENDLY AND FASHIONABLE OUTFIT

After 13 hours of flying I finally arrived at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. I already miss Singapore, it's so cold here. I'm not having a jetlag (yet), but 13 hours in a airplane is long, I hope I will find my normal rythm back soon.
On my way back to the Netherlands I was wearing my Stella McCartney for Adidas yoga pants, with my lovely Isabel Marant wedge sneakers. Combined with a simpel black and white striped shirt and a hoodie. As you can see I had so much bagage, too much. That's what happens when you are a shopaholic in shop-paradise in Singapore. My suitcase weighted over 22 kilo's, thats why I had an extra backpack. I didn't had space enough in my handlugage, so I attached my Jimmy Choo's on my backpack - like a real fashionista/backpacker haha sometimes I'm such a smartiepants. Well, I made it back home and I'm gonna take a rest . See you soon, xoxo with love - Alyssa

HOODIE H&M | SHIRT UNKNOWN | YOGA TROUSERS STELLA MCCARTNEY FOR ADIDAS | SHOES ISABEL MARANT | BACKPACK ADIDAS | SHOES ON BACKPACK JIMMY CHOO FOR H&M | BAG CHARLES & KEITH | SUITCASE AMERICAN TOURIST

HOODIE H&M | SHIRT UNKNOWN | YOGA TROUSERS STELLA MCCARTNEY FOR ADIDAS | SHOES ISABEL MARANT

THROWBACK THURSDAY: CHINA TOWN

Hello my followers all over the world,
Today I'm writing my blog on Changi Airport, this was my last day here in Singapore for now. I really enjoyed being in the big city with fashionable people, delicious food, a lot of Asian people and the many good clothing stores. Now all my money is gone, I have to go back to my normal life again. It's time for graduating, so it will be a very stressfull time for me. I'm blessed I had an amazing holiday and got a lot of new energy to create some really nice things.
This blog is called "Throwback Thursday" because I went to China Town this week here in Singapore last week. And I loved it so much I had to blog about it. So many little markets and shops with all these nice souvenirs and cheap stuff. I got a lot of bracelets for my friends back home in Holland. It smelled there like fruits, and other Chinese food. Although it was very crowdes, it had an nice atmosphere. That day I was wearing my H&m fringe blue shorts, with 'the New Icons' shirt I got a while ago also at H&M combined with an old denim gilet which I found somewhere back in my closet. Ofcourse with one of my favorite shoes, the nude with black accent Steve Madden shoes!
While I'm blogging here at Changi Airport, thinking about my fabulous and fashionable vacation I don't want to go back to the Netherlands. But, I have to.. But I got all these sweet memories! For now I'm gonna take one big sleeping-pill and take a long nap in the airplane. Sleepwell, xoxo Alyssa.

DENIM GILET IL DOLCE | SHIRT H&M | FRINGE SHORTS H&M | SHOES STEVE MADDEN | FRINGE BAG PRIMARK

MY DAY TODAY IN SINGAPORE

Today it's one of my last days here in Singapore, so what does this mean? It's time for some serious shopping! I went to the biggest shoppingmall called Suntec, and later I went to Somerset and ofcourse Orchard Road. Oops, I spend all my money (again) on clothing, bags, earrings and shoes. Luckily my dad was really nice to me, he got me a really nice bag - I'll show you that later on my blog.
At the Subway station at Somerset is such a cute Italian lunchroom called Trattoria, where I got a delicious salad with an iced latte. After lunch we walked to Orchard road and spend some time in other shoppingmalls. Take a look at the pictures, and enjoy your sunny day xoxo with love, Alyssa

DRESS FEMME X | SHOES STEVE MADDEN | FRINGE PURSE PRIMARK

S I N G A P O R E

Dear followers,
I'm so sorry I haven't updated my blog in a while, I was way too busy with some projects at school and trying to prepare myself for my graduating next June (wish me luck). And now... I'm in Singapore! Enjoying the lovely sunny weather, the many many shoppingmalls and the Azlan culture. At the moment I'm writing this blog-post at the swimmingpool on top of the roof of my hotel. I'm saying this for days now: I'm living the good life... I think I'm not coming back to the Netherlands hahah. So if you need an amazing shopping experience you have to go to Singapore to spend all your money! With love and enjoy your holidays xoxo Alyssa ❤

SUNNIES ALDO | BIKINI H&M

SINGAPORE AIRLINES CHIC

BLAZER H&M | BLOUSE SINGAPORE AIRLINES | TOP UNKNOWN | TROUSERS ONLY | SHOES PRIMARK

A couple years ago my dad came back from a business trip from Singapore, and brought me a suit what the stewardess from Singapore Airlines are wearing. I didn't know what to do with that present, when are you going to wear a stewardess outfit? But today I found it back in my closet, and I was wondering if I could make an outfit with it. Mission accomplished! I love this new look, it's great for the summer! I can't wait to see the sun again. What do you think about this Outfit-of-the-Day?

xoxo Alyssa

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As you may know, I don't like the cold. Guess what? It's cold today! My butt is freezing off... But I'm having some nice things to look foward to. I'm going to travel quite a lot this spring/summer!

My Mom and Dad decided around Christmas to take me to Singapore (for a serious shopping trip) in May! Can't wait to visit the sun, and leave the coldness and darkness behind. Can you imagine in the spring: going to Sentosa beach, having cocktails, enjoy the nice food and shop 'till you drop! Singepore: HERE I COME!!

After that holiday, I'm probably going to graduate... and maybe there's a Interrail vacation trhough Europe (but not planned or booked yet). And I'm hoping I'll be moving to Amsterdam around that time and enjoy life there. Can't wait to live there, everytime I think about that I get happy!

Last but not least, in August I'm going to Lanzarote (Canary Islands, Spain) with my parents. My dad just booked it, as a sort of present for my graduation - haha so now I have to pass all the exams ;-) So yes, this picture fit's this situation right now: This summer is for Art and Adventures! I can't wait to go there, having an amazing experience and making beautiful pictues!

But now, I've to work my ass of for school and work to get my Bikini-body in May! Hahaha... Crap! For today, I had my ballet-class and now I'm not leaving the house anymore because it started snowing.

Enjoy your day, and I'm going to do some more paperwork...

xoxo Alyssa