Mr Boddington #2

Make sure you check out Mr Boddington's holiday selection of boxed cards and wrapping paper - fabulous, as always. 
Look at that envelope lining! Looking forward to receiving my goodies soon! Ah!

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Gaggle Pump

As winter holidays are approaching with a remarkable speed - it's December already! - it is time to work on a festive outfit for the holiday season. Since this year has been full of color so far, I am committed to resist to the greyness outside of my window and add - at least a minor - sunny element to my wardrobe. Don't you think these utterly chic, elegant and sunny pumps are just perfect for such an occasion?!

Spotted at www.topshop.com. Bow included.

Cape time

As it gets chillier and windier and it is time to pack away dresses and sandals, I am looking forward to turn to one of my favorite pieces of clothing - a coat, or jacket, or blazer or trench. There are so many ways to keep warm these days - and I am loving them all! This year, however, another alternative is available to us, ladies.  The elegant, classy, flirty little cape.

Capes go back to medieval times and have made multiple entrances into the world of fashion throughout the history ever since. If you ask me, I think there is something extremely mysterious and romantic about them!

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Matchbook

The newest issue of the digital Matchbook Magazine is finally online! The founders of this new electronic magazine have the most exquisite taste in ALL and I can't wait to dive into the charmed life they write about! 

Bonne nuit, les filles!

www.matchbookmag.com

Literary

It's a public holiday here in Germany and I have a day off - what a delight!

Everything is closed today so there is no temptation to go out to shop - which makes up for a perfect sunny afternoon on a terrasse with a great book. Luckily, I am armed with two great ones at once!

The first one is a discussion of "two great men - Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude Carrière - about our digital future" - about the past, present and future of the book . 

The second one is Chanel's biography of Justine Picardie.

I have flipped over both of them and confirmed the good choice I had made. Look forward to my latte & a great reading day! Have a good one y'all - working and not-working ladies!

The loafer

Although I love high-heels on other people - let's be honest, they make you look so chic! - I rarely wear them myself, except on really special occassions. As a consequence, I prefer following trends around flat shoes rather than chasing another pair of glittery Loubutins or Manolos - which, as a matter of fact, I would not really know where to wear. 

I work in an office, so pretty, practical, comfy and flat shoes is more my-kinda-world. Sooo, as an alternative to the always-beloved ballerinas, I collected a number of preppy loafers which I had recently found on Asos and Topshop. I think most producers are offering these nowadays, so they are just examples. I love how they can be combined with  jeans; cropped pants; and even skirts and dresses!

See for yourself!

www.asos.com

www.topshop.com

Some of my favorites...

Check out my new favorite piece to accompany me on my travels - a little pochette (not sure I am using the right term) to shelter some of my most precious jewelry on the way. I love the color combination - there is something about grey and pink, isn't there?! - completed with the most divine velvety fabric. Can't wait to take this on my next trip!

Oh and by the way - this one is from Fragonard!