Coco Crush

Elza Jo

2009-10-27T15:21:00.006+01:00

By ELZA JO

San Marco

2009-08-26T11:03:00.004+02:00

I visit Venice for about five times because of the Art Bienale. We were there for a week and didn't go to the San Marco in the first place because we've been there before and it's sooooo crowded.
But you can't come to Venice without being on the San Marco, so we did. And yes it was crowded but in the end it's just a beautiful square.
On the bridge of sighs, which is a connection between the old prisons and the Doge's Palace, was a big advertisement from Sisley.
I looooved it, it looked so amazing. The blue sky, the clouds and the models from Sisley against the old white buildings.

Just blew me away.

Burano

2009-08-16T17:53:00.006+02:00

When I was in Italy I visit Burano an island near Venice. All the houses had beautiful colours.
Really a picture perfect place. Unfortunately it was very turistic..

But still I loved all the pretty colours.

Shirt: Diesel, skirt: Mango, bikini: H&M, Haviana (L) flipflops, bag: vintage

Fallin'

2009-07-24T14:48:00.005+02:00

I keep on fallin' in and out of love with you
Sometimes I love you
Sometimes you make me blue
Sometimes I feel good
At times I feel used
Loving you darling
Makes me so confused

Pictures by Ryan McGinley

More Mexico

2009-06-22T12:57:00.016+02:00

21 B-day! (dress: H&M shoes; market)

Skirts @ the beach!

Mexican dolls

Cute mexican dress

Love these toys!

Black

2009-06-15T07:59:00.002+02:00

Had a wonderful weekend with the girls! Went to one of my friends to see her hometown and family. Bbq in the garden, going out, had a delicious breakfast, chilling in the jacuzzi / sauna and laughed a lot!

Wearing: black lace dress: River Island

Coco Avant Chanel

2009-06-07T13:41:00.004+02:00

Yesterday I went to the cinema with my roomie to see Coco Avant Chanel.
I loved every minute of it and Miss Tatou did it again.
She blowed me away with her amazing talent.
And ofcourse I admired Coco Chanel all ready for a long time but afther seeing this film I admire here more than ever.
She's such an inspirational woman.
At the end I had goose bumps all over my body.

It definately is going to belong to one of my all time favourite movies.

Hasta la vista Mexico!

2009-05-28T16:17:00.008+02:00

Weird jump

Enjoy the beach in my pink (hm) bikini!

Time flies by when you're having fun they say.. That is soo true.

I'm one day back from my trip to Mexico and it was a-m-a-z-i-n-g!!

One week is way too short but we definately had a great time.

Swimming, sunbathing, visiting Maya temples, tracking in the jungle, swimming with dolphins, beachvolleybal, celebrating my 21th b-day at the beach, going the most crazy club in the world; Coco Bongo, drink delicious cocktails in the swimmingpool, snorkling, sailing on a catamaran and much more.

The story continues.

Peek a boo

2009-05-18T14:18:00.006+02:00

I live in an appartment in Amsterdam, together with a girl I know since highschool.
We both have or own sleeping room, one (small!!) bathroom, a kitchen and a lovely livingroom..

My appartment is very clean and well organised, unfortunately my room isn't..
It is clean, but messy with all the stuff laying around, I always blame it on school (I study fashion, so my room is full of magazines and images laying around everywhere) but I guess it's just a part of me.
That's also why the rest of my apartment is very organised, otherwise I would go mad..

See for yourself, a peek a boo in my room :)
By the way..tomorrow I'm leaving to Mexico for one week!! I'm sooooo excited!!

Messy me in the mirror..

(Wearing; snakeprint skinny's; zara, tunic, gilet; both bershka

My own mini cooper!

My ballroom dress I wore 2 weeks ago, love it!

My mom and me in Costa Rica (2006), two paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci my mother gave me.

An other Mona Lisa (my mum collect it all for me)

My red wall with some adds, a picture of me when I was on my backpack journey in Thailand two years ago, the cat painting made by me and the painting of the woman is made by my niece.

My lovely second hand bed

I Love Lee Stafford products!

My shoessss!

Some of my magazines!

This jewellery box made my mum for me for my 20th birthday

My guardian angels

My favourite spot, my desktop with my board of inspiration/cards etc.

These Nikes are made for walking!

2009-05-15T15:39:00.004+02:00

I'm not really a sneaker kind of girl but when I'm in a relaxed, tomboyish mood I wear my sneakers (rabbit print!) with proud.
When these kick-some-ass Nikes where mine it would be a different story 'cause I think you can style these sneakers in a million ways.
They belong to Natalie Wood designer from Something Else (stunning collections by the way!)

I think my new mission in so find a similar pair!

Picture; theselby.com

Tiger Crush

2009-05-14T18:27:00.003+02:00

Isn't this one of the cutest thing you've ever seen?

Love the model; Sasha Pivovarova, the clothes; Rodarte and ofcourse that sweet little white tiger, so gorgoues..

Paris Voque, Mark Segal

MEXICO

2009-05-12T17:53:00.010+02:00

Next week I'm going to MEXICO!!!!

With 30 girls we're leaving for one week to Playa Del Carmen!

Twenty-two May is my birthday and as a B-day present from my parents I may swim with dolphins!!

That's a dream of mine all my life, so I'm really excited!!

(No worries, where we stay the risk of getting ill is very small..)

Can't wait anymore, than I can put on my own photographs!!

(Pictures; flickr)

I want to breakaway

2009-05-08T15:26:00.004+02:00

Photo's; cobrasnake.com (L)

Alice Dellal

2009-04-17T16:07:00.005+02:00

In the British Voque of April was an interview with the beautiful Andrea and Alice Dellal.

I think Alice has this eclectic, excentric look which I found really inspirational.

She's not afraid of looking different and is tough and sexy at the same time.

The apartment of the family in Rio is also absolutely stunning, very bright and colourful. I love it.

* click to enlarge!!

Trends

2009-04-09T17:12:00.007+02:00

For school I had to make a fashion editing assignment about what the 5 biggest trends for fall/winter 2009 are going to be.
This is my result;

CLUB KIDS

FEMALE DANDY

RETRO GLAM

MODERN DRAPING

STUDDED CHIC

Personally I love the studded chic trend and the greek, parisian dresses..
Which trend do you like?

This is me

2009-03-07T13:01:00.003+01:00

For school I had to visualise my unique selling points. What makes me unique.

In words: Chaotic, Independent, Enthusiastic, Dreamer, Collector, Flexibel

Wraaahgh

2009-02-15T15:59:00.006+01:00

J'adore leopard prints..

Things to love

2009-01-27T19:49:00.004+01:00

Just some things I adore/worship/desire/want/like/love..

Painting by John Everett Millais of a girl named Sophie Gray, it's one of the most beautiful realistic portraits of the 19th century.

Mmm, I have to try this one day hihi.
Waffles with banana and chocolate.

Josh for Armani, do I need to say more?

Supersweet clutch

Paris, Je t'aime!

Photo by Steven Meisel (Vogue)

Nailpolish!!! likelikelike (Dansk)

Paillettes, love how they sparlke.

Instant glamour!

Lara Stone by Mario Sorrenti

She rocks.

The Seychellen, one of my dream destinations.

Scarlet, great actress, stunning woman, love her feminine, sophisticated look.

Lovely, dreamy magazine

My mother always send me cards, it's so exciting to see a card on your front door.

Love the stamps from this card ;).

Drawing by Hiroshi Tanabe

Great (fashion) illustrator.

These images give me instant happiness :)

What do you love/like/want/desire?

Balmain wannabe

2009-01-26T17:19:00.005+01:00

I love Balmain and I think there latest collections are absolutely fabulous.

Love the rock style with a feminine touch.

These dresses are from fall 2009 and I was so happy when I found a similar dress at Zara a couple of weeks ago.

It was the perfect dress for new years eve :). Sorry for this last picture, I look like a ghost :S..

(Style.com)

Pug dog

2009-01-25T17:25:00.003+01:00

Vogue, Raymond Meier

Marie Antoinette

Charles Burton Barber

I want a pug dog, so badly!

I could by this bag instead..?

Bazar

2009-01-05T17:45:00.006+01:00

In the toilet haha ;)

Bar of lovely cans :)

Friday I went out for dinner with one of my best friends, we went to Bazar, a restaurant near the Albert Cuyp (market).

It's a beautiful restaurant, it has a middle-east atmosphere and they have a delicious menu.

It's nice to try something different and it's definately going to be one of my new favourite hotspots.

J'adore le fabuleux Amelie

2009-01-04T14:16:00.005+01:00

I've seen it for a thousand times but you can still wake me up in the middle of the night for my favourite movie; Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulin, I just love it.
I adore the whole setting, the French, romantic, authentic athmosphere is just amazing.

There are so many things that are recognisable, like in the beginning of the movie, when you see what the characters like or dislike. For example, squeezing bubbly plastic, who doesn't like that sound?! Or your skin that wrinkles when your a in bath for too long, which is awful.

That kind of things which people doesn't really mention or talk about is what I adore about this movie. It's about the simple things in life that make you happy, like putting your spoon in a cremé brulee or looking at the sky, and in the end, ofcourse, it's all about love!

And ofcourse, for everyone a really happy, amazing, lovely 2009!

Lady in red

2008-11-21T16:48:00.002+01:00

Wearing: shirt; Zara, dress; River Island, jacket; hm, legging; WE

Busy

2008-11-02T15:33:00.003+01:00

Just an outfit picture 'cause I'm soooo busy at the moment!

Wearing: top: h&m, jeans, cardigan, gilet; Zara, shoes; Minnetonka

Exhibition

2008-10-24T16:59:00.006+02:00

Fall

Grief
Hope

Rain

Yesterday I went with some friends to The Hague for an exhibition from Erwin Olaf. This photographer is very succesfull and I am a big fan of his work.

His pictures are recognizable for their styled perfection but behind this perfection there is this atmosphere of sadness. Some photos look like paintings, very amazing.

In this exhibition there were four of his latest series, Rain, Hope, Grief and Fall.

This man is a genious.

Because I had an appointment later that day back in Amsterdam I walked back alone and made some pictures on my way to the central station. They were building there and the machines they used were looking if they came out of an earlier century. With a lot of noise and steam.

I'm always fascinated by (old) industry because of the shapes and size of these machines, buildings and so on.. Quite weird, I know ...

Clothes: dress (roxy), belt (h&m), fake fur little coat (?), cardigan (zipper), panty (hema), shoes (sascha), bag (thailand)

Modelhouse

2008-10-13T20:18:00.006+02:00

House of model Daria Werbowy by Derek Kettela

I really like the athmosphere of Daria's house. So much light and space, filled with vintage furniture and memories of her journeys, shows and shoots.

And she can draw amazing!

Fashion love*

2008-10-06T00:41:00.005+02:00

This is why I love fashion.. These six designers just blowed me away.

The exotic, strong dresses from Alexander Mcqueen with amazing structures and shapes.

Balmain made the perfect combination of being a sweet girl with a tough and independent side. Best of both worlds.. Love the jeans and the blazers.

Chloé's pastel colors and high waisted skirts and trousers are so feminine and strong. I really liked the black jumpsuit.

Shame on me but I had never heard of Collette Dinnigan before but with this collection I'm not afraid I'll forget her. Her dresses were soo beautiful, the girly flowers and butterflies and the edgy short black dresses with studs totally rock.

Mister John Galliano did it again, his collection looked like a modern Marie Antoinette.
Absolutely adore the bright, candy looking colors.

And then Narciso Rodriquez, lots of black and white ensembles, amazing blazers, dresses and leggings. I loved the shapes and lining, so strong and fierce.

Yeah, fashion makes me happy :)

*Click to enlarge

Miss Irina

2008-10-03T14:41:00.005+02:00

Irina Lazareanu by Chris Craymer

I absolutely adore (these pictures of) Irina Lazareanu, she's not just gorgoues but she also has a really strong personality and at the same time their is something childish around her.

She really belong to one of my favourite models.

Who's your favourite model?

Shoot

2008-09-25T20:35:00.000+02:00

Vice

Code
Blend

(Model: 3x Sanne)

These pictures I made for an assignment I had to make for school.
We had to style the white shirt for three different magazines with the same target group.
I choose the Vice, Code and Blend and photographed my friend Sanne in three different scenes.
When we had to show our work this week, almost everybody in my class came up with shopping pages so I didn't know if the teacher would except my work.
But when I showed my pictures she was very satisfied about it. She told us we had to chose a person who did the best job and I couldn't believe it but I won!
Best of all, my teacher (which I really look up to 'cause she work(ed) for Nike, Levi and so on) agreed I deserved to win!
I was really happy because my dream is to become a (fashion) photographer or a fashion editor. I still now that's really hard but things like this keep me motivated to hopefully reach my goal!

PS. The price was a celebration box..yummy!

My work

2008-09-19T17:37:00.000+02:00

Title: 'Lentekriebels' (meaning: exciting for spring)

Title: 'Skysearching'

These are two of my works which can be buyed on an online gallery; http://www.fraaai.nl/ .
It al started last year when I sent the first picture to a newspaper (Nrc next.) which has an photo column called 'click', which you can send photo's to if it's fit with the theme.

That week the subject was: 'this can be in the museum'. I send the first picture and the next week I was on a vacation but my roomy send me an sms with the lines:'your picture is in the Nrc next'. It was such a great feeling!

A few weeks after the owner of fraaai.nl approached me and she asked if I had more work and I send both pictures to her. Now the site is online for a couple of weeks so I'm really curious if someone (except for my parents hihi) will buy it..I'm afraid not because I can't imagine somebody buying mý work.. But .. nobody can take away the fact that my work is in this gallery!

Sweet memories

2008-09-18T12:19:00.000+02:00

The past few weeks I was really busy so I didn't had any time to blog. School has started again but most of my time has gone to become a member of a student society. It was quite heavy but definately worth it.

It's september now and it's allready getting colder.. Luckly I've had great holidays and I have plenty of pictures which remind me of a lovely summer.

With four girls we went to Corsica and discovered this beautiful island. So when I see pictures of this journey I get an instant warm-up!

Wearing: top and shorts: River Island, flip-flops: havianas, head: shop Italy

Bella Italia

2008-08-06T12:52:00.000+02:00

Last week I joined my parents who were in Italy for one week. We've had a lovely time.

We visit old villages, went to the beach, eat at our adorable appartment in the mountains and ofcourse I did some shopping with my mum.

I've got plenty of pictures, so I guess I'll post a couple of blogs about last week.

Wearing: Dress: Zara, belt: h&m, scarf: market (Thailand), flip-flops: Havianas

Fall in love with the ...

2008-07-26T11:47:00.000+02:00

I was so busy last week with working and going out and stuff that I wasn't able to blog..

But I really want to show my new shoes which I totally adore. I bought them last sunday and actually I was only seeking for the flat ones, but when I stepped in the River Island and saw there was a huge discount on their shoes I could not hold myself from buying more..

So I bought these trés chique, light brown heels which have this french attitude and are great under my new white hotpants with golden accents and a blue/white striped shirt to complete the sailor look :).

Then my eye fell on a messy corner where I saw the shoe I hoped finding. In my head I was thinking of black gladiator heels but when I saw these purple ones I thought these where even better. So I bought two pair of heels for the best price ever.

But when I had the heels I knew I still wanted the flat, boyish shoes I've had seen at Sacha so I went their and there was just one left over in my size which I bought immediately..

I still can't believe I bought three pair of shoes I really adore in one day for such a good price.

Tomorrow I finally go on holiday to Italy for one week so I'll be able to wear all my summer dresses, hot pants and ofcourse my new shoes and worship the Italian sun.

I believe in miracles

2008-07-19T19:00:00.000+02:00

I'm kind of tired because I partied and worked a lot last week, besides that I'm feeling a couple of butterflies in my belly which make me in a dreamy mood today.

In the Voque (UK) I saw this adorable shoot with Agyness Deyn photographed by Tim Walker.

It's about dreaming of home and the country side. Though I'm very, véry happy living in Amsterdam for one year now I did grew up in a small village. I had a lovely childhood untill I became a teenager and wanted to break out as soon as possible haha.

But last week I was at my parents house because of a big event in a city near by and I've had a great time.. Home sweet home !

Outfitl; top: Vila, cardigan: H&M

Drops and Dolls

2008-07-18T13:09:00.000+02:00

It should be summer, but it's cold and it's raining for days now. Can't wear my summerdresses like the way I want them to wear and I can forget about getting a tan untill I go on vacation next week..

Really looking forward to the Italian sun !

After going to Italy with my parents, I'm going to Corsica (France) with friends so I'm sure the summerspirit will reach me after all.

I also would love to go to London, not only for shopping but especially to see my Dutch heroes, Viktor and Rolf, who have a wonderfull exhibition in the Barbican Art Gallery.

In 'The House of Viktor and Rolf' they show amazing dolls wearing a selection of their creations from the last 15 years. Just visit the website http://www.viktor-rolf.com/ and you'll see the magic happens!

For now I'll leave you with a picture of the outfit I wore yesterday..

Most of the time, I'm the one who's making pictures so I'm not really good at taking poses as you can see..

Brand New

2008-07-17T12:28:00.000+02:00

This is my first blog ever if I don't count my travelblog from a year ago.
I study Fashion & Branding now for one year and although it's tough sometimes, I l.o.v.e it! Other things I like are photography, art, (fashion)Magazines, travelling, music and so on..
Here I'll post things which inspiring me or what I've seen, read etc.
Maybe I'll post some outfit pictures as well ..
Apologize for my English, I'm a Dutchy so I'm sure I'll make mistakes in my writing.