Hollywood magic and blogsale

This is what I wore to the blogsale. Antwerp Fashion Night was upon us and my sis and some fellow Belgian bloggers held a sale to make some space in their closets for the next year or so, until the next closetsale. :-D The event was sponsered by Tao energy drinks and Patty Cake cupcakes (loved both, am now seriously craving the Tao drinks) and it was great fun! A week before the sale me and my mom helped my sister with sorting through and tagging all of her clothes (and I got to steal/buy some clothes off of her, of course), which was cool and strange. Suddenly I came across sweaters I used to steal from her when I was thirteen. We found a gray leopard print cardigan we both bought six years or so ago at H&M. I remembered it so distinctly because one of us bought it first and the other one kept stealing it so eventually we just had to buy another one too. I practically lived in that thing back then. But that's food for another post in which I will be feauturing the aforementioned cardigan. I think I can squeeze a post about time passing and personal changes out of that cardi.

Back to the closetsale! Lots of fashionistas came by and bought gorgeous stuff from the bloggers and I got to meet so many cool people! I got lots of comments on my blonde hair and people saying "AHH, you're Annebeth's sister! I've seen SO MANY PICTURES of you on her blog!" and everytime they said that I got a little fuzzy inside, thinking that I'm so grateful for having such an awesome relationship with my big sis. Which will also be another blogpost. Super sweet Sabina gave me some gorgeous clothes too (I have 50 euros with your name on it!), the night was just great and productive, growing-clothingcollection wise. And we sneakily ate the best sushi ever when the sale was going a little slower. It was good.

These pictures my sister took of me are just pure perfection. The way my dress moves in the wind, the way the warm colors of the dress and the wall behind me work together, it's just awesomeness. I call it "hollywood magic". :-D

the awesome bloggers on our floor:

Kim, Sabina, my sis, Krizia, Kim and yours truly.

SNAX

adorbs picture!

if you'd like to see more pictures of the event you can check my sister's blogpost. I had a great time!

Catch you 'gators on the flip side, later! :-D

Slightly insane

Yes, this outfit is slightly insane. It's also definitelty one of the best outfits I've come up with in the last couple of weeks. Though, to be completely honest, I have been on a kind of creative roll. Maybe it's the blonde hair, maybe it's the way my photography course forces me to use my brain in a creative way at least once a week, I dunno. All I know is that I'm feeling pretty good and that I'm enjoying picking out my outfit in the morning. Having lots of clothes and a creative mind is just pure fun. When I don't have the time to draw, paint or take pictures I can at least choose an amazingly awesome outfit and have the momster take my pictures! I've had a pretty chill weekend, started reading a new book (Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb), started replaying Spirit Tracks now that my sweet nephews let me borrow their DS and took lots of pictures for my photography course. We get assignments every week or so and this weeks assignment is "still life". How to completely create your own picture. Subject, lighting, composition, the whole shabang. My "comfort zone" when it comes to photography is nature and macro stuff so that's a lot more "seeing and capturing" than actually completely creating your own picture. It's good to get the ol' brain going and try something different. I'm enjoying it so much! It's SO GOOD to finally have some good stuff going. My outfits might be slightly insane but my life is finally coming around to the "normal" side.

shirt: T2 Vintage
see through tanktop: secondhand
leggings: thrifted
boots: torfs
belt: secondhand
leather jacket: Zara
lipstick and earrings: Hema

This tanktop is one of the many gorgeous things I got from Sabina! Having so much fun with my new stuff <3. I will soon be featuring a bright pink trench coat, also from Sabina. And BY GOD, you will love that coat. :-D

OH MY GAGA

I have no words for the greatness that is Lady Gaga. I have always liked her, loved the message of acceptance she preaches and thought her music was catchy. Her voice and paino skills are amazing. Her outfits are amaze-crazeballs. Even if you don't like her songs, you have to AT LEAST recognise that she's an amazing musician and performer. I particularly adore this version of "Poker face". Now, this all was more than enough reason to say "HELLZ TO THE YES" when my sister offered me some tickets to the Born This Way Ball, since she already bought her own and got some extras from skype. I can only tell you this: next time, Imma buy my own tickets.

Needless to say, I think, that the show was amazing. The set consisted of a BIG ASS castle where she, the musicians and the band danced around/in. You can see it here. Sadly, I didn't bring my camera because cameras were strictly forbidden and I don't have a compact camera I can sneakily stuff into my bra . I took a friend with me and she took a picture with her cellphone, which is also good! :-D Better than nothing! The fun already started with getting ready, helping/messing up my sister's make up and picking out my outfit. If I had a bit more time I would've tried making a faux hawk but no worries: as long as I have short hair I will definitely try out that faux hawk. I might give it a try this weekend. And I still won't guarantee you I won't ever go for a full on mohawk one day. ANYWAYS, going to a concert is always the time for me to go full on rocker. A Gaga concert means sexy rocker! You can't go to a Gaga concert and not show some skin, folks. This was the outfit of honor:

Yes, it looks like I have very, VERY tiny feet.

lace blouse: la redoute
skinny jeans and earrings: H&M
boots: torfs
belt: my dad's
bra: Marie Jo

crappy, but very appreciated! cellphone pictures from my friend:

putting my paw up!

A shot of the castle

The Darkness as supporting act


She had a cold and still did an amazing job with the singing. In times where Katy Perry is a succesful singer while she can barely sing live (no hating, just the truth!) it's refreshing to have an actual SINGER earn her living as a singer. I loved all of the songs, I screamed so hard during "Born this way", "Alejandro", "Americano", "Bad Romance"... OKAY just every song. It wasn't even on the edge of glory, it was full on glorious (see what I did there?). The best parts of the show, for me personally, were the parts where she talked to the audience. Somewhere in the first half hour of the show she gave some boring business men a tonguelashing for not standing up and having fun at her concert. If there's anything I hate at concerts, it's the party poopers. People who look at you like you're some crazy person when you dance around and yell out "GAGA I LOVE YOU" between songs. YES, I DO THAT SHIT. When at concerts, I go full on fangirl. And I love it. If you don't want to go crazy at a concert, don't come! There was a group of really tiny women next to me (like, TINY, they might've been 1.55m/5ft1 max) and they were giving me the stink eye everytime I showed some sort of enthousiasm. They were giving some serious stink eye the whole concert, basically. :-D One of the girls even sat down on the floor a couple of times. Sitting down. On the floor. At a concert. JUST. NO. And Gaga was right to give the boring men a tonguelashing. They had the best seats in the  errr, arena and they weren't even enjoying themselves. You can give me your tickets then, mate! They probably got tickets from the company they work for or something. HMPF.

In the later part of the show she noticed something: the first time people came to see her, they would dress up as her. Now, years later, they dress up as themselves. No more pretending to be someone else but just being who they are. If you have a message of praising individuality and acceptance, I don't think that there's anything more beautiful than this. Inspiring people to be themselves, to have the courage to dress, talk and walk however they want to. Lady Gaga, I salute you. Thank you for the wonderful night, giving us bad kids these days some solid ground and spreading the body positive message!

OH and The Darkness! Great supporting act. They were really good and the leadsinger is kind of adorbs! I had a great time! Thanks to my lovely sis, her awesome boyfriend and my great friend!