smells like grunge spirit..

although it should have been on my bookshelf years ago already, it was only recently that i got myself michael lavine's photography book called 'grunge'. as the go-to photographer for the preeminent grunge label sub pop, michael lavine brings a selection of pictures of all the bands from the so called grunge era, and also some seattle street style photos before street style even existed.. with the legendary thurston moore's comments included, this book is an ode to the movement which after the hippies in the sixties and punks in the seventies left a permanent trace in music and subculture history. a must-have literature piece for all the grunge kids who were 'so uncool they were beyond cool', as thurston would say. <3

dirty dancing..

listening to noel gallagher's high flying birds and contemplating over this pictures rather than over something i'm supposed to..it's barely the middle of the week and all i'm thinking about is going dancing with the girls this weekend..

karlie kloss shot by hedi slimane for this years vogue japan february issue..

since i've been loving you..

my unconditional love for flare jeans started years and years ago when i inherited my mums levi's model from the seventies.. unfortunately they don't fit me anymore, but i've replaced them with the number of others over the years. at one point i even had more flares in my closet than all other jeans and trousers combined. whether they're dark or light, whether kate, emmanuelle or geraldine are wearing them, whether they are a top trend or last winter's snow, they'll always be one of the key pieces in my wardrobe.

i now walk into the wild..

after years of yearning for them, i finally got myself a pair of minnetonka boots recently..and i'm afraid i'm not going to stop at this one pair. i was just talking to one of my girlfriends, a proud owner of a few minnetonkas already, about how interesting it is that a local retailer used to carry them, but they were around for only a single season..the minnetonka trend obviously couldn't find its way through the invasion of uggs. and timberlands. and hunters. whatever the reason might be, it's better for us both.