I'm dreaming of those days...

Welcome Mr. Porter

Finally! The award-winning website NET-A-PORTER will be extended for our loved ones. In style of a fashion magazine, they offer the style-savvy customer excatly what she (or he!) wants: unprecedented access to the hottest looks of the season from international cutting-edge labels via worldwide express delivery.

Next month NET-A-PORTER will launch this stylish retail destination for men: MR PORTER. This will make shopping easy for men - and shopping for men easy.

Wannahave

These oldskool palladiums are definitely on my wish list for this winter. Since we have to survive snowstorms and blizzards, we need to be well prepared. Palladiums are the more tougher version of UGG boots. Probably less warm, but more steady on ice. And more elegant!

Fashion Photo Flash

I totally love this photography from Koray Birand. This shoot just came in, and I just can't stop looking at it...

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

This is the X-mas-E-card I received from Spice PR. I Love. It.

New Fashion Insider

After Nikkie Plessen, Kim Feenstra, Thijs Willekes, Bastiaan van Schaik, Danie Bles, Cécile Narinx, Antoine Peters, Mada van Gaans, Victoria Koblenko, Quinty Trustfull, Joline Jolink, Bibi van der Velden and Django Steenbakker, I've been asked to share my favourites with the readers of ILoveFashionNews. Huh? Yeah, I know... Check out my complete interview at:

http://www.ilovefashionnews.nl/2010/12/20/new-fashion-insider-malu-kirschbaum/

F*** the Gallery

If you're looking for something special and you have - let's say - 10.000 euro on your bank account, go the F* the Gallery to spend it! They work with young talent, renowned artists and renowned galleries around the world and can thereby also examine or mediate in work of artists within their collective. I already picked my favourite! If you don't have the money - like me - use it for inspiration to create your own art.

http://www.fthegallery.com/

Love the look

Jessica Hart is wearing my favourite weekend outfit: black skinny jeans, biker boots, army parka, leopard scarf and nerdy glasses. TGI friday!

Some colour to brighten up your day

The weather is depressing. The days are very dark so the nights should be fabulous! Check out the new magazine of net-a-porter to get inspired and add some colour to your wardrobe.

http://www.net-a-porter.com/magazine

Raise your hand

Gavelers auctioneers will organise a Winter Sale on Tuesday the 14th of December at the Hilton Hotel Amsterdam. Check their online catalogue on http://www.gavelers.com/.

Spectacular Opening H&M @ Damsquare

With an impressive 3D light show H&M opened their Dutch flagship store for the press in the magnificent monumental building on Dam Square. This exciting new store is the first H&M store in the Netherlands to feature the Home concept. And with six floors of shopping, customers can also enjoy an extensive range of fashion and accessories for women, men and kids. On the 25th of November the store will be open for public.
If you want to see the video of the opening, click here.

Lindbergh in Berlin

Powerful and fragile, straightforward and playful, emancipated and sensual – Peter Lindbergh's photographs are far more than artistic, coolly remote fashion photographs. His melancholy, unembellished photographs of mostly female models reveal, behind the artificial styling and makeup, an intimate glimpse of their inner essence.

To 9 January 2011: Peter Lindberg . On Street @ C/O Berlin Museum of Photography. Oranienburger Str 35/36 . 10117 Berlin

Fashion Fabric

New: DeLuxe @ NRC

For DeLuxe magazine - a special for NRC that will appear this Saturday for the first time - I interviewed Lucas Ossendrijver, Dutch-born men's wear designer of Lanvin. DeLuxe has a circulation of 310.000 copies an 804.000 readers in The Netherlands. How cool!

Sneak Preview!

For the Anniversary Issue of Miljonair I asked six well-known fashion designers to create a haute couture dress that is inspired by our magazine. So let's say: glamour, luxury, femininity, red carpet, elegance and abundance. The result will be featured in the 49th issue of the magazine and will be launched at the Miljonair Fair in Amsterdam (December 9). Until that day: please enjoy my sneak preview/behind the scenes images!

I'm back...

Setting priorities in life is all about separating things which are important from things that do not hold much significance. Well, it's exactly one month ago that I posted my last blog entry and that's not without a reason. For the last 4 weeks I was stuck at my office desk, working loads of after office hours an doubled my productivity. Anyway, I neglegted my blog! But... the good news is: We passed the deadline and I'm back! :)

L'Amour Fou

It’s been two years since the Godfather of French Couture passed away. But Yves Saint Laurent will never –ever- be forgotten. He left the world a new shape of fashion: Peacoats, safari jackets, trench coats and smoking jackets for women. But most importantly: modern womenswear. As he put it, "My small job as a couturier is to make clothes that reflect our times. I'm convinced women want to wear pants."

Today the documentary about the love story between Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé kicks off in Dutch cinemas. Last Tuesday I attended the premiere and I was totally impressed and inspired by the story of this legend. Pierre Bergé talks about hope, dreams, success, beauty, art, friendship, drugs, travel, sadness and creation. If you love fashion, this docu-movie is a must-see!

124 Fashion Illustrations

More news from our favourite Fashion Illustrator Piet Paris! Yesterday he presented a book with 124 fashion illustrations (wannahave!), a serie of 10 postage stamps for STOP AIDS Now (wannabuy!) and a sales exhibition (wannasee!). All this whoopee took place at the Hirschgebouw at the Leidseplein. Do you want to buy, have and see too? Till October 29 you can go there and feed yourself. For free!

OWAP

And this is how I look like tomorrow at OWAP XL. Sort of.

The Original Warehouse Acid Party is the younger but bigger brother of OHAF (Oud Hollands Acid Feest) and won't be so exclusive as his lil' bro. Anyhow, this party will rock your socks with Danny Rampling, Tyree Cooper, Joost van Bellen and DJ Remy at the Gashouder. Dresscode: acidstyle, colourful psychedelic and fluorescent wild. And don't forget to bring whistles, blow horns, sweat gear and flashing lights!

There are still tickets available at http://www.meubelstukken.nl/