FIRST TIME COS

There is always a first time. I've entered COS maybe about 5 times in my entire life and each time I was fascinated by their pieces, their cuts and their unique use of different (weird!) materials. Never though could I motivate myself to actually buy the pieces, because I wasn't entirely confident I'd actually wear them. Being fascinated by something as one thing. Letting your fascination hang at the back of your closet is a complete waste of money. I couldn't help but notice how much H&M Trend reminds me of COS. Anyway I picked up a dress from the sale for tomorrow night's Young Designer Talent Showcase. Perfect Dress: mission accomplished. I'm pretty excited because I don't exactly know what to expect. And because I get to wear the dress out :D
You'll have to wait and see the dress tomorrow ;)

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Es gibt immer ein erstes Mal. Ich bin bei COS vielleicht 5 mal in meinem ganzen Leben gewesen und jedes Mal war ich fasziniert von deren Teile, deren Schnitte und deren einzigartige Verwendung von den verschiedensten (komischen!) Materialen. Ich konnte mich jedoch nie dazu motivieren etwas tatsächlich zu kaufen, da ich mir nie wirklich sicher war, dass ich es auch eigentlich tragen würde. Von etwas fasziniert zu sein ist eine Sache. Die Faszination in der hintersten Ecke des Schrankes hängen zu lassen ist eine komplette Geldverschwendung. Immer wieder fällt mir auf wie sehr mir H&M Trend an COS erinnert.
Jedenfalls habe ich heute eine Kleid aus dem Sale gekauft für das morgige Young Talents Showcase. Perfektes Kleid finden: abgehakt. Ich bin doch recht aufgeregt, da ich nicht weiß, was mich erwartet. Und weil ich mein Kleid ausführen kann :D
Ihr müsst auf morgen gespannt sein und das Kleid zu sehen ;)

Love Lois xxx

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MY PICKS VERSACE FOR H&M

Versace for H&M
So Versace's collection for H&M is hitting the stores tomorrow and I can't be more excited. Actually I haven't been a huge fan of the collection in the aspect of 'would I wear it?'. But I loved it immediately in the sense of 'inspiration genius' and if I'm completely honest, I didn't trust this collection to make it beyond  magazine issues (or blogger's inspiration or "I Love..." posts) and onto the streets. In other words: Versace for H&M's collection was a mere editorial collection in my eyes. So I was all the more surprised when I clicked through the single pieces and found myself saving almost all the pieces to my folder - no not my inspiration folder! - but my 'Favorite picks from Versace for H&M' folder with the thought of 'would I wear it?' at the back of my mind. And seriously? I would.
Judging from my collage above Versace for H&M's collection looks rather black and full of studs (looove it!) as opposed to the crazy colorful impression we've gotten from the pictures floating online. Definitely not digging those pieces!

My favorite pieces are definitely the accessories: bracelets, rings and necklaces. But I really love that bomber jacket and I believe it can be dressed down to be completely rad! Dressed completely black, this would be an amazing highlight! And I'm pretty much in love with the studded leather jacket...LUV!

Yes, I do recall saying I couldn't wait for the collection to hit the stores far before I saw the single pieces and when we were all being bombarded with colorful slightly terrifying images of the collection. That was because seeing a collection is one thing, but getting to touch it and feel it, being able to have a closer look or even try it on is simply another thing.

I think no collection has been so polarizing as this one - the one half loves it, adores it and wants it and the other completely loathes it. I find myself somewhere in the middle, I love it but I wouldn't even dare think about wearing all of it in my slightest of dreams.
I don't think I will be rushing to the stores tomorrow; for one: I'm completely broke as whatever and second: I'm not digging the thought of fashion crazy people trampling over me in H&M just to get their hands on one Versace for H&M piece.

Night my fellow readers, sleep tight. I still have to prepare for my German exam tomorrow. Wish me luck! Oh and let me know what YOU think about this collection! :)

Love Lois xxx

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SUNDAY AFTERNOON PLAYLIST (6)

via google, edited myself

Unfortunately there's no animated iPod today. All my songs I've chosen for the playlist can't be played with mixpod, because all have denied embedding, on youtube! All! Every single version of the songs. So annoying! And mixpod works only with songs/videos from youtube. :(

So I have decided now, not to do it at all.

But I’m  feeling so M.I.A today. No not Missing In  Action but bad ass chick M. I. A. Papers and planes…Slumdog Millionaire? You know who I am talking about.

But you can check out two songs that were supposed to appear today:

Come Around - MIA feat Timbaland

Paper Planes - MIA

This is some crazy shit.

I’ve noticed, someone hit the L is for LOVE button :) Thank you someone! Once again, I’m reminding you to feel free to hit the L is for Love or L is for Like button :) And go ahead and comment my blog. You make my day!

And also, I have my first follower on bloglovin!!! Thank you Valentina. Big kiss from me :)

t e e t h a r e j a d e have featured me on their blog roll! I feel so blessed. Thank you guys so much. I don’t need to say that you must check out their blog. If you haven’t then what are you waiting for?

I’ve noticed that some of my post have no content or are not complete! I’m really sorry about that. I don’t know why it’s like that, but all I can say is that that is crap. You waiting for my highly anticipated post just to get nothing. JK. Highly anticipated? Who do I think I am? xP. No, but I want to make it up to my little readers. You are not many, but each and every one of you is precious (Note: I’m being serious). And I’ve reposted  them (like my Photobook 2010). So have a look.

And the Burlesque Post finally has the pictures of the goody bag.

Mwah my fellas:)

Hmm mwah is kinda.. aah whatever! Just imaging me giving you a big fat happy kiss on the cheek :) Be blessed. Have a nice Sunday and a beautiful new week!

Don’t know why I’m being so happy go lucky, all I know is I’m feeling good :)

Lois xxx

POTD: CLASH OF CULTURES I KULTUREN CLASH

Ghanaian in the City

Top and slate: sown for me by my unties seamstress/ Top und slate: ´hat meine Tante für mich nähen lassen

Ph.: Claire

This year in Art we had to make a self-portrait using an attribute (my attire) that supports our statement and the above is what I came up with. I took the picture a few months ago.  It was fun making this picture although I was freezing, (the German weather has suddenly changed to abnormally cold-.-) and at first I was shy to remove my jacket and reveal my attire. I was born in Berlin, Germany and must say I didn’t really grow up according to my roots. We do eat Ghanaian and African food at home, sometimes, my brother and I don’t really like it x) But there is some we do :) Until last summer we had never been home, unfortunately plane tickets are as good as unaffordable for us. Well my mom and I went back for a year, but I was just 1 year old, too young to remember anything. It was amazing to meet my family (honestly my family is like an entire population, we are so many! - mind you I didn’t even meet all of them yet) and learning where you come from.

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Dieses Jahr müssten wir im Kunst Leistungskurs als einer unser ersten Projekte ein Selbstportrait machen mit einem Attribut, dass unsere Aussage unterstützt. Das Bild ist vor einigen Monaten entstanden. Es hat Spaß gemacht dieses Photo zumachen, obwohl ich gefroren habe (das Wetter ist plötzlich abnormal kalt geworden -.-) und zuerst war ich schüchtern meine Jacke auszuziehen und meine Kleidung zu zeigen. Ich wurde in Berlin geboren und muss sagen ich bin nicht wirklich meinen Wurzeln nach aufgewachsen. Wir essen schon Ghanaisches  und Afrikanisches Essen zu Hause, manchmal, mein Bruder und ich mögen es nicht besonders x) Aber es gibt manches, dass wir mögen :) Bis letzten Sommer sind wir noch nie in Ghana gewesen, denn leider können wir uns die Flugticktes so gut wie nicht leisten. Naja, meine Mama und ich sind für ein Jahr nach Ghana gezogen, aber ich war nur ein Jahr alt, zu jung um mich an irgendetwas zu erinnern. Es war toll meine Familie kennen zu lernen (ohne scheiß meine Familie ist wie eine ganze Population, wir sind so viele! Und ich hab noch nicht mal alle getroffen!!) und zu lernen wo ich her komme.

Lois xxx

THANK YOU SANTA :)

I had a nice Christmas with lots of present and nice family evening. We celebrate Christmas the English way. I go to an European school, it's bilingual for English- German, so most of my friends celebrate on the 25th too. We go to church on Christmas eve and celebrate with our church with a Christmas dinner and performances after the church service. Presents are not opened till 25th morning. Then we have a little family time until we have a annual "surprise" party for my dad's birthday. (Yes, he is a Christmas child :) ) It's more like a tradition than surprise now. In fact it failed since "Surprise Party 1" and we have reached "Surprise Party 4" now. Haha. We always have (the same) family friends over. We are three families and it's always a full house. Then come dinner, cake and more presents... Yep, that's pretty much our traditions.

001♥ I got this lace pullover, red striped top, two shirts, lace body and green military jacket from my parents. I'll show you in OOTDs soon what they look like. And I got a lovely red coat for winter too. I really really love it. I'll show you that too soon.

002♥ My friend gave me a striped bandeau top and an eyeliner from Manhattan. I'm in love with the eyeliner because it has glittery particles in it. But not too much! She actually could have given me anything, I would have loved it. I like it when friends give each other presents. For me it's not about the present, but the fact that you give and think about others besides your family you really love too on Christmas. Evens if it's something small. I actually didn't spend more than 2€(!) on every friend this year. But I got lovely presents. I think it's partly due to the major sales every this year. I got everyone a nail polish (besides the 13 I bought for myself haha :D ) in their color plus a purse 1€ (H&M)/ sunglasses 1€ (New Yorker) / armband (I brought from Ghana) / packet of chocolate.

003♥ Bubble bath I got from my other friend in purple. My favourite colour.

004♥ Bathing set White Tea from my godmother. It includes a bath&shower Gel, hand cream, body lotion and a white sponge. Good thing there is a hand cream. My hands always get to dry, especially in winter.

005♥ Armbands from our family friends. I actually really like the look of them.

006♥ Everything from my little brother :) A book, two P2 Nail polishes, a little purse and a jaguar ring! I've turned the blank page book into my diary/ black book kinda thing that I named the Thinking Book... I really love that ring. I really fits to the nail polish I'm wearing (here). That nail polish looks good with gold jewelry. I actually tried out the new polish on my pointer finger. Notice that that finger is a little glittery? ;)

007♥ Chocolate. You always get chocolate on Christmas :)

008♥ We played a little Family Scrabble in our family time.

009♥ Our little Christmas tree. Can't believe that thing used to be way bigger than me. We don't have money to buy a new tree every year, so we have kept that tree for years now. And over the years my brother and I have grown taller than it. The tip was so long that my brother decided to twist it into a star. Haha :D Clever idea though. Our usual Christmas Tree Top Star is missing.

Like I said a had a nice Christmas. Hope you had one too.


Lots of Christmassy Love
Lois xxx