IOANA CIOLACU EXPERIENCE FROM BERLIN FASHION WEEK - BACKSTAGE+RUNWAY

Today I need to share an unpublished post with you. I don't know how I forgot to hit the publish button on this, especially because it's one of my favourite. It's about a very special designer, a designer I have been following and supporting since her beginning as a nominee for Designer of Tomorrow Award. Ioana Ciolacu won as deserved and has since come a long way. She returned to Berlin Fashion Week every time following her win as DfT and I visited every show. Her designs and fashion inspire me and I love following her and seeing how each season evolves. The Ioana Ciolacu show was one of my favorite experiences during fashion week. I visited her backstage with Phillip, talked to her as the tension minutes to the show built up. I took a closer look at the pieces that were ready to hit the runway just minutes after and watched as the make up artists created her runway makeup looks and got the models dressed and ready.
I watched the show from the runway as Phillip stayed backstage and experienced the entire spectacle from behind closed doors. He captured all the special moments for me, as I watched my favorite looks walk the runway. Enjoy the post! I love all the images!
Fashion week is coming up again next week and in honour of it returning I'm throwing it way back to last season. Let the rumble begin..

YOUTUBE: BEAUTY/FASHION PIECES FOR FALL

Hey guys!!

What's fall without a cozy knit, some overknee boots or bordeaux nails? It's been a while since I uploaded content to my Youtube Channel but I during Fashion Week I had the chance to be part of the #YoutubelovesFashion movement and met some really cool Youtubers, one of them being the lovely Eileena. We hit it of well and a collaboration was bound to happen sooner or later. If you have been stalking me on Snapchat(loisopoku) you already know it happened sooner.
So we filmed a two part fashion and beauty pieces/essentials/must-haves for the coming fall season and discussed our personal favourites. Enjoy some Sunday inspiration for fall. Have you guys updated your closets yet? What's your personal must-have for autumn? Let us know! Here on the blog in a comment below or on Youtube.
Also be sure to subscribe to my humble channel (it's free!) and make sure to visit Eileena's new blog and of course leave some love on both our videos and channels.

RESERVED

Stopped by the Reserved Showroom last week and picked out a few (too many!) pieces for my wardrobe. Can't thank Häberlein&Maurer enough for inviting me to choose some pieces. And I can't wait to style them up!
I already wore one of my hot pieces, the hot pink stunner, to Vogue Fashion Night Out but totally forgot to snap it. Boo me!
Anyway stay tuned for more looks :)

SHORT TRIP TO MUNICH WITH ADIDAS NEO

A little while back my favourite Adidas NEO team invited me to come brunch with them in Munich, hang out and have a look at the upcoming collection and what's new for Selena Gomez x Adidas NEO, which will be in stores next week.
The night before NEO treated us to some really good burgers (Hamburgerei, München goood!) reunited with my NEO girls, Anni and Chi. And we were joined by the rest of the Today Is girls and my baby girl Serah.
During brunch at Little Charlottchen München, I browsed through the new pieces and simply enjoyed the time with the team. NEO has some cute pieces coming up, also within the Selena Gomez x NEO collection, which we weren't allowed to show you guys yet. My favourite piece has to be the jacket with leather arms and wine red checked material (I tried it on below) that's perfect for fall.
We kinda all stayed a while until brunch turned to lunch, before it was time to catch my train and head back to Berlin.

MBFW BERLIN FASHION WEEK: DAY 4

Day 4 - Final Day - in all it's glory!

MBFW BERLIN FASHION WEEK: DAY 3

My Adventures from Day 3! Here we go...

MBFW BERLIN FASHION WEEK: DAY 1

Twice a year there is this week that revolves solely around fashion. And it's called fashion week. 4 wonderful hectic days filled with nothing but shows, presentations, openings, cocktail receptions, launches and parties all in the name of fashion. This season was yet again pretty crazy for me.
Day 1. Here we go!

THE SKYY SWAPPING SEASON PARTY

One of most exciting events of the year for me personally is the anual Skyy Swapping Party hosted by Designer Scouts probably because one of my very first personal invites came from them to their Sky Swapping Party. I felt very special opening that letter two years ago, okay? ^^ And also because the very first party left quite an impression filled with great memories on me. Unfortunately I missed last years party because of my hair !?!?! (#girlproblems..) So I was all the more excited to be there.

THINKING ABOUT SWIM WEAR

Yeah yeah I know it's still very early to be looking at bikinis or swimwear in general but I have been on the look out for them for a while now because I wanna pack a suitcase with cute bikinis for my Abifahrt (which is like a final class trip after the A levels have been completed except the whole year is going instead of a single class) and partly because looking good in a bikini has been my driving motivation for attending gym. Bikini browsing = finding cute bikinis = all the more reason to hit the gym.

To be honest Esprit hasn't been on my mind ever since the invitation to the store opening at Friedrichstraße that I unfortunately couldn't attend because I was out of town. And since then I never found time to visit the store. But being on the look out for good swimwear I like looking at different places. After a little incentive I directed my attention to Esprit. I must say I'm a little surprised I don't shop at Esprit more often, you know, at least for a few key pieces. I'm loving the entire swimwear collection by Esprit. Esprit's swim & beach 2013 collection has great pieces.
Although I'm personally not a big fan of swimsuits one of my favourite pieces from this collection is the black and white swimsuit. It looks so elegant. But I'm also loving the sixities inspired high waisted bikini set. I think the collection is mix of elegant and fun because of the polka dots, mixed with few print and floral pieces.



My top 3 pieces have to be:

pictures via  Esprit

I think I'm going to buy the white bikini with the pink wave print on it...kinda in love

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Love Lois xxx

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GALERIE LAFAYETTE FASHION SHOW PRINTEMPS / ÉTÉ 2013

I never told you about my very first night a Lafayette. It was pretty magical and ever since then the Galerie Lafayette holds a special place in my memory. Maybe one day I'll come around and talk to you about it, but unfortunately my friend deleted all the pictures from that night.
Anyway about 3 weeks ago Galerie Lafayette invited me for their Printemps/ Été 2013 fashion show inside the Galerie Lafayette. It was a great show and it amazes me every time how such a department store can turn into such a fascinating location for a runway.

BERLIN FASHION WEEK A/W 13 INSTA IMPRESSIONS

Fashion Week is over. I enjoyed 4 (5 actually..) really great days with amazing shows, nice after show parties and events, catching up with my amazing people and meeting new ones of course. Can't wait to show you the pictures from all my days and the shows. Can't wait to share the experience with you. But for now, here is a little impression of what my days were like.

Have a great weekend!

PS.: I uploaded the pictures from my phone to my computer.  My iPhone wouldn't let me upload the pictures to my instagram account because of internet problems I have been facing the last couple of weeks. Though as soon as my phone reconnects by itself they'll upload automatically. So don't be confused!

Anyway fashion week is over. Was a great week and I enjoyed it a lot.

Love Lois xxx

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PRIMARK A/W 2012

First thing about Primark's autumn/winter collection: it's great!
I was surprised how fashionable Primark has gotten and how it's keeping up to trend.
Primark is launching 5 collection coming up this autumn/winter with inspiration taken from street style but also bigger designers such as Chloé or Alexander McQueen.

PASTELS

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Elie Saab Haute Couture spring 12 - Backstage

Forget color blocking. Forget bold colors. This seasons runways are all about pastel colors. Seems like everybody is into Cotton Candy and tired of neon or anything bright after a season that cried and practically screamed for colors. Color blocking is so last season! (*cough* That doesn't mean it will prevent me from wearing color or strutting the color blocking style if I want to.)
Feels like candy land!
Put on your pink tinted glasses and let fashion take you to the candy shop...dut dut. Maybe it'll let you lick the lollipop...

Love Lois xxx

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VISITING THE ZALANDO POP UP STORE

Sunday afternoon I paid a visit to the Zalando Pop Up Store. What I noticed immediately (next to the delicious scent of crépes creeping up my nose, that reminded my stomach suddenly had lots of space for those French ultra thin version of pancakes and the quirky store design, I thought was totally adorable) was the color palette of this seasons Zalando Collection.
Pastels and neon accents.1like!

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Sonntagnachmittag besuchte ich den Zalando Pop Up Store. Was mir sofort beim betreten des Stores auffiel (außer dem leckeren Geruch von Crépes, der meine Nase hoch kroch, und meinen Bauch daran erinnerte, dass er plötzlich ganz viel Platz für diese französische ultra dünne Version des Pfannkuchen hatte und dem quirky Store Design, dass ich total süß fand) war die Farbpalette der diesjährigen Zalando Collection.
Pasteltöne und neonfarbende Akzente. I like!

SHEAR CLEAR

via studdedhearts

OH MY!
I need a blouse as sheer as that. A bra as simple as that. Simple straps as delicate that. Paired with black pants as those.
Copy-Paste-Love. THE ROW <3

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OH MY!
Ich brauche eine Bluse so durchsichtig wie diese. Einen BH so simpel wie dieser. Träger so delikat wieder diese. In Kombination mit einer Hose wie diese.
Copy-Paste-Liebe. THE ROW <3



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MARNI FOR H&M - THE COLLECTION AND MY FAVOURITES

In loooooove! I'm not gonna lie to you, I was definitely anticipating more sneak peaks at H&M's Marni collaboration the closer it got to the releasing date, but I certainly wasn't expecting to like it this much. I was more on the look out for the accessoires, especially the necklaces. And they did not let me down, although these are not the usual Marni necklaces as I was expecting.

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Verlieeeeebbt! Ich werde euch nicht anlügen, ich habe schon heiß darauf gewartet, ein paar Blicke auf H&M's Marni Kollaboration zu erhaschen, um so näher es dem Erscheinungsdatum kam, aber ich habe sicherlich nicht erwartet die Kollektion so sehr zu mögen. Besonders weil ich es eh nur auf die Accesoires abgesehen hatte, vor allem die Ketten. Und ich bin nicht enttäuscht, auch wenn es nicht die Marni Ketten sind, die ich erwartet hatte.

CREAM PERFECTION

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Totally inspired right this minute by cream, bum bags and black simple strappy heels. Those shoes are by Zara. I should save up for those, because in my eyes they are timeless - pure simple perfection.
If bum bags (what a ridiculous name?!?) would have always looked this glamourous as opposed to this, I would have never said that bum bags are the ugliest piece of crap on planet. This is the way to wear it I'd wear it!
Then again The Row did managed to change my attitude towards backpacks AND even that I would fall in love with a backpack. Well, not any backpacks, this one to be exact. The best thing, I always thought, was ridding myself from much hated backpacks (4YOU remember those?? HAHA) during my transition from primary school to high school.
Who knew I'd actually like a backpack. Well here I am actually loving a bum bag. I shouldn't be too surprised. Cheers to The Row, mesdames Mary Kate and Ashley & cream combined with the simplicity of black strappy heels.

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Total inspiriert jetzt genau von der Farbe creme, Bauchtaschen und schwarze simpele Strappy Heels. Diese Schuhe sind von Zara. Ich sollte für die sparen, denn in meinen Augen sind sie zeitlos - pure simpele Perfektion.
Hätten Bauchtaschen immer so glamorös ausgesehen im Gegensatz zu dies, hätte ich nie gesagt, dass Bauchtaschen die hässlichste Scheiße der Welt ist. So sollte man würde ich sie tragen!
Dann wiederum hat The Row es auch geschafft meine Einstellung gegenüber Rucksäcken zu ändern UND sogar, dass ich mich in Rucksäcke verliebe. Naja, nicht irgendwelche Rucksäcke, dieser um präzise zu sein. Das Beste, dachte ich immer, war, dass ich mich von den so gehassten Rucksäcken (4YOU kennt ihr die noch?? HAHA) trennen konnte, während meines Umstiegs von Grundschule zur Oberschule.
Wer hätte gedacht, dass ich einen Rucksack irgendwann wieder mögen würde. Nun ja, hier stehe ich und liebe eine Bauchtasche. Ich sollte nicht so überrascht sein. Cheers to The Row, mesdames Mary Kate und Ashley & creme in Kombination mit der Schlichtheit von schwarzen Strappy Heels.


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BLEND AND ICHI SHOWS AND FQ1924 LAUNCH

This presentation by the three danish labels Blend, Ichi and FQ1924 was different from most shows, because it wasn't only a fashion show, but studio too. You had the chance to get a closer look at the pieces from Blend, Ichi and FQ1924 before and after the actual runway show, as they were exhibited in the lobby.
The event took place at the Ellington Hotel.

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Anders als die meisten Shows war diese Presentation der drei dänischen Labels Blend, Ichi und FQ1924. Denn diese Presentation war nicht nur Fashion Show sondern auch Studio zu gleich. Man konnte sich die Mode von Blend, Ichi und FQ1924 vor und nach der Show genauer anschauen, da diese im Saal ausgestellt wurde.
Das ganze fand im des Saal des Hotel Ellington statt.

COLORED FUR

The Row A/W 2011

One of my it pieces for this winter are colored fur coats. I'm pretty much in love with the idea of a colored fur coat, because not only does it look very chic, but it actually keeps you warm. Plus points for the purpose.

STYLE IDEAS I LEO PRINT CHUBBY

Style Ideas: Leo Print Chubby by lisforlois 

1. Michael Kors  2.Fendi  3.H&M  4.The Row  5. Kain  6.Betsey Johnson