MARIO TESTINO IN YOUR FACE VOGUE OPENING PARTY

One of the most exciting invitations I got for Fashion Week was an invitation by Vogue. An invitation to the opening of Mario Testino's In Your Face exhibition.
One thing I want to do more: visit galleries, look at art and let it completely overcome me.
Standing there between Mario Testino's works I remembered the power of a room of art having over me, the hold on me it could have and the feeling it would leave me with for hours if not sometimes days after, from my a-level time (my main courses were art & english) as we'd visit galleries on the regular.
Mario Testino's In Your Face exhibition is a must look-at. For photography lovers, fashion lovers and anyone with an appreciation for moods captured in a pure moment.
And it left me craving again.
So here is one thing I want to do more often: visit galleries.

CAROLINE BLOMST x ESPRIT SWIMWEAR COLLECTION LAUNCH

You may have seen on my Instagram (@LisforLois) that I've had my first swim this year! Esprit rented out the Stadtbad Neukölln, which by the way is one of the most beautiful swimming pools I've seen in Berlin. Ancient paintings and frescos, greek architecture.. ah! All to present their latest design collaboration with none other than Stockholm Streetstyle's very own Caroline Blomst. I've always admired her sense of style and her vision to discover great looks on the streets of pretty much anywhere now, not limited to Stockholm as the name of the blog may convey.
I was looking forward to see what she created.
After arriving two hours late - yes, sadly I missed the swim dancers, I had misread my invitation - I still took my time to browse through the new collection while sipping freshly made smoothies and munching on my fruit bowl.
Jasmin, me and Cindy from the Esprit took it upon ourselves to jump into the pool. The water was so inviting! While most girls left, we couldn't complain having the pool all to ourselves. I mean why did Esprit rent the entire place for, right? :)

My favorite piece of the Esprit x Caroline Blomst collection has to be the white bathing suit, that has such a timeless cut. The bikinis are well padded and have very flattering cut for your cleavage. Trust me, even my mini boobs looked nice and plum. The collection mainly plays with different patterns and different kind of mix and match styles to every pattern and cut.
Overall a cute collection Esprit and Caroline Blomst have created together.
I'm summer ready..

DIMITRI

ph.: Mercedes Benz official, Video by Benny Opoku-Arthur, gifs by me

DIMITRI. FALL/WINTER 2015. So on point!

Full MBFWB DAY 2 here

Love Lois xxx

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MBFW BERLIN FASHION WEEK: DAY 2

So finally continuing with my fashion week diary series. Uni is killing my vibe, my energy and my happy spirit. But what can I do. PS.: I just got the news that I passed my first exam.
Let me take you into my crazy adventures of Day 2 at Berlin Fashion Week.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

Happy Valentines Day Loves!

I just wanted to leave you with a few impressions of Valentines Day to in celebration of the day of Love. Isn't it wonderful that we have a day dedicated to the most beautiful thing on earth, Love? I know Valentines Day can be so overrated and "just about the gifts" or making single people feel more miserable about being lonely than they already are. I know Valentines Day shouldn't be singling out a day to love, because everyday should be a day to love.
But I think it's nice we have a day on which the theme of love is omnipresent and we can appreciate the fact that we are able to fall in love, share and spread love and love another. May it be your boyfriend, your girlfriend, your family, your best friend, your pet or simply someone you love.
What you make of Valentines Day is entirely up to you.
No, I don't have a boyfriend to be snuggling up to and expecting chocolate and bouquet of roses from.
Yet I choose to spread love and be in love with the fact that everyone is sending love. I stay completely blind to the anti-valentines-day advocates. I see what I want to see, and that is love being around at least for a timespan of 24 hours.

Valentines day for me is all about red Lips and roses. And red dresses maybe? So cliché!
This year I was very happy to be surprised with a bouquet of roses from a handsome guy dressed in a tuxedo at my door step. Thank you Durex for this! We even took some selfies. Check it on Insta.

Beauty-wise I stay simple with my fav mascara by YSL, black eyeliner highlighted with gold on the end of the wing (YSL babydoll eyeliner in gold!) and red lips. This year I choose the new Style Lip Lacquer in matte red.

Special gifts can be hard to find for Valentines Day. I've fallen in love with the idea of love locks.
Lock a dream in devotion to love yourself and putting you first every once in a while more, lock your friendship with your best friend or lock your love with your lover. I got super cute locks from NOTHS.
You can find them on www.noths.de or www.notonthehighstreet.de and have them engraved as well.
Put that on your gift list for next Valentines Day!

MBFW BERLIN FASHION WEEK: DAY 1

Last week was that time of the year again - Berlin Fashion Week frenzy, buzz, parties, events, runway shows and more fashion shows. This year I took it upon myself to take a more relaxed approach to fashion week and declined most invitations. I wanted to have time to still go to uni and choose only a handful of events that seemed most interesting for me. Nevertheless my schedule was pretty exciting and still quite packed. Here is the first post of my fashion week adventures. Let's get started!

CAMEL AND BLACK

BERLIN FASHION WEEK JANUARY 2015

Love Lois xxx

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MBFW BERLIN: IOANA CIOLACU - BACKSTAGE EXPERIENCE AND INTERVIEW

I have been a fan of Ioana Ciolacu since I first saw her. It was at the press conference with Stella McCartney. I was rooting for her to win the Award, not only because I her showcasing piece and her collection "Paradox" completely blew me away. But there was something about her that I immediately liked. I remember her, shy, but so genuine. She won the Designer for Tomorrow Award of 2013 and last summer she presented her debut collection as the official winner of the DFT Award, which again was one of my favorite collections by far presented at Berlin Fashion Week.

This season she returned to Berlin on her own with a new collection. Her being one of my favs since she emerged, for two seasons straight - imagine my joy, when I received a personal message from her via Facebook if I was interested to attend her show. She herself invited me to her show! Soon after I received the official invitation, backstage passes and one of her runway dresses to attend her show in.
(A little bit of gossip on the side: I even organized some friends to walk her show. Salimata, you looked amazing!). Enjoy a post full of runway and backstage impressions.

CAN'T WAIT FOR: 3 TÜRKEN UND 1 BABY PREMIERENPARTY

Next Monday marks the beginning of Berlin Fashion Week. A week full of events, fashion and frenzy, but it also the day of the Berlin Premiere of a movie I've been long waiting for and following on all the behind the scenes shenanegans on their Instagram (@3tuerken1baby #3t1b) with pleasure. And Monday it's finally here: 3 Türken 1 Baby! - starring Kostja Ulman (Hi boyfriend!), Kida Khor Ramadan and Deutschrap-star rapper turned actor Ekrem Bora aka Eko Fresh.
The movie looks to be a full of entertainment, classic clash of cultures, German meets Turkish - a comedy full of laughs. I can't wait to see it!
And we have some German Youtube stars going big screen in mini roles or supporting acts like Simon Desue and Joyce Helbig.
I for one can't wait for Monday night because a premiere of a movie calls for a party of course! The official Aftershow Party will be held on Monday in attendance of the 3 stars of the movie at The Grand Berlin. I won't miss it! I will be there as well, so make sure to follow me on Instagram for some real time action @LisforLois. Music will be provided by DJs Beatzhoven, Ozzy Brown and DJ Binichnich aka Harris.

Coming to Cinemas: 22.January 2015

Check out the Trailer! (in German only)

PARTY IN A NUTSHELL - get all the dets!

Date: 19.01.2015
Location: The Grand
Hirtenstraße 4, 10178 Berlin
Time: 22h
Who: Your girl Lois, her boyfriend Kostja Ullman, the actors & crew of 3 Türken und 1 Baby..

Facebook Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1523101981291680/

Love Lois xxx

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ALL FURRED UP

What's up guys?
How have you been holding up in the new year? Fashion Week is just around the corner and I'm finishing of some last arrangements and finalizing some projects.
Just wanted to share an outfit with you guys. It's very casual and I can guarantee you it doesn't take more than 10 minutes to get ready.
The look is simple, really.
A pair of ripped jeans, an oversized blouse loosely tucked into your favorite pair of jeans and a fur coat to keep you warm and cozied up. Paired with some black kitten heels it becomes casual with a touch of glamour or elegance if you will. And finally a beanie to keep your ears all warm.
No Make Up, no stress. (Had to fill in my eyebrows! Doesn't count).

It's all good.

Off to finish of last emails and prepare next week. It's going to be buys and eventful. Very eventful.. But you can guess, I mean it's fashion week.
Sending love to wherever you're reading this from. Enjoy your day! See you around.

Love Lois xxx

TO A NEW YEAR AND BEGINNINGS.. BUT FIRST DINNER WITH DEICHMANN

Welcome to the first post in the new year! I've been offline for a couple of weeks on the blog and recently also on Instagram. I just needed a little time away from the Internet and the blog to refocus and reevaluate what I want from it, where I want this to go and realize if my heart is still in it.
2014 was good to me, no doubt, but I think I did get kinda lost somewhere along the lines because I was dreaming bigger than reality was, and making my dreams reality felt like being lost in translation.
I was lucky to have lived what are now memories of 2014 and because I appreciate all that's happend, I'll still be sharing a couple of events and things, that took place especially in the last months of 2014.
And one of those things was a magical night I spent with Deichmann in a fortress, the 4 walls of Schlosshotel Grunewald. Deichmann invited me and some pretty rad girls - some new faces, some old, (Hi Nina! Hi Vicky!) for a Christmas Dinner. I had a couple of those Christmas Dinners, but none came any close to the night with Deichmann.

FABLETICS MASTER CLASS: ALL ABOUT PALEO

A little back Fabletics held a little master classs with Sebastian Drabow, one of Fabletics very own masters, who educated us on all things Paleo.
I don't know if you have heard of the diet known as Paleo, it was my first time to be honest, but a Paleo diet is no different to that of a man from the stone age. Thinking about it, everything on the Paleo No-Go list is a creation by our food industry, and sugar to Paleo comes pretty close to what Osama Bin Laden was to the United States of America, #1 enemy. Right up on that list you'll find anything processed, cereal products, pulses(legumes) and milk products. My initial thought was, "Ehm ok so.. what's left to eat, because last time I checked, that was all I was having.."

THE OLIVE TREE THERAPY WITH OLIVEDA

Hey dear ones!
It's been a while since I last posted a beauty post. No, it's been too long. Anyway I wanted to share some products I have been trying for more than a month now. I was kindly sent a few items of my choice by the Oliveda team and I have to admit I've never heard or tried any of their products before. I did some research and I agreed to having some sent to me. I took my time testing, because I didn't just want to introduce you to some fancy looking products. I wanted to be able to speak from personal experience. I think more than a month of trying and testing good enough to pen a post.
So let's get right to it, shall we?

LET'S TALK ABOUT LUISAVIAROMA, FIRENZE4EVER AND SHOP SOME STYLE INSPO

I remember the first time I heard about LuisaViaRoma, or better said read about the online shop and boutique from Firenze(Florence, Italy). It was on one of my fav blogs. And I immediately fell in love with their sortiment. From Givenchy to Elie Saab, from Balmain to Chloe, from Dolce to Kenzo or Dolce&Gabbana to everything designer a girl could dream of! From Handbags to shoes or clothing and accessories - anything I couldn't afford, but secretly saved up for.
And just like Net-A-Porter and Shopbop, I frequently visit LuisaViaRoma.com and loose myself in a world of fashion I'd love more than anything to style myself in on a daily basis. Not for the name, but for the art and craftsmanship those Label-ed pieces come with.

YOUTUBE: MOST WORN THINGS

Guess I'm back to Youtub-ing again. After your great reception of my first videos,  but I finally uploaded a new video. I'm talking about my favorite products from the last couple of months.
Click the image to see the video on Youtube or click here.
Ps.: I've linked all the products in the info box.

Also please leave a comment to let me know what I can improve. Is the music to loud? (It's a little boring, sorry! Finding good royalty free music is a pain the ass! -.-)

Anyway... See you next week! I'd love for you to subscribe :)

Hope you like it!

Love Lois xxx

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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT WITH FOREVER 21 + GIVEAWAY (CLOSED)

Oh Christmas season I'm beginning to like you a lot, a lot more than I already do! Ok confession time:
I've never had a Christmas sweater. Ever. Not because my grandma can't sow, but in Ghana a Christmas is the last thing my grandma would be thinking about. I don't know but if I was a grandma in Africa I'd probably be making handmade Christmas Flip Flops for my grandkids or so.

Since Forever 21 wanted to indulge me in the spirits and traditions of the one true original Ugly Christmas sweater, they invited me to have fun in their X-Mas workshop admits a small group of classy yet sassy enough for the good ol' Christmas sweater fashion bloggers such as Ebba freaking Zingmark, who is even prettier in reality. Her Lookbook.nu fairytale pictures hardly do her any justice. With Glühwein and cookies and christmas music, the early evening felt perfect. And my create-shit-game was strong.

WEEK OF GREATNESS

This week was the Week of Greatness at Foot Locker, a very special week for all sneaker enthusiasts out there, because Foot Locker released 50 different style of pairs across the entire week with sneakers and classics from Nike to Adidas to Asics, Reebok and more. For me day 5 (26th November) had the most interesting release - the Nike Flystepper 2k3.
In celebration of the week, Foot Locker sent me a pair of Adidas Sneakers to style up. This is by far the

PATRICK MOHR X K1X MK5 SNEAKER LAUNCH AT OVERKILL BERLIN

So last Friday I stopped by the Patrick Mohr x K1X sneaker launch of the brand new MK5 with my girl Joeva (read her post here). Unlike last year's party, its launch was celebrated in a small in-store event held at the Overkill Berlin store (Tipp: In need of unique, special edition or simply rad Sneakers? Stop by Overkill!) with limited access and early access to purchasing the highly limited Patrick Mohr x K1X MK5 sneakers which dropped midnight.