KARNEVAL DER KULTUREN

3 shots from the Latin American Wagon I 3 Schnapschüsse vom Latein Amerikanischem Wagen:

ph.: ALL by Me

Top: Handmade especially for me I Handgemacht für mich

Simple black skirt (not shown): H&M

If you don't have enough of money to travel the world to get to know different cultures, the Karneval der Kulturen is a nice alternative. And Berlin's diversity has a lot to offer - so many people to represent the different nations.
Sunday was my first time at the Karneval der Kulturen and I was in for lots of loud music, colors and prints, dancing and a lot of walking all the way from Südstern to Yorkstraße. Well, atleast the Ghana wagon was making it's supporters dance. It was nice to get to know more people from my country living in Berlin, especially the youth.(Funny thing is, you've met these faces years ago at random family celebrations or weddings).
And I was amazed by the massive crowd of supporters for Ghana, lots of Germans feeling at home in the Ghana crowd :)
At some point there were more Germans than Ghanaians dancing behind that wagon! Haha.

Ps.: I see that no post were posted during my stay in Florence. Oh well.. I'll just post them in the following days and the Florence pictures will be up as soon I've sorted them out :)

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Wenn man nicht genug Geld hat, um die ganze Welt zu bereisen, um die verschiedenen Kulturen kennen zulernen, ist der Karneval der Kulturen eine schöne Alternative. Und Berlin's Diversität hat viel zu bieten - so viele Menschen, die die verschiedensten Nationen vertreten können.
Sonntag war mein erstes Mal beim Karneval der Kulturen und mich erwartete viel laute Musik, Farben und Prints, tanzen und viel laufen vom Südstern bis zur Yorckstraße. Naja, jedenfalls hat der Ghana-Wagen seine Anhänger zum Tanzen gezwungen :) Es war schön mehr Leute aus meinem Land, die in Berlin leben kennen zu lernen, besonders die Jugendlichen. (Lustige ist, die Gesichter hat man bereits vor Jahren bei irgendwelchen Familienfeiern oder Hochzeiten getroffen).
Und ich war sehr überrascht über die große Zahl an Anhängern für Ghana, viele Deutsche, die sich in der Ghana-Masse zu Hause fühlten. :)
An einem Punkt gab es sogar mehr Deutsche als Ghanaer, die hinter dem Ghana-Wagen tanzten! Haha :D

Ps.: Es wurde keine Posts in meiner Florenzzeit gepostet. Ach die postet ich dann halt in den nächsten Tagen und die Florenzbilder kommen sobald ich sie aussortiert habe :)

Schönen Pfingstmontag noch!
Love Lois xxx

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INTRODUCING UNITED NUDE

Creativity at an ultimate Level I Kreativität auf einem ultimativem Level

Looking through some of my designs of my room (I redesign it a lot on paper), there has been an element that dates back to 2006 and has been in each design. The illuminated shoe case. It's an simple ikea bookcase with lights in each department. Now I'm not a light architect, but I figured I could put a little lamp at the top of each department hence the name illuminated shoe case.

Now take this idea and multiply it across an entire wall, turn of the main lights, put that of the shoe case on : Welcome to the United Nude Store.

This is what I mean with taken creativity to another level.

Going to an United Nude store must feel like going to an art exhibition, only that you can buy your favorite piece of art and take it with home. :D

I can't wait till I finally get to enter one of their flagship stores. Ultimate experience!

Their shoes are crazy, odd, weird! They are so freakishly creative, infact my first response upon seeing United Nude shoes was "What is this crazy shit?!" quickly followed with a "It's awesome!"

Love at first sight.

The designer duo behind this label is Rem D Koolhaas and Galahad Clark, an architect and a shoe maker, and it was founded in 2003. After reading more about them my appreciation for their designs grew even wider.

Their shoes are like pure art to me and the more I look at them the more I appreciate them. I love the architectual touch and the creativity behind United Nude and simply the idea of combining fashion with architecture.

Truth is, I've been wanting to become an architect but also a fashion designer for a while. United Nude makes both happen :)

United Nude collaborated with Iris van Herpen, a dutch designer.

It took my a while to actually like these shoes, simply because I found the lines too distracting and I couldn't make up my mind whether this was a wedge or a heel. Today I adore this shoe and love the deceiving effect. The brown model is also one of my favorite designs. But you'd never catch me in the first pair (white) as they are just too odd for me :)

Another reason why I love United Nude is that even though they are so crazy their designs are still totally wearable! (Can't say that about Lady Gaga)

They've become my ultimate inspiration pump and fueled me to believe that everything is possible, dream bigger and combine possibilities.

We'll be an never ending love story. If United Nude was a man, this would be the moment I'd ask him to marry me :P

My top 6 favorite shoes in no particular order. It was hard picking them out. Naturally, there are also some shoes that I don't like, but I look at them with different eyes now.

via afterdrk, United Nude, angelascalon, dezeen.com

I'd love to wear United Nude shoes to Fashion Week this summer. Fashion week feels like a free pass to wearing crazy outfits, things you don't wear during your everyday life unless you are Lady Gaga ofcourse. 

The only legimate time of the year you can to go all gaga/experimental when it comes to dressing. And these shoes are made for Fashion Week (not that I wouldn't wear them every other day anyway :P) They are stunners and immediate eye catchers ;)

Infact they've got my mind spinning over potential outfits to Fashion Week.

Created to inspire. 

I believe that that is the reason behind Lady Gaga... ahhh I could go on for hours with my theories on human behaviour! Maybe I should become a psycologist :P More on my Lady Gaga theory another time ;)

We owe United Nude and Lady Gaga a lot, they make up for the lost hope, creativity and fantasies in the oh so boring people of our lost society.

This is as obvious as inspiration can get. And we need to welcome it with open arms and appreciate it.

Love Lois xxx

Ps: See you in a week! Off to Florence :D

pps: What do you get when you cross an architect with a shoe maker? United Nude ;P

NEW SUNNIES

Sunglasses I Sonnenbrille: H&M

These glasses got some serious swagger!
I've been busily packing the last few days and buying last minute things I need to go to Florence. Waaaah I'm on my way to Florence already by tomorrow morning :D
Thanks for the tipps you guys gave me! Anyone got some more tipps on where to shop/ eat?
I've prepared a few post for the next week, because I probably won't have any internet connection but you never know if there might be some sort of internet appocalypse i.e. Blogger fiasco during that week or whatsoever. Things might be running slow on the blog.
I didn't post my United Nude post as planned, as I wanted to leave my blog with a post about the people that inspire me the most. If there should be a break down, I'm breaking down in style :P
It will be up tonight :)

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Diese Brille ist so richtig swaggerfied!
Ich war in den letzten Tagen sehr mit dem packen beschäftigt und den last-minute Einkäufen für Florenz. Waaaaah morgen früh bin ich schon auf dem Weg nach Florenz :D
Danke nochmal für die Tipps! Hat jemand vielleicht noch weitere Tipps wo man Essen/ Shoppen sollte?
Ich habe ein paar Posts für die nächste Woche vorbereitet, da ich wahrscheinlich kein Internet haben werde, aber man nie weiß, ob sich so was wie eine Internet Apokalypse i.e. Blogger Fiasco genau in der Woche abspielen wird oder was auch immer. Demzufolge könnte es hier auf dem Blog sehr langsam laufen.
Ich habe meinen United Nude Post nicht wie geplant geposted, da ich meinen Blog mit einem Post über die Leute, die mich am meisten inspirieren. Falls es zu einem Fall kommt, dann fällt mein Blog in Style :P
Der Post wird heute Abend da sein :)
Love Lois xxx

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STONE CHILDD

I've been wanting to blog about this jewelry line for a while now, but I never came around to do it. And now I've finally gotten down to write it. :)

Stone Child is hand made jewelry made by two lovely sisters from L.A. It's not just the lovely jewelry that made me want to write about it after being aproached by Christina, but also the story and dream behind it.
Their dream: creating beautiful fashon pieces while providing opportunities to the less fornuate.
These two girls are dreaming of creating and making it available for the less fortunate fashionistas out there, a dream I myself dream of. Eventually they want to move their workshop to Kabul for their new project and create their jewelry there.
Their each piece is unique as it is made by hand and created from finest quality pure metals.

Here is a discout code for 10% off valid until June 1st : HAPPYMAY01

Hurry!!!

More of their stuff here :)

I wish them all the best for the future and can't wait to see how their project unfolds.
What's your favorite piece?

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LIPPIES

Lipstick I Lippenstift: Nivea Volume Shine Pure Diamond 64 Rouge Solitaire(ph.1-4)

Nivea Beauté Volume Shine Ultra Glossy Mandarine 06 (ph.5-6) 

I bought two new lipsticks from Nivea Cosmetics. I'm currently looking for the perfect lisptick in orange and generally the perfect lipstick. So when I saw the Nivea counter marked 50% down I thought I might try some out. Nivea Cosmetics is closing down in Germany and you can buy everything for 50% off in any drugstore. 

The Rouge Solitaire lipstick (the diamond shaped one, purple cover) is currently my favourite. It's a deep color and looks orange in the sunlight. The Mandarine one is pretty nice too, the color is not too strong and it's very glossy. What do you think of my new lipsticks?

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Ich habe mir zwei neue Lippenstifte von Nivea gekauft. Ich bin zur auf der Suche nach dem perfekten orangen  Lippenstift und generell nach dem perfekten Lippenstift. Als ich dann die Nivea-theke mit einem großen 50% Rabatt Schild sah, dachte ich mir, ich könnte mal ein paar Lippenstifte von Nivea ausprobieren. Nivea Kosmetiks verlässt den deutschen Markt, daher kann man jetzt alles für 50% in jeder Drogerie kaufen. Der Rouge Solitaire Lippenstift (diamantenmäßig geformte, lila Deckel) ist mein Favorit. Es ist eine sehr starke Farbe und sieht im Sonnenlicht orange aus. Der Mandarine Lippenstift ist auch sehr schön, die Farbe ist nicht sehr stark und er ist sehr glossy. Was haltet ihr von meinen neuen Lippenstiften?

Love Lois xxx

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