INSPIRATION: Jaime King aka Lemon Breeland

The word "inspiration" might not catch the whole thing that is going on here, as I'm heavily girl crushing on Jaime King. Not too heavy though, I'm still very much into boys.

Now how did this all happen? I started watching Hart of Dixie a few weeks ago. A new show about Zoë Hart (Rachel Bilson, known from The OC), a New York city girl trained to be a hart surgeon, ending up in a Southern little village called Bluebell to be a general practitioner. She doesn't fit in, thinks everyone living there voluntarily must be crazy in the coconut and starts flirting with Golden Boy George, who obviously flirts back. This happens to be the boyfriend-for-already-fifteen-years of Southern belle Lemon Breeland (my dear Jaime King). Lemon does everything in her power to get rid of Zoë which, of course, doesn't work. (This is a brief summary of the show, there is more to it than only this. Go check it out!)

At first you don't like Lemon (apart from her name which is amazing). She's spoiled, annoying and extremely neurotic. She really gets on your nerves and you wonder why on earth George still puts up with her. You just want him to ditch her and move on with Zoë allright. But then you get to know her. Her mother left them, she takes care of her little sister Magnolia (midst puberty) where her father fails to do so and actually completely replaces her mother in household chores and everything. You also start noticing her clothes and hair and that they always look impeccable.

And then suddenly it happens. You love Lemon and totally want to be her. Or at least that's how it went for me. I'm easily lured into these kind of things though.

Now for the clothes. Lemon is always dressed up in cute, vintage dresses and preppy cardigans. Her hair slightly curled, preferably with a flower on the side. When she's not dressed up, she reaches for pastel skinnies, slightly oversized jumpers and ballet flats. My kind of girl!

Now behold the beauty that is Lemon Breeland:

I tried to style some Lemon based outfits myself, let me know what you think!

Inspiration: Lemon Breeland van dancedontables met miss selfridge

Inspiration: Lemon Breeland 2 van dancedontables met swarovski crystal jewelry

Inspiration: Lemon Breeland 3 by dancedontables featuring a faux fur jacket

What We Wear Wednesday: The Leather Jacket

A slightly different approach on our weekly concept today. Instead of showing an outfit, I'm going to highlight one of my favorite jackets ever. As in e-ver. Namely my hooded leather jacket from Zara. I bought it during summer 2008 and thought it was really cool because back then, you didn't see many leather jackets with a hood. Although afterwards they popped up in H&M as well, but the damage to my wallet had already been done.

So why do I want to write something about it? Well, Karolien left us for America on Sunday (hi, babe!) and that event got me strolling through my own New York pictures. Reminiscing and all. And I spotted me wearing that very same leather jacket as I've been sporting in my last few outfits. We're 2013 now, so that means I've been wearing that jacket for five years now. In my world, that's a pretty long time! It is a bit worn down and the color is turning green in some places, but I don't mind. I l-o-v-e it! It's living proof that a good basic item can go on for years.

So please join me on my journey through the world and party with me:

2008:

Damn, my hair was so curly back then!

2009:

NY subway!

On the Brooklyn Bridge!

On Times Square!

Groezrock!

Visiting my brother in Japan

There's supposed to be a view in the picture above, but it was too foggy. I remember it also ruining my hair.

See, and that's why I love that hood. It was raining but that didn't bother me!
Oh and it's detachable, another asset.

2010:

Pukkelpop!

2011:

It was snowing like crazy in the picture above, but still we went to this party in Genk. The guy next to me had to push my car back out of the snow. Good times! And I had an undercut back then, not something I miss actually, although I really liked it back then.

These pictures also remind me of the fact that I used to take a LOT more pictures. I need a new compact camera, it's my second memory. No actually it's my only memory because I forget things all of the time.

Hope you enjoyed this!

What We Wear Wednesday: Feels like fall

This is what I wore to attend multiple family gatherings on Easter day. Not really what I intended to wear (a lovely crisp dress was laid out, but I shall not nag about the weather), but at least I've got my hair already in a springish mood. I went to the hair dresser to add some more blonde in my hair and here's the result. I'm pretty happy with it, although I'm already contemplating about turning it MORE blonde. But for now and if I re-dye the pink tips, it is a-okay!

At this moment I'm preparing myself (both mentally as physically) to go on a holiday to the US and Canada. Especially the whole 'flying-on-my-own-for-a-gazillion-hours' scares the shit out of me. Okay, not the shit, just a tiny shitty thingie. Anyway, I won't leave anything to chance and am preparing myself by reading, thinking about packing, checking websites... And I have to say that the nervous tickles in my stomach are finally making room for some butterflies of excitement. OHMYGOD, I'm going to the US! And to top that, also Canada! I will visit my friend Mary Ann and her boyfriend in Vancouver and will travel with them to LA and Palm Springs. Afterwards, I'll go to Seattle to attend a work-related conference. I'm looking forward to everything! And I can't wait to finally share some giggles with Mary.

More on topic of this outfit post, I obviously love it, otherwise I wouldn't wear it. The end. 

PS: Because my lovely sister was joking about getting credit for taking my pictures, here you go Liefel!

Coat: my mom's - Beanie: H&M - Necklace, dress: Primark - Shoes: Sister (Hasselt)

 

What We Wear Wednesday: Cry Baby

Being the big Johnny Depp fan as I am, I was obliged to buy this tank top. Isn't he like THE best actor in the whole world? It's so hard not to fall head over heels with this guy, I failed I'll tell you that. (Leather jacket, white shirt combo usually does that to me. Also: google James Dean.) It's Johnny's character 'Cry Baby' portrayed here, from the eponymous movie which I recommend to you all. It's hilarious and a damn masterpiece! And no, he's not blonde, those are just my dry ends.

I wasn't really all that tired while taking these photos, but nonetheless I manage to look like a train wreck. My apologies. And you may notice the absence of snow. I'm not sure I like it. It's still friggin' cold (COMON SPRING YOU CAN DO IT) and now the world is cold and boring instead of cold and pretty, white and snowy. So I'm not liking these pictures at all, that's why there are so few. I'm also sick of the same old surroundings, so I promise I'll take you on a tour through my neighbourhood the next time(s).

I wore this outfit on a night out, but honesty compels me to say I wasn't wearing these glittery beauties, but my black ankle booties. But, I left them at my friend's house (Hi, Sofie) where I stayed over.

That's all I have to say today! It's the weather, it rubs off. 

Earrings: Veritas - Leather jacket: Zara (old) - Tanktop: H&M - Skinny jeans, glitter boots: New Look