Please come and visit and share in the excitement.

There’s an American Apparel store in the Utrechtsestraat and whilst I am usually not crazy about their stuff a pair of really cool tights made me want to go in and check it out. They have all the normal basic t shirty stuff but some exceptions to the standard collection.

Check out this picture of some stuff in the window…

Window @ American Apparel

 I like this look, whilst I am not crazy about the t shirt style dress underneath the cardigan I like the belt and the chains, also, I was excited that the stylist put some tights on the model in stead of … leggings. yeah!

And then guess who I came across in the store. A lovely girl with a very cute outfit. I am not sure what you would call her style, but she had her colours sorted out and she was wearing purple gloves. Also, her make up was simple, just some black eyeliner as far as I could see. I really liked her look.

Check out her pose:

girl in store

A little further down the street I was surprised to find a store I had never seen or heard of before today, Centre Neuf, there was this amazing blue Marc Jacobs bag in the window. And now I want it, darnit… Well I have to figure out something to save up for, so it might just be this fantastic handbag.

Marc Jacobs handbag @ Centre Neuf

 As I left the Utrechtsestraat and continued my walk home, I felt re-energised and very happy to have spent some time enjoying my favourite thing, good old fashion and shopping. And guess what, didn’t buy a thing.

I’d say that’s progress.

Whitney Houston

WTF did the photoshopper on staff do to her face? She looks younger than she did when her first hits came out. I am not sure about the weave either, ever since I got all growed up and realised those fabulous locks aren’t real they kind of freak me out. 

Another thing, what is this pre -occupation with singers to want to dress as though they are trying out for a Chorus Line?  Whilst I am a big fan of weight lifting for women and was on the path to having ‘Madonna’ arms and legs myself I find it odd that she wears tights on stage in lieu of pants or a skirt.

madonna on stage

We seem to find it totally normal to show of our legs, now dont we Katy Perry? look what she wore on a red carpet (!!!) a little while ago…

Katy Perry

You don’t have to look like a nun if you wear a skirt or pants, so can we all make a decision and leave the leotards for the gym and the bathingsuits for the beach?

/start elvis voice/ thank you, thank you very much / end elvis voice/

Now don’t go and get confused, this is a painting not a photograph, nor is it a painting on top of a photograph. She’s just that good. If you want to see more check out Rachael’s website.

I wonder what Michelle Obama is going to wear in the next four years. She has famously confessed she wore Gap and JCrew on the campaign trail, will she continue to do that? I can’t help but imagine myself in the white house and what it would be like to become one of the most photographed women in the world. Even if you are like Michelle Obama, confident, very clever with a natural ease about you, wouldnt you feel a little daunted by what to wear???

What have we noticed so far? she wears a lot of dresses, mostly colours. When she wears pants, she usually combines the look with a blouse or t shirt and a cardigan, to soften it up. She’s good at accessorizing in a matter where less is more.    What I am most curious about is what kind of shoes she wears, as on most of the photo’s I can find online you cannot see her feet. I know she wore pointy ish flats on election night, which I would have done as well, it being the longest night of her life, girl needs some comfortable shoes.

To all my loyal readers out there, if you come across photographs of Michelle Obama post election, please let me know where to find them.

Let me leave you with the following images, my favourite first ladies both wearing a fashion classic.

Michelle Obama trenchcoat

Kate Winslet Vanity Fair

I’ll leave you with this equally stunning nude…

Kate Winslet Vanity Fair nude

Presidential family

It’s very exciting to see the new presidential family of the US, they seem to be beaming with happiness.
 
As I have mentioned before I will leave all the political insights to my writer colleagues and just write from fashiontweet’s viewpoints. I think they look fantastic, I am not really into combining black and red as in Michelle’s dress, but whatever, they all look stunning don’t they.
 
I will be interested to see if Michelle Obama continues to wear outfits from the Gap and JCrew once she’s in the white house. I’m pretty sure that was all part of her side of the campaign, trying to relate to the ‘normal’ people, but when you are the first lady of the most powerful nation of the world, I assume a little couture might be appropriate. I wonder who she will choose as her main designer. I’m pretty sure she would look marvelous in St John, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren couture, maybe some Armani.

So you can imagine my excitement when I came across these photographs of this model in a dutch magazine. Just so you know, this is not some piece about voluptuous, real women or anything. She’s just another underwear model.

lovely underwear model

I think it is so great to see this type of model in a major magazine. As I wrote before I have a feeling the current economic downturn is going to have a major, spiritual impact on the world and all that’s in it. That includes fashion, hair, body types etc as well as the more profound things in life of course.

http://www.oprah.com/style/style_sweeps.jsp

Good luck!

xoxo fashiontweet