Dear Michael...

Our love affair started quite a while ago. My mom got me one of your beautiful rose gold watches for my highschool graduation last year, and I couldn't be happier. Fast forward six months and she got me one of your gorgeous purses for Christmas, which I'm so thankful for and is just perfect. And just when I thought your designs couldn't be more perfect, I stumbled across your Selma bag. I was casually browsing your website since I often do and it was love at first sight. The perfect size, perfect design and  the perfect big sister for my purse. I started to save up my money and told myself I would buy it in a couple of months time. But then it happened.
I went shopping around the end of April when I walked by a store which sells your stuff. Purses, clothes, jewelry, watches and... bags. I spotted your Selma bag right away and knew that it was a sign. I had to buy it. I had to. So I did. And I couldn't be happier with it.
It has been two months since, and I haven't worn another bag ever since I got it. It fits all my stuff but is still small enough not to be tempted to carry too much. The quality is just amazing and it just can't get scratched, which is amazing. You can definitely feel and even see that it's of great quality, which I love. To me, bags are an investment, and I'm so happy to finally own my own little designer bag. I'm sure I will carry this with me forever, and it will always have a special place in my heart as my first designer bag. I love the idea of having one or two (or even more) really good quality bags which will last you a lifetime. Thanks for creating this perfect bag, Michael. I will love your forever.

Love,

Charlotte, self-confessed beauty  addict who has a silly blog  and likes to waste her time proclaiming her love for miscellaneous things

The New Jewellery

As I said in this post, I’m a big lover of simple jewellery pieces. Pieces that stand out, but not take over the entire outfit. Pieces that are simple to wear and simple to style. My taste, however, used to be completely different.

When I was about 14-16, I used to not leave the house without some bracelets on, a few rings on my hand and a big statement necklace round my neck. I used to be one of those people that went really overboard with absolutely everything, and I just had this overwhelming urge to be ‘different’, like we all had at that age. This was the time when I was slowly but surely leaving my emo-self behind and said goodbye to the red and black dice bracelets, the skull rings and belts and the brass knuckle necklaces (we’ve all been there). Instead, I started to wear big, colourful pieces; rainbow bracelets, long necklaces with smileys on etcetera. Slowly but surely, I then evolved to one of those people who wear rings as big as their heads; I remember wearing an H&M ring with a butterfly on it which spread its wings over three of my fingers TOGETHER with another huge ring with a super big purple rhinestone on it. I also wore hundreds (slight exaggeration here) of different bracelets together, and necklaces with animals on them.  I remember a baby pink bracelets with feathers in it that I used to wear all the time.

Fast forward a couple of months to my ‘girly’ period, where I used to wear delicate necklaces with pearls and birdcages, lovely little golden rings and delicate gold bracelets. Gold has always been my favourite jewellery colour.

This was all until I became 16. From my 16^th until now, I couldn’t be annoyed with wearing jewellery. I was just too lazy and didn’t wore anything. When I graduated, my mom got a Michael Kors watch (yep- a rose gold one, just like everyone else’s) which has been gracing my left wrist ever since. I only recently got back into wearing a few jewellery pieces; on Christmas, I wore a big statement collar necklace from Zara on a plain, black outfit; and recently, I ordered these lovely Asos pieces.

I absolutely adore the Torque necklace; it goes with practically everything and really fits my style. These three band rings are something I’ve also wanted for such a long time, and I really enjoy wearing them- they’re so simple, yet look really sophisticated and can be worn all together or just on their own. I believe that jewellery can make you feel so sophisticated and elegant!

So that’s my little jewellery rant over with. Did you have any ‘jewellery’ phases? What are your current favourite pieces of jewellery? 

The Bag

I love bags, but I don’t really own many of them. Mainly because I’m afraid they’ll break on the road, which happened a few times before- one of them broke and fell on the ground whilst my brand new MacBook was in there! I do really think that bags are a nice accessory and can lift your look from grungy to chic and sophisticated.

I found this bag in my mom’s room. She has had it for a little while now, but never really used it, so I decided to steal it and start using it myself. I absolutely love the pattern, the colours and the shape of it. It’s really sturdy and you can fit a lot in it, because it has got three very big compartments (although I am a little bit afraid that my beloved MacBook won’t fit in- maybe that’s for the better though!). My mom got it on holiday in Tunisia, and actually, it’s a –fake- Gucci bag. I’m really, really, really, really not one for fake designer bags, because I’d rather save my pennies for the real deal and I just think they look a little bit tacky. I wear this bag because I like the way it looks, not because it has got ‘Gucci’ written all over it, so I flipped the little metal thingy that’s attached to the front on the bag so you can’t see what it says!

I really like how this bag looks on a plain black outfit. It just makes everything look really put together and I think it’s safe to say that I’m a little bit in love with it. I’m eyeing up the Zara Office Citybag bag next, because that does fit my laptop in and I still need a really good black bag.