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Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts

27 Jun 2013

FASHION AND HATS

Jenny Matlock
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Fashion can be very creative, especially when it comes to hats. Besides berets, bonnets and caps I have never worn a hat in my life. I wasn't interested in hats either until I saw so many hats in London and the latest fashion !

In each store or boutique I saw fashionable hats for all occasions. In Brussels I would have to go to a specialized shop and they are not easy to find. Hats are out of fashion not even on weddings or other special occasions. I never saw women wearing hats. Even our female royals seldom wear hats.

On my last visit in London I suddenly realized that I saw hats everywhere, I had never payed attention, but with my friend who loved to see stores and boutiques windows, which I don't,  I stumbled over so many hats displayed everywhere, that it started to intrigue me  and I wondered for what occasion these last fashion hats are for.



Then I got it. These once are made when you go to the movies or theatre so that the people sitting behind you get a stiff neck. It also prevents from watching the performance because there is so much to see on the hat !




For those who don't have a garden with flowers, they can show easily that flowers are also growing on hats and makes them really fashionable. I only was a little disappointed that I couldn't find a hat with vegetables.



These once are perfect to attend a party and cut the view on the buffet and drinks. The lobster like hat make other people think of a nice lobster sandwich.



And then are these once which tickle the nose of guests who start to sneeze,  so that you could think that everybody caught  a cold.



for mourning widows this hat is perfect and would create a new fashion in cemetaries.



and if ever you want to leave the party earlier, this hat helps you to take off in a minute !

16 May 2010

WEEKLY WINNERS


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I have nothing special for Weekly Winners this week, because I didn't put my nose outside ! The weather was so cold, grey and rainy that it was better to stay inside not to catch a cold. And we are in May !

One day I made a little tour through the C & A store, which you can find a little bit everywhere in Europe and which sells clothes to very reasonable prices. I just wanted to see what is in fashion this summer.



I took a picture through the window



and found that it is not really something to wear for me



unless I want to look ridiculous



I don't see myself in this outfit either



maybe this could look nice. Disappointed I returned home



and found at least some lillies of the valley in front of the garage door !

11 Nov 2007

HOW LONG TO BUY DRINKS ?

Yesterday evening we absolutely had to buy some juices and our Karkade (Egyptian tea). You can mix it together and it makes a wonderful refreshing cold drink which we usually drink during the day at the beach. So we went to our 'Ali Baba shop' who has everything. It would have taken maximum 10 min but there is so much to see and we always discover new things which are so cheap that we think it would be a crime not to buy them. It took us 2 h to buy our juice and of course we forgot the Karkade, but we came out with one long collar of agatha stones and one with lapis lazuli for 3,75 euros (3 $) each, an ashdray with hyroglyphes, 3 little cats and 3 T-shirts for my men, Ilona bought a blouse and a dress (below) and a silk scarf with a beautiful design and Chantal a bracelet in mother of pearl and also 3 T-shirts for 20 euros ! This was our drinks shopping ! We have a little kitchen in our apartment so that we do our coffee and tea ourselves. Nothing else of course !

After shopping we looked for a restaurant and went in another hotel because on the street there were none. People usually go from hotel to hotel if they look for some other menus. But when we saw the prices we were "shocked" instead of the usual price of around 6 euros they asked the double and that seemed soooo expensive to us although we could never get a decent menu for 12 euros at home. Now we didn't know what to do to pay or not to pay but suddenly turning around I saw something .... a Mac Donald !!! Even here you find something so familiar as a Mac Do, as everywhere in the world. There were no Egyptian burgers what a disappointment ! But the prices too were amazing ! For 9 chicken nuggets and two big macs with french fries we payed 3 euros all together !!

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Ilona tries her dress
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I flirt with this blouse
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to buy or not to buy that is the question
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and our meal at the Mac Do, the club of the 60th !!

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we finished our evening with a beautiful Egyptian musical. I made a little video but it is impossible to download. I will do it upon my return