Silver skirt with a burgundy blouseThese photos of the silver skirt with a burgundy blouse taught me something I already knew but ignored. Before an outfit is ready for a photo shoot, I should actually wear it and find out what the flaws are, the things I have to bear in mind.

“What is wrong with the outfit?” You might think. Well, wearing a belt so high up when you have a short waist (less than an inch high) causes this blouse to crease in a strange way. Not too dramatic but it still annoys me.

Below: The blouse is not fitted which means the belt cinches it in and creates an overspill of fabric. Had I worn the outfit before the shoot, I would have noticed the overspill and the creasing. Then I could have pulled the blouse down a bit more and shown you smarter photos. Fake of course, as not real life, but nicer to look at LOL. Also, the sleeves are very long. That might be the fashion but I think it looks a bit weird and would turn them up, had I been aware of it.

Silver skirt with a burgundy blouse

Below: Marjolein and I started the photo shoot near the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) in The Hague. The burgundy boots are boots I treasure.
I decided on a golden bag to add another colour to burgundy and silver. There are golden studs on the belt and I am wearing gold stud earrings. So you know I think about these details.

Silver skirt with a burgundy blouse

Below: More information on the Nieuwe Kerk you can find on Wikipedia. On there I also found this photo with a view of the church in 1778. (Photo is taken by Paulus Constantijn la Fargue.) Those pavements and roads would be murder for high heels.

Nieuwe Kerk The Hague in 1778

Below: We wanted to take a photo with the church in the background (see the first photo of this post), but two men kept standing in our view, talking and talking. I was cheeky enough to ask them to move, which they kindly did. I used my sugar-coated voice. In the end I cropped the photo and it wouldn’t have mattered haha.

Nieuwe Kerk The Hague

Below: We crossed the road and went into the huge building of the Amare Theatre. Read more about this magnificent building here.

Silver skirt with a burgundy blouse

Below: We hoped that we could take good photos inside Amare because of the huge windows, letting in natural light. Alas, we couldn’t really use the light. The more interesting backgrounds were further away from the windows, like this tiled basin.

Silver skirt with a burgundy blouse

Below: Grainy photo or not, we had to use this vase and its flowers as background. So good.

Silver skirt with a burgundy blouse

Below: We decided to go outside to the stairs along the side of the building. That’s better. The silver S-brooch has two functions. One is to minimise the décolleté as I have quite wrinkled skin in that area (probably for the best or I might flaunt my bosom too much LOL). The second reason is that the blouse slides to the back and with the weight of the brooch that ‘problem’ is solved.

Silver skirt with a burgundy blouse

Now for Marjolein. I bet she is going to take the cake in this blog post.

Below: How about the back of her trench coat! Stunning.

Beautiful coat Marjolein

Below: Of course she matched the coat to her outfit. Or the other way around. She and I are very much alike in that matter. She brightens up the day and I loved everything about her outfit.

Marjolein

Below: After lunch Marjolein photographed my Max Mara raincoat. It looks a bit too oversized in the photo but it is a really good raincoat.

Max Mara raincoat

What happened in my life this week

Before I start telling you about the week, I want to show you a series of three photos from my mom’s box with photos. Grainy but I so remember us killing ourselves with laughter.
It tells the story of my dad trying to photograph us by setting the timer of the camera on a tripod.

Below: First attempt. Dad set the timer, walked to his chair and nothing happened. “It’s not working”, he said and got up. Click said the camera.

Camera on timer 1st attempt

Below: Second attempt and the story repeated itself. You can see my mom and me already starting to laugh. And yes, I have my mum’s shapely legs. The length of my legs is a gift from my father.

Camera on timer 2nd attempt

Below: Third attempt and finally successful. By this time we were roaring with laughter.

Camera on timer 3rd attempt

If you wonder “What is with your mum’s face?”, she is still quite scarred as my parents were in a road accident and mum’s jaw was broken. She had a couple of plastic surgery operations but as some nerves were cut, her face was never the same again.

Saturday Ron had gone to the beach with dog Watson. I had too many errands to run so didn’t join. Then he rang at midday to say it was gorgeous weather on the beach terrace and wouldn’t I come to have lunch with hem? I had done my errands so I hopped in the car. So nice to have the beach at such short distance.

Sunday we had coffee and drinks at Georg and Marla’s. Always nice.

Monday it was time to get a Covid vaccination again. In and out in 17 minutes only because you have to wait 15 minutes after the vaccination before you leave. In case you keel over.

After dinner I was cleaning the kitchen wearing a white nurse’s apron, or rather a white coat. This is to prevent my clothes from getting stained. I need a full coat as the stains can reach me anywhere.
Then I heard a friend/neighbour outside and I ran to return something to her. She saw me in the white coat and said: “I am not interrupting anything, am I?” with a very suggestive smile. “Playing doctor and nurse, are we?” We roared with laughter. I have a very loud laugh and she is even worse (or better depending whether you like it or not). It was such a riot in the street. I bet the neighbours peeped through the curtains to see what was going on.
“Where did you get that coat?” she asked. I explained it to her and added that it was a really handy thing as the snaps give way in one go when you yank the coat open. That was, of course, the wrong thing to say, given the atmosphere haha. Immediately she came back with: “I can imagine that it is handy…wink wink”. And this went on and on and on. We must have been laughing our heads off for 10 minutes.
Laughing is soooo great.

Tuesday I met Janneke (below), an ex-colleague and now friend. We had a sparkly couple of hours together.

Janneke

In the afternoon Ron and I were busy putting enlargements of photographs into old frames and repairing a reading lamp. In the process I managed to break one of the tubes in the lamp above the dining table, an expensive one. Sigh. The lamp (with 2 tubes) hangs quite low which isn’t a problem when you are eating, but when you use the table for little jobs, it’s tricky. We broke those tubes so many times, you’d think we get wiser. We now have to buy a new lamp as the tubes aren’t for sale anymore.

Wednesday the hairdresser cut my hair again and it is rather short now. Hmmm…

Thursday we celebrated our granddaughter’s 2nd birthday with a visit to a playground, farm and pancake restaurant. She opened her presents by tearing up the wrapping paper, then looked at the presents and threw them on the floor haha. When you are two, you have no clue about possession, about presents etc. But I am sure she will play with her presents and be happy.

Friday I visited Marcella of Lara Design in her atelier. Below: Two photos of earrings she has already created and were on display in her atelier. I was like a child in a sweet shop. So many lovely designs.

Lara Design earrings

Lara Design earrings

Of course I didn’t leave empty-handed. Below: Marcella of Lara Design at work, customising a pin for me. She also slightly changed a pair of pink earrings for me and I bought a pair of big blue earrings. You will see everything in the next weeks.

Marcella of Lara Design at work

Greetje

No Fear of Fashion

 

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