Here it is, my multicoloured jacket by Essentiel Antwerp, the one I tried on when I was in Antwerp with my Shopping Saturday friends. Didn’t buy it then, regretted it and went through some shenanigans to get it. As they say: “What doesn’t come easy, you appreciate more”. Or something like that. Probably why men chase women and women play hard to get.
I was never one to play games in love. You either got me straight away or not at all; playing hard to get seemed so fake and old-fashioned. How wrong I was, I learned the hard way.
Anyway, enough digressing. Over to the multicoloured jacket and the photo shoot.
Marjolein, being my photographer, had done some research and found mural art through the whole town of The Hague. We chose an area and off we went. Alas, it wasn’t that simple. Either the view on the murals was blocked by cars or many bicycles were parked against them. Or we simply couldn’t find them as the map wasn’t that accurate.
Last time we photographed an outfit against works of art, I wondered whether you were at all interested in the artists’ names and assumed you weren’t. But one of my dear friends told me I should mention the names as a thank-you to and recognition of the artist. And out of respect.
Below: The first mural is by Sergio Andrea. Marjolein took this in landscape format to show the whole artwork. The first photo of this blog is against the same mural.
Below: Artists are Sophia den Breems and Gordon Meuleman, an artistic duo known as SOGOShow. The colours are great with my jacket.
Below: Kiss for the bird. The jacket is quite wide as you can see from the back.
Below: Mural by Jochem Cats and Roelof Schierbeek. Had to stand in knee-high grass at this side.
Below: Around the corner to the front of the mural. Marjolein risking her life by standing in the middle of the road taking this photo.
This time I am wearing the jacket with the zip up high. Other details are my beloved white shoes with silver flap (soft as a kitten) and my newly acquired black linen trousers. You will see the trousers more often in the coming months. Purchased them from Massimo Dutti.
Below: Turning another corner. The mural is more important in this photo than me.
Below: Marjolein decided to take an arty photo. The earrings are by Baublehaus. Alas, Baublehaus is no longer in business.
Below: We tried to find as many different murals as we could. Only I am the same, in the same outfit in every photo.
This mural is by Erwin Verkade. Oh, and the trousers have a drawstring, which I didn’t hide very successfully.
Below: You couldn’t miss this mural by Roelof Schierbeek and Patrick IJmkers. What a blast of colour.
Below: Other side of the mural above.
Below: I chose to stand in the recessed space. Marjolein wanted me to put my foot up against the wall and immediately my hamstring caused me pain. She was telling me to up my fitness game immediately which made me laugh.
Wearing my jacket is only fastened at the bottom.
Below: Then Marjolein was the model and I was the photographer. Immediately she assumed 5 different model positions in 20 seconds. She is much better at that than I am. I save little videos and photos of posing models but never bother to look at them and learn. I am so lazy.
Below: Mural by Micha de Bie. Why not try that foot against the wall another time…this time no pain in the hamstring.
Below: Mural by Marilou Klapwijk.
We really did a decent job of documenting these murals, didn’t we? Even with mentioning the artists.
Below: Marjolein in the restaurant where we had a drink. You can see her gauze top with the raised flower ‘stamen’. It works so well with the blouse she is wearing underneath. As if she bought them as a matching set which she didn’t. Wearing a set of golden earrings with a black pendant on the left and with an orange button on the right.
Below: Close-up of me so you can have a good look at the Baublehaus earrings. Also wearing a golden ring with 2 pearls and 1 lapis lazuli.
What happened in my life this week
Saturday I did some styling with new tops I got the week before. When I popped outside for a minute my friend and neighbour Froukje called me in for a slice of cake. Oh yes, please!
We were talking about the jeans she bought that day because her old jeans didn’t fit her anymore as she has lost weight.
When she described the old jeans I was interested…low waisted, G-Star Raw, baggy… that was the type of jeans I tried to buy the week before but couldn’t find. Long story short…they were my size and exactly what I was looking for. They are now mine.
How many pairs of jeans do you need? Well…I suppose 1 pair is enough, perhaps 2. Which means I am grossly overdoing it. Shoot me.
Sunday I managed to create a good outfit which you will see this summer. I am not giving it away yet.
Also did my fitness exercises. I decided for some reality on my blog. Below: this is what I look like in my fitness gear, hair a mess and no make-up. The yellow light of the sunscreens softened the wrinkles in my face and on my legs. But if you look at the arm with which I am holding the camera, you can see an abundance of wrinkles. It cannot be helped, I am 71. It is wrinkles or death.
Below: Sat in the garden being at peace with my life. And being very thankful.
Monday I wore this outfit. (Link to post with these palazzo trousers and two different tops.)
That day I wandered into town and bought a new pair of shorts as Ron hates the shorts which I have. He likes the new pair (below) but thinks they are a bit too chic for going to the beach. Aagghh. I told him that one can never be overdressed and I’d rather look good and a bit chic than knowing he hates what I am wearing. (The colours are a bit strange in the photo because I had the sunscreen out.)
On Tuesday there was an Apple course about taking photos with your iPhone, which I attended. The small group was nice and I learned quite a few things but also discovered that I know a lot more about the phone and photography than I gave myself credit for. Below: wore this that day; old stuff with an oversized shirt from last year. The outfit is a bit outdated but I liked it. Nevertheless, this will probably be the last time I’ll wear these trousers like this.
Below: On one of my walks I saw these flowers growing against the stone of the canal embankment. Nature is abundant.
Wednesday was a fun day meeting my brother and my sister-in-law at their home in Zwolle. Now that both my parents are gone (miss them dearly), I want to visit my brother and SIL more often as I love them both and it just won’t do, seeing each other only twice a year. The thing to overcome is the trip to Zwolle which is in the east of the country and we live in the west. It is an hour and 45 minutes’ drive if you have no traffic jam and you are exceeding the speed limit. Say a 2 hours’ drive and the same on returning. In our country that is quite a distance.
Zwolle has a few attractions apart from my brother and SIL being there. It is a fabulous old town with many historic buildings (you know, the kind you like). Ron and I set off early and did a photo shoot before arriving for lunch at my brother’s house. Gorgeous weather and the photo shoot went well. We only gave it an hour and you will see it next week.
Our dog sitter Wil had been taking good care of Watson that day but when we picked him up, it turned out Watson lost his tracker. A tracker can be tracked, right? So, off we went to the park and Ron tried to find it with the app on his phone while the battery was nearly empty. Lo and behold, he did find it in the sand.
Thursday the hairdresser did her magic again. Despite the fact she cuts marvellously, I hate my hair when it is just ‘done’. I feel like a total idiot for at least half a week until the hair settles. Which is why I am wearing my hairpiece in this photo with the Thursday outfit. (Link to original post.)
After the hairdresser I visited Marianne (below) which of course, is always a pleasure. Doesn’t she look good?
Friday was fitness day and in the afternoon my friend Aafke and I roamed around shops and went for a meal in the evening (below). We laughed our heads off. Hopefully we didn’t disturb the other guests.
Below: Full view of the pink and orange maxi dress I wore. (Link to original post.)
Greetje
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