No Fear of Fashion

Long pencil skirt with a white bomber jacket

The next item from my Paris purchases is a white bomber jacket with a grey marble effect pattern. It is well made, is exactly the right length and is wider than a normal bomber jacket (which looks stupid on me). As I think this long denim skirt needs a modern top, I was pleased that
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Orange pleather trousers with a green and white striped top

One day I popped into Karlijn’s store (kpa.haarlem), wearing these orange trousers with leopard boots. I tried on some tops and that is how the combination of orange pleather trousers with a green and white striped top was born. Never in a million years would I have come up with this outfit if it wasn’t
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Grey floral co-ord from Paris

Here is the second purchase from my Paris haul. Or should I say, here are two purchases, as in fact, this grey floral co-ord consists of trousers and a jacket. I styled the jacket with white trousers too and it looks good. Haven’t styled the trousers separately yet. That seems trickier. I met my friend
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Barrel jeans with a blue and white pleated cardigan

The Netherlands is a very flat country and you are about to see some rural spots. Marjolein had walked past a few beautifully renovated old farmhouses near Delft. Only she had walked past it with a friend who likes to take long walks. Because they were walking and talking to each other a lot, Marjolein
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Silver skirt with a green jumper

Nearly a year ago my friend Misja helped me to create outfits with clothes that were already in my wardrobe. She is a good stylist (not her profession) and today’s outfit with the silver skirt is one that she came up with. It is amazing what that necklace is doing for the outfit. Marjolein and
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ABOUT ME

My name is Greetje, I am Dutch, born in 1954. Married and living with husband Ron, dog Watson and cat Sophie. Pretty bonus daughter is married to a lovely man and they gave us two wonderful granddaughters.

This blog is my hobby. I hope to entertain you and make you smile or laugh with the content I publish. It is for everyone, but probably most appealing to women over 40, like me (oh, all right…I am way over).

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