Earthquake and Snow - I just don't love you so...(Winter-Spring-Gap part 2)

Lets face it Tokyo... Even though I would love spring, with weather forecasts of snow all over Japan I can not deal going out in light chiffon spring clothes - I have to wait for that a little bit more.



The short earthquake this night (around 1-2am) and the heavy snow right now, kind of take my happy mood for spring clothes.

But!

Here my second idea for the winter-spring-gap, featuring denim, leather and red. I wondered a while back, when I purchased the red leather skirt of Dolce & Gabbana, if I wear it more frequently.. honestly, I am glad I bought it here. Because in fact, I did. 

Japanese people seem to avoid wearing Jeans. If I should take a guess, maybe 15% of the visible Tokyo population wears jeans. It doesn't matter wether it snows or not - women stick with their skirt. I really appreciate that, coming from a country where over 59% of women wear Jeans only....

Looking at the pictures, I realized, how thankful I am for modern production techniques.

Once the color red ("purpur") was marked for kings and queens, for the nobleness, partially because the production of red color was too expensive. Due to a chemical mistake by Perkin, he put down the headstone for synthetic production of colors and made it possible, that we nowadays wear more than natured colored clothes.


What do you think ?

Moto Jacket, the second

Maybe it is because I am driving motor cycles myself. 

Maybe I just like leather. 

Maybe it is just a trend that really got me. 

I really don't know, but I enjoy myself in this Moto Jacket!

And I think this is one of the most important things in fashion: that you stay authentic to your style, authentic to yourself and enjoy playing with different fabrics, textiles, brands, images and styles.

I don't think, that there is this "one" look. Our world started to spin to fast, brought too many borders down and allowed cultures to mix - latest on the internet as we saw during the Arab Spring the past years. 

But instead of making everything easier - in the end we have more things we can choose from and depending on the size of our wallets ( or at least, that's what we think, the choice barriers seem far, far away).

Colorful Basics Set 4/6

After the pink-black-intermezzo I thought of another outfit for the 6 days!

A great friend of mine (her name is Claudia, we both adore fashion and I love how our styles and identities vary sometimes drastically, but can be alike so much) saw these pictures first and encouraged this yellow combination. Truth is, I love that summer-like feeling, especially with blonde hair and orange lips. It makes me dream of heat, the smell of sun tanned skin, ice-cream and water melons. 

Can not wait for more sun!!

With the basic list, find out below how good light colors work!

Pink loves Black

Isn't it obvious? 

Pink and black are thankful partners - they suit each other and there shouldn't be fear for to high contrast. Especially if the current trend for total monochrome outfits shows, the more contrast, the better. I used that look last year the first time here in Tokyo and just remembered recently, how much I liked it.


I am thankful for the reminder by CIRCLEOFCHAOS! I found a post of her with a pink sweater and a black skirt recently, that reminded me of that outfit - thank you :)
(By the way, if you have time, take a look at here blog by clicking her name - definitely great looks in-between :) 

Can't think of the reason, why it wasn't as present... still, the outfit is chic enough to go out or to use for work (if the length of the skirt do not disturb, basic job-skirt length should be around knee-high). 

The high closed shirt by Boss is feminine and offers great focus for statement necklaces. I chose two different black ones (F21 and Mango, see detailed picture below) to keep the attitude of pink and black. Just my Emporio Armani bag should be forgiven - my luggage was restricted to weight as I flew here to Tokyo 4 months ago.

The slight pastel color of the bag matches perfectly in-between though. Black (still heating) tights and my black suede pointed DIANA pumps to finish.

Take a look below and tell me what you think.

Will you be my valentine?

One of the most liked and celebrated days arrived in Japan. 

It is Valentine's Day. 

The day, you give your boyfriend/husband, your males colleagues, your male acquaintances and whoever male you may care for Chocolate. The best would be handmade, but bought chocolate is better than nothing.

In the end, your aim is to show, that you care for them.

So much talk of who receive chocolate... but what do the guys do in Japan on Valentine's day? Do they take out their spouse like it is custom in America and increasingly in Europe?

No. They don't. At least not yet.

But isn't it unfair that almost every female starts from January to look for the best receipts, ideas and even takes a hell of a time to prepare everything?

Well... in Japan every male shows his gratitude for the received chocolate on "White Day" in March. A day when it is the guy's turn to return the gratitude and to give back sweets to every female he cares for. Still, thanks to globalization it gets custom to take out one's spouse as well.

Outside of Japan, I would wear one of these outfits to spend Valentine's Day (since my boyfriend arrives here in 6 days earliest)

Which one do you like more?

Outfit 1 (for spring days) and Outfit 2 (for winter days)                            

  

watch out for more detailed photos

Winter-Spring-Gap part 1

Oh spring, why do you take so long?

With temperatures around 6 degrees, snowy rain or rainy snow - however one may call that - I decided to be covered in the warmest clothes I have here (one of the simplest as well):


Boyfriend coat (thanks to my best friend who forgot that at my apartment)
Grey loop Scarf (self-knitted, handmade)
Black knit beanie from Bonaparte
Boss Orange blue/white/black checked long shirt
Black MOP Skirt
Buffalo Suede Wedges
Mango Necklace


Still... I am in Tokyo which is why I decided for heating tights to wear pumps with that.