Essentiel at Miele catwalk

I was lucky enough to be invited last Thursday to the Miele catwalk, but even better was the lovely invitation we got from Inge Onsea- the brain and inspiration behind the Belgian brand Essentiel - to spend the afternoon with her backstage. I always find these kind of invitations fun and interesting, but this time it was so much more than simply 'interesting', it was truly a wonderful experience. Inge and Tom - the other creative genius behind Essentiel - are the perfect duo, bouncing ideas off of each other and complementing one another to perfection. They are all smiles and giggles, and are both clearly the inspiration behind this youthful and colourful brand catering to the carefree woman. And check out those green and red leather jacket that they did for this F/W 2011 collection, they are simply gorgeous.

PS: Inge is the gorgeous lady in the bright yellow coat and Tom is the one sporting the great bomber jacket.

As always Filles à papa were amazing, Bshirt was fun and laid-back and Lenny Leleu was my discovery of the evening.

A huge thank you to Miele for putting on a wonderful show, to Oona -especially Marie - for always thinking of me, and to Inge and Tom for the openness and free spirit.

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Zara A/W 11

Source: Zara

Two outfits that I wish I was wearing at the moment and two outfit that would normally not be my style but I somehow feel like I could pull it off. I really wish I could wear biker boots and skirt but I haven't yet had the courage to try it as I personally think you need the perfect pair of legs for this look.

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Louise Night/ coups de coeurs

10 shops & 10 'coups de coeurs'

1. The perfect colourful skinny jeans from the Spanish brand Cimarron (check out their website its pretty good), found at Pulsion ( 17 A, Avenue de la Toison d'Or)

2. The ideal little weekend bag from Pepe jeans ( 10 A, Gallerie Toison d'Or)

3. The most amazing pair of white trousers, perfect for summer, not transparant and with some lovely structured pockets, from Agnès b. (27, Boulevard de Waterloo)

4. I love a good statement necklace and this has to be the most beautiful one I have seen in a while, love the mix of texture from Max Mara (19, Avenue Louise)

5. This bag is gorgeous (available in two sizes - pictures is the larger version and available in a multitude of colours) from La Furla (58 A, Avenue Louise)

6. I found the absolute perfect print trousers, snake skin print to be precise from zara - as seen on me here - (8, Avenue Louise)

7. The perfect day - to - night maxi dress from Bel Air in a  gorgeous powder pink, available at No Concept (94 C, Avenue Louise)

8. The new "Ava shopping" is the new 'it bag' over at Tods, a bit pricey but such an amazing leather/suede (46, Boulevard de Waterloo)

These 'coups de coeurs' were done in the context of the Louise Summer Night 2011.  I was kindly invited into these shops in order to pick out my favourite item for summer from each shop, you will find them exposed on the night of the 23 June.  I still have to to go Veritas (an amazing place in Belgium where you can find everything you need for your DIYs) and Planet Parfum, which I will post shortly.

If you are in brussels on the 23 June don't hesitate to come to Avenue Louise and join us for a fashionable evening in Brussels where most of the shops of Avenue Louise will be open to the public.  Also if you wish to have VIP tickets (which you need to get into the shops at night), drop me a line here as I still have some tickets (for 2 people) left.  I hope to see as many of you there on the 23 June!

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Self portrait

The outfit post for these pictures will come later. For me its just another day stuck inside writing my thesis; way to many hypotheses, too many chapters and sub-parts, and my word count is not going up fast enough. Wishing everyone a great day!

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