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A fashion and lifestyle blog of a "twenty something" girl living and working in London. 

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GIVEAWAY

Those of you who follow me on twitter know that I was thinking about doing another giveaway. I had a couple of ideas, but then out of the blue the lovely people from VoucherCodesUK contacted me with a great idea and a perfect giveaway. They are offering one lucky reader a £100 ASOS gift voucher which I find really fitting as, not only is this competition open to all international readers as Asos ships worldwide but it is also open to the men out there that might feel neglected :)

If you don't know about VoucherCodesUK and you are a in the UK, do go and check it out as they offer loads of great fashion and restaurant discounts to help you grab a bargain next time you’re stocking up online. Choose from a Boohoo Discount Code, a Dorothy Perkins Discount Code, a New Look Discount Code and many more. If you don't mind me saying, pretty cool stuff.

So a big thank you to Helen from VoucherCodesUK for this great giveaway!

How to enter:

1. Simply comment on this post any time before midnight the 8th July (in Great Britain)

2. and leave your name & email adress so that we can contact the winner (the winner will be selected randomly)

3. I will only accept one comment per person

4. Most importantly, HAVE FUN!!

 

I know a few things I would buy from Asos with £100 (just a few of my favourite items at the moment) :)

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The short issue

I hope everyone had a great weekend, personally I was not prepared for such a heat wave but I refuse to complain. With the sales just around the corner I have my little "what i really really want bu do not need" list ready. Another thing that is just around the corner are the holidays which I cannot wait for, the first part of the hols will be spent doing a road trip with the bf just after graduation (from 16th July onwards). We are planning on going to Cannes, then Monaco followed by St-Tropez, Genova and Milan, then we will head back to Brussels via Munich and Baden-baden. Looking forward to seen a few of you on our road trip.

//WEARING// Cutoffs: Topshop Striped top: H&M Shoes: Etam Bag: Next Sunglasses: Ydeltuyt Rings: Asos and Ydeltuyt

 

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Delvaux; Not just a label

If Paris has Chanel, London has Mulberry and New york has Alexander wang then Brussels has Delvaux. The Belgian brand, Delvaux is as old as Belgium itself, making the oldest fine leather luxury goods company in the world.

I was invited to a lunch and a round table by the House of Delvaux, along side other Belgian bloggers, as they are currently unveiling a new collection called "Toujours" aimed at the everyday modern and active woman. The designs are more modern, well thought out and most of all practical, and the prices are affordable. This being said, lowering the price did in no way entail lowering the standards and the quality of their leather goods. We had the opportunity to visit the workshop in order to further understand what is means by the term "luxury good". Indeed, every single handbag that comes out of the House of Delvaux has been hand made from start to finish. I do have to say I will be thinking twice before dumping my next handbag on the floor when I see the effort and the quality of the craftsmanship that goes into a bag. In our era of Logos and branding is was refreshing to see a company with heart and soul and a legacy that is more about the bag than the label itself.

 

 

Vous l'avez tant demandé et longtemps attendu; voici enfin le premier post en Français.  Je me suis dis que vu qu'il s'agissait d'un post sur une marque Belge, j'allais permettre aux francophones parmi vous d' en profiter tout autant que mes lectrices anglophones. J'ai eu l'honneur d'avoir été invitée à un lunch et une table ronde chez Delvaux, suivit d'une visite des ateliers et le tout aux cotés d'autres blogeurs Belges.

En effet, si Paris à Chanel, Londres à Mulberry, et que New- York a Alexander Wang et bien Bruxelles à Delvaux. La Maison Delvaux est aussi vieille que la Belgique elle-même, faisant de Delvaux la plus vieille maroquinerie du monde. On a été invités pour que Delvaux puisse nous présenter leur nouvelle collection nommée "Toujours", qui est destinée aux femmes modernes et actives. Les créations sont fluides, modernes et pratiques dans une gamme de prix d'autant plus accessible à un public plus large. Mais une gamme de prix moins élevée ne va pas de paire avec une qualité moindre. D'ailleurs la visite des ateliers Delvaux nous a permis de se rendre compte du travail minutieux de la création de chaque sac Delvaux. Et je dois avouer, que dans l'ère où les logos et le 'branding' priment avant tout, c'était une bouffée d'air frais que de voir qu'il y a encore quelques Maisons de luxe qui ont une réelle âme et où l'on accorde une plus grande importance au sac plutôt qu'a son logo. La journée fût une belle réussite; une table ronde pleines d'idées et de discussions, un lunch agréable et une visite pleines de surprises.

Four of the five bags from the "Toujours" collection each named after a day of the week

Les Ateliers Delvaux

Row upon row of all kinds and colours of leather

Hellooo lovelies, I absolutely feel head over heels for this gorgeous royal blue

Now this is what I call 'instant blogging' - Goeffrey from Elle Belgique updating the blog

Lisette from the fashionalist snapping away

My lovely lovely gift which I will show you in my next post, it is a bag!!

A huge thank you to all of the Delvaux team and a special thanks to Pascale for being a lovely host. For a first belgian blogger meet-up, I could not have asked for anything better.

Encore un énorme merci à toute l'équipe Delvaux et un tout grand merci à Pascale pour l'accueil chaleureux.

 

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