Je zomergarderobe heb je natuurlijk al lang en breed in je kast hangen. Met nauwelijks een échte lentedag achter de rug heb je voorlopig qua kleding ook vast nog keuze genoeg. Waar je echter nooit genoeg van hebt, zijn zomerse accessoires. Deze kun je bovendien ook best dragen op een iets frissere dag. Daarom hierbij enkele summer accessories waarbij het zonnetje – in ieder geval overal waar jij bent – vanzelf gaat schijnen. Nature inspired (rieten hoed en houten armbanden) met een beetje shimmer & shine (metallic riempje, bronzen ketting). Mix & match deze items met je favoriete zomerse stukken en the summer is yours.

Blouse, rok, tas én schoenen. Speel met silhouetten en mix volop met zwaardere en lichtere materialen om het spannend te houden.

Hier een uitgebreide verzameling catwalk én streetstyle foto’s ter inspiratie.

Hieronder enkele mode-items die perfect binnen deze Wow in White trend passen.

Foto: Peter Stigter

It’s mid summer! Everyone around me is on holiday or planning a trip to some tropical destination. I still have to wait a couple of weeks before it’s my turn. So meanwhile I just dream away with the most gorgeous summer editorials. Here’s a selection of my favorite beach inspired editorial images of this season including Doutzen Kroes and Gisele Bundchen. No holiday in sight yet? Just scroll through these summer snaps and get inspired.

Pictures: Fashion Gone Rogue

Summer is finally here.

Have a lovely sunny day where ever you’re spending it!

Picture: ELLE Greece

Weather forecasts claim today might be the last hot day, so this afternoon I’m going to the beach (I will work some extra this weekend, when it’s raining again). It will be my first time in bikini for this year and I’m really hoping to get a bit of a tan. I’m going to catch up reading all the fashion magazines from the last few weeks and hopefully I can take some nice sunny pictures (no, not of me in my bikini).

How are you spending this day?

Picture made by me

While this weekend everyone of my friends was either at an Amsterdam festival (Buiten Westen, Appelsap, Henk op de Helling), on holiday or at De Modefabriek me and my family went to the beach. I soaked up the sun and enjoyed a lovely meal while catching up with my parents. I discovered the nearest beach isn’t really that far from my home (I haven’t lived in Amsterdam for that long, so I’m still finding things out) yet it felt like a short vacation. Note to self: I should definitely do this more often.

Pictures: private

There’s a new visual diary online! It includes pictures of me, my sale buys, my working out look and this gorgeous summer setting.

See my latest visual diary here.

Picture made by me.

It was a definite no-go for several years, but the bare belly is back! Designers have taken last season’s cut-out-trend a little further and have created all kinds of belly-revealing fashion pieces. The bare part varies from upper stomach (Blumarine, Prada, Emilio Pucci, Dolce & Gabbana) to lower belly (Roberto Cavalli, Acne, Gaultier, Missoni), from modest to slightly tacky.

The how-to-wear part is actually quite easy. Mix your cropped top with long pants (Roberto Cavalli), shorts (D&G), pencil skirts (Prada) or maxi skirts (Emilio Pucci); everything is possible.

And though the bare belly isn’t quite the office look, there surely is no harm in showing of parts of your abs at a fancy cocktail party. On the contrary! Finally you can show off that hidden six pack of yours. Or ehh.. at least you have a good reason to start working on that.

If you’re not so sure about this trend yet, just opt for last season’s cut-out trend, which is still very chic as well.

I originally wrote this trend for TPS.
See more of this trend here.

Photos: Prada, Emilio Pucci, Dolce & Gabbana
Photo Source: Fashion Gone Rogue

As the seasons change and every once in a while we go from skinny to flared jeans and from round to pointed shoes, we also change from subtle bracelets to chunky bangles. And this summer, so it seems, it’s all about chunky jewelry.

We saw the eye-catching necklaces at Marni and the larger than life earrings at Blumarine and now it’s time to cover your wrists with big bangles. Choose for multiple ones like Bottega Veneta, Hermes and Carolina Herrera. Also, opt for color (we spotted orange, red and green ones) and maybe add a touch of gold (like we saw at Balmain) to bring it all together.

Whether they’re made out of leather, wool, metallic or wood; whatever suits your look the best is just fine. They don’t even need to be rounded; Gianfranco Ferré proved a square bangle can be just as much fun. Also, Giambattista Valli showed a few animal inspired examples that were even more creative.

Whatever bracelet you pick, there’s only one rule: don’t hold back! The brighter, the bolder, the better.

I originally wrote this trend for TPS.
See more of this trend here.

Photos: Marni, Hermes, Carrolina Herrera
Source: Team Peter Stigter (pictures can not be copied!)

Paisley, animal and floral prints, polka dots, stripes and checks; mixing different prints in one look is one of the biggest trends of this season. We already spotted the multi-print look last season at Dries van Noten and Marni. Yet for spring/summer 2012 many more fashion designers dared to show these clashing prints in their runway looks.

For instance Blugirl, Erdem and Sportmax mixed diverse floral prints in the looks. Loewe, Burberry and Marni opted for prints that were a bit more graphical. Moschino mixed animal with floral, Prada combined polka dots with cars and Dries van Noten showed florals in the mix with some other nature-inspired prints.

It seems with this trend there are no boundaries or rules. Just pick your favorite prints and start mixing. And remember you don’t need all designer prints. Mixing your H&M printed pants with your Zara top can be just as charming, prints charming that is.

I originally wrote this trend for TPS.
See more of this trend here.

Photos: Moschino, Sportmax, Dries van Noten
Source: Fashion Gone Rogue