Mincfashion is online!

Na maandenlange voorbereidingen kunnen we eindelijk met trots vertellen dat het ons is gelukt een webshop te openen dat producten aanbiedt waar wij zelf 100% achterstaan!

Ik weet zeker dat deze droom de gedachten van vele vrouwen heeft gepasseerd. Want wat is er nou leuker dan items aan te bieden die niemand anders dan jijzelf hebt geselecteerd.. Niets dus. Het is de magie van het kopen in combinatie met mode-gevoel. Het geeft een tevreden gevoel wanneer je een exclusief, hip en prachtig item hebt gevonden, dat vervolgens ontzettend de hemel in wordt geprezen door vriendinnen, familie en kennissen in de zin van: "ohh die wil ik ook!" of "waar heb je die vandaan"..

Juist. Een verwarmend gevoel. Maar ook een tikkeltje bedrukkend. Ware het niet dat je de mensen om je heen en daarbuiten misschien ook wel zo'n leuk item gunt, of in ieder geval de gelegenheid wil geven een vergelijkbaar product te kopen.

Bovenstaande situatie kwam ik vaak tegen wanneer ik weer zo'n leuke tas op de kop had getikt. Een collector's item laten we maar zeggen. Vele positieve reacties kwamen mijn kant op, maar nooit kwam ik op het idee meerdere aan te schaffen voor potentiële klanten. 

Mijn vriend en ik hebben daarom besloten onze passies te combineren en hiervan een ontzettend gave webshop van te maken met zorgvuldig geselecteerde, exclusieve items! Van elke tas die op Mincfashion is afgebeeld zijn er maar weinig geproduceerd, wat het gehele assortiment bijzonder maakt. Al zeg ik het zelf, we mogen trots zijn op elkaar en op alle mensen die ons hiermee hebben geholpen! 

We kunnen nu al niet wachten tot onze volgende reisjes naar leveranciers waar we wederom de meest prachtige items zullen selecteren voor Minc;)

Munich, stylish city in Germany..

By spending the weekend in Munich you would think of a few days full of beer, ‘Lederhosen’ and big fat sausages.. Well, if you go to the city during Oktoberfest you will..

Visiting the city in another state of mind, you will be amazed by the style and beautiful buildings that this city has to offer.  Money is a thing that is slightly present in this city. Noticed by the amount of luxury cars on every corner of the street. BMW, Mercedes, Ferrari, Lamborghini are just a few names that pop into my head by visioning the streets of Munich.

We stayed at Sofitel hotel, next to the main train station of Munich. A good location to explore the city by feet or to get a cab just in front of the hotel.. The main shopping streets are located near the central station.  The Kaufingerstrasse is a street filled with chain stores like H&M, Mango, Pimkie, Bershka and more.. Don’t forget to check out ‘Hirmer’, a big fashion store with men-clothing from  a lot of popular brands, Beautiful building and perfectly set up interior.

Also, don’t miss the warehouse Galeria Kaufhof! Nice way to explore the German popular brands brought together in a few departments.

Kaufingerstrasse, shopping street of München

For exclusive and sophisticated shopping, go to the Theatinerstrasse and Maximilianstrasse. More our kind of street.. As well for the adorable boutiques and the beautiful shopping centre ‘Fünf Hofe’  where you will find patisseries, home-deco stores and many more hidden things.

Stlish interior in Fünfhofe shopping center.

We were so lucky to have a sunny weekend with an average temperature of 28 degrees. Hanging out at hotspots and cosy bars is a definite must-do when you are in Munich. The city has a lot of great spots to offer where you can sit outside and enjoy a great glass of beer or an Aperol ( Prosecco, orange liquor, soda).

For breakfast, we found a cute little bar at the corner of the Schleiβheimerstrasse and Gabelsbergerstrasse. It’s called 'Café Lotti' and it seems like you are in a giant dollhouse with all the little white chairs, pink cushions and cosy atmosphere. The owner brings her English inspirations into this tiny café and serves English dishes joined with some German specialties. I had a delicious plate of Yoghurt with fresh fruit, granola and berry sauce. Perfect start of the day;)

Pink interior @ Café Lotti (Photo: cafe-lotti.de)

Next to Café Lotti, i found this vintage authentic LV! @ Exclusive, vintage store.

In my opinion, Germany is the number one country of manufacturing fast and good-looking cars. Once in München, you have to experience the world of the ‘Bayerischer Motor Werke’ Also called.. BMW.

This magnificent museum filled with all the models BMW has made through history, is a must-see for every person that has a passion for cars.. You will feel like a little child exploring a candy factory! For me, it was interesting and amazing to see how technology has developed so fast in the last century. And still.. Nowadays they are still working very hard of inventing all kind of new technologies to make cars faster, lighter, saver and whatnot. Want to explore one of the newest BMW models? You are able to rent the BMW car that you want for a few hours and take it for a drive around München. A great initiative from them, seen most people are dying to ride in of the cars after visiting the exposition! Note: We were too late.. Obviously everybody wants to take a ride, so it is better to make a reservation online before. Next time, we will.. For sure!

For dinner, we went both nights to great restaurants.  Just one block away from the hotel, we arrived at L’Osteria. On a warm Saturday night, with a crowded terrace. It looked nice, delicious and fun so we were willing to wait for a seat at the bar.. And it was worth it. A giant pizza and delicious salads accompanied with prosecco and cocktails.. Together with the noisy Italian waiters we had the ultimate summer feeling;)

On the second night we consulted Tripadvisor for good restaurants.. We found ‘La Brasserie’ at the 'Hirschgartenallee'. A romantic little restaurant in the west of München with the cutest sitplaces outside ever! The restaurant is owned by a French guy who met his German wife and decided to bring some French cooking specialties into the city. And again, we enjoyed the night outside with some good French wine and similar food! As a dessert: Tarte Citrón.. hmm.

Never expected a city like this. Behind the ‘Biergarten’ and ‘Oktoberfest’ there is so much more to explore in this beautiful city! It’s definitely the Milan of Germany;)

(Photo: hetoktoberfest.nl)

Antwerp, a stylish city, full of inspiration!

Yet, another great city that needs to be brought among fashion minded people that are inspired by new, exclusive developments in the big, big fashion world..




Belgium, a country that is hidden between Holland and France. A country that owns two languages and is known for its delicious Belgian chocolates. But there's more.. The fashion capital of Belgium is definitely Antwerp. Only a 30 minutes drive from Holland and 2 hours from France, this city provides the best hidden designers, boutiques and upcoming talents. 

A lunch break with a 'Laurent Perrier' view.. We love bubbles..

The tiny, cosy streets and little restaurants are worth being mentioned as well. The old and historical buildings makes this city a definite must see! What can't be missed, is the main shopping street 'Meir'. Big chain stores have found their way into the crowded street and are all located in this area. Even Forever 21, the American chain of clothing stores have opened their first amazingly bog store in Antwerp. This concept is a must-go for every fashionista. The well organised departments of the store are divided into different concepts of style. For a really affordable price i would be able to buy a whole Spring wardrobe here, without looking a bit as 'one of a kind'

Just an impression of the Forever 21 flagship store, Antwerp (Photo: Nieuwsblad.be)

You could picture forever 21 as a mix between H&M and Primark. I see a lot of potential for yet another chains of stores that, if you like it or not, are slowly but rough taking over the city-streets. Because of this stores, little boutiques are living a hard life at the moment, since a large number of average people do not want to spend a lot of money on trendy clothes. They rather spend it on vacations, gadgets etc.. It's a pity!




Gallery 2020, a Belgian trade fair for fashion is also expanding trough the years. Still, in comparison with the big fairs in Amsterdam, Barcelona and Paris, this looks like the most smallest fair you have ever been.. But, it gives the atmosphere a personal and exclusive touch. Big fashion brands are represented next to small, potential and new designers.. Some of them are known in Belgium for many years, but are trying to move abroad and take the big step to become just as big and succesfull as the brands they look up to..

Paris, Paris!

Parijs.. Stad van de liefde, wijn, heerlijke eten en eindeloos shoppen! Regelmatig keer ik terug naar deze fantastische stad dat slechts 5 uurtjes rijden verwijderd is van ons kikkerlandje. Bij elk bezoek treffen we weer nieuwe hot-spots die zeker een bezoekje waard zijn.. Van fashionable boetiekjes tot lounge-clubs, deze stad heeft alles te bieden om er een geslaagd tripje van te maken!


De Eiffeltoren, het louvre, de sacre coeur, en alle andere historische bezienswaardigheden, móet je gezien hebben tijdens je eerste bezoek aan Parijs. Lekker toeristisch doen en tussen de kuddes Japanners, Chinezen en schreeuwende scholieren stapje voor stapje verzetten tot het eind van de tour in zicht is. Dit is dan meteen je ontgroening.. Hierna zal het echte leven van Parijs je omarmen en je kennis laten maken met de typische Parijse leefstijl. Namelijk: Genieten, genieten en nog eens genieten.. Parijzenaren beginnen laat in de ochtend met werken en gaan ook net iets langer door dan wij 9- tot 5 mensen.. Hierdoor eten ze zo lang en laat mogelijk in de avond. In elke brasserie, restaurant of bistro is er voor 8 uur niets te beleven, maar na half 9 begint iedereen te nippen aan een heerlijk Frans wijntje met sneetjes verse Baguette.. Ook het kaasplankje is niet te missen in de Franse keuken. Vaak varieren de kazen in sterkte en wordt aanbevolen met de zachtste te beginnen en met de zwaarste te eindigen. Een walhalla voor de kaas en wijn liefhebbers, aangezien Parijs barst van de barretjes volgeladen met talloze verschillende rode en witte wijnen.

Zo’n authentiek wijnbarretje is bijvoorbeeld te vinden in een van de zijstraatjes van de Champs Elyseés. Genaamd L'Ecluse en gelegen naast de Hermés winkel, in de buurt van de meest chique hotels is dit een gezellig en warm café om na een dag shoppen uit te puffen. Het publiek bestaat uit Parijzenaren in de hogere welstand klasse en zakenlieden.



Bar L'Ecluse by night..

De keuze biedt vele soorten rode en witte wijnen met wat geroosterd brood en heerlijke boter die erbij geserveerd wordt. Ook is er gelegenheid tot diner, waar wij gebruik van hebben gemaakt. Typische Franse geitenkaas op een bedje van geschaafde komkommer en appelazijn.. Bon appetit!

Naast bar L'Ecluse nog even wegzwijmelen bij de mini Birkin van Hermés;)

Blaren hoef je in deze stad niet op te lopen.. Het metro-net is er uitstekend geregeld en voor 15 euro reis je 2 dagen onbeperkt met tram, trein en bus in heel Parijs. Metro’s rijden zeer regelmatig en ook het bussensysteem is voor ons Nederlanders prima te begrijpen. Ideaal voor een bezoekje net buiten de stad.

Trendy bars, restaurants en clubs zijn ook zeker geen vreemd fenomeen in Parijs.. In de zijstraten van de Champs elyseés zijn er nachtclubs in overvloed, maar ook in Montmartre en de Bastille zullen de feestbeesten onder ons zich niet vervelen. Hier zijn gezellige barretjes te vinden en kleine nachtclubs om de avond dansend af te sluiten.



Ook trendy lounge-clubs met restaurants zijn de laatste tijd in opkomst. In Parijs zijn er enkele te vinden. Zulke clubs zijn natuurlijk onmisbaar in een grote stad.. Dit zijn de ideale hot-spots waar eerst geborreld wordt, vervolgens dineren met in de meeste gevallen exclusieve gerechten en daarna kan er tot in de kleine uurtjes gedanst worden op weer een andere verdieping om de nacht in stijl af te sluiten.

Alcazar, Rue Mazarine (Photo: youropi.com)

Alcazar club in de buurt van Montparnasse is zo'n restaurant en club in eén. Het is gelegen in een hippe wijk waar veel café's met verwarmd terras zich bevinden. De ideale hang-out voor studenten en de jonge werkenden van Parijs. S'avonds is het gezellig druk en rumoerig tot diep in de nacht.. Alcazar bezit een prachtige cocktail bar op de eerste etage, waar de heerlijkste cocktails en wijn voor je wordt klaargezet. Op de begane grond bevindt zich het restaurant, waar gerechten uit eigen streek besteld kunnen worden en er gegeten wordt in een relaxte stemming met sfeerlicht, mooie kleine tafels en lounge banken.

Assortiment de Cocteles! @ Alcazar

Mocht je een weekend in Parijs zijn, vergeet dan vooral niet op zondag de wijk Le Marais te bezoeken. Deze Joodse wijk zou best wel eén van de meest trendy en gezellige wijken van Parijs uitgeroepen worden als het aan mij ligt. Stap uit bij station St. Paul en je waant je gelijk in een hippe, gezellige buurt met talloze boetiekjes, café's en veel gadget stores. De straatjes zijn smal en eigenlijk te klein voor de drukte die zich hier bevindt op zondag, maar dat maakt het alleen maar duidelijk dat dit een wijk is om zeker eens te bezoeken. Ook de falafel eet-tentjes zijn hier in overvloed en als je rond lunch tijd hier wilt zitten, zal je snel teleurgesteld worden, aangezien je vanaf 1 uur overal achter in de meterslange rijen aan kan sluiten. Zorg dus dat je net vóor lunchtijd (rond half 1) hier een plekje bemachtigd om de drukte voor te zijn en je merkt gegarandeerd waar het al deze mensen om te doen is. Heerlijke verse falafel in een broodje of op een schotel met zelfgemaakte houmous en gebakken aubergine.. Nog iets wat je geproefd moet hebben in Parijs!

'Chez Marianne' Enorm populaire tapasbar in Le Marais.

Twee van de meeste typische franse zoetigheden zijn toch wel de macarons en crèpes.

De zoete luchtige kleurrijke eiwitschuimkoekjes met crème of ganache vulling met verschillende smaken variërend van vanille, pistache, frambozen en chocola tot zelfs olijfolie en wasabi zijn befaamd in Frankrijk en veroveren met al hun kleuren en smaaksensaties nu ook de rest van de wereld. Macarons zijn steeds meer in Nederland bij de pattisiers te verkrijgen, maar nog geen enkele kan tippen aan de originele van La Durée.. Het grote theehuis is gevestigd aan de Champs-Elyseés en ongeacht het tijdstip, staan er altijd ellenlange rijen met mensen die graag diep in hun portemonnee reiken voor een paar macarons..

Macaron variatie @ La Durée..

Meer variatie bij de lokale patisserie..

Ook de crèpes moet je in Parijs geproefd hebben. Dunne dubbelgevouwen pannenkoekjes met de keuze uit boter, jam, kaas, Nutella, etc.. Heerlijk als de crèpe vers van de plaat komt met gesmolten Nutella..

Verse crépe..

Alles samengevat, Parijs is een ideale bestemming voor een weekend gevuld met proeven van de Franse keuken, genieten van de heerlijke Parijse sfeer, inspiratie opdoen in de vele hippe boetiekjes en de trendy wijken inclusief de Parijzenaren die er te vinden zijn. Een stad waar menig fashionista of wijnliefhebber nog meerdere malen naar zal terugkeren!

Reviewing: Fashion show Pinc Sale.

Some time ago i posted a blog about Pinc sale.. A big eventful sample sale accessible for everyone who signs in on the website. Once in two months this sample sale is located in different city's around Holland.

For 4 days fashionable girls on volunteery base are working very hard to serve the fashionistas with sample pieces from popular exclusive brands like Supertrash, Patrzizia Pepe, Goosecraft, Aaiko and much more.. Accessoiries are available from the brand Fab. Established by a Dutch women with a big love and interest in leather.. Produced and designed in Bali. The items are very recognizable by the colours, shapes and hearts they are using.

Since Pinc sale is growing more and more, i was invited to take a look at their second fashion show. All organized and planned bu people with the same passion for fashion. The catwalk was ready to rock, the drinks were served together with some home-made sushi and the racks filled with all the sample pieces were ready to rumble! But shopaholics had to wait their turn for after the fashion show..

After a great dancing act by proffesional dancers known from ' so you think you can dance'. The models were rocking the runway with the best outfits for Autumn/Winter. Since pinc sale is selling a small section of children's clothes, the tiny models did their best to show the best outfits for our little ones! Very cute and adorable..

Little fashionistas!

Clothes and clothes.. Ready to be picked out.

At 20.30 the sheets that were covering all the sample clothes were gone and the whole building changed from 'pretty nonchalant,chatting' to 'pretty wild and crazy shopping'.
I managed to find a blouse from Supertrash. An item you will see a lot next fall. Coloured and tight with a bow. Definetely a succes again. Fashionistas, keep an eye on the website pincsale.nl and maybe see you next time!

After fashion show shopping..

Paris.. Cité d’amour, mode et vin!

Yes, Paris is definitely the city of love, fashion and wine.. We experienced this woman’s favourite things at the maximum last weekend. 

Ok, we were feeling as a child for 1 day in Disneyland and loved it! Walking around all the Disney items from your favourite cartoons and still being a little bit afraid of all the heights in attractions;) Fitting all the crazy over-priced merchandise items at the gift shops and making pictures of it, repeating taking rides in the rollercoasters, even though our shoulders hurt and being extremely exhausted when the park closes while eating a nice menu in one of Paris’s ‘restaurantes rapides’ or so called, Mc Donalds!

Fashion @ Disney

Off to the serious things after being a child for 1 day..

Because we had not to much time in Paris (1,5 day) we decided we wanted to do the things we are good at: shopping! According to our city guide, the exclusive, vintage and sophisticated little boutiques are located in the ‘Marmais’ district. It seems to be a Gay and Jewish culture that goes perfectly along in the small, chique looking shopping streets with an unknown number of nice kosher bakeries and falafel places.

Sucrée boutique @ Rue les rosiers

Nice little shopping streets @ Marmais district

Zadig & Voltaire brand store

We went to a lot of boutiques that sold the most craziest but also fashionable and good priced things. Popular upcoming brands are located, like Zadig & Voltaire. A French brand that is going very well and even has their own brand store in Amsterdam at the moment. The clothes are made from luxury fabrics with natural prints and basic, edgy looks. We loved the small boutiques that sells clothes from popular good-priced French brands, but also nice pieces of Vero Moda and Kookai. Being a little bit of a tea-addict, I had to pay a visit at the Kusmi tea store. Once going in, you will be overwhelmed by such a variety of Detox tea, green tea, ice tea etc.. You don’t know where to start or what to smell. I absolutely love green tea and the owner of the shop recommended me a Japanese green tea wit popped rice and corn and made me try it. One word: Delicious! I purchased  little boxes of loose different green tea’s and took 1 bigger can of green tea with almond. I just tried this tea with a scent that was absolutely worth those 12 euros while typing this post and its really even more tasteful than the smell itself! 

Delicious Kusmi tea!

Bracelet purchased at the Sucrée boutique

Since shopping is quite exhausting, we dropped by a nice little wine bar with the most delicious tapas snack… The wall was filled with bottles of red wine and our plate was filled with a variety of self-choosed tapas. Olive tapenade, hummus, aubergine with tomato sauce, tuna dip, mushrooms and some tabouleh all accompanied with some dark brown bread to dip. After this afternoon snack we continued shopping until the regular closing time on Sunday’s, around 8 o’clock.

The subway net of Paris is very good to travel with. The trains are clean and the maintenance on the stations is better than I have seen in other cities.

French macarones!

In the line for a Berry icecream or cupcake

Our hotel was located in Montmartre. This district is known by the ‘Sacre Couer’ basilique and its cosy and nice located restaurants around it. We went to a colourful restaurant on the top of montmartre with great colourings on the wall and delicious home-made bread. My meal was (for the 3th time) a salad with goat cheese! The Frenchies are known for its delicious cheeses, so I had to try all the varieties of it. Melted with a roasted bread, on top of a salad, or mixed with apple packed in some pastry. The other girls tried French specialties as well, like quiche lorraine, croissants and baguettes. All even delicious!

In our last day we stopped at Champs Elyseés for a quick breakfast and started our last part of the shopping weekend. The champs elyseés is filled with a lot of big-brand stores, but it’s nice to walk around and see the beautiful buildings they are located in. Especially the Louis Vuitton flagship store is incredible and worth a visit. For our last stop, we visited the big warehouse La Fayette. It’s similar to Macy’s for the brands and goods, but smaller (fortunately!). Once we were in we spotted a big line of Japanese tourists in front of the Longchamp shop-in shop. Still amazing how much these people love the standard designer brands like LV, Longchamp, Chanel, Fendi etc..

The cosmetic department is huge and you could spend hours walking by all the different brands with each brand has their own specialty.

At the top of the building you are able to go to the terrace where the view over the city is amazing. I purchased a book about all of the worlds famous designers at the lecture department. It’s a limited edition from ‘Taschen’ and filled with interviews and history about great designers.

Breakfast..

Louis Vuitton @ Champs Elyseés

Amazing view from La Fayette..

After all, we had a great weekend in Paris, but not too much time to see and do what we wanted to, or what you have to be doing when you are in this amazing city. Fortunately it’s only a 5 hour drive from the centre of Holland and that makes it so much easier to go back for just a weekend. Even though it is only to visit Disney studio’s, shop in the other districts of Paris, eating a baguette at the Sacre Coeur stairs, or just walking around trying to improve your French!

Review visit 'PINC' sample sale

Sample sales.. One of those things you get a ton of invitations for, but are they worth travelling and do they sell up to date pieces, or collections already a few seasons old.. Only a few are worth visiting for in my opinion. You have to search the web or get invitations, but that’s the exclusive thing about sample sales!

For example.. the invitations most people get trough email or groups like 'welovesamplesales' on social networks are from not very familiar brands, or even if they are, the collections seems to be quite old.. If its the style you coincidently like, you are lucky! But I am more a kind of person that wants to see fashion according to the latest trends and my kind of style..

I recently discovered a not very familiar sample sale that seems to be rising because of the popular brands and the huge number of pieces they have.. I saw some pictures on their site where people were wearing different Supertrash pieces that are full priced for sale in stores at the moment.. I talked about it with some friends who noticed the sample sale as well. They were all a little bit curious how it could be that those items are mostly all half priced during this sample sale.

I felt a big curiosity rising in myself as well and decided that I had to pay a visit to Amsterdam for some sample sale shopping and writing about it in my blog..

Nice collection of handbags, notebook bags and wallets by Fab., Ibana rouge and Goosecraft

The space they use for this sample sale is absolutely huge and you really get some ‘iwanttohaveeverything’ feeling when entering the room.. The leather bags, wallets and belts are organised by sort and presents brands like Fab.and Goosecraft, as well are the leather jackets from Goosecraft and DNA or the huge number of clothes from Supertrash.. I payed a visit at the last day of the sample sale, but couldn’t notice empty spots.

It is because of the refilling they do every day during this sale, why it doesn’t matter what day you come, the collection is updated every single day! Which is very different at sample sales I have been before..

All sorted by color and article

I spoke to Barbara, an ambitious girl who loves fashion and started PINC sale by just letting people into her own living room.

Pinc sale stands for ‘prijzig is niet cool’ what literally means ‘high priced is not cool’

During her job at different fashion brands, friends were asking her to bring them good priced sample items.

She noticed people were very enthusiastic about these sample items when, after this, she started to buy clothes and popular items in bigger amount of pieces were she also needed a bigger space for. The result is marvellous. Because of the rising in popularity she is expanding to Rotterdam and Eindhoven to make those Southern fashionistas happy;)

So, now my treasure item i found at pinc sale.. I have a thing for leather goods, especially handbags and jackets. Especially jackets from Goosecraft are very comfortable to wear and the quality lasts for years.. Unfortunately the prices are quite high, but I think, worth it. Lucky me, i found a taupe colored leather jacket from Goosecraft which fits me nicely and is very comfortable to wear.. For spring/summer it will look very good with white or light washed jeans and some sandals.. 
I decided to wear the jacket immediately and was suddenly in a spring mood.. Bought a smoothie at Albert Heijn and chilled myself away in the sun at the Amsterdam park;)

Barbara told me she will update the collection soon, with some new exclusive and popular brands. I won’t tell, you have to pay pinc sale a visit next time you are around and shop till you drop!

Register yourself at the website www.pincsale.nl and get invitations every time the sale will start. This way you will be the first to get those fashionable clothes for a ‘pincy’ price!;)

Favourite shopping spots Amsterdam

Last week, I went to Amsterdam for an appointment and got some time left after to visit a few of my favourite stores! First was Raak, a popular multibrand store with a nice ambiance and  upcoming brands. This store is familiar with famous Dutch people because they dress a lot of them at different events. 

The store of Raak, located at Leidsestraat in Amsterdam

Next was the famous flagshipstore of Supertrash, a Dutch brand established by Olcay Gulsen. This brand is growing so fast and had her own first fashion show at the Amsterdam fashion week! The clothes are very glamorous, feminine, but wearable. The fabrics and quality are well known for this brand while the average price range is not that expensive (€50-200).

Supertrash brings out a magazine every season with trends, updates about the brand, interviews, favourites and a lot of photographic collection material. I got the magazine while I was fitting on some jeans. Finally I bought a nice pair that fits me very good! 

Supertrash store, located in Leidsestraat, Amsterdam

After this little moment of happiness, (jeans are soo hard to find) I followed my way to the new concept store of Monki. A Swedish brand that is in collaboration with H&M since last year. They have opened their first store last January at the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam and I was very curious about their collection. The store is very bright and colourful from the outside as well as the inside. The collection contains trendy short blouses and tops with a huge differentiation of wide and harem pants. Some pieces were matching my style, but not all. I could see the target group of this brand are girls with also highly interested in fashion but more non-commercial and creating their own style mixed with a lot of different colours and fabrics. The store seemed to be full with fashionista’s and the fitting rooms were filled with girls with huge amounts of clothes. Well, Monki definitely got his name in Holland with a huge number of fashion girls following, so we’ll be waiting for the next store to open! Also Monki brings out a magazine every season with information, trends and stories from fashionistas. Next magazine will be launched next week at the store in Amsterdam, so if you can, join them!

1st Monki store in Holland, located in Kalverstraat, Amsterdam

At the afternoon I had to end the day with a visit to the recently opened flagship store of H&M. For so many years they are #1 of the leading chain of clothing stores in Holland and a part of every Dutch girl’s wardrobe. This 109^th Dutch H&M store is the image of the clothing company and all the concepts, including the home collection are available. The building is a classic one at the dam square accompanied by Madame Tussauds, De Bijenkorf and the Dam palace. Of course I did spend a lot of time at this beautiful store enjoying and looking at all the clothes and different concepts and styles.

The famous store of the most popular clothing company H&M, located at Dam Square, Amsterdam