Heya!
So when I got home yesterday after work I received my bag and was so disappointed.
I really wanted to get a leather bag and zalando wrote in the description that the bag was, so I had it on my wishlist and it turned into sale.
I also still had a coupon I could use, so obviously I ordered it.
When it arrived I could immediately feel it wasn't leather and checked the tag and sure it was not.
It was actually out of 100%PU.
The bag itself didn't look bag but at the same the great feeling vanished.
Also it was a bit bigger than I wanted as a bag.
At first I wondered if I should just keep it but decided I won't.
I wanted a leather bag. END OF SENTENCE.
It's such a waste and an unnecessary inconvenience having to send it back.
I noticed a couple times that zalando has wrong descriptions.
You always have to check everything they say.
I love the platform for shopping, it's a holy grail for a fashionista on a budget but they really need to work on that.
When I was in the supermarket I considered getting magazines again.
Although I said I won't get them anymore since they kept disappointing me, I gave it another try.
Especially nowadays when I don't have a social media account and am sick of seeing the same content over and over again, maybe it is interesting to look at a local magazine.
And nowadays I decided to rather spend more on quality pieces than quantity, maybe I could find some great pieces I like but turned out the stuff mentioned isn't just "quality", it fits more to the category "unaffordable" xD
I picked two fashion magazines that looked promising when skipping the pages quickly and for some change I actually picked a interior one as well.
The first one I read yesterday was Instyle.
I apologize in advance, the lighting is a bit bad.
Honestly, this issue was so good!!!
I actually read it for more than 3+ hours it turned out.
I was shocked at myself. Did I study this thing?
I captured some of the pages.
I remember when I was younger I got myself a teen magazine where purple+ red combo was an active topic and I enjoyed seeing it, so I was excited seeing it here again.
Maybe some day I try the combo.
minimalistic elegance <3
I was a bit sad finding out they don't include testers in those magazines anymore.
This one only had a tiny envelope with a paper that had the scent.
It was actually the kind of scent I would have liked!
so I put it on my wishlist.
I have been eyeing switching to a new perfume for a while.
I personally love anything floral/vanilla/rose-kind of scent but with a bit "power" instead of it being super light and feminine.
That's why Pradas Paradoxe has been my go-to, especially during winter months.
Both outfits are interesting but especially the left was catching my eyes.
There were a few lingerie pages and I thought it was funny how they inserted ads for clothes into them like this. I actually found this coat with "real feathers".
It actually stated in the description, you can't wash, can't dry, can't iron or do anything with it but give it to cleaners and I thought: Why would I want to buy something I can't clean?
The coat is pretty but there are similiar ones out there, ones that you can clean.
Lingerie itself was a topic and how to put them to style.
And honestly I considered corsages a couple times but this also seems like out of my comfort zone.
Maybe some day.
What I like about InStyle is, even though most of it is designer and luxury, every now and there they include retail pieces.
This poncho for example is so damn pretty.
Can't decide if I like the black or beige one more.
Reminds me of my shein dress I got and haven't worn yet.
It's very pretty but I feel like it is too much to wear for work.
And that's something to come out of my mouth.
I usually am always overdressed but even overdressed for me?
I enjoyed looking at this outfit in the middle and I even thought of recreating it.
Do you know how hard it is find this pattern nowadays that you can see on the skirt?
I also wanted to pick a different color combo for it.
I will show you at the end of this.
I also enjoyed reading about brand pieces and the work process behind it.
This is what fashion means to me. It's not just "a look", there is a story behind it.
This bag is unaffordable to me but reading about it made me appreciate seeing it.
When I would browse through net-a-porter I remember putting so many of Gianvito Rossis Shoes into my wishlist. They are so timeless, yet elegant and beautiful.
Also unlike Louboutin, I haven't heard yet that they are a pain to wear.
Here some more eyecatchers:
The halloween pages were so cool to look at.
There was a bag mentioned by a brand called Gianni Chiarini which I categorize as "affordable, but expensive" and I found a few bags on the Breuninger App and I think they look so cool.
I need new coats.
Looking at the leopard coat, it reminded me of the raincoat I saw from faina.
There was a page about rain coats in the magazine and I think that would combine both HAHA.
I probably won't be able to get it before being sold out.
I have also been eyeing the jewelry I have seen throughout the pages and this brand sounds interesting to me but at the same time I am kinda scared of gold-coated jewelry.
It turned out my piercings are "only" gold-coated and now seeing the priced of real gold, I am not surprised about that anymore. I just didn't know better back then.
However, my belly button piercing changed the color at the rims, so I fear getting a coated necklace or bracelet will turn out the same way now.
I also don't want fashion jewelry anymore and rather invest in pieces I can wear forever.
I realized lately that I need 4 more payments until my kitchen is paid off and then I have more budget for shopping again.
*EXCITED*
So right now all that is left for me is to dream about fashion and looking at all those designer pieces really re-actived my motivation of fashion and all.
So I thought maybe I don't need to just show what I wear.
Maybe right now it really is just enough to talk about it.
I have been wanting to show like wishlist or collages on my blog but never had quite the chance yet I guess.
So I put some here in this post and here is my recreation of the look I have seen in the magazine:
sunglasses...Burberry
bra...LOVE Stories
blouse...Cerene
skirt...YAS
boots...NeroGiardini
bag...Lauren Ralph Lauren
I put more focus on a patterned skirt than exactly that pattern and thought the skirt looks pretty, so made a look with it. As a blouse I actually picked a statement piece also, but focusing on texture and fabric instead. Also because the green blouses I found didn't look good in the shade.
I am not sure if the bra will even show through it but put it in anyway.
I felt like since the original outfit had a very light pink paired with brown and this outfit from me is already dark, I should go lighter with the boots.
The boots and the bag matched in color, so I did the same.
Do you know how hard it was finding a bag that had *that* brown color??
My god...and for the glasses I opted for a different design because I wanted the whole look interpreted in a more diva-kind of way. The original looks kinda boho/earthy, but my interpretation didn't, so I felt like the glasses can have more elegance and empowerment.
I chose a transparent but bright color though, just like the original outfit.
How do you like it?
The total of this outfit would be 1.266€...I'd say start saving up (xDD).
I went to bed after I was done looking through the magazine.
So I was excited continuing with Glamour but here I have to admit I am disappointed.
I have been eyeing the scent of Miss Dior, also because apparently it smells like something I would want.
However the perfume shop in my town didn't have it (also why I ended up with Paradox).
The belts look so cool and I also want to get a few leather belts for my outfits.
I actually like the charm with the heart.
Each of these designs look super cool ngl.
There was a lot of content about books, which reminded me that I have abandoned all of mine this year.
I was even more surprised to see Klara and the Sun, a book I haven't finished yet.
Apparently it is filmed now.
Most topics were super boring and reminded me why I didn't want to get any local magazines anymore.
It's a lot of this "look what is trendy now and what we all have to disapprove of".
I do not have a collective mind, so this kind of entertainment disturbs me.
Especially if you pay close attention you will notice, some of the things that are "ABOSULTELY NOT" today, they will talk like it's the best thing of the world tomorrow.
I can clearly remember reading a magazine (idk if it was glamour), talking about how Y2K trends have a revival but they hope the skirt over pants thing is not coming back, because it sucks.
Right here in this issue they glorified this trend and are glad it came back.
Maybe it's just me but this stuff annoys me.
What I love and missed about magazines though are these kind of tests xD
Honestly none of the answers really matched me really but I kinda tried and picked the closest and my result was D "Girlboss"- so yea kinda right I guess.
And when finallly....the fashion pages came, I was not amused at all.
I like picture editing but it wasn't inspiring at all.
the few pages with clothes were all over budget, something InStyle definitely makes better.
But even if it was in budget, none of it inspired.
It was like looking at a purely editorial kind of content.
Which is ok too, but this magazine just looks like it's supposed to be the opposite.
And it wasn't glamourous at all.
So it was unexpected to not see relatable fashion.
Unexpectedly I have seen in this and the other magazine current trends, that I have been already wearing for a while now.
Like for example long tight dresses.
Maybe I am a trendsetter instead of a chaser lmao.
Jk.
Again, not affordable but few of the pages the content actually looked interesting.
It had a few pages about perfume as well.
Which personally was probably the only one I was genuinely interested in.
I personally choose a neutral body lotion, so I can purely focus on bodyspray + perfume as a combo.
I actually was gifted a dry shampoo which turns out is transparent and has really great smell!
I avoided hair perfumes but maybe it's worth a try.
So yea, I could keep yapping about what I disliked about the issue but I think I will just let it to rest.
The InStyle could be interesting for an re-buy though.
The interior one will be for some other time, because it turned dark already and I just wanted to work on this post and relax for now.
How do you like this kind of content from me, especially the showing what's on my wishlist and collage of creating an outfit?
I thought it was super fun.
xoxo rinmero