oppppsss I did it again, didn't I?

Is it winter, is me? it is my true and honest obsession with gray? not sure, maybe all the above... I noticed that for the last couple days, I have been subconsciously choosing gray tones, which we agreed on were the hit of winter, since it is almost spring I should be a little more vibrant shouldn't I?... Well, maybe I am like this groundhog, I can tell how much winter is ahead of us and apparently a couple more days as I keep putting on those gray themed clothing assembles :)
Anyhow, I love love love absolutely love the concept for this look, absolutely love, (enough already...) there is something cute & elegant, yet cute & girly about the following pairing:
+ "interesting top"and that being a cool pattern, vivid color, interesting texture/design
+ a pullover, jacket or sweater
+ a wide belt (or a skinny belt depending on your sweater or jacket), ooooh I am so glad this look is popular now, I want it to stay around forever, for sure, ( we just need to have Michele Obama sport this look even more and everyone will keep on following )
So mix and match your belts, sweaters and tops, accentuate your waistlines, feel super sexy, sophisticated and.... polish(ed)!
Definitely, this combo receives my very first official polish(ed) certification - this style I shall call my own too from now on. I believe is deserves such recognition because : it's a flattering look to any figure, it adds elegance and complements any "not sure what I'm missing" look, it guarantees assemble wholesomeness! also the mix and match possibilities are almost endless, an extra stretch to even a very limited wardrobe.
In the mean time, over and out readers, happy mix-matching! not necessarily in gray :) either!

Pants: Nine West
Shirt: Old Navy
Sweater: H&M
Belt: Forever 21

Classic Gray Monday, is it or isnt it?

So gray grrrrayyyy, first of all, I must say that everyone could not not -notice (wow, double negative!) that gray gained a lot of recognition this winter, the palette ranging from the graphite tones to the silvery sparking silvers was all over the runways then stores, yes, dear readers, ALL OVER, can stress this enough, hugh?…anyway, gray will be one of those color trends that sticks around for longer, I can bet it will be back next winter season ( oh no, I know sad to think that winter is coming back). Grey was always considered a classic, but more for "older, less attractive, boring" ladies, but now it got back everything that this "no so flattering" opinion took from it, it is considered elegant, trendy, HOT again! mixes so well with every other color, so why wouldn’t it stay around on top? – it is always good to have grays at hand!
The outfit above is so simple, as simple as gray appears to other colors, the center piece of it is this sweater-scarf-thingy that I snatched at H&M just a couple days ago. I noticed those scarf-sweater-thingies creeping out from magazines, appearing around famous necks, peeking out onto the streets, finally to become more or less wildly available in stores. Since the winter is almost over, they are kind of missing the boat of becoming a big fashion trend in full swing, BUT I bet (even more on this one than the one above) those will come back next winter! yes, I do think I will make use of it again and again, and hopefully again in the winter-y future. I am saying this because I hope winter is almost over and it is not the perfect mood-environment to look at sweaters not to mention stacking up on sweater-scarf-thingies…anyhow, for now it was an instant attention grabber, a lot of people asked about and where I got it and how to wear it etc... I wore it with a ruffled white shirt to make it more office-friendly, but over the weekend I wore it with jeans and a bright lime long-sleeve simple shirt (for contrast – it looked even better). So ladies (I hope there is a few male readers or there will be in the future, but they wont buy this sweater...so that is why I exclaim: “ladies”) go and get yourselves scarf-sweater-thingies as these may be on sale now, you will rock it again next winter season, I almost guarantee it and buying now will save you a couple bucks.
Oh, and did I mention is it super warm and comfy? I was worried it will not keep me warm and that it will be sliding all over the place, but it “sits” in the position you want it to “sit” warming up your shoulders or back or both… any way you “customize it”, okay now I am done, see you next time around!

Ruffled shirt - Terranova
Sweater-thingy - H&M
Pants - Old Navy

Hello World!!!

A very happy hello – oh WORLD, HELLO – a warm hello to you my future visitors, a probable mix of “lost” readers, “ghost” readers or “imaginary” readers. For now this blog is just a promise, a little bud of expectations and ideas… but if you are patient with me I will try to make this space fabulous, hopefully enough to make you wanna come back…

I also want to proclaim to you oh WORLD that I will be trying to continue on with this project for myself, for me, me, me, me, or rather for this little, screaming girl inside, she still wears a tutu….she loves dressing-up, she loves shiny things and pretty things, she likes wearing heals too….. I want to release some of that little girl’s energy and put it to work, so a grown up Anja can justify it in her very reasonable mind as turning something silly into something productive. This very little girl, Anja who lives in me once had a dream, a dream to work for a fashion magazine, to have this one dream job – surrounded by everything a girl wants, of course life verifies all those girly dreams so I never became a part of Vouge editorial team, but now in the area of WEB 2.0 I can be my very own editor…so here I come, this will be fun and exciting, so yeah, hello world!