[Travel Diary] Amsterdam in Pictures

Belated but finally here: A little travel diary from our short trip to Amsterdam!

~Mary~

[Travel Diary] Coming up soon: Hel & Mary explore AMSTERDAM!

Rijks Museum in Amsterdam

Recovering from all the university stress, leaving all the painstaking cramming behind we yet again

launch a tour to one of Europe's most beautiful capitals. 

In the past we've strolled through Berlin, Paris, London...

and now we'll be heading to the capital of the Netherlands: 

A M S T E R D A M

Look out for the following posts as we will be going on our Amsterdam trip exactly 2 weeks from now!

[Fashion Alert] Spring Trends 2013 Part V - BLACK/WHITE VS. COLOURS

In Part V of my Spring Trends Series, I'd like to discuss with you an unexpected colour theme.

Normally we associate spring/summer with colours, right? Be it now light and soft or bold and saturated colours...

HOWEVER this time around we overthrow this image and make way for the classic combo BLACK/WHITE IN SPRING/SUMMER!

Read on to join the debate!

~ Mary ~

[Fashion Alert] Spring Trends 2013 Part IV - SKULLS & CROSSES

Now THIS is a trend that I am totally falling for! 

This season skulls & crosses are gracing tops, dresses and accessories. And you don't have to be into dark gothic to dig this trend!

Read on for background and styling information!

~ Mary ~

[Fashion Alert] Spring Trends 2013 Part III - BLACK & WHITE VERTICAL STRIPES

Black & white vertical striped pants - this year's HIT ITEM! So popular that they deserve an own article!

Read on to learn about this unique pants-phenomenom!

~ Mary ~

[Fashion Alert] Spring Trends 2013 Part II - COLOURS

As if the variety of prints this season was not already enough...this season's colour palette seems to be just as diverse! 

2013 is all about diversity and colourfulness!

Read on to see what colour trends are coming up this season!

~ Mary ~

[Fashion Alert] Spring Trends 2013 Part I - PRINTS

Guys, I'm feeling soooo overwhelmed when looking at the variety of prints that will be dominating this spring's fashion! (This makes it even more difficult for me to get back into the flow of posting again...soooo many exciting topics and I don't even know where to start! XD)

I don't know if it's just me, but I get the impression that this season is overpacked with print trends!

Read on after the jump to see what this is all about!

~ Mary ~

*yaaawwwwn* Daily Sophistication waking up from its winter sleep....

It's been almooooost 2 moooooooonths since the last posts. Which is considerably long, right?

We had our reasons though: cramming for exams.... 

(I guess that explains everything. Shout-out to all my fellow students who are still in the midst of studying, this includes our dear Hel)

BUT I guess it's about time to emerge again and provide you guys with fresh new articles that prickle your fashion senses and get you guys ready for the upcoming spring! 

Let's wake up from our winter sleep!

~ Mary ~

[Travel Diary] Our next metropolis: PARIS!

If you remember we girls from Daily Sophistication went on a trip to Britain's capital London a few months ago. Now it was about time for us to aim for the next European metropolis: PARIS!

Have you guys been to Paris? How did you like the city of fashion and amour?

Read on to see what we got to experience on our trip to the French capital!

~Mary~

✯✯✯ 2013 ✯✯✯

And again 1 year has passed. Don't you guys feel like a year just went by in the blink of an eye?

Now that it is the first day of the new year, did you guys make yourself some New Years Resolutions?

Whatever the case, we from Daily Sophistication wish you guys 

All The Best for 2013!

✯ HAPPY NEW YEAR ✯

[Your Inner Designer] Christmas Themed Gown

Who says that you have to be a professional fashion designer in order to create fashion?

I say, as long as you are creative enough to bring your ideas to life, all you need is 

a little fabric and a mannequin!

Join me as I am dressing up my mannequin for Christmas ;)

☆ ~ MERRY CHRISTMAS ~ ☆

DAILY SOPHISTICATION WISHES YOU ALL

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[Fashion Alert] Men Winter Fashion - Do's & Dont's

source: http://blog.stylert.com
http://4.bp.blogspot.com

This time you guys get to learn about my personal style preferences when it comes to men's winter fashion. 

I will be picking out some demonstrative pictures and explain to you the Do's and Dont's for a guy's outfit, especially during this current winter season 2012/2013.

Are you curious about my ideal style types? And guys, do you want to know what a girl likes to see on you? ;)

Then read on after the jump!

~ Mary ~ 

[Student Life] How To Cope With Stress!

Mary digging into some heavy books in the library

This article is going to be a very useful one for all you fellow students!

I will be sharing some tips and tricks that help you to deal with massive stress!

What are you waiting for - Let's get rid of all that stress right now!

~ Mary ~

[Nail Art] Holiday themed Nail Looks

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The Holiday Season has begun. And I personally loooooooooooooooove this time of the year!

In cold, dark, drab winters the holidays are what lights up our lives. That is why I enjoy to incorporate the holiday theme into everything I do 

- with nail art being no exception!

So today I will be showing you my 

favourite type of nail art for this season!

~ Mary ~

[Food] Chocolate Fair in Tübingen

 Every year in december there is a regional event that draws many people into the city centre of Tübingen, my university town: CHOCOLART - The international chocolate festival in Tübingen

Do you loooooooove chocolate? 

Then join me as I am giving you an exclusive tour through this yummy chocolate fair 

right after the jump!

~ Mary ~ 

[Review] Shopping in Frankfurt am Main

If you have been to Germany, then you should definitely know Frankfurt am Main for its airport.

Today however, I'm going to bring you to Frankfurt's city centre - and Frankfurt's main shopping attraction!

~ Mary ~

[Fashion Alert] Lace-up Boots for Men

source: http://www.gq.com

For this autumn/winter season the trend shoes are: lace-up boots!

Among women this trend started to spread even before it was discovered -

Among men, however, this boot-trend is still 

slowly getting down from runway to walkway.

Shout-out to all my gentlemen out there: You haven't gotten your own pair of lace-up boots yet? You think that lace-up boots don't look good on men?

Let me try to convince you of the opposite - Read on after the jump!

~ Mary ~

[Sketch On The Go] Trendy On A Rainy Day

Helloooo guys! And welcome to a new section of our blog: Sketch On The Go!

You know that one of my hobbies is to draw. And from now on I'm going to take advantage of that in order to bring you some on-the-go fashion inspirations! 

Be it in university, on the street, during shopping tours, at the bus stop or wherever - sometimes you just see someone walking by with an extraordinary fashion sense. Why not take a pencil in your next break time and sketch his/her outstanding outfit?

Today's topic: "Trendy on a rainy day"!

~ Mary ~

[Fashion Alert] Preppy & pretty with Peplum!

Have you guys heard of "peplum" yet? 

Even if you haven't heard of this expression before, by now you should know what I'm talking about.

Look at the pictures of me having 3 different tops on: Do you notice what they all have in common?

Bingo! They all have that same cut called peplum.

Read on to learn more about peplum tops and how to style them.

~ Mary ~