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Spring Break in Miami - Latest Buys...

My newest buys... Glad to be back shopping in the US :) and ready for Spring Break night and day. Ok, only on the weekends, but in Miami Beach!!

Forever 21 dress - Love 21 Collection.

beach dresses/ casual t-shirts/ bikini/ tank/ skirt/ water bottle: Old Navy

So I finally splurged on this AA watercolor tank I blogged about here. It looks great with grey or navy shorts or jeans. Can't wait for the next Spring Break weekend at Miami Beach!

In love with this LBD

Seriously, is this an awesome outfit, or what? This fake-leather zipper dress looks so great paired with a casual cotton tee and the multi-chain pearl necklace. It combines two great fall trends: zippers and "leather". Best part: it's affordable, too. Gotta have it!

image via H&M

The Bandage Dress

Check out these beautiful bandage dresses, I've seen them on so many celebrities and red carpets this summer and I have to say, at first I wasn't really convinced... and then they started to show them in these beautiful multitone/ color-fading versions. I don't know what it is about multitone/fading colors that I love - maybe it's the different color shades of the ocean I'm reminded of? Well, usually multitone looks kinda...um, well, cheap, but in this case everyone should be convinced: multitone bandage dresses are GORGEOUS! The only problem now is: You really have to have a killer body to pull them off!

Zani Gugelmann in Hervé Léger, image via The Sartorialist

Hervé Léger dress, image via Esquire.com

Hervé Léger makes them look so chic! Mischa Barton looks stunning in it!

images via zimbio

Look, she pairs it with our new little friend, the cropped leather jacket.

Considering Hervé Léger dresses run at about 1700 Euros at Net-a-porter (e.g. here), I'm going to have to find myself an affordable substitute.

Turquoise + Silky + Rainbow + Eco-friendly = ♥

Love this dress!
(Gypsy 05 Paloma Silk Dress)

dress to the max

Maxi dresses: Yay or nay? One of my colleagues in Miami used to wear them ALL the time and I always thought she looked great...well, I guess that's natural for a former model, with a felt height of about 7 feet ;) I'm only 5'6"/ 169cm, do you think I can pull off one of these gorgeous maxi dresses?

printed chiffon maxi dress with antique metal stud and bead trim by F 21


very much bright Miami style maxi dress by Alice + Olivia

100% soft silk dress by Mango

I have a nice maxi skirt that skims the floor, got it about 5 years ago at Zara and still love it. But back then, it would only take me being on the street for 15mins until someone felt the need to tell me my skirt's touching the ground. Duh!

Feeling Bubbly

After trying on a cute and colorful strapless bubble dress at Zara I decided to look for some more bubblyness.Dolce & Gabbana bubble dress

Charlotte Russe layered bubble dress

Select floral bubble dress

Lauren Conrad in a BCBG Max Azria bubble dress with 3D detailing, very neat!

and in case you're feeling flowery too, here's a cute flower dress by H&M

Happy shopping!

Spring Smiles

Spring, here I come! Now, if would just please stop raining like there's no tomorrow.... Today is Monday. And yes, I got up and went shopping.... benefit of being a student :D I love to shop, but I hate going to H&M on a Saturday afternoon (no Sunday shopping hours in Europe!), it looks like a fashion war in there, or Zara with clothes piled up in dusty cabins, people sweating because the store is packed and they have to wait in line for a dressing room for half an hour! No, definitely not my favorite shopping experience. Then again, I was really shocked as to how big the spectrum of the friendliness scale of salespeople was today, on my quiet Monday noon shopping spree. At Zara, the saleslady at the register didn't even bother saying hello (not even after I said it to her) let alone look up at me. When I asked another salesperson to get a tunic in my size from the stock room, she didn't even pay attention to me and when she finally came back with it, she almost gave it to one of the other 2 people in the store at that moment. Wow. At H&M, however, the lady in the dressing room was so sweet, she even explained to me that they did have the zebra dress from the posters at some point and that it was only a few of them. We ended up chatting about other nice dresses and it really made me think, does Zara not find it necessary to hire some friendly people that do not look like they are punished when doing their job?! I can't imagine that H&M's paying much better... Smiles don't cost anything! :)

Anyways, I am in love with the H&M dress I got. I tried it on with my black Topshop leggins and it looked awesome and I can't wait to wear it without leggins when it's warm again. I prefer dresses with straps, you can just wear a black bra underneath this one and don't have to go through the whole pulling-the-top-part up mission that comes along with tube dresses.

dress: H&M

Then I also got this cute beachy shirt (yes, all shades of blue are my favorite, it just reminds me of being at the beach, by the ocean), which is a bit on the long and wide side, perfect with leggins or dark blue skinny jeans. Wouldn't necessarily wear the white denim leggins I got for only 25 Euros with that shirt though. But when I saw them, I had to get them: white jeans are a must-have for this summer. They always look fresh and put you in a relaxed mood.

comfy shirt & denim leggins with ankle zipper: Zara

90210 style

In honor of the new 90210 premiering in Germany last Saturday, and giving me something worth watching on German TV other than Gossip Girl on lazy Saturday afternoons, here's an awesome outfit from the show.

Silver's American Apparel figure skater dress on the first episode:

dress: American Apparel

Buy it here. I think it looks best in the charcoal color shown here and I could totally see myself wearing it with black leggings, maybe sheer ones, with a belt...it's a perfect layering piece that shows off your figure, at the same time combined with a cute longer necklace it makes a great party dress. I also saw it on Jazmine on the "Taking the Stage" finale in a raspberry color paired with some leggings to the knee.

I love... short summer dresses!

Here are some of my favorite fashionista outfits :)

Lauren Conrad

love this dress she wore to last year's MTV's VMAs,
need to find one in that shape!

dress: Pogah Couture,
shoes: Sergio Rossi
bag: Kara Ross

I love black & white combinations,
they look so classy!

(I have similar ballerinas from Italy
but I still need to find the perfect white dress!)

Rachel Bilson

L: almost black & white...
with a splash of turquoise
dress: Abaete

R: I like laid-back colors like this, love the bubble shape of the dress and the red belt!

dress: Brian Reyes