Less of a conversation, more of me just bombarding my mom with my over consuming qualities looking for reassurance that I am not crazy haha.  As I was walking in Madrid I just kept seeing these Spanish divas having the cutest outfits with the little scarf around their neck or anywhere so I got completely obsessed with it. And then when I spontaneously (never a good idea) went into Mango I found one scarf for 9,99,- so I just couldn't leave them and I ended up getting two... A bright coloured one - for colourful outfits and then a leopard print one for more neutral outfits... anyway it seemed like a good idea at the time and I still think it I because in the past three days I have worn both of them so... score! 

Love Lola

Whenever my phone does several ‘ping’ sounds, I just know it's Lola! The truth is I always get quite excited when I hear those ‘pings’. This particular message made me laugh out loud, because the last comment is basically Lola saying what i would say, she is ahead of me! She said that she couldn't decide between two scarfs and so she bought both of them, and before I could say it she said in Dutch "I'm really going to get a job now..."But also YES I love scarfs and truly believe they can make any boring outfit fabulous!

Love Eva

When one of us is proud of our outfit we send it to each other and do a little early afternoon hype up moment. My mom bought this jacket from one of the brands she used to sell in her shop called One Hundred Stars. Now that she doesn't have the shop anymore she can’t steal from the in- store collection anymore so she succumbed to becoming a regular consumer of the brand because oh my god it is just fabulous. A few texts below this I already said that I will be stealing this jacket as soon as I see her again. The colours and the pattern are just so beautiful. 

Love Lola

Sending Lola my outfit is like playing Russian roulette, i can be very enthusiastic about somethings and feel like i’m about to influence the hell out of her…and she sends me a 🤣 or 🤪

I then tell myself that she still has to learn a lot…..hihihihi. But when she loves it, it rains compliments and I absolutely thrive off it!

Love Eva

When I was in Abu Dhabi I obviously had to indulge in a fake designer bag. So for anyone who was wondering; the bag is fake… 

I mean I wouldn't see how it could have been real. I am evidently just a student that is still looking for a job in Madrid and honestly spends the money she does have mostly on drinks and pastries… 

But I love her and she makes me feel like such a fancy pants.

Love Lola

Can i just say i love it that she has a pronoun, and I met her in person, she’s not a fake… she’s just delusional, she thinks she is the real deal. And I mean you can't blame her - she looks spectacular!

Please don't call her fake, she’s a ‘look-alike’, a wannabe or a faux (cause in french everything sounds better!

Love Eva

Laundry has always felt like a constant presence in our house. No matter how often we did it, there always seemed to be another mountain waiting. The clean clothes would always get tossed onto the bed, turning folding time into a kind of family ritual. Since the pile was so big, the task always took forever, and with all the bedroom doors open, it naturally became a time for conversation.

What started as a chore usually turned into long chatter sessions. My brother or I would eventually sprawl out across the warm laundry, and we’d end up talking about nothing and everything at once.

As captured on the picture here, you can see me busy reading some sort of magazine that was on my mom's night stand while she is folding the laundry (don’t worry, later in life it was the other way around).  

Love Lola

I have so many warm memories about the kids and our endless pile of laundry. It is a funny thing, I really don't mind doing the laundry! I suppose this is just me loving clothes, everything about them. I love seeing how a stain has disappeared, or to notice that my son has worn the exact same things again, and again, and again. Okay I admit the whole sock situation is not my favorite, those things just don't spark joy. A while ago I bought a steam machine…now let me tell you that it is fun, it's meditation, it’s instant dopamine, I love that thing!

Love Eva

Some people spend hours looking at the things to do at their holiday destination, planning entire days of sightseeing in the weeks before they go on vacation. Instead we have an absurd love for packing our suitcase way before we leave… making sure we are not wearing that before we leave because it has to stay clean for the trip and planning the perfect outfits while obsessively checking the weather app…

Love Eva

I’m still not entirely sure why I love packing so much. I think it’s partly the chance to go through my closet again and rediscover all my beautiful pieces, which always excites me. But it’s also about the process, I get so happy when I am creating an organized, visually pleasing suitcase. There’s something deeply satisfying about neatly arranged packing cubes, or seeing patterns and colors come together in a way that looks just right. This is definitely just one of my weird (close to autistic) quirks but might as well show it to the world, this website is already exposing me like crazy so it can’t hurt.

Love Lola

I admit some of the photos from when Lola was really young, before she only wore what she had picked herself, are pretty nuts. 

When you have a child it kind of feels like you have a doll - or is this absolutely not appropriate to admit?

As much as I love putting together an outfit for my self I love to do it for other people. But who will let me...nobody! So yes I took my change when I could. 

Lots of colours and different patterns because I had no time to waste - it was obvious, Lola wanted to make her own choices!

Love Eva

Seeing these photos is honestly crazy to me. Because for the life of me I could not remember this outfit or moment. I mean I wish I could but seeing it back is also just really precious.

Realising you're so close to your dad but also realising you have always loved leopard print haha! No but in all seriousness I love the fact that at that age you really do not at all care about what you are wearing as long as it was soft and stretchy.

And I have to admit, now that I am twenty years old I honestly wished that my mom would still pick out my outfits for me sometimes. I have a big opinion on fashion of my own but sometimes you just don't want to think about it, and when your mom is an absolute fashion icon, it is definitely not the worst case. 

Love Lola

When I am at the thriftshop I know who to text; my mom. We love shopping together anywhere, but if it's cheap, slightly sustainable and maybe smells a little bit, it tends to be cooler... right? 

Anyway, we were going on a ski trip to the Sierra Nevada in the South of Spain and because I seemed to have (tragically) lost my entirety of ski clothing during the time I was moving apartments in Madrid I had to find some new stuff on a budget. This is when I stumbled upon a crazy line of old fashioned ski suits in Humana Thrift shop in Madrid. They have amazing stuff in general but the presence of this huge ski suit made me love them even more. 

Sending this to my mom was basically just a trap, I was going to buy it anyways but if I could involve her in the plan she might pay for it (devious, I know). She replied (in Dutch) "So cool!", "It looks amazing on you" "Just do it". 

So obviously I bought it and went home happy. Important side note; ofcourse I tried to convince my whole family to have one of the ski suits, but they we're not interested... I don't know what this says about how they felt with me walking around on ski holiday like that but whatever. 

Love Lola

The love of thrifting is something i grew up with and i (proudly) passed on to Lola. It is not only about finding things for a bargain. its about the hunt, the idea that you are lucky to come across a treasure. i truly believe that going through a rack at the thrift store can even result in an adventure into a completely different style. it is a very easy low risk way to try something new, and i love that!

Love Eva