Ready, set, fall! Starring: the cardigan.

Today my daughter Jil shares her personal styling tips for the fall with you – enjoy!
Joanna

Having barely said good-bye to summer yet, it’s suddenly mid-September already!

I really do look forward to the coming season, though, and would like to share my beloved favorites with you this time: 
some garments that I already wore last year, same as some brand new ones.


They are all pieces that you can really look forward to wearing, that hang in your closet calling “Put me on!”.

The weather tends to be a little erratic during the first days of fall.  
Cool in the mornings, later maybe a bit warmer, a draft here and there.

My perfect companion has established itself quickly and accompanies me while being all cuddly and warming: the cardigan.

I fell head over heels for an ingenious beauty by Boss Orange, the two of us have been hanging out all the time ever since. 
The cut is unusual, it seems as if you are wearing two layered jackets. Every outfit gains more layers and depth through it, you create the impression of being truly put together.  
The different knits of the material emphasize this effect, the pretty detail in shape of a big safety pin completes the whole look perfectly.

I have some go-to looks around this piece that work every time.

1. by Boss Orange

2. Top by Topshop

3. Superslim Jeans Noisy Mai

4. Nail polish by OPI

5. Booties by Pack Gil

6. Bag by Mango

7. Bracelet by Guess

8. Bracelet by Guess

1. Cardigan by Boss Orange

2. Blouse by Stefanel

3. Skinny jeans by Best Mountain

4. Scent by D&G

5. Booties by Buffalo

6. 2jours by Fendi

7. Watch by Nixon

8. Ring by Bronzeallure

1. Boss orange

2. Clutch by Asos (unfortunately already sold out), similar ones HERE.

3. Jeans by Pepe

4. Lip balm Minted Rose

5. Slip-ons by KMB

6. Blouse by Topshop

7. Oversize necklace by Asos

8. Necklace arrow by Asos

On top of that, each of my posts this fall intends to inspire you to come up with new ideas and thoughts.
I will share some of my own impressions every time: read them and extract what inspires you! 

1. Only invest money in awesome pieces!

Repeat after me:
"I will not purchase anything with an “Oh, well, maybe I’ll just take it” attitude.”
Start trusting your intuition again and take all the time in the world when shopping.  
Do you love this sweater?
Or is it only quite nice?
What will you wear it with?
When can you wear it?

From now on you will only take home amazing things.
You have to be able to take something out of your closet and be happy about it every time, because it is such a beautiful piece.
If you eliminate every purchase out of frustration or in a spontaneous I-just-feel-like-it mood, you will suddenly have a totally different budget.

This fall you will find a PERFECT purse, a PERFECT scarf and PERFECT shoes.
Whether in a store or maybe even in your own closet, behind the “well-whatever” top and the jeans that “don’t fit quite right, but maybe with a belt..?”.

2. Treat yourself to some fresh inspiration!

Walk around with your eyes wide open.
A good friend of mine told me a few days ago:
"Jil, you have to walk the streets as if you see them for the first time today.”

Treat your brain to a bit of jogging and pamper yourself with new impressions, such as movies, museums, food etc. etc.
Now is the time you will experience all you have not seen, eaten, heard.

A fresh breeze should also blow through your closet.
I discovered all new colors and materials for myself this month.
I find yellow hues and grey very interesting, different types of leather and delicate knits.

Let new cuts and silhouettes sink in and try something completely different for a change. It does not mean that everyone  has to immediately rush off to burn their old stuff! The idea is to look at everything around you with fresh eyes.
You will be quite startled how much some small changes will do for your fall look.


Best of all – you alone decide what you want that look to be.

And now I’m curious: have you found a WOW piece for this fall already?
Or is there something that you absolutely must have/want to have?
(If not – read again and comment tomorrow morning, bright and early ;-).)



All the best,
Jil


p.s. The lovely drawing is by Nicole Adler, thank you so much for it!

This post was translated by Ginnell Studio.

All-time favorites.

Noelle, her friend and I strolled around the big flea market in Stuttgart on Sunday – and picking up an old fur handwarmer, I said:
"Look, this thing is of no interest to anyone right now. But if Chanel decides to send its models on the catwalk with handwarmers next fall/winter season, everyone will think handwarmers are soooo hot all of the sudden. Crazy, isn’t it?”

We realized: on the one hand trends are wonderful, because they are fun, they broaden the horizon (because they teach you, for example, that there are different things that look good on you, that taste good or that you like) and they tickle your imagination.

On the other hand your favorites emerge over time – things that are independent of trends and just remain beautiful over and over again – independent of the current fashion, no matter what’s “in” right now.
And that’s a good thing!

It applies to fashion as well as interior design and even covers the area of food.

Some things you just love the same every season – completely unimpressed by the trend of the moment.

Many things change, as you evolve and try out new things – and some things stay and turn into trade marks.

Do you want to know what my all-time favorites are?



Fashion:

1. White sneakers.
I’ve worn them for what feels like forever.
Any other color seems …unfitting for me ;).
The shape might change a little, but the color remains: sneakers have to be white for me.
(oh, go ahead and complain, all you kids with the colorful trainers, above all Jil – I really don’t care!)


2. Blue and white stripes.
I cannot remember one single season when I haven’t worn seaside-inspired garments – sometimes in shape of a dress, sometimes shorts, sometimes blazers.

Interior: 

1. I have been partial to tripod lamps for over a decade.
Jil was informed by this preference, by the way – together we found her first one on a Berlin flea market.
I have more of them, but since I don’t want to cram the house with them we just have to move (LOL….).

2. For me no room is complete without antlers!
I had loved them long before they were “trendy” (and maybe they aren’t even trendy anymore?), but – in moderation - I still like them very much today.


3. Oh, and I just remembered:
I’ve been in the “white-fabric-covered-couch-faction” for the past 16 years, and to this day I would not choose any other color.

Food:

1. Nothing comes near drinking a good black tea in the afternoon.
This makes and has made me very, very happy – always.

2. I don’t have an all-time favorite dish, because I love good food in general and my favorites change constantly: but I am always instantly game for cherries and freshly baked crusty bread from a brick oven.
Better than anything – they’ve been my absolute favorites for decades.

By the way, I am absolutely trend-resistant when it comes to leggings, tattoos and Aperol Spritz.

OK, now it’s your turn!

What have you loved FOREVER, no matter whether it is trendy or not?
And which trend would you never follow?

Love,

Joanna

(maybe out and about with a handwarmer next winter. Hehehe…)

This post was translated by Ginnell Studio.