Going to school!

Back in the blogging world after 1 month of studying! Will be posting soon!

Ellen SB

Out in Toulouse

I’m going out for dinner with some friends today wearing my new vintage dress and a clutch bag I picked up at a flee-marked last week. My second bargain of the day is a subscription for French Vouge, 12 issues for 20 euroes. I have always loved French Vouge for its sense of taste and of course for the many(!) and exceptionally beautiful ads from the big fashion houses.

The Stiletto Effect gave me the "Rockin' Girl Blogger" Award som time ago and I haven’t had time to comment on it, but now I do: “I want to thank my sister for pushing me to blog, and to cool people who read my blog”. I am supposed to pass it on to 5 other bloggers, and I will, sometime…


Bon weekend!

Ellen SB

Ellen wants:

So, I’ve got internet now, hah (Ellen:1 France:0).


Ellen’s closet is kind of stripped down these days caused by the fact that I was only able to bring 1/10 of it down here, so I am raiding the shops in my new home town looking for new things to spice up my daily life.

These days I am dreaming of an oversized clutch bag like the one Scarlett is posing with in this LV ad. I am really into the big ones and am looking for a vintage leather version. I made a little collage with some eyecandy I found at Bluefly.com and net-a-porter.com.

I know that clutches have been in the fashion picture for some time now, but I just really think that a clutch is the ideal party bag, the only drawback is of course that it is easier to loose if you get lost in the champagne.

But over to today’s big event (oh joyful day): a friend of mine googled my page to find the web address, and she found an article on the web witch uses two phrases from my page.

Ellen SB

So, my blog has kind of been dead lately, sorry.

The reason is primarily because I do not yet have internet in my apartment. Not that it came as a huge surprise, but it turned out to be quite a project in France.

First of all you have to fill out a dozen forms (in French), then you have to go to French telecom to get a phone line (with about 10 copies of passport, accommodation attest etc.) It is not until this line is open that you can actually order the broadband, from a different company (but bien suuûr). This whole process took about 3 days, but at least they promised me that I would have it within 3 weeks…..

I have internet at my uni now, but to use it you ought to order a student number online(!).

Moving to France is quite the cultural shock for a little Norwegian girl, but very soon I hope to be speaking parfait français. Hopefully I will also be as stylish as the French.. soon!

Today I am wearing my new dress/top from French chain store: Berschca with a stretch belt I picket up at a Toulousian-flee marked. I am still not over stretch belts, I just love how they can entirely change an outfit.

Ellen SB

Back!

So I am finally installed in my new apartment in Toulouse and am able to blog again. Turns out that Toulouse has many awesome vintage shops so I feel right at home.

Anyways, I have been meaning to blog about pantyhose’s for some time now. Fabulous pantyhose’s in dark colours as grey, blue and green were all over the catwalk for fall 2007. It is a great way to show some leg but still look decent and chic. I love those girls who wears dresses and heels also in the fall. They make the world a prettier place.

I love combining a dark pair with shoes in light shades.

Ellen SB

Off to Toulouse then:

I am moving to Toulouse tomorrow at 06:00 AM, so the last few days have been a total circus. I do not feel like paying 8€ kilo for overweight, therefore I have spent hours(!) sorting out what I want to bring.

Anyways, I really want a new bottle of Coco Chanel Mademoiselle; a fragrance I have been wearing for years. I love the twist spray: a refillable robust flagon perfect for travelling.

I adore Keira Knightley posing as the new Coco Mademoiselle girl, very sexy-chic.

Ellen SB

Patricia Field for ASOS:

Costume designer/stylist Patricia Field have designed a glossy and glamorous fashion line exclusively for the online store ASOS.

I must say that I expected greater things from Miss Fields, though I love the apple-comb and the skinny jeans with her signature on the back pocket.

Check out the rest of the collection on this link.

Ellen SB