Stockholm Fashionweek

My chair!

Where would we be without our phones?!

Jorrit (YOUR Antwerp), Felix (Spoiled Amsterdam)

From left to right: Me, Jorrit, Chantal, Felix, Gregory, Enrico, Femke, Eric

Kenzas.se

Columbine Smille

Cool guys 1

Cool guys 2

Loved this guys socks and shoes

Cool guy 3

Deeonic.com

Cool guys 4

Me sipping some super delicious champagne at Club Riche, nomnomnom

Let's start this post out by saying that i don't really know how i'm going to describe my time in Stockholm. I'm just going to take you through this journey with me. And oh, i hope you like reading because it's looong!

So we drove to Amsterdam on tuesday night. We arrived at this beautiful hotel, Park Plaza. The room was beautiful with comfy beds (not unimportant). On wednesday morning we got up early to have breakfast and to get ready for our flight to Stockholm. After our arrival at the airport we waited for the team that invited Stijl Maastricht to join them on this trip. After a short meeting we boarded and took off! After a two hour flight we arrived at Atlanda Airport where we were meeting 2 other store owners form Antwerp. After everyone met everyone we went to find our driver who would take us to our hotel in Stockholm with a personal Mercedes Benz sponsored car of Stockholm Fashionweek. After the arrival at our beautiful hotel we had 15 minutes to fresh up. We all met in the lobby of the hotel and headed out for lunch. We went to a sushi bar where we ordered several dishes. When we were almost done, the waiter kept coming with the sushi. It was an abnormal amount of sushi that we got. Of course we weren't able to eat it all. The most hilarious aspect of this was that we had a dinner scheduled at 5 o'clock. With our belly's completely full we walked to the citycentre to go look at some shops. I loved walking around and seeing all the beautiful buildings, but i was freezing my ass off! I did not prepare for this cold! 

Back at the hotel we had about half an hour to get dressed for the evening. So we put on our dresses (in my case a skirt) and our heels, fixed our make-up and hair and headed towards the hotel lobby where we all got together. We did had to wait for the Danish and Brittain team to arrive, so there was some time left to drink a good glass of wine. After 15 minutes both teams arrived and we were finally able to get in the cab and go. We entered this absolutely stunning restaurant. I couldn't help but to keep looking up and down and from left to right. There were beautiful paintings everywhere. When eating, listening and drinking i had wonderful conversations with all sorts of people who knew alot about the fashion industry and mainly the Danish one. 

After the delicious dinner we walked down the street to the flagshipstore of Tiger of Sweden, the brand that invited us. There was this get together going on with everyone who has some sort of connection to the brand. This is where the people spotting began. So many gorgeous and uber fashionable people in one room. It inspired me alot. Now lets talk about the store.. The store was clean, fresh and crisp, yet warm and inviting. Everything you would imagine when thinking of this brand. Tiger of Sweden is a Scandinavian brand for men and women with a clean cut and high quality materials. I can not begin to tell you how i've fallen in love with this brand. 

After a glass of champagne we, again, got together in the front of the store. While wating for the rest of the group i had a little chat with the accessories designer of Tiger of Sweden. A very kind and spontaneous girl i must say. So here comes the fun part.. After walking for 10 minutes in -18degrees, not feeling my feet and fingers cold as ice, we arrived at Mercedes Benz Fashionweek. We didn't have to stand in line, so that was a big relief! And there it was, my own seat, reserved for me, with my name on it. In my mind i was jumping around and doing all sorts of happy dances, but in real life i kept my calm and acted like this was somewhat normal. They kept interviewing this girl and taking loads of pictures of her. Just when i was wondering who this person was, she turned around. Oh my, it's Kenza! Some of you may know her. She's a famous blogger from Sweden. It's funny to see people i follow on Bloglovin' in real life. I had to take a picture so i asked if i could and she was kind enough to pose for me.

After the Kenza moment, the lights went off and the music started playing. The show was about to start! The clothes were to die for and the models looked gorgeous! Go to www.tigerofsweden.com to see the AW12 show! 

As the 4 designers walked of the stage, everyone else got on it. We drank another glass of wine and had nice conversations. 

I decided i wanted to take some pictures of some well-dressed people. I ran into this girl  Dee Omar, she has her own blog called Deeonic. She was so sweet! She'd made her own dress and her lipstick was amazing! After we exchanged blognames and said our goodbyes i saw another famous blogger, Columbine Smille. And yes, i also took a picture of her. 

Suddenly the catwalk was getting emptier by the minute. Everyone was heading towards the IT club of Stockholm, Club Riche. So did we and boy what a night did it bring! They reserved a table for us and the champagne started coming! We had loads of fun and i couldn't get this big smile of my face! Everybody was there, all the people from Tiger of Sweden, from the designers to the models, to us! Caroline Winberg was also present. For the people who do not know her, she has walked in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show since 2005, appeared on the cover of Vogue 4 times and had her acting debute in the movie Limitless. To some people this will mean nothing, but i still find it funny to see these people in real life.

A few bottles of champagne, lots of laughter and amazing people later it was time to go sleep. In the morning Chantal, the owner of Stijl Maastricht, and i wanted to get up early to do some more shopping, or better yet, some more shop exploring. We flew back at 13.30 am and arrived in Holland at 15.10 am. There we were, back on Dutch ground. We got in the car and during our 2 hour drive from Amsterdam to Maastricht we went over the past day and all the fun we had! I want to thank Chantal for taking me with her to Stockholm and giving me the opportunity to experience all this! 

So that was my Stockholm Fashionweek experience! I hope you didn't mind reading this much and liked the post! I will try to keep it short next time! Leave a comment below if you like!