30 Days of Joanna Hillman

You may already know this but Joanna Hillman, the fashion editor extrodinaire who emerged last season as a street style favorite and the owner of my dream shoes, just finished up 30 days of daily outfit posts over at HarpersBazaar.com. The mag jumped on the outfit shot bandwagon with their senior fashion market editor's wardrobe diaries and I am sure their numbers have reaped the benefits. Joanna does not fail to give us a serious glimpse into her drool-worthy closet, a sense of her amazing style, as well as plenty of inspiration for our own outfits. She is no doubt a fashion icon in the making.

I have been a fan of Joanna for awhile now (I mean she does have my shoes) but I will have to say I am a bit disappointed that she never mixed in any vintage pieces with all her designer duds. There were a few high street items, but mostly everything seemed straight off the runway, with not a thing from another era. But I still love her awe-worthy style and the fact that she never leaves the house without her red/orange lipstick (she's got my MAC Lady Danger lipstick too!)and is all about the side braid and her prescription Ray Bans. She has three signature things for every day, yet still never wore the same thing twice. Pretty amazing. Here are a few of my favorite looks:

                          

                                                               

Berlin Weekend Roundup: Tschüss Lucy

INSIDE

Silk shirt and elephant necklace (thrifted in USA), orange lipstick (MAC Lady Danger)

AND OUT

Yup it was freezing this weekend, well below freezing that is (and still is). See that is me bundled up on my way to go swimming on Saturday. Yup, swimming — but don't worry, it was inside. Still if you are like me, you have no desire to get into a bathing suit and get all wet when the temps go subzero. But alas, I decided to join my boyfriend on his regular swim at Stadtbad Neukölln, which I have been saying I would do for the last couple months but always make some excuse at the last minute like, hey it is freezing out! Anyway, it was well worth it and warm and lovely once inside. I highly recommend a dip if you are in Berlin, not only is swimming a great workout, the actual pool is quite beautiful surrounded by old columns, fountains and such (although I am currently thinking up excuses not to have to go tonight, eeeek, did I mention it was freezing?).  

The pics above were taken via iPhone (sorry) while getting ready to go out after my frosty trip home. Due to swimming hair (my hair looks terrible right after a wash), I decided to do a little updo. I was quite proud that I was able to get the braid to go all the way around my head. A special hairdo for a special night. Where was I going you ask? Well that is the sad part of the weekend: I was going to a gathering where I would say goodbye to my friend Lucy who has now left Berlin for London. She is definitely one of the most fun girls I know and certainly one of my favorite people in Berlin. I am so sad that we only had a couple months to get to know each other, but happy to have had at least that. And it is okay, I know our paths will cross again whether in London, New York, back in Berlin or somewhere completely new. So all in all, a lovely weekend with a bittersweet and very cold air. 

It all went something like this: Friday evening at home with pizza, sleeping in, cleaning up, yummy lunch with Lucy, talk of Thailand, freezing bike home, turkey scouting, swimming, dog watching, pasta, garlic bread and delish red wine, party at Stereo 33, goodbye Lucy, late night, lazy day, sewing, The Rachel Zoe Project and Boardwalk Empire, Vietnamese food, sleep.