Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Guten Tag Folks

So I haven't posted in a while because I was lucky enough to visit a friend of mine in Berlin. I think Berlin's a city that is pretty underrated to be honest - it has a different feel from London but that may just be because everything is freaking HUGE. The streets, the buildings - I felt like I'd been shrunk.

Aside from all the regular sightseeing and stuff highlights for me definitely included visiting this little café which had cute little china trinkets on every table:

Parrot anyone?
And the most delicious cake :

Om nom nom
Of course there was also the artistic tour-de-force that is the Berlin wall:





And my personal favourite:

True Dat
I also went to the huge upmarket department store Ka De We where I was given two free pencils (!) and also got to check out Karl Lagerfeld's answer to the sugary carbonated drink:




I must say I do like the bottles - they remind me of candy - but diet coke? I'm aware that this is his drink of choice but way to go challenging the fashion industry's obsession with anorexic-chic.

As for fashion in Berlin - I have to say it was definitely a lot more eclectic than Parisian fashion and actually has a lot in common with London. Vintage is clearly big (but then what's new?) but I saw a lot of people putting their own spin on it with ripped tights/leggings and there was a more tailored and masculine feel which contrasts to London where girls are obsessed with florals (me included, tbh...) Anyway I know that I can't really generalise about the fashion sense of a whole CITY but it's interesting to notice the subtle differences.

What differences do you notice about fashion in different countries?

6 comments:

  1. Berlin is an amazing city. The last time I was there was 4 years ago. I want to come back to Europe soon. Australia seems so far away from the rest of the world sometimes.


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  2. I love Berlin! Such an amazing city :) We are planning to visit family there sometime next year. Did you buy some of the coke? I want one of those bottles!
    Lydia

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  3. YAY FOR TRAVELING! That is really cool that you went to berlin. I love the karl cola, i agree though, wouldn't a man who's obsessed with 90lb 6ft tall women want to promote a drink like um...water?
    oh and by the way, that parrot is cool

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  4. I'd love to go to Berlin, I have met a few people just in the past week who have told me about how great it is, and how inexpensive things are compared to Paris. I must say I'm tempted! The style seems very cool and I've heard there's tons of options for food! Thanks for the comments :)

    cheers,
    --Megan//The Martian Tide

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  5. I'd love to go there so much!! It looks great, lovely photos :D
    xxxxxxx

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  6. the cake looks delicious and the art is amazing!

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