Book You may have noticed (I actually hope so) that I haven’t posted so many new posts on my blog lately, my apologies. It’s not that I didn’t want to, but in recent months I have been working hard on a book. A book about style that I make at the...
Spring in Haarlem On one of the first beautiful spring days, I see her walking in the city center of Haarlem. My eyes fall on her because of her chequered pants; I immediately thought ‘I want them too’. Very nice in combination with the yellow shawl and...
Animal Prints That’s how it goes in fashion, if you have not seen something for a while it will come back again. Like the animal prints this season, the tiger, zebra, snakes and panther prints. They are not to be missed in the streets. These prints are not only...
We both live in Haarlem, but we have not met before in the city. We met before at the office when we both worked at Sanoma publishers. Until her retirement last year, she was editor-in-chief of culinary magazine Delicious. Several magazines Makkie started her career...
Paul Rem We meet at the central station in Amsterdam, the city where lives again. Paul Rem (1962) is an art historian and curator of Paleis Het Loo. A man with his own clothing style, always impeccably dressed. The special shirt with a generous bow and the...