Hello my dear readership,

cozy meets creative: Let it shine in order to create the ultimate festive-season-style and discover how many winter-trends you can combine in one look here.

Depression, inner sorrow or even already their preliminary stages. At some point we all might find ourselves in a situation where we do not recognize ourselves any longer or are not recognizable for the ones we hold dear who actually know us. It can come from a stroke of fate or a confrontation. Either way once identified and realized we do need to find a way out of this situation in order not to drown deeper. Scientifically spoken you will need to go through the five phases of dying anyway. Even if these refer to death and concern the ones who are dying you are going to find yourself in them no matter which hardship you are going through because also those who are left with a loss go through these phases:

• not wanting it to be true
• anger, aggression, resistance
• negotiating with fate
• reviews and deep sadness
• accepting, what is (read again about acceptance here).

So finally you can find peace in the end. It truly is not a lie that everything is going to be good in the end but how to get through your hardship meanwhile with as less damage as possible or even prevent this negative state?

“Do what makes you happy.”, a voice I feel blessed for having told me.

Apart from allowing myself and giving myself the time to go through the different phases there is not better advice I even heard than the one above. Let everything be and do what makes you happy. The creativity has no limits and there are no rules what exactly that could be what makes you happy, you will know best but this is number one priority. It can be a series that you liked to watch, a book you like, dressing up, helping someone, spending time at a favorite place. There is so much you could do that necessarily would not need to be world-moving or impossible to do because happiness can already be found in the most simple and common things.

Trend: Romantic Braids

No, here the hair-style is not meant. Romantic braids in this context symbolize rather the braiding of the knit fabrics which can also be considered as such. The festive season with a lot of glitter, celebration and a general party-mode on to light up and heat up the cold and dark season may be all about shine (you know, at times even a competition) but it is as well calling for coziness, romance and contemplation to recharge and awake your inner warmth. Therefore it is the perfect combination to the berry-colors that are dominating the season in the means of make-up.

Trend: Transparency/Naked Skin

Some hype it some others curse it: transparent fabrics for winter along with showing naked skin. It can be quite alluring yet the typical ESTJ-mother would probably tell you not to freeze whenever you wear it and there might be a breeze nearby. Well, the better, I would say, that you have the possibility to combine it with warm knit to use it when necessary and create a nice surprise for the eyes when taking the knit off again. Like this you are not only stylish but also sexy. An attitude about a look that is as well a party-crasher.

“(…) you would pass this valuable treasure on from generation to generation.”

Accessory Trend: Retro Watches

What would fit better to romantic braids in the shape of cozy knit than retro watches? Even here the variety of possible interpretations of what a retro watch actually looks like can be huge: you can have a digital watch on metallic links, smooth leather on a classic clockwork mechanism or a mix of both so just pick what suits you best. Personally I have chosen a watch from the Chanel J12 collection which was designed in 2008/2009 which makes it a timeless classic (which is trendy as you learned here) meanwhile because you would pass this valuable treasure on from generation to generation.

Trend: Mixed Metals

Mix and match because the way to make the ultimate festive-season-style work is to mix as many metals as possible to let it shine as the title already says. The way I made it work was to add a trendy retro watch to the glitter of my knit-cardigan and wear glittery, metallic earrings that lift up with their different style. I would also claim that the faux-leather pants that I am wearing are a little bit shiny because of their material and give a nice metallic addition to this trend. Let us also not forget the quite dark berry colored but still glittery shoes. So if you want to wear this style you can become as creative as you could be.

My Look in Details

• Cardigan by QS/s.Oliver
• Blouse by Clockhouse/C&A
• Faux leather pants by Orsay
• Glitter boots by Görtz
• Watch by Chanel
• Earrings private
• Scrunchie by H&M

Love, Johanna