New // V Necklace By Lobogato

Santa came early this year and gifted me this gorgeous necklace by Lobogato. Lobogato is a Belgian jewelry brand, founded by Veerle and Katrijn. From all the items they offer, their necklaces are my favorite; they're so feminine and delicate. All of the items are handmade and some of them can even be personalized. You can get a personalized hand stamped necklace here or go for the locket here, which can be pimped with your favorite photo inside. They're the perfect gift to give to one of your loved ones, especially with Christmas around the corner.

Lobogato nailed it by sending me their V-shape necklace, since the V hides so much symbolism (for me). It's best known as a peace sign, even though in Great-Britain (and colonies) it means something like 'f*ck you', depending on which part of your hand you're showing. It's also the Roman five and others also believe it's a symbol designating hatred towards Christians, thanks to Emperor Nero. Others even link it to Satanism and the occult. 'V For Vendetta' is one of my favorite movies and in one of my favorite Pearl Jam songs 'Jeremy', Eddie Vedder sings:

"At home, drawing pictures of mountain tops. With him on top, lemon yellow sun. Arms raised in a V..."

The song is about 15-year-old Jeremy Wade Delle, who shot himself in front of his English class on January 8, 1991. 

So you see, it has a lot of meanings to me. I can hear y'all thinking: "How the hell does she know all that?" Well, during my education as a history teacher, we learned a lot about symbols and symbolism. I have always found it quite fascinating and did a lot of research on my own, so there you go.

I would like to thank Veerle and Katrijn from Lobogato for the lovely gift.

Necklace: Thanks to LOBOGATO

New // Hermès Carré: 'Jungle Love'

Another birthday gift, this time given to me by the best sister and brother-in-law in the world! I couldn't believe it when they gave me a big orange Hermès-bag this morning. Inside, I found my very first Hermès Carré scarf, called 'Jungle Love'. And oh boy, am I in love with it! I couldn't have wished for a better gift. Now lets hope the rain will stay away just a little bit longer -- We don't want to ruin this baby, now do we?

Oh, and before I forget...

Thank you al so much for all the birthday wishes on Twitter and Facebook!

You're the best!

x Krizia

New // Marc by Marc Jacobs Goodies

Hi everyone!

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have read that I went to Maastricht to  do some pre-birthday shopping with my aunt. My birthday isn't 'till this Saturday, but since my aunt owns a restaurant, she hasn't got that much free time to go out. We had a lot of fun spending some one on one quality time together. When we got to Aim, my aunt bought me something which I was on my wish list for quite some time now. Aim sells brands such as Marc by Marc Jacobs, Patrizia Pepe, See by Chloé ... and is definitely worth a visit if you're in Maastricht.

Do you want to see what my aunt got me?

Click below to see more pictures!