I don't know about the weather in America, but here in Holland it's freaking 28 degree's....and that means only one thing and I think we all know what that one thing is...

BIKINI-season *gasp* *horror* *shock*

I don't think I'm alone in this when I say that somehow, eventhough bikinis represent summer and fun, all I want to do is just pretend I'm sick and go sleep for 7 days hoping that the sun and great weather will have gone and I miraculously lost 20 pounds. Not that that is ever going to happen. And so, each year I manage to get myself into wearing a bikini and self-consciously parade around on the beach trying to project I think I look like a million dollars...even when I don't feel it.

I'm not even considering going on a diet. Seriously, If there were some miracle diet, don't you think the whole world would be slim right now? Losing weight is just a simple math sum. It's watching what goes in and what you burn out. So for the past week I've simply been watching what I eat and going to the gym 4 times a week. I look skinnier, but I didn't weigh myself yet still in fear of the numbers that might pop up. I never thought I was the type of person that could watch what she eated and blablabla...but it's really not difficult. And as I am a true chocoholic I wasn't looking forward to cutting it out of my diet and becoming a chronically sour bitch. I didn't. I found that when I craved chocolate, I could just eat 2 small pieces of dark (81% cacao) chocolate...It would calm my craving and I couldn't eat more as that would have been too sickning, also it's low in calories and actually good for your heart and veins. Plus, going under a tanning bed once in a while makes you feel and ofcourse look better too. When sporting a great tan, you automatically look slimmer...

It's not only about weighing what you want to weigh either, it's also about which bikini you'll be wearing.
I checked out some websites and LOVED the ones on www.net-a-porter.com, they're GORGEOUS.

Here are the ones I personally liked best...



This is the 'Love Print Bikini' by Emilio Pucci. There are more great bikini's by Emilio Pucci on the site...



The simple, always wearable Missoni Bikini.



This bikini by D&G, is so unbelievably cute...cherry's are hot in this season's fashion scene...(Diane von Furstenberg has got a particularly nice cherry-printed dress in her spring/summer 2007 collection!)



This simply chique Thomas Maier bikini will do it for any woman with any figure.



This was my absolute favorite...It is so Gorgeous and SO Diane von Furstenberg.


By the way, you guys probably still know that not long ago it was totally en Vogue to wear fire-red or black nail polish right...Yesterday, I was in the department store and came across the most amaaazing color..! I had seen it already a couple of times in a magazine but never paid further attention to it. I am not quickly over-enthusiastic about a nail polish but this was is just absolutely PERFECT...It's: 'Rouge Noir' by Chanel. It's such a sophisticated color and it stays on for days without your nails looking messy.

No, Tom Ford is not to be associated with cars...

Excuse me but since when do young woman living in the present EVER associate Tom Ford with the 'Ford' cars?!?!
The other day I was talking to a few people in a shop and I brought up the subject 'Tom Ford'. They first looked at me in a confused matter and then started babbling on about some CARS like a bunch of morons!?!
This world I am living in right now can not possibly be normal. It's kind of depressing, really...

Here's some advice, never move to Holland unless you happen to be a drug-addict.

People's knowledge of fashion here is next to nothing but it's not like Holland is situated in a different universe though..?
Anyway...
The next thing I did was call up some of my old friends from when I used to still live in (Gorgeous, Wonderful, Inspiring, Fashionable, Exciting, Lovely...) London. And there I was, thinking, hey....these people live in London right..? They know who Tom Ford is, right? Wrong.
Well, at least their minds didn't jump to the cars. Only 3 of my friends in London actually knew Tom Ford had something to do with fashion.
I'm still recovering from the shock.
Here the basics on the extraordinary man every fashionista should know about!


Tom Ford:



Tom Ford was born on the 27th of August, 1962 in Austin, Texas. He grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

He graduated from Parsons School of Design and after initially having studied architecture he started working for Cathy Hardwick and Perry Ellis. In 1990 he was recruited by Gucci's then creative director, Dawn Mello, to help design the ready-to-wear collections. Not too long after this, Tom Ford became the chief director of Gucci. In just his first year of working in this position for Gucci he was credited for putting the glamour back in fashion. In a short period of time Tom Ford transformed the label Gucci (which had been almost bankrupt when Ford joined!) into a multi-billion dollar fashion house. "We didn't have a photocopier at one stage," he admits. When Gucci acquired the house of Yves Saint Laurent, Ford was namen the creative director of that label as well...

In 2000, Tom Ford was named Best International Designer at the first VH1/Vogue Awards in New York.

So how did this man from Texas become one of the most influential people in the world of fashion? Ford himself believes that he owes his succes not to talent, but to his energy. Once, he told an audience at the V&A in London: "There are many more talented designers than me, but I have a lot of drive and won't let it go."

Then, in 2004 Tom Ford stepped down from Gucci in order to persue other interests. He has since created a high-end fashion company calles Tom Ford, which produces fragrances (Think: Black Orchid), sunglasses and a signature ready-to-wear men's line. It seems that everything this man lays his finger on turns into solid gold.

If you ask me, there is more to this man than just a lot of drive. I think he is truly talented and I expect we will all see a lot more from him in the future!