tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48956658958840882062024-03-12T23:57:26.325+01:00KARINAThe KARINA blog is an English/French blog run by KaoriAnne and photographer Christine Xuan who are based separately in Brussels and in Luxembourg, but come together frequently to shoot content as well as work on-line to maintain and manage the blog.KaoriAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046097385102307803noreply@blogger.comBlogger518125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4895665895884088206.post-54676194298718306782018-02-09T10:44:00.000+01:002018-02-09T10:44:33.307+01:00New beginnings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When Christine and I started <a href="http://www.karinablog.com/"><b>The KARINA blog</b></a> together, it was very much a way for us to unleash our creativity and it brought us even closer together. We absolutely LOVED working on collaborations together, with <b><a href="http://www.karinablog.com/2014/03/panorama-at-hotel-brussels.html">The Hotel Brussels</a></b> being one of the highlights of this project.<br />
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We're still best friends but we have moved onto other projects of our own.<br />
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It's not very often that I get photographed for the blog, mostly because I feel a lot more comfortable behind the camera as opposed to being infront of the lens! Kaori convinced me to have my outfit photos taken this time as I was wearing this beautiful bright pink playsuit from <b><u><a href="http://bit.ly/Missguided1">Missguided</a></u></b>, a colour which is very much the opposite of what I usually wear.
It was a hot summer's day, the perfect weather to get my legs out and wear something a little bit out of my comfort zone. I have to admit I did feel like a giant pink candyfloss while wearing it but it was nice to not be wearing an all black look, which is my usual go-to. I decided to pair it with this light brown bag that I bought from New Look if I remember correctly, and these sandals from <b><u><a href="http://bit.ly/1v6NBXx">ASOS</a></u></b>.
I also decided to take this piece with me on my recent holiday to Mallorca to catch the last bit of summer and it was perfect for the 25C degree weather, it kept me cool and although the fabric isn't super lightweight I didn't feel too hot in it.
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I was a little hesitant to wear this 3/4 length + black dress out and about in sweltering heat but because the material is so thin and airy, it turned out to be perfect. This LBD is from Primark and I am so happy I bought it. It'll be fantastic for city trips when I don't want to be stuffing a carry-on bag with a going out dress. In my last post, I mentioned a store to shop at if you are in Japan... If you are after a magazine, though, JELLY is one of my absolute favourites. There is so much visual content in terms of outfit ideas and the photos are a lot closer to blogging style rather than the traditional editorial campaigns you would usually see in print - i.e. fantastic for outfit inspo. JELLY have also recently brought out a hairstyle magazine which I used to see what kind of short cut I would like because for the longest time ever I have been wanting to donate my hair and I finally did it when I was in Japan! This will be my last post with long hair - eek. The next one will have a few shots from the day as well as more information about the charity I sent my hair donation to.</div>
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My first outfit pictures shot in Japan of course had to feature the <i>jidou hanbaiki</i>/vending machines. You may laugh and wonder why there are so many of them - sometimes only tens of metres apart - but after your third or fourth day of going from temple to shrine to temple in 32'C humidity, you begin to appreciate and to somewhat worship these machines. On one of our rest days, we went to the mall near my apartment to catch a movie (<i>進撃の巨人 - Attack on Titan</i>) which also meant a bit of shopping. If any of you go to Japan and want to do a bit of clothes shopping, I'd really recommend checking out AZUL by Moussy, where I found this high-neck top.<br />
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When I braced myself for the summer sales I had one thing in mind.. What could I wear and bring over into autumn? I was kind of after midi skirts but either they were a little too long or just a little too short for my liking. Then I found this one in H&M! I fell in love with it straight away because once it wasn't something black. I can't say the same about the sweater though. I was spending a few days in Leuven getting things set up in my new apartment when I decided to pop into Pull and Bear as we don't have one back in Luxembourg. I picked this up along with a few other things but told myself that I should limit myself to two buys only... but hoorah it turned out to be only 8 euros so I thought it couldn't hurt. Right? Isn't that what we all tell ourselves? Hahaha. The reptile-like texture is perfect making your casual everyday black sweater look that tad bit more interesting! <i>(yes I'm still internally justifying my purchase. Guilty)</i></div>
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Summer in Luxembourg means having to be prepared when the weather turns from 24'C to something in the high tens. I tend to go for a long sleeved sweater that is quite lightweight as it means I can keep warm under a blazer but won't be melting should the sun come out. I bought this B&W blazer from H&M when I was on my trip around Andalusia, south of Spain, earlier this year. The bag, though, is the one I mentioned in my last post and it is a godsend for people like me who is obsessed with having different compartments in a bag. I especially love this one because despite it being quite open, you can zip away valuable is the middle section. The bag also has a flap where you can put business cards or tickets or much needed and easily accessible eyedrops if you're a contact lens wearer like me!</div>
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Hello from Japan! I've been travelling around Japan so much with my boyfriend and his family that I have barely had time to update other than the occasional Instagram post or two. It's coming to the end of our trip though and I have a few spare minutes to publish some of the back logged photos Christine shot of me. Earlier this summer I dared to take a peek at the summer sales and I found this gorgeous looking bag from Zara. The print is kinda crazy but I love it because my clothes tend to be on the tamer side. Keep your eyes out for a detail shot of the inside of the bag in an upcoming blog post! This playsuit rom H&M has been my absolute favourite this summer. I adore the lace details at the hems and how there is a double layer so I can eat and get bloated without worrying too much about my bulging belly. Trust me, when you have a kaiten (<i>belt</i>) sushi restaurant near your place with plates at 100 yen (0.73€/0.51£) for two pieces then you too would stuff yourself to the max. I may not have brought my hat to Japan with me because it's just too hot but it goes with pretty much everything.. I can't wait to bring it over to autumn outfits. How have everyone's summers been?</div>
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So... I graduated from the University of Surrey last week and it feels utterly amazing! I woke up super early to put on my kimono with the help of my mother and graduated with some of my best friends (<i>photo <b><u><a href="https://instagram.com/p/5PGoDXEi6Y/?taken-by=kaoriannej">here</a></u></b></i>). My university's grad ball had put on a funfair along with a Great Gatsby themed ball - I was so impressed with it all! It was strictly black tie but I managed to get away with wearing sneakers the whole night. It was such a busy and fun weekend but of course it all had to come to an end. We all said our see-you-soon's.</div>
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When Luxembourg was hit with that intense heat wave, all I wanted to wear were short or loosely fitted clothes. I came across this random store on the Avenue de la Liberté down by Luxembourg City's central train station one day and while some things were far from what I would usually having hanging in my wardrobe (<i>think leopard print and rhinestones. Combined</i>) I found this gorgeous printed top that reminded me of the Alhambra which the boyfriend and I saw during our trip around Andalusia (see the post <b><u><a href="http://www.karinablog.com/2015/03/granada-alhambra.html">here</a></u></b>). I love it when clothes spark a memory even if it does turn you into a perpetual clothes hoarder... but that's a whole other story. I decided to steer away from dark colours and opted for blues in different shades and textures which seem to work quite well together! I'm not sure why I'm so surprised but I wasn't expecting the Bershka denim shorts to fit that well with the top. But HOORAY!</div>
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A couple of weeks ago, Christine, Kristiana and I met up to go the Pandora summer event together. We of course had to snap up a couple of outfit photos before heading there so we took to the sunny streets of the Grand Rue. I decided to wear something brighter by adding a pair of patterned trousers from H&M with a simple white blazer and grey t-shirt. I have also been LOVING my white velcro trainers again which are way too tattered for a close up shot but are still as comfy as ever. I was super excited to check out what Pandora had in-store as just over a year ago it was Christine who got me one of their charm bracelets (see <a href="https://instagram.com/p/onliFcEizg/"><u><b>here</b></u></a>) for my birthday a just over a year ago. It's safe to say I spotted a few adorable charms which I may just have to go back for. Meanwhile, scroll down to the end of the post to see a set a couple of charm sets we fell in love with. I'm really liking the mix of silver and gold!</div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4895665895884088206.post-48776735027217019552015-06-24T14:05:00.002+02:002015-06-24T14:18:12.165+02:00OUTFIT: FOREVER 21 X NEW LOOK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="karina blog" border="0" src="http://i.imgur.com/Yy2ZrkR.jpg" height="962" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The day of the Blogger_LU meet up, at Cathy Goedert, two and a half weeks ago was a such a beautiful day that warranted for a breezy outfit. I bought this Forever 21 playsuit at the Dubai Mall - the same time I found this gorgeous hat! I was definitely um-ing and -ah-ing over it but in the end, the button on the front which prevents an all embarassing slip from happening convinced me to parrade to the tills and make a purchase. I love it when clothes have nifty little designs like that. I have come across a few tops in Japan that have clippable straps inside the T-shirt to prevent bra straps from uncomfortably rolling down your shoulder - how have we not seen more of those?! </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">As for my nails in the last photo... My friend has now really got me into having my nails done! I've already been back a second time to the same place and I will definitely be going again just before my graduation and heading off to Japan for 4 weeks. Expect a post and my thoughts about the place then!</div><br />
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Before Christine came on board and we started working together on the blog, it was my mother who took most if not all of my photos. The last time we ventured out to this garage, which was my regular background (see here and here), must have been well over a year ago! So the other day mama and I decided to potter along to our old spot and snap a few shots for the blog - just like old times.</div>
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The sun has been shining so much on Luxembourg and boy does it feel good! I've just finished the first week of my internship in social media for a tourist office and I cannot wait to get into my second week. I finished uni incredibly early so I knew I wanted to secure an internship for at least a month. I was fortunate enough to do a work placement year as a part of my course but gaining professional experience is ever more important these days when having a bachelor's degree is the norm and having a master's is not uncommon.</div>
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It was so great to read all of your feedback on Christine's blog posts. One of the great things about working with your best friend is that she has your back. In this case, I really needed to concentrate on my final year dissertation and she took on the role of writing for a while. After several blog posts from her part and after producing a 10, 000 word piece of work in my corner, we were both quite exhausted (<i>Christine was doing this alongside her 9-5 job</i>).</div>
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With the winter months gone and the end of my bachelor's course in near sight, I feel a lot more at ease and ready to launch back into blogging again. How have you lot in full-time education or employment managed it? I found it quite easy last year when I was working in Brussels, I could leave work at work, but dissertations are such huge nasty pieces of work that I found it so difficult to not put my all into that and to not think about it 24h a day.</div>
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Anyway, enough of that. I'd love tell you about these shots that we took in front of beautiful façades of London's town houses. In order to (<i>I seem to still be in dissertation mode</i>) compliment the soft pink colour of the bag, Kate put together a posh pink look and we marched straight for these beautifully crisp and white houses. There are loads of different colours in this Nicole satchel style on www.paulsboutique.com but if you loved the Metallic look from <b><u><a href="http://www.karinablog.com/2015/03/pauls-boutique-launch-day.html">this post</a></u></b>, you should take a peek at this colour/style <b><u><a href="http://api.shopstyle.com/action/apiVisitRetailer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asos.com%2Fpauls-boutique%2Fpaul%27s-boutique-nicole-satchel%2Fprod%2Fpgeproduct.aspx%3Fiid%3D4991236%26clr%3DSilver%26SearchQuery%3Dpauls%2Bboutique%26pgesize%3D36%26pge%3D0%26totalstyles%3D45%26gridsize%3D3%26gridrow%3D1%26gridcolumn%3D3&site=www.shopstyle.co.uk&pid=uid4464-26239092-70">here</a></u></b>.<br />
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We're back with another collection reveal for the Paul's Boutique HS15 campaign. I thought we'd start off with these three beautiful coral bags. For these two collections we thought it would be best to shoot somewhere that had quite a neutral background as the bags are so bright and should remain the focus of the photos (along with Kaori of course!). We decided on shooting at Marble Arch, another great London landmark and a beautiful white structure.</div>
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KaoriAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046097385102307803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4895665895884088206.post-23768998975431165252015-03-23T17:44:00.000+01:002015-03-23T19:00:11.662+01:00GOLDEN HOUR IN LONDON<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello, Christine again! Today's the final blog post for the first launch of the Paul's Boutique HS15 collection. These next sets of images we shot on the last day of our 2 day shoot for this project. </div>
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Seeing as it was the last day things were a little hectic towards the end of the day. After the tiny downpour that occurred on <b><u><a href="http://www.karinablog.com/2015/03/pauls-boutique-hs-2015.html">this shoot with the neon look</a></u></b>, we were losing both time and light for shooting. So we raced on the tube with all of our suitcases full of bags, clothes and gear to the Thames, where we had decided to shoot these last few bags. </div>
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In this final set of photos we managed to catch the last little bit of light right before the sun set - lucky for us! This is one of my favourite looks, the dress that Kate chose just fits so beautifully with this gold clutch bag and that is why I love to work with her. Unfortunately, this clutch will now only be available in silver from the 3rd April onwards.</div>
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Thanks so much for the feedback on the last post. Today is the official launch date of the first of three Paul's Boutique HS15 collections which you can see <b><u><a href="http://www.paulsboutique.com/categories/High-Summer-2015/">here</a></u></b>. To celebrate this we've decided to share another set of images with you all. These happen to be a personal favourite of mine, the light and airiness is something that isn't common within my photography work so it's nice to have experimented with it on such a big project. </div>
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Hello, it's Christine here! We're so happy and excited to finally share with you ALL one of the biggest projects we've worked on during our time as KARINA. Sometime last year, the wonderful Paul's Boutique got in touch and asked us if we wanted to shoot their High Summer 2015 campaign. Of course both myself and Kaori jumped at the opportunity to work on such an amazing project with a brand that we love and have worked with before. <br />
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Paul's Boutique gave us a lot of creative freedom with the shoots for their bags and we were so grateful for that. We were going crazy with so many ideas and it seemed to make sense to us that with so many bags to shoot with matching outfits and so little time to organise everything that we add another person to our little team. This is when I got in touch with an amazing stylist - <b><u><a href="http://www.katesuttonstylist.co.uk/">Kate Sutton</a></u></b>. I had worked with her many times before when I was a photography student at University and she styles to perfection no matter what the brief is. <br />
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Now with our little team complete we could start to finalise all of our plans for the shoot that would take place over 2 days in London. We picked London mainly because Paul's Boutique is based in London as is our stylist (and her assistant) and Kaori wasn't far away from it either, so it just made sense to have that as our location. The day before the shoot I hopped on a plane from little old Luxembourg with all of my photography gear and a lot of butterflies. <br />
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Here is a preview of the first 3 bags from the first official launch which will be on the 20th March!<br />
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Here are a few of our favourite photos from the Art Deco Black, Tailored Pop Stone and Colour Pop Black collections. Styling wise Kate decided to bring out the colours of the bag -black, white and yellow which I feel works quite well. We found this amazing shuttered wall somewhere in central London and knew that it would look great. Unfortunately as soon as we had prepared for shooting this bag it started to rain! Admittedly not heavily but I felt bad that Kaori was modelling in the rain. Although she has modelled for me in weather conditions worse than a little bit of rain! </div>
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Styling wise this look is much more subtle than the previous one but I love that we have a small pop of bright yellow/green in the bag and the rest of the look is neutral and casual. We decided to shoot against quite a neutral background too so that there weren't many elements distracting from the bag.</div>
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Keeping with the same look as the previous bag, - with the exception of a pop of green/yellow in the socks - we decided to switch location to bring in a little colour into the image while still having as few distractions as possible. This is probably one of my favourite sets of images because of all the glass reflections in the background and the nice subtle hint of colour it adds to the photos too. </div>
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About a month ago, I came back from an amazing 10 days of travelling around the Southern Spanish region of Andalusia and, boy, did I take a lot of photos. My DSLR and 85mm lens have been severely neglected ever since I started only taking my phone with my on holiday and since Christine took charge of shooting my outfits for the blog, and so it was great to finally get back into using them both as well as swapping lenses throughout the trip with my boyfriend. Hooray for both of us being Nikon people!</div>
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We flew out from Frankfurt Hahn and arrived in Malaga in the late morning, so we decided to head straight to the beach near the city centre where we napped, travellers' backpacks and all, for a good two hours. </div>
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After a leisurely lunch on the beach we decided it was time to head on off to Granada - an hour/two hours away by bus which would cost you around 14 EUR one way. Upon arrival at the bus station, we came across a tour stand called <b><u><a href="http://playgranada.com/">Play Granada</a></u></b>. Now, let me tell you, I am usually the kind of person who is a little sceptical about booking guided tours but a two-hour morning bike ride seemed like a brilliant idea. The fact that it was half-price at the stand convinced us too... and boy was it worth!!! The other person who had booked the same time slot as us was a no-show which meant that we had our guide to ourselves.</div>
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<b><u>Bicycle tour</u></b></div>
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We started off by cycling off through the Albaicin, up to a location that looked over the Alhambra and beautiful backdrop that is Sierra Nevada. I also made a couple of four legged friends along the way. Our guide took us to a small gypsy market where we stocked up on delicious fruits and fresh veggies which we would use for dinner later that night. The Mirador de San Nicolas is definitely worth a climb to see both the Alhambra and Sierra Nevada, as well as a handful of street musicians and hand-crafters on the square.</div>
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Our guide took us back to the Play Granada HQ where we were told we could return at any point to buy a drink or use the free wifi if need be and where we were given suggestions for tapas bars and things to see. I cannot stress just how much we loved the cycling part of time in Granada! My boyfriend and I then hopped on a bus up to the Alhambra (which was not more than 2 EUR) and holy moly I think I went a little overboard on the architectural photography haha. In the evening we met up with with a friend who had been studying in Granada and he took us to Bar los Diamantes, one of the best tapas bars on the Plaza Nueva. It serves only seafood but it is oh-so-good with a cold beer.</div>
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We spent a total of three nights there and on our final morning, our friend took us to Plaza Bib-Rambla where we had Churros con chocolate. Best. Breakfast. Ever... The churros were light and fluffy - not like the ones I was used to from the Christmas market or the summer fair we have each year in Luxembourg. We had so many special moments and memories throughout the trip but all in all, I think Granada was our favourite city.</div>
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Now, if you are mentally prepared for a whole load of photos, clock on "click to see more" to see just how crazy I went with snapping up photos of the Alhambra! Enjoy.</div>
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