My name is Alexandra Vail and I am the fashion editor. During the day I help people embrace their individual beauty as a certified image consultant and professional stylist. read more...
It's hard to miss the love relationship between Asians and European brands. We spotted Carlito, who was in a 'Gucci mood'.
name Carlito
age 46 (our guess: early 30s!)
fav shops all the shops on the PC Hooftstraat
On a cold morning, we spotted an elegant young lady busy unlocking her bike. A bike with a basket that matched her lady-like style. The lady is an Amsterdammer since 4 months. Welcome to Amsterdam, Aleksandra! We can have more elegant girls like you in town!
Where else than in the 9 little streets can we spot a stylist-in-training?
my origin
100% Dutch!
my fav Amsterdam shops
Episode, River Island and the 9 little streets shopping area as a whole.
Tourists bring extra life to the Amsterdam, but also nuisance. Georgina, however, added style to the city. Amsterdammers can learn a thing or two from her mix 'n match style.
When you invite a friend last-minute to go skating on the canals and she appears on the ice looking pretty like a princess... then you future her in amsterdam 'street' style.
Relaxed people are scarce in Amsterdam, everyone is always in a rush. The calm pase that Gilly (30, football player) walked by was hard to miss. He’s got a real air of relaxedness and his colourful mix & match clothing style made us want to ask him a few questions…
profession:
fashion shop owner of Silk
your style in one line:
effortlessly chic.
my origin
Swiss, but has been in Amsterdam 2,5 years (Sam answered in fluent, accent-free Dutch!)
I’d never be caught dead wearing...
Oh there are a few things I never wear. Well, I never wear an umbrella or any of those kind of things, or sunglasses, or gloves. A friend of mine works for the English hatter and he’s always trying to get me wear a hat. But I really don’t like that, I don’t know why.. *sigh* may be because I’m a hair dresser.
Father and daughter were spotted at Tazzina’s in the Jordaan on a cold but dry day in January. Robin had just arrived back from LA where he had some gigs. He was so happy to see his daughter that he immediately took her out for a cake at their favourite coffee corner.
My name is Alexandra Vail and I am a certified image consultant. During my career as a law practitioner, I expressed her passion for fashion via my fashion blog (in Russian) and by publishing articles for online fashion magazines.
I came to realize that for me making the world a better place is not by preparing investment contracts, but by helping people to embrace their individual beauty. This sparked my career move to become an image consultant and professional stylist.
I now live in Amsterdam and am founder of Stylegant. I work with clients from different cultural and professional backgrounds who seek style advice.
On this website, Kira and I report back to you on our Amsterdam fashion & street style hunt.
The very stylish wishes,
Always yours,
Alex
A good man might be hard to find, but a good hairdresser is next to impossible.
The problem with hairdressers is threefold: they love (1) cutting (2) colouring and (3) hearing their own voice till the end of day. The styles they produce may be artistic and beautiful (for four hours), what we generally want, is a haircut that looks good for a couple of weeks and without special lighting and real-time Photoshop. Not to worry, though, there are some hair dressers in Amsterdam that are in many ways a cut above the rest.
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