in bloom

Spring has sprung! With temperatures being in the 60's and 70's lately I'm clearly having spring fever and trying to infuse my wardrobe with more colorful pieces. Last week I saw an ad for brightly colored jeans at Uniqlo and decided to check them out in my lunch break. Unfortunately the jeans didn't work out but I discovered that Orla Kiely did a line with Uniqlo. Yay! Just love her colorful prints! I bought the scarf (4) and would love to get my hands on the shirt (7), which was sold out at my store. Orla Kiely is also doing a line of bedding for Bed, Bath & Beyond this spring. Check out the preview over on Apartment Therapy.

Have a sunny weekend!

1.sleeveless shirt 2. scarf 3. tee 4. scarf 5. tee 6. sleeveless shirt 7. shirt

marni madness

Thursday the Marni collection at H&M came out and as previously mentioned I wanted to get my hand on some of the pieces. So Thursday was also the day I got up at 3:50am in the name of fashion and try to order one or two items online from my wishlist. Because in the US H&M doesn't have an online store yet I tried the German H&M online store, hence getting up so early because the collection went on sale at 10am there. I got lucky and was able to order two dresses and get more sleep after. And I was not the only crazy person getting up that early, I had a friend keep me company via text messages, she also chronicled our experience on her blog. My order is already on the way to my parents and hopefully reach me in early April. Honestly this was the craziest thing I've ever done for a piece of clothing. Was anybody brave enough to get in line at a store?

marni for h&m

I haven't been feeling so good the last couple of days (stomach flu), to cheer me up I looked at the upcoming Marni collection for H&M and made a wishlist of the items I would like to own. Have not been as excited about a designer collaboration since the one with Stella McCartney. Hopefully I'll be able to snatch one of the pieces from my wishlist. Would really love to get my hands on one of the maxi dresses. 

Is anybody as excited about this as I am? Have you had other favorite designer collaborations or do you just not care about them?