Okay first, it's winter and I live in Amsterdam and it's real damn cold. So we need to get a base-layer going with these gorgeous tights, designed specifically to keep me toasty:

(from stockingirl.com)
Secondly, we're going to need a cute print skirt with the kind of cheerfulness that will stave of the biting winter chill:

(from La Redoute's website)
With something so eye-catching, we want simplicity up top, so we'll add on a simple t-shirt in navy, to pick up the detail from the print in the skirt, like this:

(American Apparel)
(I don't know what's with her glasses, either.)
Then a cozy sweater, like this one:

(from sundance.com)
which we would cinch with a nice brown leather belt like this one:

(urbanoutfitters.com)
A good brown leather handbag is a necessity, so we would add on this one:

(another find from sundance.com)
And then to top it all off, layer two small and whimsical necklaces, to give it a polish and a flair. I like these two:

and

(also Sundance. I like their stuff...)
Ta-da! There it be, my (personally coveted) ensemble of beauty, all based around these timeless brown suede boots...
