'ALL THE WAY TO TIMBUKTU' SHEER PANEL SWEATSHIRT AND COLOR BLOCK MINI SKIRT

This week's outfit focuses on a scene where – sacrilege! – cats are not necessarily the main focus: the fight scene between Thomas O’Malley and Edgar, Madame’s butler. 

'All the way to Timbuktu' outfit

After his first attempt to get rid of Duchess and her kittens fails, Edgar has a new idea to send them far far away, to a place where they cannot come back from – and that is all the way to Timbuktu. Edgar’s preparations to rid himself of the cats once and for all, one of the most dramatic and energetic scenes of the movie, culminate with his fight with O’Malley, who almost gets killed with a pitchfork. However, all the animals work together perfectly, and while Roquefort the mouse releases Duchess and the kittens from the coffer, Scat Cat’s band save O’Malley and help Frou-Frou the mare lock Edgar in his packing case. Thus Edgar gets sent to Timbuktu himself.  

'I'm sending you to Timbuktu, if it's the last thing I do!'

STYLING TIPS: 'EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A CAT' MIDI COLOR BLOCK DRESS

It’s Christmas Eve, the most wonderful day of the year. If you haven’t decided what to ask Santa for, here’s a small suggestion for you: a midi color block dress would be the perfect gift to you from your loved ones. Colorful and happy, just like Christmas – that’s the ‘Everybody wants to be a cat’ dress. Together with a golden clutch, some matching accessories and a pair of off-white open toe lace ups, it makes for a great outfit for a Christmas dinner. If you haven’t gotten any of those, make that list and leave it somewhere where your dear ones can find it. Hurry, there’s just so little time left!

 

H&M earrings, Tommy Hilfiger bracelet, NYX lipstick, ZAC Zac Posen clutch, Virgil Abloh open toe booties

RESPONSIBLE PET ADOPTION AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOUR KID

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Any child wants at some point to receive a pet as a Christmas gift, be it a puppy, a kitten, a hamster, fish or a parrot. Numerous studies have shown that a child that grows close to pets will be sociable, a good communicator, and will learn to be responsible. Taking into account your kid’s age, you can give him or her the long awaited pet as a Christmas gift, but only after considering a few aspects essential to good companionship:

'EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A CAT' COLOR BLOCK COCOON DRESS

At some point in life, any woman ‘wants to be a cat’. That is she wants to be perceived as a feline – such a delicate and elegant appearance, yet strong and ferocious, if need be. There is no greater power a woman can have but when she feels powerful and confident, without losing her femininity, just like a feline that even when killing, she does it with grace. There is even a term in fashion that celebrates this incredibly stylish species: catwalk. 

I believe there is no other piece of clothing that can emulate the feline spirit than a good, sexy, yet classy dress. With the ‘Everybody wants to be a cat’ dress you will achieve just that refined feline air, without being too revealing. 

'Everybody wants to be a cat' dress

STYLING TIPS: 'O'MALLEY THE ALLEY CAT' COLOR BLOCK BLOUSE AND JOGGING PANTS

December is my favorite month of the year (well, excluding the summer months, when I go on vacation :)). December has something special, something magical, something that transforms us all – we are all better, warmer, friendlier. Maybe it’s the Winter Holidays, maybe Santa Claus and his gifts. Or maybe just the cinnamon boiled wine and the sponge cakes. But it’s a fact that we are different in December.

And it is about ‘different’ that I want to talk to you today. With the ‘O’Malley the alley cat’ outfit. In this outfit, I brought together sport influences and elegant details, masculine elements and a feminine mood. That is for the brave ones who will dare wear this outfit as it is. Because it takes courage to wear it, or even to wear the two pieces separately, because with the contrast between the main, strong color, a ‘mad’ orange, and the classical off-white you will not go unnoticed.

With such a warm December, you can wear the short jogging trousers with suspenders and the color block ‘O’Malley the alley cat’ blouse when you go shopping for gifts for the loved ones. Your outfit will be complete with a jeans jacket, a checkered scarf, a cap – made of fur would be funniest! – and, of course, sport shoes, as you have a lot of running around to do to find those gifts!

Zara denim jacket, BCBG Max Azria faux-fur cap, Kenneth Cole New York earrings, Lady Fanatics messenger bag, Puma watch, Nike sport shoes

'O'MALLEY THE ALLEY CAT' COLOR BLOCK BLOUSE AND JOGGING PANTS

I am a sucker for cartoons. Especially old school ones, like the Disney classics. And one of my favorites happens to have cats as protagonists – how could I but include it on my inspiration list? So here it goes: straight down from the screen and into the street, Thomas O’Malley from ‘The Aristocats’. O’Malley the alley cat.

'Thomas O'Malley/O'Malley the alley cat'

'O'Malley the Alley Cat' outfit

Thomas O'Malley appears in the movie right after Duchess and her kittens wake up after being drugged and thrown away by Edgar, their owner’s valet. Thomas makes an introduction, showing he is a streetwise cat, a sort of a feline Casanova, careless and free, who enjoys growing no roots and going wherever life takes him.