Lenka´s Corner

The other day I dared myself to re-vamp the quote by the one and only Albus Dumbledore. It goes something like this: "Friends can be found even in the strangest of places if one knows how to look for them." Some months ago I did exactly that; not only we get along well, we even have a very similar style of clothing. I remember seeing Denis for the first time in his black and white stripy trousers and I knew immediately we would be friends in no time. I thought to myself, "hmm.. this one sure knows how to dress himself, what a style!" And stripes were precisely the point why we hung out today; we simply needed to immortalize our summer outfits while we could! So, ladies and gentlemen, I present you our stripy summer #ootd. These stripy long trousers scream summer for me! They are oversized, baggy, and when they catch wind, you feel like flying. Some people say I am crazy to deliberately wear long trousers in summer but if you try them, you'll never w...

For 20 years, I have been a dedicated Potterhead. I like to pride myself in the fact that I was a Potterhead before the nickname was even invented. I remember the moment when I got The Philosopher´s Stone from my parents, I was six. Seeing the size of the book and thinking about all the letters I learned just a few months ago, I thought to myself, “how on earth am I going to do this?” Not wanting to disappoint my mom and dad, I accepted the challenge and I couldn´t be more grateful for it now. One Bachelor thesis and one Master thesis dedicated to the Potter-verse later (and working on my PhD at the moment), I can proudly proclaim that I have built my career on that challenge. Siriusly… All those years ago, I fell in love with the boy who lived, watched him go through his challenges sa if they were my own. As I grew older and decided to re-read the books, I found much more than just a story about a boy and his friends; I disco...