REVIEW: BERLIN STREET STYLE

I bought the Berlin Street Style Guide at the same time as the Paris Street Style Guide. I read Paris first because it was the one with the most hype. While I was reading it, it was my favourite book, I wanted to live in Paris, I wanted to wear Paris. Then I read Berlin and realised I was a Berliner already. I do basics, jeans and cashmere pullovers not Chanel and the LBD. While J.Crew and Acne are still out of my reach they feel more me than Hermes. After all, I have German in my blood. My Mum always says my Nan would've loved me.

I couldn't put this book down for a whole week. I was so easy to read. And acts as a guide to Berlin Shopping as well. I've made Mum promise to come with me and go to every shop listed in the book.

I would say there is more fashion inspiration in the Paris Guide and more inspiration for interiors and such in the Berlin Guide. However, I can always refer to the Berlin Guide when I'm feeling dead on ideas.

Be prepared for a great deal of comparison to Paris, with the book obviously siding with Berlin. By the end of the book the 'we're better than you are because we don't like a blow dry' gets a bit old but, if you look past that, I consider it a highly recommended guide.