Our NASA Space Summer Camp winners

Back in March this year we had a competition and were recruiting an adventurer to take a trip of a lifetime to NASA Summer Camp in Florida (US).

And the winner was... or rather were: Robert, Daisy, Joseph Ethan and Milly! We were so impressed by the quality of the five shortlisted entries we decided that all 5 deserved to be Mooi en Lief Adventures. Here are some kind words and cool pictures we received back already.


This is the moment Daisy graduated from space camp last week. Daisy cannot thank you enough for a truly awesome week of building her confidence, making new friends and the most incredible fun. She has memories that will last her a lifetime....and who knows maybe this has inspired her enough to be become an astronaut.
Mooi en Lief, thank you for making one 10 year old girl extremely happy.

Ethan had a fantastic time. Said it's been the best thing he's ever done. Thank you so much for giving him such a wonderful experience x



Thank you SO much for the trip to Space Camp! Robert had a brilliant time. He absolutely loved it. What a wonderful experience - we are very grateful.

Joseph had a fantastic time and a valuable experience there. He was able to advance his knowledge of science. Mooi en Lief, we thank you for giving him such privileged opportunity.
He will never forget this experience.  Thank you so much!!

A MILLION THANKS to Mooi en Lief and those people who supported Joseph to have a great experience at KSC.

This picture is of Milly and her group meeting the Astronaut Tom Jones. Milly enjoyed it so much, fantastic experience. Thank you x

Press Release

14 Year Old Fashion Designer ‘Tolly Dolly Posh’ Signs Exclusive

Licence & Marketing Agreement with Dutch brand, Mooi en Lief
 

Dutch brand Mooi en Lief sign teenage fashion designer and blogger Tolly Gregory

to create a range of socks and tights for girls.

Mooi en Lief and Tolly Dolly Posh announce they are to create a co-branded range of fashion socks and tights planned for launch in early 2015. The collection, aimed at fashion conscious girls, will be branded "Mooi en Lief by TollyDollyPosh". It will be available for sale both to retail stores and directly to consumers via www.mooienlief.com. The collection will be marketed by Mooi en Lief and Tolly Dolly Posh.


Tolly Gregory is a 14 year old fashion designer and blogger at www.tollydollyposhfashion.com. She has been shortlisted for the "Best Teen Style Blogger" award by Company Magazine Blogger Awards in 2013 & 2014, as well as being featured in UK magazines and on BBC Radio 4. Her goal is to become a fashion designer creating ‘quirky, sophisticated outfits that encourage self expression’, with ambitions of owning her own shop by the age of 25.

Jacquelina Deerenberg, General Manager of Mooi en Lief, says "We are incredibly excited to be working with Tolly on this fashion collaboration. Whilst socks and tights are complementary products to our boots they are a natural extension to the product range, so it’s very important to us to bring a strong fashion twist to the new category; hence our desire to work with Tolly."

Tolly is interactive on social media, in particular Twitter (@TollyDollyPosh) and has also founded a social network "www.bundlemag.com" for bloggers to connect, share and blog in one place.

Jacquelina continues "For us it is not just about her amazing talent as a fashion designer. Rather, we love her expressive & quirky style and recognize the wider package that she has, to enable a commercial success out of such collaboration. Having worked with her previously, we have been impressed by her marketing skills, her extensive social network and the professionalism shown towards us as a customer. That led us to seek collaboration with her and the brand she has inadvertently created, as Tolly Dolly Posh"
Mooi en Lief is a Dutch brand, offering quirky wellington boots for young children and teens. Their boots are designed to make a statement. Inspired by the image of a chandelier in a child´s room and graffiti on a bedroom wall, the boots are designed for children, but through the eyes of an adult. Mooi en Lief have worked with international artists to create a collection of boots incorporating 3D elements, deliberately edgy in design. The brand believes they bring something innovative and fashionable to the category.

Tolly Gregory explains her vision for the collaboration "I hope the collection is fun, versatile with a unique ‘TDP’ twist and is exciting to wear for all girls. It’s such an exciting venture to take on, and I can’t wait to get started!"

The collection will be marketed by Mooi en Lief and Tolly Dolly Posh.
 

END For further details please contact:

Jacquelina Deerenberg - General Manager of Mooi en Lief

info@mooienlief.com - moonienlief.com - twitter.com/mooienlief

Tolly Gregory – Fashion Designer & Blogger

 

 

 

tdp@tollydollyposhfashion.com - tollydollyposhfashion.com - twitter.com/tollydollyposh

Mooi en Lief Lifestyle magazine

Singing: We love gumboot dancing!

We all have that one or two songs that keep us going. Well this as well is a true fact when it comes to our gumboots dancing. Every performance they make has to go with a song that will bring a great spirit amongst them and unite them as a team.

So I asked the KYP Gumboots dancers to sing one of their songs for me which you will love dearly.

This song is in one of our official languages ZULU, this is one of the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority (over 95%) of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa (24% of the population) as well as being understood by over 50% of the population (Ethnologue 2005). It became one of South Africa's eleven official languages in 1994 (Wikipedia).

The Title of the song is called “SIYALITHANDA IBOOTS” which means “WE LOVE GUMBOOTS DANCING”. This song basically talks about how Gumboots dancing has changed the youths lives, through all the sins they may have committed, may the lord forgive and protect them all the time, now that they have found something to love  which is Gumboots dancing.. Sweeeeet, I know...

SIYALITHANDA IBOOTS (We love gumboots dancing)
-          Lamaqala’esinawo
-          Lamaqala sithethelele usivikele njalo baba
-          Lamaqala’esinawo
-          Lamaqala sithethelele usivikele njalo baba
-          Ngoba Thina siyalithand’iboots
-          Ngoba Thina siyalithand’boots

Translation

-          The sins we have
-          Lord forgive and protect us all the time.
-          The sins we have
-          Lord forgive and protect us all the time.
-          Because we love Gumboots dancing.
-          Because we love Gumboots dancing.

Please do listen to the audio (http://goo.gl/2mKdpD), hopefully this may be one of your favourite songs, enjoy!

 

written by Nelisiwe Walaza - KYP

Lolita Fashion

Miss Katherine Rose discovered Lolita Fashion in 2009 and its taken her to places she’d never imagined to go to! She is running her Lolita Fashion blog therosesaresilent.blogspot.co.uk for over two years now, writing down her journey through Lolita fashion and her adventures on the way.

She is moving on in her studies of fashion&clothing and to become a professional designer! Her dream is to move to Tokyo and surround herself with its inspiring and unique street art, and to experience the culture that brought some of the most original innovations in fashion.

What is Lolita Fashion?

Lolita fashion is an alternative style that originally comes from the Harajuku district in Tokyo. Its influenced by historical fashion; primarily Rococo and Victorian children’s wear but also has references to other periods in time. It has a very distinct silhouette; a poofy skirt in either a bell (like an upside-down ‘U’) or A-line (wider at the bottom than the top, like an ‘A’- although it is important to know that this is a lot more voluminous than the standard A-line skirt you’d find on the high street). Modesty is important, everything from the top of the arms to the knee is covered- and headwear is always used, the standard being the large ‘Alice’ bows while other kinds like headdresses of varying detail, hats and flowers are also commonly seen. Materials wise, only good quality fabrics and lace are used to avoid looking like a costume. This is because lolita fashion is, in fact, an everyday street fashion that many wear during their daily lives, although it is so ornate that you may not think that initially. It is also important to note that it, despite the name, has no connections with the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. It is a fun style to wear and has a myriad of sub-styles to explore, so there’s something for everybody!