Colours of the East Side Gallery - Berlin, Germany

My previous posts about Berlin have been serious, solemn, and lacking in colour. Well this post of the East Side Gallery is about to make up for all the lack of colours in the previous posts.
Seeing pictures of the 2 Men Kissing made me curious about the hype over it. Prior to visiting the East Side Gallery in Berlin, I thought that said image would be the most impressive art piece/wall, since it is so iconic and everyone enjoys instagramming pictures of it.

Let me first apologise for using the image as my blog header image. The Kiss was photographed in 1979 and it is a "common ritual for socialist buddies" according to Stars and Stripes. But (and here's why I apologised), THERE IS MORE to the East Side Gallery than the The Kiss.
The East Side Gallery is filled with walls and walls of detailed and impressive street art, some (in my opinion) are so much more interesting/thought provoking than The Kiss. Yet I don't understand why they aren't featured. WHY?

Let me first give tribute to my favourite wall. Favourite for no concrete specific reason actually. It is not the most colourful wall, neither is it the most detailed, but I really like it. Maybe it's because of my love for masquerades and masks. Then again, this wall can be interpreted in so many ways. From that of living in a masked society, to... just pretty masked animal look-a-likes.

In fact, the pictures that are shown here of all the walls are those that left an impression. They made me stop and stare before bothering to snap a photo. They made me go "Wow! how to people paint something like that?!" Honestly, these are such thought provoking images, they definitely deserve more recognition.

I found this image to be so haunting.

THIS. IS. GOLD.

This is a gate that use to be an entrance between both sides of the wall.

Check Point Charlie Illustration. 

This one really reminded me of Japan!

They are incredible aren't they?
Anyway, for my outfit that day, I went with a mostly black and grey ensemble (didn't want to clash with the colours for the berlin wall!)  with a pop of blue on top. Never used to enjoy wearing turtle necks in the past, I always thought they made me look like i had no neck or too long a neck. But this one has such a nice colour plus it keeps me warm!

Here's what I wore:
Grey Winter Coat: Coldwear (Similar Here) | Black Pants: Takashimaya (Similar Here) | Black Ankle Boots: Ecco (Similar Here) | Light Purple Knit Turtle Neck: New Look

Ending off with an image that shows both side of the berlin wall, a reminder of Divide.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures of the East Side Gallery. What are your thoughts?