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Sporty Look – Fringes and Fluff

January 12, 2016

It is unusually warm this time of the year. Not that I’m complaining, Mother Earth doesn’t fool me, I know how much more I have to endure until some semblance of warmth and sunshine arrives. Until then I will keep on layering.

This time I will show you a sporty look, usually what I would wear around town, riding my bike. I haven’t had a chance to wear my windcheater this winter, I was more fab than drab lately. Not that being sporty is drab. I love my windcheater, it’s awesome and so warm and cozy. I feel no rain or snow can stop me from wearing it outside, because that’s what it’s for. Continue Reading…

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First Snow – Cozy Winter Wear

January 5, 2016

What better way to leave the winter holidays behind, step in the New Year and begin again than pure white snow? Yesterday that’s what happened in my town – our first snow. Yay! I took my boyfriend out to lunch, took some photos and enjoyed this little joy that comes so rarely here. We had soup and burgers and played with some fireworks that were left from the NYE. I, I played with some fireworks 🙂 Continue Reading…

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My Christmas and My Only New Year’s Resolution

January 1, 2016

This year I saw My Christmas as a sign that I’m growing up and I am still learning about life along the way. It was a very quiet Christmas, productive in what I see myself doing in the next years and reflective on what me, as a person, wants to do and become next. What I felt was missing this year was my excitement for the Holidays, which I did not take as a bad sign. When I was little and following my 20s, Christmas felt like a rush of busy and stack of excitement that sometimes felt overwhelming and left me by the end of it in a daze of too much all at once, me paralyzed in a certain comfort and laziness that felt really hard to get out of in the first weeks of January and the new year. Continue Reading…

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Holiday Look – The Floral Silk Blouse and Black Blazer

December 23, 2015

This is the forth and last look of the Holiday Series I’m doing on the blog. Previous Holiday Looks here, here and here.

Yesterday was the most gorgeous light I have ever seen this winter: foggy and sunny. Gorgeous! There’s no snow, but the lovely, dense fog sure makes up for it.

I had this outfit in mind for a while, so I seized the opportunity to photograph this delicate silk blouse that I’ve been promising to make a full post with. You may have seen it in my previous beauty posts, but it never took center stage. Now it’s the perfect time to get it out and show you a Christmas Holiday Look suited for a formal/dress party. The silk blouse is long and I like to wear it both ways: loose or tucked in. Because it’s such a flowy, statement blouse, I’ve paired it with a black blazer and navy dress pants to make it stand out. (Although the photos don’t show, the pants are indeed navy). Continue Reading…

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Holiday Look – Christmas Shopping: The Tartan Scarf

December 19, 2015

This is the third look of the Holiday Series I’m doing on the blog. Previous Holiday Looks here and here.

‘Tis the season to be jolly, Fa, la, la, la, la, la ,la. That was the song that haunted my ears as I went Christmas shopping last Saturday. I met with my good friend Diana and had some girly fun, as you will see in the photos we snapped, going to the mall. If we were living in the States we would be the perfect Valley Girls. Ha, ha. We first stopped for some coffee to get the courage to actually enter the mall and navigate through masses and masses of people moving like ants from shop to shop to… well, shop. That’s Christmas for you.

Before I get to my very red, christmasy outfit that matched perfectly the red cups at Starbucks, I feel the need to say something first: I like Christmas shopping, but I like it in very minimal doses. It’s bad enough that we live in a consumerism age, and buy and buy (now on Christmas more than ever) things we don’t need, it really isn’t necessary to add more and more stuff thinking things will make us happy. Psychology has a whole chapter on this if you’re interested. Having said that, it does warm my heart to buy small gifts for my loved ones: my boyfriend, his mum, my parents, my brother and his girlfriend. I prefer to shop online but if there is no other way I will visit the physical shops. I can relax for two hours and browse through pretty things.

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Holiday Look – The Christmas Winter Jumper

December 14, 2015

This is the second look of the Holiday Series I’m doing on the blog. Previous Holiday Look here.

When I think of winter I think of jumpers. It’s the only comfort I know fighting the cold. You fashionistas probably already know this H&M jumper that Katy Perry sports in their Happy & Merry Christmas campaign. It is already sold out in my country, but I managed to snag one, thanks to my boyfriend’s mother that gave it to me as an early Christmas present. Hurray for mums!

If you have a casual or a company Christmas party coming up than this right here is perfect inspo. I love cozy jumpers, just make sure for a party you pick one that is more bling and cute and not so casual, pair it with some skinny jeans and heels and you are ready to go. But remember kittens: if you’re doing a more loose top then a more tight fitting goes on the bottom. This works vice-versa also: tight top and a more loose bottom. Anything else looks frumpy, and no stylish girl wants that. Continue Reading…