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Little Black Dress & a Coat to Impress

February 13, 2020 No Comments

It seemed appropriate to post a little black dress outfit in anticipation of the upcoming Valentine’s Day, so here it is.

We were at the garden of the Monserrate Palace, in Sintra. A very romantic place. I wanted to wear something feminine, but it is still winter so I had to prevent the granted hypothermia I would have suffered with just a plain black dress, hence the big fur coat – and I’m wearing skin-coloured tights, by the way. It may not look like it in the photos, but I am. Bare-legged in January is, ironically, a version of Hell for me.

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Checkered Trousers & a Chic Tote

February 6, 2020 1 Comment

Stop the freaking press, I’m wearing jogging pants.

Have I changed the way I dress? Nop, I was trekking through plants.

In comfortable slacks, but like I vowed: sneakers were still not allowed.

I’ll stop the rhymes and wait for the applause.

(I’m the cheesiest b*tch there ever was…)

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3rd Day in Istanbul – Old Palaces and Ancient Places

February 4, 2020 2 Comments

Third day in Istanbul, and we woke up with a sense of urgency – there was still so much to see. Getting lost in the city was not an option this day. We headed for Topkapi Palace, aware that it was a time consuming experience, and considering skipping lunch altogether.

A kiosk on a street corner, across the street from the entry road that leads to Topkapi Palace, that we passed by almost every day. It became a reference point and a token image of Istanbul for me.

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Hidden Prints, Herringbone and High Boots

January 25, 2020 No Comments

Just another winter Sunday. We went to Dear Breakfast again, and I would tell you that I’m always excited to go there because the food is great, which it is, but I would be lying. I’m excited ’cause of Mary. They serve Bloody Mary’s with brunch.

Anyway, it was an excuse to bust out these boho, non-office appropriate over-the-knee boots.

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Post-eillon

January 2, 2020 No Comments

I hope you’ve had a good time this holiday season. I’ve neglected the blog so much for the past month that I’ve let the opportunity go by to wish my readers a merry christmas and happy new year.

But this year, and particularly this past month, has been filled with changes.

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10 Random Facts About Me (aka I’m a weird human)

November 26, 2019 7 Comments

I think making the bed in the morning is the most useless and ridiculous chore.

I associate colours to vowels and numbers. Sometimes I can remember a name or date just by the colours I remember them having.

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5 Style Essentials That Made My Life Easier

November 25, 2019 2 Comments

…because my life is so hard.

First world problems aside, I hope I’ve caught your attention with the overdramatic tittle, because theses pieces are actually something that you don’t see often listed in articles about building a minimalist/capsule/insert_basic_word_here wardrobe.

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2nd Day in Istanbul – Spiritual Ballrooms

November 22, 2019 1 Comment

First morning in Istanbul. I was woken up at 5 am with the sound of the prayer echoing through the city. There were several speakers, on minarets from multiples mosques, projecting the chant like a powerful choir.

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Fashion Faux Pas – Furla, you little monster!

November 15, 2019 1 Comment

I’m someone who prides herself in wearing everything they buy. Things don’t get forgotten. I have a lot of stuff – queue the sad violin my fiancé is playing after getting his space cut in half to make room for my 5 giant wardrobes I brought in when we moved in together.

And yet, my conscience is clear, because I’m not taking up space wastefully – I wear everything in my closet. Regularly.

Except for this.

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First Day in Istanbul – The Erten Konak Hotel

November 5, 2019 1 Comment

First day at Istambul: the sun has already set when we arrive. Trying to decipher the public transportation system while carrying a very large trolley and reassuring a very jumpy Sir Boyfriend who was transporting, unbeknownst to me, my engagement ring in his baggage, I’m somehow able to get us across Sultanahmet Square, through the surrounding streets, passing by a myriad of tourist-trap like restaurants and descending to our very discreet and concealed hotel, guiding us only by memory of what I’ve seen on Google Maps – because we had no wifi.