The Parka

If someone had told me one year ago that I would be so in love with parkas, I would've seriously laughed in their faces. There's nothing wrong with them but I always found them to be more useful that fashionable. My mom on the other hand loves them deeply so I'm used to owning parkas (without even buying them myself) thanks to her. The other day when I was cruising the internet i found a light blue denim parka in Wasteland and I just went bananas. I love the silhouette but it's the color that really dragged me in. The next few days were a blur of me looking for parkas online and on stores (obsessive much?).

Se alguém me tivesse dito há um ano que eu ia estar tão apaixonada por parkas, eu teria-me rido a sério na cara dessa pessoa. Não há nada de errado com parkas mas sempre as achei mais artigos de utilidade do que de moda. A minha mãe por outro lado adora-as profundamente por isso estou habituada a ter parkas (mesmo sem ser eu a comprá-las) graças a ela. No outro dia quando estava a "passear" pela internet encontrei uma parka azul clara de ganga no site da Wasteland e passei-me. Adoro a silhueta mas foi a cor que me atraiu. Os dias que se seguiram são um borrão de mim a procurar parkas online e em lojas (obsessiva?)

The parka by pott featuring a parka coat

I even managed to find a "dupe" in Pull&Bear" for the Wasteland Parka! - shipping from the US tends to get super pricey unfortunately :(
I'm not a huge fan of the military trend so I prefer the blue ones and I love the grey jersey instead of a more typical faux fur lining. But... as you can see I'm already warming up to greens/browns -  parka madness.


Até encontrei um "duplo" na Pull&Bear para o casaco da Wasteland - os portes de envio dos Estados Unidos tendem a ficar bem caros infelizmente :(
Não sou uma super fã da moda militar por isso prefiro as azuis e o forro em malha cinzenta em vez do típico pêlo. Mas... Como podem ver já começo a contemplar a ideia das versões castanhas e verdes -  loucura de parkas.
How do you feel about parkas? xx

Qual é a vossa posição em relação a parkas? xx

Valentines Day Outfits

Happy Valentines day!

I managed to find a spot with good lighting (yey) so i took this day as an excuse to show you guys some outfits. I hope you like them (sorry went a bit mad on the heart decoration haha).

Feliz dia de Sao Valentim!

Consegui encontrar um sitio com boa luz (yey) por isso usei este dia como uma desculpa para vos mostrar alguns outfits. Espero que gostem (e desculpem, entusiasmei-me demasiado com os corações, ahah).

 

#Fun Valentine

Kiss Print Dress -  Asos Petite

Cardigan -  Pull&Bear

Platform sneakers - River Island

This is a more graphic take on Valentine's day (pun intended). This dress has such a cool pattern -  very pop art - so i wouldn't acessorize and would keep everything pretty simple to make it stand out. (Now that i look at it a bold cat eye make up would look nice).

Esta é uma interpretação mais gráfica para o dia de S. Valentim (trocadilho intencional). Este vestido tem um padrão incrível - muito pop art- por isso eu não usaria acessórios e manteria tudo muito simples para ser o ponto central. (Agora que penso nisso secalhar um cat eye exagerado até ficaria bem).

 # Sweet Valentine
Dress - Zara
Camel Boots - Small Boutique
Hat - Zara
Nude Belt - H&M
Earrings - Primark
Ring - Pull&Bear

This is something I would wear for a casual date. The lace dress/pink lips is a very girly look  so I would wear boots and a hat to make it more "chill". I wore a nude belt to give it more shape without breaking down the dress color. The earrings are a discreete Valentines homage.

Isto é algo que eu usaria num encontro normal. O vestido de renda conjugado com os lábios rosa é um look muito feminino por isso eu usaria botas e um chapéu para tornar tudo mais relaxado. Usei um cinto creme para dar forma ao vestido sem "quebrar" a cor. Os brincos são uma homenagem discreta ao Dia de S. Valentim.

#Hot Date Valentine
Dress - Asos
Bracelent & ring  - mom's

Well red will always be red. And it's perfect for a hot date (regardless of Valentine's day). This dress as a beautiful shape and an amazing back so you don't need much more. I felt like these red shades would look great with silver jewellery.

Bem vermelho será sempre vermelho. E é perfeito para um encontro especial (independentemente de ser ou não dia de S. Valentim). Este vestido tem uma silhueta linda e um decote de costas fantástico por isso não é preciso muito mais. Achei que estes tons de vermelho ficavam óptimos com acessórios prateados.

Saturday's Bargain

Hello! Today I woke up pretty early to run some errands and it's such a nice weather (you'd think it's already Spring!) so I went for a walk afterwards. I passed by a Pull&Bear outlet that i visited once (looking for a dress from an old collection). I don't know why but I love outlets, it's like thrifting inside the same brand. And you might find stuff you didn't even noticed when it was on regular stores.

Olá! Hoje acordei cedo para tratar de uns assuntos e o tempo está tão bom (até parece que já é Primavera) por isso a seguir fui dar uma volta. Passei por uma outlet da Pull&Bear que já tinha visitado uma vez (à procura de um vestido de uma colecção antiga). Não sei porquê mas adoro outlets, é como comprar em lojas vintage/ em 2ª mão, mas tudo dentro da mesma marca. E podemos sempre encontrar coisas em que nem reparamos quando estavam à venda nas lojas normais.
 

 Total spent: 5 €
The skirt was the most expensive item (3€) and rightly so, the fabric is pretty thick and the pattern is beautiful
The white bag was marked as 3,99€ but turns out it was marked down to 1€. It's a great deal, even though it's a bit roughed up, it's still in a good shape (took me forever to find one with a chain haha).

Total gasto: 5€
A saia foi a peça mais cara (3€) mas é justo. O tecido é bastante grosso e o padrão é lindo.
A mala branca estava marcada com 3,99€ mas afinal o preço tinha baixado até 1€. É um optimo desconto, apesar de estar um pouco amachucada, ainda está em boa forma (demorei imenso tempo a encontrar uma que ainda tivesse a corrente ahah).

Belt close up - I'm not the biggest fan of pull&bear belts but this one is just gorgeous. I love the design and the details, it's flawless (for 1€ at least).

Pormenor do cinto- Eu não sou a maior fã de cintos da pull&bear mas este é simplesmente lindo. Adoro o design e os detalhes, é perfeito (para 1€ pelo menos).

The cool thing about outlets is that sometimes the prices (already cheaper) get even further markdowns during sale season. And sometimes people go nuts and make even more discounts to sell everything faster.
Also it's not unusual to find stuff from the current collection that's still on stores.

O melhor das outlets é que por vezes os preços (que já são mais baratos) têm descontos durante a época dos saldos. E às vezes as pessoas passam-se e fazem ainda mais descontos para vender tudo mais depressa!  E também não é pouco usual encontrar coisas da colecção actual que ainda está nas lojas.
Do you know any good outlets? xx
Conhecem boas outlets? xx

PS: Para lisboetas interessados, a outlet de que falo é a da Rua Morais Soares, perto da Praça do Chile.

January in clothes

Do you guys start the month telling your friends "Oh i can't really go on a shopping spree right now, I'm trying to save up some money." And then by the end of the month you realize all the cute stuff you picked out here and there happens to be the equivalent of a shopping spree? Yeah me neither (cough).I can't complain much though, because everything was on sale (the romwe skirt was on a flash sale so i can't remember how much i paid). So i am (a bit) responsible at least.

 Romwe red skirt

Stradivarius blue velvet bodysuit

 Also got this month's Company Magazine. Pretty interesting read, there's a lot about the HBO show "Girls"
Not only an interview with Allison Williams but also with Lena Dunham (the director/writer/actress of Girls).
If you haven't watched it yet you should it's pretty cool.

Also there's a St Valentines' inspired beauty spread. It's just gorgeous. This is my favorite look: the nails and the red winged liner work so well together- must try this look (and try not to screw up the nails).

Did you guys went a bit crazy on the january sales too?

xx

Marc Jacob's Playtime

The Louis Vuitton RTW collection for this Spring/Summer is quite something. 60's silhouettes, 3 different lenghts of skirts, midriff showcase, bright colored square patterns that look like lsd allucinations. And the acessories? Oh gosh super pointy kitten heels that look painful but ever so adorable. I also applaud the matchy-matchy effect from the handbags it's amazing how the outfits still look harmonious with so much pattern going on.
To smooth things over the beauty look was very classic but the models wore bright eyeshadow tying everything together.
Here are my favorite pieces.

And of course some A list actress already got her hands on one of the outfits. Check out Kerry Washington wearing a complete Vuitton outfit in the Premiere of Django Unchained (Also it's not fair to be 36 and look adorable and not silly at all with a giant headbow).

The best part was the show itself. I know Marc Jacobs took inspiration in Les Deux Plateaux for the collection but I thought right away of a film called Playtime by Jacques Tati.
The film  features a modern/futuristic Paris through the eyes of an american tourist and a french man called Monsieur Hulot.

(Playtime)

The paired up models walking so perfectly in some sort of robotic synchronism reminds me of a lot of scenes from the movie (a specially funny one involving nuns). The escalators were a brilliant idea and the big finale was so cinematographic. Here's the video:

Did you guys like the collection?
xx

Monochrome Madness

Yes, most of you probably already noticed black&white patterns are trending so hard right now. But I just can't help it. I've been so surprised with 2012's trends: burgundy, leather, velvet, studs... Because those were things I've been loving for a long time and it's really interesting for me to see people interpreting those trends (there were a few over studded disasters but oh well!). Now with the black and white dotted, striped and checkered madness I'm just in heaven right now. To think my friends made fun of me for owning 3 different black&white stripe sweaters ha!

Sim, a maior parte de vocês provavelmente já percebeu que os padrões monocromáticos estão super na moda neste momento. Mas eu não consigo evitar. Fiquei tão surpresa com as tendências de 2012: borgonha, cabedal, veludo, tachas... Porque eram coisas que já adorava há bastante tempo e foi bastante interessante ver tantas pessoas a intrepertar essas tendências à sua maneira (aconteceram alguns desastres com "demasiadas" tachas, mas pronto!). Agora com a loucura às bolinhas, riscas e xadrez monocromático estou no céu! E pensar que os meus amigos gozam comigo por ter 3 camisolas às riscas pretas e brancas ha!

(starring the beautiful Sharam who's back at Nastygal yey)
(com a bela Sharam que está de volta à Nastygal yey)

I love those polkadot shorts (nastygal) unfortunately I can't justify buying them as I already own 2 polkadot dresses (black with white dots/ white with black dots - insanity)
The skirt (Romwe) is just amazing. It's a tweed skirt with a houndstooth pattern. C'mon.
The striped sweater (Pull&Bear) and dress (H&M) have this really cool optical illusion feeling to them which makes them statement pieces by themselves.
I tend to find animal prints kinda tacky but that leopard (i think) sweater (Pull&Bear) is so amazing, the pattern looks more like a twisted version of kiss stains. It went on sale a few days ago and now I can't find it :(


I find it pretty daring to clash different styles of patterns, but you can't go wrong with black&white because it's a perfect color combo: simple, fresh and put together. A red lip will be the cherry on top. I'll leave you guys with some inspiration.
xx

Eu acho bastante corajoso contrastar dois padrões diferentes num outfit, mas é difícil errar com preto&branco porque é uma combinação cromática perfeita: simples, moderno e sofisticado. Lábios vermelhos é a cereja no topo. Deixo-vos com alguma inspiração.
xx

(Nasty Gal Lookbook January)

Bedroom Porn

The result of many hours spent on tumblr looking for room decor inspiration.
A bedroom is pretty much a home (specially if you don't live alone).
These are some of my favorites. They're simple yet unique with a zen vibe to them and there's a lot of good diy ideas in them.

Resultado de muitas horas no tumblr à procura de inspiração para decoração de quartos.
Um quarto é basicamente uma casa (especialmente para quem não vive sozinho).
Estes são alguns dos meus favoritos, são simples mas únicos com uma aura bastante zen. E dão imensas ideias para projectos diy.



xx