Cool and cheap: Chloé patchwork bag

How to be cool in a cheap way? Searching the best items in low-cost chains... I help you!

Come essere cool spendendo poco? Cercando le migliori proposte nelle catene low-cost... Vi aiuto io!

What a Pop!

Multicolor pieces look good with golden elements

I've ever got many problms to match right way this skirt, which I owned since years ago. It's such a stunning (to me, of course) and striking skirt, so it's really easy to slip into "too much".
Friday evening, back from Rome, I finally was flashed by the right idea, the perfect fresh and youngish combination for a dinner with friends.
Light yellow tank top I've found at H&M is proving to be extremely versatile and useful for several outfits I will show you soon. And it was perfect also this time, miraculously taking the same shade of yellow of the skirt's stripes! In fact, when we got a multicolor garment like this skirt, the perfect choice is pairing it with something VERY basic which takes just ONE color, the UNLESS STRIKING one as possible (or the lesser extent one). This way we avoid the redundancy effect and we exalt the strongest piece without rendering it excessive.
I chose rose gold for accessories because I think metallized colors as silver and gold give something extra to multicolor outfits, much more that combining them with flat hues, and they take off the itch to find the right hue of yellow or red or blue to pair with we often don't have in our own closet.
I chose blue just for shoes. I was in doubt if wearing the golden ones, but these ones looked good for an informal occasion. In fact, when we dress up we often run the risk being too understated or too high profiled...
This way instead I felt perfectly at ease! What do you think about?

Ho sempre avuto non pochi problemi ad abbinare nel modo giusto questa gonna, che posseggo già da vari anni. E' talmente bella (a mio parere) e importante che è facile cadere nel "troppo".

Beige & blue

A Saturday afternoon very pleasant spent with a few friends walking in Prato...
After two hours my shoes started to hurt... ouch!
What do you think about my outfit?

Un sabato pomeriggio molto piacevole passato con pochi amici a passeggiare per Prato...

Urban chic

We're the new metropolitan people: we need something confortable but not shabby; everyday we go to work, or school, we front business meetings and then we go grocery shopping, get a drink with friends, we like to be trendy and cannot squander the money, we move all the day in cars, trains, buses, tubes and we always have to be presentable, 'cause our own apparel is our first business card which could open us many doors or close them....
We need colour, 'cause we're tired or stressed, and dress up colors is a good theraphy. We need feeling confortable as much as feminine.
Well, I try everyday to give an answer to all my needs (I think they're yours as well).
The clutch, I know, isn't the ideal bag for our daily journey, but we can bring one into our big shoulder bag :)
This is the outfit photographed by the staff of "TuStyle" magazine, you saw it yesterday, and here they are all the details you asked me.
Join it!

Siamo le moderne abitanti delle città: abbiamo bisogno di qualcosa di confortevole senza scadere nel trasandato; ogni giorno andiamo al lavoro, a scuola, affrontiamo incontri di lavoro e poi andiamo a fare la spesa, a prendere un aperitivo con gli amici, ci piace essere trendy e non possiamo spendere una cifra, ci spostiamo tutto il giorno in auto, in treno, in bus, in metropolitana e dobbiamo sempre essere presentabili, perchè il nostro abbigliamento è il nostro primo biglietto da visita che può aprirci meravigliose porte e o chiudercele in faccia...

Colours!

Colors are among us! :D
Shops are invaded by shocking pinks, neon yellows, bright greens, joyful oranges.... Color is all around! What a beauty!!
This is a bunch of pics I took on Wednesday, when I was in Florence for an "hunting tour": hunting pics, ideas, purchases, inspirations....
Now enjoy these pics, tomorrow I will tell you where I've been! :)

I colori sono tra noi! :D
I negozi sono invasi di rosa shocking, gialli neon, verdi brillanti, arancioni gioiosi... Il colore è tutto intorno a noi! Che bellezza!!

How to create a colour block - part I

Creating a colour block as last trends want it's a very difficult operation especially when you have to coordinate several colours and not to seem a clown ! It's difficult also if you are one of that million of people who opens their own closet and find only black garments.... :)

Well, it's not a mission impossible! It takes only basic garments to create a successfully colourblock outfit and it isn't so much expensive.

At Zara's you can find a lot of colorful basic skinny pants. Prices are about 25 - 30 euros.

Here I chose a pair of red ones. Red is a colour quite used every spring and summer, so you can invest in a garment of this colour sure you can easily reuse them again next year.

Then, you can rustle up from your closet an old colorful basic tshirt. For exemple, I found among my boyfriend's garments a large intimate pink tshirt like this one. That's perfect!

Accessories must be in a different colour, so I found that blue was perfect for this: and here are a pair of blue flats (very basic, these ones are by Topshop) and a simply bag in the same colour.

Other accessories, as necklaces or rings or bracelets must be rationed: anything more might break the balance and make you look like a circus tent.... 

If you want however coordinate a necklace, for exemple, choose a simple gold one like this.

But remember: colourblock is synonymous of shape simplicity! Take ispiration from Mondrian's paintings...

Creare un "color block" come vogliono le ultime tendenze può essere un'operazione molto difficile soprattutto quando devi abbinare  più colori insieme senza sembrare un clown! E' difficile anche se sei una dei milioni di persone che aprono l'armadio e trovano solo capi neri...... :)

Beh, non è una missione impossibile! Ci vogliono solo capi basici per creare un outfit colorato di successo senza spendere una cifra.

Da Zara puoi trovare molti pantaloni skinny basici colorati. I prezzi sono tra i 25 e i 30 euro.

Qui ne ho scelto un paio rosso. Il rosso è un colore abbastanza usato ogni primavera ed estate, perciò puoi decidere di investire tranquillamente in un capo di questo colore sicura che lo userai anche il prossimo anno.

Poi, ripesca dal tuo armadio una qualche vecchia tshirt basica colorata. Io per esempio ho trovato, rovistando tra le cose del mio ragazzo, una t-shirt intima larga rosa come questa. E' perfetta!

Gli accessori devono essere di un colore diverso, per esempio io trovo che il blu in questo caso sia perfetto: peerciò ecco qui un paio di ballerine blu (molto basiche, queste sono di Topshop) e una borsa semplice nello stesso colore.

Altri accessori, come collane o anelli o bracciali devono essere razionati: qualsiasi cosa in più rischia di rompere l'equilibrio e farti sembrare un tendone da circo.... 

Se comunque preferisci abbinare una collana, per esempio, scegliene una semplice dorata come questa.

Ma ricorda: colorblock è sinonimo di semplicità delle forme! Prendi ispirazione dai quadri di Mondrian....