Shopping a trend in Barca

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fashion, prinark, trend, victoria beckham, zara

Barcelona is an amazing city with breath taking shopping opportunities. Of course, all are mostly excited about Zara and Mango, since it is a home land of the brands, with endlessss floors of choice. You won’t believe me but I was the most excited about Primark. (Yes,  Germany doesn’t have it and I can only shop there when I go to London). God, I missed digging into the piles of t-shirts, those shoes for 5 euros and enormous lines at the cashier. So I took my time today and went shopping, well even though it was all for other people, it is still a fun thing to do (but only occasionally).

After visiting Zara I thought to myself again, that Zara is just an awesome example of how fashion business must be done. Being a trend setter and a trend getter, it produces quite an amount of its own design as well as copies of those we see on runways. I screemed of exctitement two month ago when it launched those Louis Vuitton flower cut tops and pointy shoes, Dolce&Gabbana lace bags and aka Chanel Tweed Jackets in colors. It regularly prints T-shirts with McQueen skulls and Union Jack Flack, a la Westwood. Well, yesterday I was very impressed that they also cought a trend with cats and created their own version of Victoria Beckham’s secondary line. My clients love those oversized cat prints and you gotta love those from Zara. Those dresses and tops are of course a bliss for those who know…

I found those “Prada’s” wedges and “Valentino” dress very pretty and worth having. 

Zara has showed its excellent production speed and knowledge in a trend for pastels and neon.  Not to mention that THAT leather tote bag appeared in every second fashion blog and was loved by many fashionistas right away. You can argue as much as you want if it is cool, if its quality is descent, but everyone shops there, people wearing real Louis Vuitton and Prada are also customers. I always say -

We all wear ZARA.

Bikini Season Tips for Cote d’azur

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bikini, Cote d'azur, fashion, nice cannes, oliver peoples, travel, vacation

VOGUE Chine June

Just got back from my first beach holiday in this yeah, Nice-Monaco, just perfect in this time of the yeah. Of course this is one of those places, where you actually see those kind of bikinis life. But here is the thing, unlike photoshoot, it doesnt look so perfect. As firstly, most of them are coveting your body, which means you cannot get as brown as you would want to, so, I reckon, you gotta first tan somewhere without your mega cool bikini, and then boast in front of the others. Secondly, you do not really swim in those thinds, it is a shame, and then they weight so much, then you are most likely to sink.

Here are some tips for more down to eath people. Do wear make up, but only on your lips, I find lipstick in all red tones just perfect. Do not wear jewellery, except of those you never take off, I prefer emphasise sunglasses (do choose very cool ones, no boring standart stuff, something like what Oliver Peoples has brought this summer) and also a headwear, it can be a hat, I like to bind a bright eye catcing schall around my hair. Of course nails are catcher, and should be top looking. If it is not a sandy beach, like in Nice, consider wear something of your feet, otherwise you will look very awkward when walking (cause stones hurt).

Couple word for those travelling to south France: Nice, Cannes, Monaco, Cote d’azur, etc. It really is a place to take your best outfits to and think through what where and how you are going to wear, however, keep in mind, that it is also a place to keep it simple, and do not overdress. Keep it very clean chic during the day, sporty I would say, and chic feminine in the night. You might also take into account that even south France has lots of places, where it is better not to go, and deffo not full of jewellery. If you planning on visiting Casino in Monaco, you will be asked to wear black tie, even though, there are many tourist, men should absolutely wear a tie. Wherever you are this summer, wear sunscreen!