NORMCORE.
The first word that came to my mind at Trista’s show, hot among fashion junkies these days and a flame of confussion to almost every mortal walking over the earth, which after some analysing and research I would call a green light to self-expression or mixture between minimalism and comfort with a tbsp. of sport chic and a drizzle of cool. Definition that perfectly applies to the brand’s latest proposal for a super breezy Spring of 2015.













Now that I'm going through my comfy-yet-stylish phase I'm DYING for most of this pieces... Every girl need a shirt dress to feel atractive yet classy in the heat of the summer. Somehow this collection exudes that androgine appeal we previously discussed were girls will be boys, but better...
Remember, the more toned down the better you'll look!
Will you dare to try normcore?

 "I must be a mermaid. I have no fear of depths an a great fear of shallow living " -Anaïs Nin 

I am struck by the effect the ocean had on me... Seriously, I'm obsessed with it.
Going to the beach as a kid is a chance to play and roll in the waves, have fun with your parents in the pool and build castles in the sand, but as you grow older such things are no longer attractive. (OK, maybe a little, but you know bikini... rolling in waves... not a good match) All I wanted to do was to lie down on a cot, read to the sound of the waves and meditate, meditate and appreciate the beauty of the contrast of the white sand and the thousand shades of blue, the most primal and wild scene on the planet; Embrace nature and keep it natural... But every mermaid needs a bit of glamour now and then, right? 

Chichen Itza
A trip to Oasis would have been nothing without a trip to one of the world’s seven wonders: Chichen Itza, a venue that holds a truly marvellous story and was a valuable witness from the rise and fall of a mighty civilization.
The Mayas became famous for predicting the "end of the world" in 2012, or so it was said, when in reality all that marked their calendars was the end of an era and the beginning of another. Instead of centuries, the Mayas had cycles of 52 years in which the lunar calendar and the religious calendar synchronized.
Each of these cycles is represented by a level of the pyramid, better known as the Kukulkan temple. I find it really fascinating, especially because of the speed in which our society thrives these days, where everything is made and shared in an instant. 
Patience, labor, the structure and design that took over 400 years to materialize is beautiful... For that, this pyramid is one of the 7 wonders of humanity. The plan that day was to go and absorb the culture and history that the place exudes.
The climate is quite tropical  in Yucatan so I went for a dress. sunbonnet and my most comfortable sneakers. I didn't wear sandals because the archaeological site is unpaved and it is better to have some support to be able to walk for hours. Sometimes it is wise to put comfort and practicality over glamour ... Good thing the oversized dress covered my feet :P.
Chichen Itza is really a beautiful place. I seriously encourage you to go if you can!  

Well, first I want to apologize because of the lack of daily post lately, but life is getting a little more complicated as graduation approaches and school is stealing all my time.
Nevertheless it's beauty wednesday and I want to share with you guys my latest trim!

"You look HAPPY!" is what she told me.

Not your average compliment, but for some reason one that can make you feel better than any other.
Freshly returned from my little trip to Utopia relaxed and with a clear head, I decided it was time for another makeover more appropriate for fall.
With a new edgy banged long bob, I woke up on monday and somehow managed to put together a new and chic ensamble to start the week with the right foot. One of those outfits you simply picture and once you put on, look effortlessly good.
I looked myself in the mirror and felt great, recharged and ready to return positive and with some sort of clue of how I was going to go on with my life, to the routine.
Still following that trail of thoughts I went downstairs to have breakfast, when my mom told me I was looking very pretty.
I felt the urge to tell her that I knew, NOT BECAUSE I WAS BEING COCKY, but because I somehow felt that way. Nevertheless I only managed to say thank you.
I got to school and started receiving compliments about my new hair and outfit; a few hours later while I was talking about my vacation with one of my friends, when she told me that I looked happy.
This trully surprised me... From all the compliments I got, this was the one I could say was 100% true and shockingly accurate.
I am really happy, I feel  happy, and I have been extremely happy about it the last couple of days!
It had been a while since I've felt this way,  complete, calm and centered, and there is surprisingly no special reason to it. I just feel restored.... At least most of the time. There are ups and down like there should, but now I have the strenght to deal with them.
It's true that the ocean heals. They say that:

 "Whatever we loose (a you or a me) its always ourselves we find in the sea"

It's dance teaches us how nothing is static, how everything is in constant motion and how as much as we like it, it does not belong to us, the way we don't belong to it.
It makes clear what make us sad, and what makes me and every human being on the planet sad is change, and the amount of attention we pay to things that don't really matter, or maybe do in the moment, just not that much to the near future.
Sometimes we have or crave things to fill our emptyness, because we all carry a burgeon from time to time that makes us anxious and uncomfortable.
Call it school, the future, love, friendship, money... we all do, and we all try to ease it up and bandage the bleeding or find refugee in hobbies, food, sick shopping or in serious cases sex, work, cigarettes, alcohol and people, but in the end it all oozes through and stains our lifes if we don't face reality.
We need to find the pieces to fill ourselves by ourselves so that everything else acts as a complement to our existence. We have to become our own anchor, because everyone and everything else has it's own reasons to be, to come or sadly to go. 
As Earth keeps spining and flowers blooming we find ourselves in an infinite state of change we can't control, so we have to go with the flow and never fully depend on anyone or anything.
This doesn't mean we can't spoil ourselves with things like...expensive footwear for example, just do it for the right reasons.
People who say money can't buy happiness firstly do not know where to shop, and secondly are irrefutably right.
Because money can make you thrive full of luxury and amenities that can draw a smile on your face, but that smile would be a sign of temporary happiness, because like the trendiest pieces in fashion, it would only lasts one season.
So, pamper yourself, but do it because you can and want to, not to impress somebody, not because you have a date or the girl next door has a brand new pair of shoes you like, because that means that your true happiness actually lies in the hands of someone else, and no one should ever have the power to control your emotions.
This outfit made me feel extremely cool and that's the sort of power a garnment should be impregnated with. Not memories from someone else, but accomplishments from one self.
Just as the hair cut. If you need a change, a milestone of reborn, do it.
Do a makeover, go shopping, wear a new shade of lipstick, ditch the smoking slippers for sky high heels and concentrate on whatever makes you feel all right, because most of the things we crave come once we have completed ourselves and can live that way.
It is as if  accesories start pouring in, to give life a little extra sparkle!
Running around full of them wouldn't be a thing, would it?
Remember, you have to style yourself properly at first, look stunning the way you are, to then find a statement that makes you shine EVEN MORE, not the other way around.

This is just some though I wanted to share with you guys today.
Hopefully you don't look just pretty, polished and elegant everyday... But radiate that glow of happiness as well!

I never get tired of telling people how much I enjoyed my very first Fashion show, how it left me deeply mesmerized and locked to this world the second that first model came walking down the runway.
The rest is history... Leading to this day, where I found myself writting about JI+B's couture SS15 collection.
If you are an avid reader of the blog, you might have guessed from which designers I was talking about, however if you did not, I would like to encourage you to read "Young Twist", "Fashion Week is coming..." and "MBFW D - 4" to see the beauty of their work for your self.

Last season they decided to skip Fashion week to focus on their work, which made many people and myself quite sad, because it is the show I'm most eager to see, but this break certainly paid off as their come back trully WOWed us all (as they normally do)
Giving a 180° turn to the electric, young and daring allure brought along with dubstep for SS14, the architect duo decided to take a structural approach towards the elegance and melancholy of vegetative composition.
The entire collection is a statuesque deconstruction of nature, starting with the epitomes of organic matter portrayed by printed trees and embroidered leaves followed by a deeper more intrincated design of lace applications and hand-cut leather resembling vegetal cells under a microscope.