Zara did it again! Just great! They created men's jackets with hundred squares on it! Are just great! Here you have one picture from the spring/summer collection for men...really nice to wear with a t-shirt, right? or with a plan shirt....it doesn't matter...what really matters is that you will look great with thousands squares on you! As somebody said...is hip to be square! so wear them!!
Also women have very nice clothes with this look in Zara...if you have the chance...take a look!!!
I have to admit that I sinned again and I bought one jacket like those in Madrid....Who can say no to this? not me! and it was not very expensive...so it has everything ;-P
As some of you know, I was in Madrid the last weekend, and I'm obliged by myself to do a post and talk about a great Spanish designer named David Delfin!
If you go to Madrid you MUST go to take a look at his shop....I have to admit that is not the cheapest shop in Madrid, but also is not the most expensive one, and trust me, it worth it!! Great designs, great textures and great ideas.
Also you can shop online... http://www.davidelfin.com/ if you have time take a look at his webpage! I really love the t-shirts but the thing I love the most is the " Je t'aime....moi non plus" pullover!! Just a "I have to have it"pullover!!!!!
I didn't write during this weekend because I went to Madrid ( Spain ) for work...and I decided to stay there all the weekend....and obviously I went to some of my favourite places there....
As you can imagine, Madrid is full of surprising and different environments, but there's a very special place....the Fuencarral Street......
In full center of the capital, replete with showy, original trades, acquaintances and strangers, shoe stores, shops of Chinese, bars … this street has turned into a place of reference to the lovers of the different thing, beginning for Fuencarral's out-standing Market. In a word, this place proves … incredibly. Authentic " box of surprises " that wastes imagination, creativity and design, with a very alternative and free atmosphere.
An authentic ultramodern choice that defies to the boring and typical malls, breaking the sober aesthetics of these. The market - that shelters approximately 60 shops - is an explosion of color, lights, new trends, complements and clothes, specializing centers of piercing and tattooes …
… Designers, craftsmen, small merchants, a modern hairdresser's shop, gifts, cosmetics, shoe stores, discs, jewels, a Sofa - club, a small gallery of art and up to live music. In addition, the Market also organizes playful events: cycles of cinema, theatre, concerts … A place of meeting and of new trends that is worth knowing if you are a lover of the new experiences.
Hi there!! I'm just making this post to say that I will be out for two days....I'm on a business trip..... But I will do my homework...I will try to catch ideas to bring it here!!
After leaving I would love to ask all the readers something....I would like to know your impressions about this blog in order to continue with the bits that you enjoy more and forget about the ones you don't like....I know that my personal post was very popular because I received some e-mail and I really appreciate this.
Many thanks all our readers!!!!
Ok! All of us agree that those are not the most fashionable t-shirts all over the world...but there's not only a piece of cloth....behind this campaign there's also a bit of hope and help for the Senegalese community in Africa, so I think it worths a post in a fashion blog, like this one... also I have to tell that I have seen those t-shirts in person and are quite cool, specially the yellow one, I really like it.
About this campaign, Benetton puts the spotlight on entrepreneurial Africa. Its global communication campaign for 2008 promotes the Birima micro-credit programme in Senegal, a co-operative credit society founded by the Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour. The programme will also receive financial support from Benetton Group.
Africa Works - the slogan of the campaign developed by Fabrica - will appear on billboards and in the press throughout the world. It features Senegalese workers who have used micro loans to start small, productive businesses. Photographer James Mollison portrays them with the tools of their trade against a neutral background. They include, amongst others, a fisherman, a decorator, a musician, a jewellery-maker, a farmer, a tailor, two textile sellers and a boxer. These everyday people become tangible symbols of an Africa that uses the dignity of work to fight poverty, promote equitable development, maximise its resources and take back responsibility for creating its future.
Alessandro Benetton, Executive Deputy Chairman of Benetton Group explains the conviction with which Benetton has backed the project: "We chose to support and promote this important project because, unlike traditional acts of solidarity, it offers tangible support to small local entrepreneurs through the efficient use of micro-credit. Precisely because it is based on entrepreneurial talent, hard work, optimism and interest for the future, this project effectively promotes the new face of Africa."
Youssou N'Dour, one of Africa's best-known singers and a man committed to humanitarian projects, comments: "my personal experience led me to realise that when a loan, however small, is used to develop an idea or realise a project, it is an effective way of fighting poverty. This is why everybody must understand the value of micro-credit. Africa doesn't want charity, it wants repayable subsidised loans."
Birima, N'Dour's co-operative credit society, offers financial services for SMEs, craftspeople, professionals and artists to help them start and independently develop their business. Apart from being the title of one of the singer's international successes, Birima is the name of a legendary king of Senegal who, speaking to his people only once a year, became a symbol of the value of keeping one's word, of a moral code reflected in the credit society's key tenet: those who ask for a loan need offer no other security than their word and the good name of their family.
Confidently based on Africa's traditional, deep-rooted principles of honour and dignity, Birima looks to the future of the continent and responds to its increasing need for funding. Compared to normal micro-crediting, Birima grants higher loans for a longer period of time provided the submitted project has a positive effect on the community and can guarantee profits and development. Senegal was chosen for the pilot project because it is one of the most stable African countries, albeit with significant differences in income among the population. From Senegal, Birima's style of advanced credit will be gradually exported to other African nations.
Core concepts of Benetton's advertising are reiterated in this new campaign. By supporting and promoting a fund to finance work in Senegal, Benetton underlines the importance of co-operating with organisations dedicated to solidarity. At the same time, the campaign emphasises how the commitment of a single person can put the wheels in motion to generate change in society as a whole.
We can describe our times as the "time of emotions"....marketing gurus are selling us everything, just making us feel what we want to feel..... I know this is a fashion blog, and that all of you love me writing about fashion, street hunting, and others....but I bet all of you also love to know a bit about what I think, what I feel, what I want and what I dream....
I don't know exactly why I posted this picture.... maybe I'm a bit melancholic today... maybe is the wine.... maybe because I think the picture I posted fits in a Massimo Dutti catalogue and there's a connection with a fashion blog like mine.... maybe because is an universal feeling everybody searches..... or maybe because I'm listening "chasing cars" by snowpatrol from the Grey's anatomy OST in the radio.... who knows...... I don't know why, but here it is...the kiss by Robert Doisneau.....a picture that came to my mind meanwhile I am hearing this song.....
I always say to my friends that "Love Stinks"..... I never take the word "love" seriously and I always joke about that...... but sometimes I think I act in that way because I had very bad luck and I'm afraid of being injured again.......I'm still waiting for somebody that will whisper me...will wake up besides me...also, will make me laugh, cry, emotionate, anger, smile, dream, hate, love, feel, calm, worry, shock, delight, proud, excite, care, confuse, fear, relax, discover......
There are people that says that we have to search love, other people say that love will find us, more rational people say that love is a chemical reaction that disappears in 5 years....who knows...maybe I have to find a searcher that will mix the correct chemical products ... or maybe I have to find the correct kiss that will reactivate everything inside me....... who knows..... As I was telling a friend yesterday..... "When you wish something with all your heart the whole universe conspires to make you get what you want" (Is a Paulo Coelho quote).....maybe the problem is that I don't know what I want, or that I'm afraid of getting what I want or getting injured again.... who knows?
Time will tell....meanwhile, I let you emotionate with this great picture....and think..... and feel….
Sometimes we need to think in nothing, and that's what I decided to do when I finished working today.
I went to Barcelona and let my legs walk without a fixed destination, just walking...... after going around the Gothic Street ( is not a street plenty of gothic people, is the street just behind the Cathedral, where you can see very interesting pieces of gothic architecture )....well, what I was saying...I was walking there and I saw a guy with a Mario Bros t-shirt....to be sincere with all of you I thought that he bought this on Camden Market in London, or a second hand shop, but my surprise was walking near Pull and Bear when I saw this t's...again we can say that Amancio Ortega is a genius!
Pull and Bear created this “vintage look” t-shirts in a limited edition.... Super Mario Bros, E.T., Star Wars, the Godfather, Jaws, Mighty Mouse… escaped for a while from our cinemas screens and our videogames, and they go into a t-shirt collection!!!
Old fashioned t's with a "London market" and a "second hand" look...just perfect to wear with jeans with or without a blazer!
If we take a look at people in the street and take care about what they are wearing, we will notice that people is wearing things from the 80's...obviously adapted to our times....
Something that I've seen many times on the last days are the 80's sneakers....and today walking trough an exposition I saw something that caught my attention...... and that explains in images what I want to say about this kind of sneakers....... old fashioned but fabulous!
