Landan Fashan Eeeek

Photography by Olajide JJ Smith

Morning careless readers! Back to you with yet another fashion week story :) 

I've gotta admit, this travelling situation and non-stop working has been great but it is totally catching up with me! I was so tired over the weekend that I decided to go for a simple outfit (at least, to my eyes) for the Saturday shows at LFW. In my opinion, nothing beats a good pair of black jeans/ trousers (specially if they are Citizens of Humanity) combined with a good pair chelsea boots. I mean, how cute are those pearls? Totally GUCCI GUCCI GUCCI, but at a much cheap & cheerful price, ha. 

To clash a bit with the normcore style of this outfit, I played with colors and mixed & matched my blouse and top and add my recently acquired Dionysus bag to it (how pretty is it? I am IN LOVE). And YES, long sleeves are back in London people, summer is sadly over. 

As for the shows I've seen over the last couple of days, stay tuned because you'll see the reviews (and the pretty pictures) very shortly!

TCB xx

WHAT I WORE:

ZARA Blouse (AW16/17)
Mango Suede Jacket (sold out)
Citizens of Humanity Jeans
Uterque Chelsea Boots
Gucci Dionysus Bag
Maria Pascual Jewellery

Belle Époque

photography by rosalind alcazar

If you wanna feel like a princess, you definitely can. Specially if you are at Queen's Mary Garden in Regent's Park. I've realized I have a thing for parks, lately. I guess that's London over summer, right? 

Long evenings taking in the grandeur of these beautiful spots, while sipping a drink and enjoying a the good company of your friends. 

Regent's Park is one of those parks surprisingly go unnoticed to me, not because the place isn't big enough (blimey), but because it is a bit out of my way. However, each time I've been here it has been a delight.

Queen's Mary was a dreamy discovery. As if it came out of nowhere, this beautiful rose garden is full of roses of all color and shape. It's London's largest collection of roses, with approximately 12,000 planted here. I know, crazy. 

If you like fairy tales, this is your kinda place. Take a guest visiting the city, a friend, a date, ... And you'll be the star for finding this out.

Have a look, sit down, and if it is night time, enjoy the sunset. It's another great day out in the city.

Stay tuned, 

TCB xx

WHAT I WORE:

Taylor Morris ZERO Sunglasses
OASIS Collab with V&A Mesh Dress
Ouigal Mandy Sandals
Launer London Judi Bag

The Year of the Monkey

Photography by Ivan Gener

新年快乐 !
Happy New Year (Again) Folks!

For those who might be wondering if I am going coo-coo…nope! It´s the Chinese New Year today and so it is time to celebrate, don’t you think?

I decided since it was the New Year I needed a change, so I cut my hair! It’s also a little bit more blondie, but oh well! I kinda like it.

The New Year celebrations in London will last for over a week after so you are in luck my friend. You wll be able to get lots of festivities in you calendar and see the amazing parade happening on Sunday. Yep, that´s Valentine’s Day too. It seems like they like to mix things up over here!

This year is the year of the Monkey. The Monkey is ninth of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac cycle, which means every 12 years there is a Monkey year. More over, it is a Fire Monkey Year. Apparently each year is associated with one animal sign AND one of the five elements: gold/metal, water, wood, fire or earth. These elements of your birth will determine your personality and destiny.

I am from the year of the Dragon (the best year, OBVS) and apparently it says I am enthusiastic, confident, intelligent, ambitious, hardworking and straightforward. What do you guys think? BLIMEY, I think that sounds quite spot on? There´s also a whole bunch of superstitions to follow in order to have a good year: lucky numbers, colours, flowers, directions, lunar months…I better start working on it!

In any case, if you get a chance this week to get yourself to Chinatown and enjoy the festive vibe…DO IT. The lanterns are up and it just looks too cute to be missed. I think I’ve mentioned it a thousand times before but I love asian food, and even more so if it is Chinese food. Any opportunity is good for me to go there. Despite being very chaotic, dirty and loud, you won’t find a more intriguing and exciting neighbourhood (except for Soho, probably) in the city which is also open pretty much 24/7.

TCB x