Picnic Lady

Photography by Roz Alcazar

Photography by Roz Alcazar

If there is something I enjoyed a lot this summer, all things considered, is going to the park. Never have I ever spend this much time either cycling or taking in the sunshine at all the parks London has to offer. But hey, silver linings am I right?

Going for a picnic or taking your bike doesn’t mean you have to leave your style behind, though. A proper set up requires a proper outfit, or else look at the Scandis, they got it right.

So, here’s my take on the classic picnic day. A good Parisian check blanket and a straw basket (that you can attach to your bike! Mine is available here) to bring all your picnic goodies and a classic 50s style look to salute all your friends. Hope you like it!

TCB xx

WHAT I WORE (or similar!):

When Life Gives you Lemons

We recently dined at Alto by San Carlo after a shopping spree at Selfridges (read our review here) and we couldn’t be more delighted with what they’ve done with the restaurant. So much so, we had a little shoot to celebrate that when live gives you lemons, you should make lemonade!

Stay bright careless readers, it’s another wonderful week.

TCB xx

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WHAT I WORE:
Katy Perry Henley Mules (sold out)
ZARA Gingham Trousers
Staud Embroided Top and Mini Shirley Bag

Down The Line

December 2021.

Here we are again.

It’s cold.

There’s so much excitement in the air.

You can also feel it, surely.

December is a time to celebrate. Work, friends, family, we all get together to cheers for a great year that has past, and a great year that is yet to come. I love this festive period. I love the vibe, I love the lights, I love the carols, I love the shopping, I love the parties, and of course, I love the outfits. It’s the best time to shine!

Feathers, diamanté's, sequins, pearls, embellishments everywhere! There’s no wrong answer this time of the year and that fills me with joy.

This time, I had organised a little Christmas soiree with my friends to get things started for the Christmas period, and I wanted to mark the occasion with something special.

As I was looking at my wardrobe choices, I realised that I wanted something new, something to have fun with. Equally, I didn’t want to buy something I would wear once and then forget about it, or break the bank trying to get something special. Thankfully for my wallet or the planet, those days are over, as friends like HURR and By Rotation are by our side to come to the rescue.

In this occasion, a beautiful Cult Gaia Silk Feather dress (worth 1000GBP!!), was waiting to be rented for the weekend. And it cost me 55 pounds. Yup, you heard it, 55 pounds.

Who could say no to that? I was so excited, I popped in my lucky gold shoes and pairing bag (which I found for 4 pounds in Oxfam in Dalston!) and I went touring the city, taking pictures, as if a Hollywood star.

I guess I can tick that off my London to-do list.

Happy Holidays,

TCB xx

Extra Grocery Shopping

I must admit, since the lockdown finished more than 6 months ago, I have barely cooked. Which is quite the change to what we have been doing over the past year and a half at my household. We became proper chefs (heck out foodie monsters at home as proof!)!

It good a bit too much by the end, and I think I am just revelling against it now. There is such great cooking talent in London. Even after Brexit, even after COVID-19, I still love eating out, and I have been absorbing it as much as I can since the lockdown eased. 

That is not to say that one must eat and we still need hit the grocery store every now and then. I want to keep that cooking vibe alive. 

Now the interesting part about all this is that I keep finding this pattern on my outfits every time I go out recently. It is either extremely casual, or totally extra, there’s no way in between. Is this a consequence of COVID-19? I feel like there is no time to loose faffing around trying to please anybody, and what if I want to go grocery shopping with my NYE coin dress or my CNY red gown

If there is something I’ve taken away from this pandemic, is that clothes are to be celebrated, especially if you are into fashion as much as I am. To put it bluntly, my wardrobe at home is endless and I love every single piece in it. So why wait for a special occasion to wear any of it? I dressed up almost everyday of lockdown, and I am not going to change that now that we are all out. 

We only live once, wear what feels god damn good with yourself.

TCB xx

Autumn Sparkles

Photography by Roz Alcazar

If there is something I learned about myself over the past year and a half, is that I like my outfits to stand out. Colors, sequins, embroidery, silk, you name it. As long as it’s special, I am there. Which takes me to today’s outfit story.

It was very late night in Paris. The clock was almost hitting 3AM. We’ve had quite a few drinks and I was just so happy to feel alive again. My first trip after COVID. As I stared at the crowds sitting outside the bistro where I am at, I can’t believe everything that we’ve been through over the past 24 months.

The Parisiennes are back to business. Big groups of friends are gathering again, and they are all talking and laughing loudly to each other, smoking cigarettes and drinking wine to no end.

As I am taking in my surroundings whilst sipping my glass of red wine, a couple walks in, and all of. a sudden, I am enchanted by the presence of this woman. She is hard to miss with that dress on. A little black dress, all paillete (sequins), a V cut both front and back, long puffy sleeves.

Wow, I am speechless. It is so shiny, the reflection (and my sight) follows her all the way to her table.

I need to know where this dress is from, I tell my friends. They have also noticed her and her dress and after one more sip of encouragement I stand up and walk to this gorgeous woman’s table.

She is surprised by my presence, she can’t locate where I am coming from. But when I tell her how she captivated me with her entrance to the cafe, she shyly smiles and thanks me for the compliment. ´It’s from &Other Stories, but I bought it over Christmas´, she tells me. I thank her for the input and walk back to my table.

The search has now began. Every fashionista will agree that a dress from a high street fashion store like stories will not have this sort of dress in stock for long, so I will need to get crafty to find it, and I love it. There is nothing more enticing than a good search for the perfect dress. The more difficult, the better.

Unsurprisingly, the dress is nowhere to be seen on the company’s site. But to my surprise, as I continue my hunt for this LBD, I find it on my size on eBay.

It was clearly meant to be. Perfect, pre-owned and a third of the price. What’s not to love about second-hand shopping?

TCB xx

Wearing Red For CNY

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In a recent post I told you guys about how much art therapy and colour therapy has helped me through this pandemic. Wearing colourful and vibrant colours makes me feel happy and so when I found out Chinese New Year was coming, it only gave me more reason to wear one of my favourite colours: Red.

In Chinese culture, Red is a popular colour that symbolises luck, joy, and happiness. It also represents celebration, vitality, and fertility and many brides wear is as ward off evil. How cool is that?

The day to celebrate the New Year arrived and I partner with my new best friends at Hurr -the airbnb of fashion in London- to dress up for the occasion: a Giambatista Valli gown. From the minute I put this dress on til I took it off, I felt like a princess. Not only it fave me fiery power, I felt good in it. And by renting it I helped a little bit to keep a sustainable planet whilst loving fashion. Woop woop! What a great way to start the Lunar New Year.

As I wasn’t ready to let go off the dress so quickly (I had it in my possession for five days, after all), I decided to go for a walk in the hood and capture its beauty. I hope you feel it as much as I do.

Stay Safe,

TCB xx

Cubana At Home

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Today I am feeling like…

A Cubana in the Mediterranean!

I was just told by my parents that my hometown Badalona has a lot of heritage from Cuba, from the fishing boats resting at shore to the palm trees that cover the whole main Promenade. Who would have thought?

Either way, I just arrived to Badalona for the Christmas holidays and despite being winter time, the sun is shining and it is almost 20 degrees! Feeling happy and refreshed I decided to put on my latest acquisitions on to celebrate!

I had just spent a working month in Brazil when I was lucky to discover many incredible, jazzy and talented Brazilian designers and home-grown brands. Some of you may have already heard of Farm Rio, as it is critically acclaimed world-wide, but I was only made aware of its fame once in the country itself, and its vibe couldn't match mine more. Colourful, fun, carefree and all made in Brazil with sustainable fabrics. Am I in heaven? It seems so.

Hope you like it as much as I do,

Take care careless readers,

TCB xx


Life in Multicolour

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My dear careless readers, how are we doing today? I write to you after a long ride in the city and boy oh boy it feels good to be back on my jogging pants in the sweet home heat! It’s been a while since we’ve been in contact, so I just wanted to catch up with you on some recent life realisations.

Have you ever thought about color therapy?

This is something that crossed my mind recently. For those who know me, this may come as no surprise. I love color. I live through it. Which is why it is interesting that it had never ocurred to me that something so simple as colour could affect your mood so dramatically.

How many times do you feel like pulling an “all black everything” outfit in the middle of the winter cold vs. a hot sunny summer day? Every little detail in your daily wear, from the nail colour you use to the coat you take for a walk, signals your mood state. It is as if we subconsciously wanted to show the world how we were feeling that day.

Color can affect your mood and the mood of others, which is why I have started pulling off even more crazy outfits lately. I like to feel good and I want others to feel good! Colours make me smile and I want those around me to smile with me too.

Chromotherapy, or color therapy, is an alternative science that uses color and light to treat physical or mental health such us as anxiety and stress. Now I am not telling you that this will work for you or whether you need to believe in it, but certainly something to take into account as it has definitely helped me just by turning up wearing a funky outfit on a gray-ish day. What have you got to loose?

spice up your life (as a good spice girl fan would say) and bring all the colours from your wardrobe together!

My latest adventure with colour, one that was unexpected and decided upon the last hours of me heading home for the Christmas holidays is the one you see here today. One that I love, and that I will repeat again and again and again whenever I feel good or whenever I feel moody, outdoors and indoors.

Psst - Also, that GORGEOUS skirt you see on screen is vintage! Can you believe?.Found in a little stall by Hackney Central and made of silk fabric. I could not be happier. Let’s be conscious for the planet whilst loving fashion.

Til next time careless readers,

TCB xx

Photography by Roz Alcazar

TODAY Wearing

Rainbow Skirt & Glittery Gold Bag (Vintage, similar below)
Gold Chunky Sandals and Orange Cotton Shirt (ZARA, old, similar below)
Fendi Sunnies

UFOs & Snoopy

Photography by Roz Alcazar

Photography by Roz Alcazar

Some feared this trend dialing up but to be honest, I am loving it. Bring on the fluor! And if it’s a yellow-y color (or rather, lime) it’s even better.

Whether it’s in my clothes or in flashing lights, I love neon. And in a city like London, where grey reigns your everyday life, you need some color to jazz things up. Why not make that color fluor?

I agree not all colors would be flattering in this instance, but a yellow or a green neon #OOTD can look pretty badass, if you choose right.

On my last trip home to Barcelona, I had a mum-daughter shopping day (our favorite kind of day) and we’ve encountered many high street shops rocking those colors. So we caved in. And here’s the result! Mix and match and you’ll be the queen of street fashion. And yes, I have a snoopy bag.

I LOVE IT!

WHAT I WORE:

Stradivarius Yellow Jumper and Beanie
ZARA Kids Peanuts Handbag
Mango Lillac Straight Jeans
Gucci Spike Sneakers


Boho Rock&Roll

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If there are two things that will never go out of trend, these are: a good silk dress and a pair of chunky boots. Separately, you could create very defined outfits: one for a beautiful summer date night, or a special ocasion. The latter, perhaps for more adventurous outfits, a concert, or a winter night out. What would happen if you mix the two?

In the past, I would have never thought of mixing these styles, but since I’ve been living in London I’ve been experimenting a bit more with the idea of mix & match very opposite styles. The result? This funky outfit that I love, and I hope you do too.

TCB xx

WHAT I WORE:

Zara Clothing from head to toe!

GET (similar) HERE:


The 5th Element

Photography by Roz Alcazar

Photography by Roz Alcazar

Hello careless readers, it’s been a while! 2020 has definitely been a weird one so far but it’s that time of the year again (Back To School) and I felt compelled to show my idea of the perfect striking outfit. Something simple yet eye captivating. For that, I inspired myself in Milla Jovovich’s character Leelo from the film The 5th Element, one of my old school favorites. I’ve always found her character endeering. Badass, yet so fragile. And that’s exactly how I felt when I put this outfit on.

I hope you like it, cause I really do. Multipass!

TCB, xx

WHAT I WORE:

Bimba y Lola Dress
Xouxou Phone Case & Cord
Monica Vinader Jewellery
Bimba y Lola Sunglasses

GET THE LOOK (or similar) HERE:

Countess Dracula

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Today my outfit role reminds me of many things. As I see the sun come out for the first time in a week (London you are really tough to us sometimes!), all of a sudden I felt like a vampire about to melt. I think the combination of the long dress and coat and the sharp coldness of the day made me think of myself as Dracula’s bride. Worry not, I don’t bite.

As the day evolved and I unveiled my dress, another thought creep out. I was no longer thirsty for blood, but rather a creature of nature, mother of all. The green and nude hues made me think of the forest, and all of a sudden I felt like a guardian of it. Isn’t it wonderful to think that one outfit can bring so much imagination to life?

TCB xx

La Española

Hello careless readers, how have you been doing?

It’s an early morning today and we’ve come to Covent Garden to have brekkie and explore the city before it wakes up. To our surprise, as we walk along the now empty Covent Garden Market, we find this old-school piano lying around beautifully full of blossoming flowers. What a great picture set, am I right? Such a bummer the piano was so out of tune (even some keys were broken!) but it did bring to mine the good times of playing the piano and studying music when I was little.

The music world is a competitive one, and I’ve always felt that it enabled me to multitask, be competitive but also to understand others better. Not to mention it made my love for music even bigger! I still have my piano back home, which I’ve been terribly missing lately as I would get back to playing again. Thankfully I’ve got a little someone who can help me with that over in London :) Now I just need to have the discipline I use to have! I feel when you stop playing you get out of practice and confidence very quickly, and I used to suffer a lot of stage freight back in the day…either way, it always has a warm space in my heart.

Now back to my #outfitrole today. I’ve been feeling more and more proud of being Spanish lately, I feel it’s something that happens more often when you live home to live abroad. Its roots, its music, its food, and above all the people and its characters/ behaviours…is the best! So I thought, why not dress up representing my heritage? I feel very flamenca. OLE!

TCB x

WHAT I WORE:

Zara Floral Two-piece

Uterque Croc Leather Bag

Gold Chunky Hoops

Zara black sandals

Funky Suit Medina

I think I’ve mentioned this many times, but I don’t mind reiterating myself once more. Working at an office does not mean you can wear fun stuff, on the contrary, go crazy! I love wearing pieces that can work in and out of work, and have a bit of a different touch on the “smart casual” look. Here goes an example! Rock up to work on this Topshop marvel (which at the moment is on SALE!!) and then headed for drinks with the girls at B&H.

Quirky cocktails for a funky outfit. What else?

TCB xx

Photography by Roz Alcazar

WHAT I WORE:

Topshop Floral Jacquard Two-Piece Suit (also available in long pants)
Topshop Square Leather Boots
Rayban Round Sunnies
H&M Ruffle Top (oldie)
Mango Earrings