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

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

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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