"Très Chic Style Bits" is on "off" this week

Due to some personal issues our Link Up Party "Très Chic Style Bits" is on "off" this week.


Don't forget to join us when we'll return!!!!

Très Chic Style Bits #21 | blue and green.....

We had the luck to have a day of sunshine last week, when I took these pictures, seeming that Spring could stay, but then the weather returned to the cold and rainy Winter…

It was a tough week for me, because I have been sick of my eyes. Well you know, I use contact lenses and with that conjunctivitis I had to stop wearing them and spent the less time on computer.

I’m feeling a bit better and so here we are for our weekly Link Up Party.

Don’t forget to share your post at the bottom of this.

Every time I wear blue (yes, I can sure you, the pants are navy blue) with green I always remember my Mom who used to say that one of the fashion rules was not to mix blue with green.

And here I am wearing them together……

Très Chic Style Bits #20 | What is a good blogger?

As I’m writing this, the weather outside is foggy, cold, gray and humid.

It’s supposed to be Spring. But here at the Island of Haze, Spring hasn’t sprung. Yet….

All week I’ve been living in pants and boots and heavy coats, but I made an attempt to get into the Spring spirit, wearing one of the SS/2014 trends, pastels, with my pink pastel cardigan.

But if Spring hasn’t come, our Link Up Party is here again. So have fun with us and link your post at the bottom of this.

I thought of starting this post with this phrase “I haven’t been a good blogger”. Then I questioned “But what’s a good blogger?”

Très Chic Style Bits #19 | how I wore my faux leather skirt......

This was a crazy and busy week at the office, ending with me being sick with a huge migraine which didn’t allow me to be at the computer from Friday evening until now.

And even now just because I didn’t want to miss our weekly Link Up Party.

Join us and add your link at the bottom of this post.

Oh, the Coco Made Me Do It Giveaway is still running…. Go for it if you like the T-shirt.

Once again something that isn’t much seen on my style, a skirt.

I really like this skirt, it’s faux leather and I think the cut flatters my body type.

I have been trying to do an “About Me” page, but it’s being too demanding and taking too much time.

Très Chic Style Bits #18 | how details can make the difference…..

Hello my dear readers and blogging friends. First of all I want to thank to everyone who took the time to leave insightful comments on my post about my doubts in my blogging.

I also stumble upon a post about how to be a happy blogger, which, due to my spiritual believes, that there are no coincidences, was on point.

Well, but it seems that times goes so quickly because it’s already time again for our weekly Link Up Party.

Join us and add your link at the bottom of this post.

Let us be at peace with our bodies and our minds.
Let us return to ourselves and become wholly ourselves.

Très Chic Style Bits #17 | Is this worth to publish, in green and plaid.....

Although these pictures give the impression that the weather here, at the Island, is good this was one of the few days that the sun shined last week.
I got sick one of the days and I didn’t go to work….. a danger combination… me alone with my thoughts.

I had time to think about the evolution of the 40+ fashion/style blogs and my place in that niche.

Très Chic Style Bits #16 | Street Style Milan Fashion Week Fall 2014

The street style landed in Milan for another round of Fall/Winter 2014/2015 shows.

Milan is the last stop before Fashion Month's big finale in Paris, but don't think street style stars are slacking, even though it seems like Spring is never going to come. 

Like the showgoers in NYC and attendees in London, these women take the business of fashion very seriously — and every show is an opportunity to show off a brilliant flash of color, a great piece of outerwear, or a brand-new styling trick.

Très Chic Style Bits #15 | wearing a dress.....

A big Thank You to all the stylish bloggers who took the time to visit and link up with us in our party Très Chic Style Bits!!!

So, if you're new here, join us and add your link at the bottom of this post.

I have to admit I’m more of a pants gal and especially in winter I live more in pants than dresses or skirts. But from time to time I wear them.

Très Chic Style Bits #14 | Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Fashion Weeks....

It’s still winter, I’m not yet aware what fashion trends for Spring/Summer 2014 are and Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Fashion Weeks are live, with New York on the runways, followed by the other great cities of Fashion.

According to The CITIZENS of FASHION, New York’s could come with a few surprises, meaning that a new era might start. Let’s see which would be the most interesting:

Très Chic Style Bits #13 | pink statement coat....

Our Link Up Party “Très Chic Style Bits” is growing slowly, but is growing and I'm so happy about that!!

So a big Thank You to all the stylish bloggers who took the time to visit and link up with us!!!!

So, if you're new here, join us and add your link at the bottom of this post.

At last the pink coat I was expecting and that I mentioned to you when I talked about statement coats, arrived.

Très Chic Style Bits #12 | SEO concerns in green sweater, pleather pants

Once again time for our Link Up Party “Très Chic Style Bits”.
Our last party was great and all due to the stylish bloggers that took some time to take part of it. A big thank you to all.
At the bottom of this post is the button you must click to had your link.

To tell you the truth, I was never much dedicated to see what my blog’s stats were.

But one thing I was very proud about was my Page Rank. I had a PR of 4, as you can see in this picture) which was very good.

Suddenly last December my Page Rank downed to 3. Despite it’s not that bad, but for me I felt terrible. And I don’t know why it happened.

So lately I’ve been learning about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and I’ve been finding it very interesting. Maybe I’ll try a few things I’ve learned and with this I’ll get back my older PR.

Tell me do you use to check what your Page Rank is? Do you apply SEO in your blog?

When I took these photos it was raining, thus I had to take them indoors. So I utilized the entrance of our main Church.

Très Chic Style Bits #11 | my trip to Paris..... what I wore.... third day....

I’ve been thinking about our Link Up Party and realized that everyone who make the effort to link needed, besides the exposure gained for whatever you've been working on, to be featured in some way.

So, starting from now, I'll be pinning and sharing links throughout the week to my Très Chic Style Bits board on Pinterest!

I’m also thinking about doing something in Google +, but I’m not sure if it’s going to work, so we’ll see…. :)

Oh…. and it will be live until every Saturday.

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As some of you know, last September I made a trip to Paris and I started a serial posts about it, but never ended it.

If you’re interested about it, you can read here and here.

So on third day it was again time for celebration. It was Brother-in-law’s Birthday and we celebrated it. Another unforgettable day…..

Très Chic Style Bits #10 | the statement coat in street style

This was a crazy week!
New Year’s beginning at work is always too busy, Hubby didn’t feel very well and had the need to go to ER. Thanks God he’s better now.
The temperatures have been low for what’s normal for us at the Island. With all this cold I’ve been living in comfortable and warm clothes.
Oh…. and it was my Birthday (my friends with Hubby made me a surprise party, which was the adorable and funny part of the week).
With all those things I had no opportunity to take some photos. But as they say in show business “the show must go on” and I say “The link up party must go on”.
So here we are for another “Très Chic Style Bits”.
At the end of this post you can see how to do it.

With all this cold one important piece of our wardrobe has been the coat. This season statement coats are so in. I ordered a pink coat from Romwe, but I’m still waiting for it.
But street style, an important niche of fashion, is full of bold coats.
Here are some pictures that I found and think are stylish and cool.

I can’t give the proper credits because I just had this saved in a folder, sorry

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Très Chic Style Bits #9 | the leopard jacket

Hello my dear readers and blogging friends!

Hope you entered 2014 in the best possible way and may it be full of blessings for all.

And with the New Year our Link Up Party “Très Chic Style Bits” returns to its normal. 

As you know, link ups are a great way to meet new friends, and gain exposure for whatever you've been working on.

In our Linky your post doesn’t have to be just Fashion related, but it can also be Lifestyle connected, how to do something with style (a decoration, a way to exhibit a recipe, how to present a table for guests, etc….), anything and everything that makes your life stylish.

At the bottom of this post is the button you must click to had your link.

This is what I wore yesterday.

The New Year brought some bad weather, cold and wind. So I dug in my closet for a jacket that could make me feel warm.

I found this leopard jacket that in fact I didn’t wear from more than a year. Don’t ask me why, I don’t have a logic reason for that.

But wearing it yesterday allows me to join with Anne at Spy Girl for 52 Pickup which theme this week is “You haven't worn for a year”.

Hubby was not very fond of this outfit. “You look too dark” he said.

And he is right, I use to play more with colours. In fact when I started this blog I could manage four colours in an outfit. But we all change… and some events which I passed made me change.

But with this look, if I didn’t play with colours, I played with textures, I added suede, pleather and faux fur. And I also break a rule that I grow up hearing “Don’t mix black with brown”, remember that?

brown suede boots - La Redoute

black pleather pants - La Redoute

black turtleneck - Zara

animal print jacket - Zara

necklace - Parfois

I´m linking up with The Pleated Poppy’s what i wore, and Long Distance Loving’s Friday’s Fancies

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1.  Please follow (if you aren’t already a follower) Searching the Inner Me in some way (Bloglovin,  Facebook or GFC);

2.  Please include a link to Searching the Inner Me somewhere in your post, picking up the button (or a text link), so others can get involved in “Très Chic Style Bits”;

3. Please link up your post using our weekly InLinkz button at the bottom. Linky remains open until Thursday;

4. Be inspired visit others.

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our Link Up Party.....

"Très Chic Style Bits" will be on hold until the first days of 2014, due to the Holidays' Season, that is a time to enjoy all the smells, the foods, the lights, the outfits, the parties, the gifts, the emotions..........

Don't forget to join us when we'll return!!!!

Très Chic Style Bits #8 | again the plaid pants..... sixty seconds....

Once again time for our Link Up Party “Très Chic Style Bits”.
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This is what I wore last Friday. I started to dress the plaid pants because I wanted to join with Anne at Spy Girl for 52 Pickup which theme this week is to combine as many plaids as you can in one outfit.

But I ended with just one plaid and realizing that the few plaids I have don’t go well with each other
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It was another Friday 13th…. Have you spent it well?????
Are you superstitious about it?
Me, I have no paraskevidekatriaphobia (if you want to know more about it you can red this post I did on one Friday 13th).
I think someone said “Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.”

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time...

You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love...

So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back...

Yesterday we had a Christmas dinner party, so I had no time to prepare this post, that's the reason it's live later than the others Linky Parties.

black booties - Seaside

plaid pants - H&M

mint button down shirt -  Najma

aqua shirt - La Redoute

black pleather jacket (quilted parts) - Vero Moda

necklace - Romwe

I´m linking up with The Pleated Poppy’s what i wore, and Long Distance Loving’s Friday’s Fancies

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1.  Please follow (if you aren’t already a follower) Searching the Inner Me in some way (Bloglovin,  Facebook or GFC);

2.  Please include a link to Searching the Inner Me somewhere in your post, picking up the button (or a text link), so others can get involved in “Très Chic Style Bits”;

3. Please link up your post using our weekly InLinkz button at the bottom. Linky remains open until Thursday;

4. Be inspired visit others.

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Très Chic Style Bits #7 | pleather pants and pearls......

Once again time for our Link Up Party “Très Chic Style Bits”.

I want to publicly give thanks to two sweet and lovely ladies, Celia from Living My High Heeled Life and Jan from Fort Smith Stylista, for all the support they have been giving me about the Linky and for the encouragement to not give up.

At the bottom of this post is the button you must click to had your link.

We have been under such a bad weather, (photos above were taken during the week by some FB friends) with lots of wind and rain, that it was impossible to me to take some photos outdoors, all the week. And we haven’t any forecasts when it will stop. Storms in the Island can be tough.

Despite I started this blog with indoors pictures, I’m not very fond of them. The lights, the brightness, the shadows….. there are some factors that can ruin a good look with a bad photo.

But well, we must live with what we have….. if we can’t have it then let’s find another solution. So here I am with some indoors photos.

This is what I dressed (minus the rain coat) to go with Hubby in some kind of a date, dinner out, last night.

I tried to balance the pleather pants and booties’ rock vibes with the femininity of the pearls.

I always have been a hat’s lover and I have a few hats. However, living in a small conservative city, I usually felt weird when I wore a hat and most of the people stared at me. But lately I guess I feel more confident in wearing them.

As I’m wearing a hat maybe I’ll be in time to link to Style Crone's December Hat Attack, where Judith shows her amazing feathered hat.

Also since I’m wearing a few layers (does the inside cami also counts Anne? ;) ) I’m joining with Anne at Spy Girl for 52 Pickup which theme this week is Get Layered.

black booties - Seaside
black pleather pants - La Redoute
burgundy sweater - Mango
black blazer - Romwe
faux fur vest - Tally Weijl
bordeaux and black hat - mainland store
white pearl necklaces - mainland store

I´m linking up with The Pleated Poppy’s what i wore, Isabelle Thornton’s Le chateau des fleurs , Glamamom’s Monday Mingle and Long Distance Loving’s Friday’s Fancies 

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3. Please link up your post using our weekly InLinkz button at the bottom. Linky remains open until Thursday;

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Très Chic Style Bits #6 | faux fur vest and plaid shirt....

Time for our Link Up Party “Très Chic Style Bits”.

Once again I want to thank very much to all the lovely bloggers who linked up last week and I hope you will show in this week and that some other bloggers will join us.

At the bottom of this post is the button you must click to had your link.

The temperature dropped down and I thought Friday was a good day to wear my faux fur vest. I throw under it a plaid shirt and this is the result.

Of course I wore an overcoat, because vests and I, we don’t have a good relation. I love them, but I always feel cold in my arms.

I semi tucked the shirt and add up a nice necklace (not very well seen in the pictures) to give the look a more polished vibe, since it is a bit casual.

It was windy when Hubby took the photos, as you can see in my last picture, so my hair was a mess.

Today is the anniversary of my Father’s loss.
He was always there for me through both the good times and the bad
He was always there to laugh with, or to help me when I was sad
I remember his arms around me, loved the way they always felt warm
With him by my side I completely felt no harm
I remember all the things he did to make my life worthwhile
I guess I’m missing him more than I usually do with this heart of mine

Thanks for being the best dad a girl could ever find
I still miss your smile, Dad…..

May the light be with you!!!

burgundy booties - La Redoute

black jacquard pants - Toronto store

faux fur vest - Tally Weijl

plaid button down shirt - Jenifer

necklace - gift from Sister
cat eyes sunnies - Mango

I´m linking up with The Pleated Poppy’s what i wore, Long Distance Loving’s Friday’s Fancies , Isabelle Thornton’s Le chateau des fleurs and Visible Monday

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3. Please link up your post using our weekly InLinkz button at the bottom. Linky remains open until Thursday;

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Très Chic Style Bits #5 | mixing stripes with leopard......

Once again is time for our Link Up Party “Très Chic Style Bits”.

I want to thank very much to all the lovely bloggers who linked up last week and I hope you will show in this week and that some other bloggers will join us.

Since this is a new linky I would like to ask you if you can help me to spread the word.

At the bottom of this post is the button you must click to had your link.

This is what I wore yesterday when hunting for shoes, (by the way I didn’t get any). You know, I’m struggling with shoes. I always have been a high heels girl and for many years I was lucky enough to have a free parking car, outside my office’s building.

But then “they” took away from us the possibility to park there. So if I don’t want to pay to park all day (and having a huge parking bill at the end of the month) I have to leave my car in a park that makes me walk about 15 minutes to my work.

Hmmm… and the Portuguese cobblestone of the city, despite all its beauty, is not the more appropriated road surface to walk with high heels...

I tried to take my heels in a bag and change the flat shoes for them when I arrived at the office, but that didn’t work. I always felt weird.

And then I realized that I no longer I’m able to walk on those high heels I have. Is this a sign???? Is this a "normal" thing?????

But I’m not giving up of heels, I want at least some middle ones. However all that I see in stores are flats or super high ones.

But back to my outfit I really like to mix strips with leopard.

Hubby took me these photos in the street outside my home. At some point I saw that my neighbor’s four dogs were all seated together in line, looking at us like if they were watching an entertainment. That made me laugh a lot as you can see a glance in the picture below.

camel booties - Seaside

black pants - Yessica

brown with black stripes top - Zara

red studded cardigan - local store

animal print scarf - Zara

I´m linking up with The Pleated Poppy’s what i wore, Long Distance Loving’s Friday’s Fancies and BonBon Rose Girls’ Monday Mingle

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3. Please link up your post using our weekly InLinkz button at the bottom. Linky remains open until Thursday;

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Très Chic Style Bits #4 | the ethnic scarf….

Considering that our Link Up Party “Très Chic Style Bits” have just begun, I’m so happy and proud of our last one. And it’s all because of you, the lovely and stylish bloggers who linked up. So I thank you very much to all and I hope you will show in this week and that some other bloggers will join us.

At the bottom of this post is the button you must click to had your link.

This is how I went to work last Friday. Despite being a grey day it had some luminosity, which was harming my eyes, so the weird expression.

Looking at these pictures, I also saw that I could have done a few things to improve my look. Like putting a thin golden belt, some bracelets……

So why did I publish them, you may ask.

Well, because I’m just a woman taking photos of what I wear to go to work or to do something on weekends.

You know, I don’t dress for the picture.

My outfits can be elaborated, creative or very simple, because my choices are according to my moods and the time I have in the morning.

I’m just a simple and normal working woman…

And like everyone I have good days and not so good ones. I guess this wasn’t that good.

(Note to self: next visit to hairdresser must do something new to my hair.)

But I really like my scarf which I think has an ethnic vibe.

camel booties - Seaside

gray jacquard pants - Toronto store

burgundy top - Mango

black blazer - Romwe

ethnic scarf - La Redoute

I´m linking up with The Pleated Poppy’s what i wore, BonBon Rose Girls’ Monday Mingle

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1.  Please follow (if you aren’t already a follower) Searching the Inner Me in some way (Bloglovin,  Facebook or GFC);

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3. Please link up your post using our weekly InLinkz button at the bottom. Linky remains open until Thursday;

4. Be inspired visit others.

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