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.

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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 #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.

tweed jacket and navy blue velvet pants….

After a tough night of so much wind and rain, today was not so bad. But we guess it’s just a window, because the weather forecast for tomorrow is rain again.

Anyway I grab this opportunity and went to my hairstylist to do some red highlights on my hair and spice it a bit to the holidays. (Not very well seen in the pictures)

My velvet pants look black in the photos, but I can assure you that they are navy blue!

I see most of the people so busy with Christmas preparations, but to tell you the true I’m not in the mood for it and still haven’t done anything.

Since my mother’s death, almost four years ago, that Hubby and I use to spend Christmas with Sister and her family in Toronto.

This year we couldn’t make it, so we are going to spend Christmas just the two of us.

What about you, are you getting ready for the Holidays?

camel booties - Seaside
blue navy velvet pants - C&A
mustard turtleneck - C&A
red tweed jacket - Vero Moda
colour block bag - Seaside
necklace - Stradivarius
red gloves - local store

I´m linking up with My Thrifty Chic´s Love It, Link It, Shanna’s Random Wednesdays and Style Elixir´s Style Sessions.

mustard and black...... my quilted pleather jacket.... what do our clothes say about who we are...

There’s a fabulous line early on in "The Devil Wears Prada":

“Fashion is not about utility. An accessory is merely a piece of iconography used to express individual identity.”

What do our clothes say about who we are or who we think we are? How does the way we dress communicate messages about our identity? Is the desire to be "in fashion" universal, or is it unique to Western culture? How do fashions change?

Much of what we assume to be individual preference really reflects deeper social and cultural forces. Ours is an ambivalent social world, characterized by tensions over gender roles, social status, and the expression of sexuality.

What we wear and how we look is our only way to communicate who we are to people without dialogue. Clothes are indicators of our personalities, likes, values and subcultures we may be a part of. We are in a constant stage of reflecting our identity and the only way we can do that in the physical world is through our bodies. Our bodies are physical representations for defining how we choose to be perceived as individuals.

A quotation that I find interesting and related:

"Long before we're old enough to do anything on our own, we're old enough to dress ourselves. When we stand bewildered in a closet or a department store dressing room, what we're confronting is one of life's fundamental questions: Is this me? And: Would I like this to be me? Under what stretch of the imagination might this possibly be me? And finally: Who am I? ... Clothes are a constant act of self-definition ..."

 ~ Nora Ephron, Elle Magazine guest editor, October 2009

black booties - local store

mustard pants - Yessica

black with white stripes shirt - H&M

black pleather jacket (quilted parts) - Vero Moda

mustard scarf - H&M

rubi brooch - gift from Hubby

cat eyes sunnies - Mango

I´m linking up with My Thrifty Chic´s Love It, Link It, Shanna’s Random Wednesdays and Style Elixir´s Style Sessions.

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To all my dear readers and blogging friends who are celebrating it, Happy Thanksgiving!!!

falling for plaid..... the tartan pants.....

Computers and the Internet were supposed to make life easier; instead, people are busier than ever.

Overworked overachievers suffer from a worrying sense of anxiety.

We mess our minds with vague promises about what we should do, what we could do. But there is always more to do than there is time to do it.

But most of the stress that people feel comes from not keeping agreements they've made with themselves.

When we tell ourselves we have to do something and then don't do it, we experience self-doubt and frustration. We can fool all of the people some of the time, but we can't fool ourselves for a second.

There's usually an inverse relationship between how much something is on our mind and how much we're actually doing about it.

We are our own perfect victims and enemies.

When we came back home from our trip to Paris, last September, we had to stop for a night in Lisbon. Luckily I had some time to go to do some shopping.

One of the pieces I bought then was these tartan pants. Despite I know they weren’t the best for my body shape, I wanted so much some tartan pants, because tartan is back in a big way this season.

So when I saw these pants with just a subtle pattern (not screaming and calling for attention), I knew I had to give them a try.

In the end I like them very much and I think it’s a way for me to wear the trend without compromising much the look.

I also like this top a lot. I’m a big fan of lace, another trend, and the details of lace it has, combined with its colour (for the ones who just know me recently, I’m a big fan of colour), makes it a winner.

The pictures were taken in my office building (a palace) garden, last Monday.

black booties - Seaside
tartan pants - H&M
mustard top - local store
green blazer - Najma
necklace - mainland store

I´m linking up with My Thrifty Chic´s Love It, Link It, Shanna’s Random Wednesdays, Style Elixir´s Style Sessions and Long Distance Loving’s Friday’s Fancies.
This post is also submitted to the IFB Blazer Project.

orange and tangerine…..

As per usual on these days today was again a rainy day, so rainy that I had to take my photos indoors. I took them in my office, but the conditions of light were no good, so I just pick this one.

I really felt comfortable in this dress, I love the print, the draped detail and the colours.

 

Some details

shoes - Primark
dress - Promod
blazer - najma
necklace - Hubby's gift

This is the first time that I’m linking up with Visible Monday and Monday Mingle. I hope you all enjoy the posts shared by all the lovely women on this weeks.

yellow and red, a statement combination....

Today I had to dress myself in a rush with no time to think much about the look.

It turned a simple outfit with some lack of accessories but yet the colours helped to make it vibrant.

I have been in such a bad mood…. I just feel like complaining, complaining, complaining… so it’s better that I stop writing or I’ll start to complain…. Lol

shoes - Promod

pants - Mango

shirt - H&M (Toronto)

belt - mainland store

blazer - Primark

onyx necklace - gift

sunnies - Primark

spring/summer 2012 shoes.....

That I bought last March, when I went to mainland and still are waiting to be used...... because of this crappy weather!

From Primark

From Promod

  

From Stradivarius

From H&M

 


 From Bershka

 

with a little touch of yellow.....

An outfit I wore this last week on Wednesday. I think that despite it just have a touch of yellow it’s not a dark look with all that black but maybe the white is helping….

I’ve been very busy with lots of work at my office and arriving home very tired…. So I’m sorry for not being the blogger I wanted to be.

I wish you all my dear readers and blogging friends a fantastic weekend and by the way don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, we have different stuff there….

Did you notice I cut my hair????

black and white shoes - Pinkie
black polka dots tights - La Redoute
black pencil skirt - H&M
yellow top - Zara
snow white leopard blazer - H&M
sunglasses - Mango
jewelery - Parfois

el caballo y la herradura....

A title in Spanish meaning “the horse and the horseshoe…” in English or in Portuguese “o cavalo e a ferradura…”
Here we use to say that a horseshoe gives good luck, I don’t know if it’s also used in other places….
Well all I know is that I really need good luck now for all the things that I have to do at the office and at home. Besides I’m going on a trip to mainland next week with a short visit to Spain to attend a wedding.

blue shoes
orange pants
printed shirt
yellow cardigan
mixed jewellery

my new ring and the Third Eye......

When I look to my new ring I can’t help but seeing an eye. And despite the image is very different what comes to my mind is the Third Eye.
The Third Eye Chakra is located in the center of the head behind our eyebrows. This Chakra is related to our ability to perceive clearly. Intuition, insight, and imagination are also associated with this Chakra.
According to the Reiki knowledge an open third-eye chakra is the source of our intuition and clairvoyance (vision beyond ordinary sight) as well as our ability to visualize and manifest. Blockages of this chakra abound, resulting in fear of the imagination, dreams and our "irrational" intuitive insights. Physical symptoms of third-eye imbalance may include persistent headaches (especially in the center of the forehead), insomnia, anxiety and depression.

So, to prevent some of these I guess I’m addicted to wear the colour blocking trend. And I feel great with it. I know I make some heads turn back, but I really don’t care!

black booties
magenta pants
mustard shirt
turquoise blazer
mixed jewellery