Pack For...Barcelona

 

visiting Gaudi's apartment complex

me being a complete tourist

lunch at Casa Calvet

 

My delicious dessert; mango raviolis wrapped in yogurt

cotton blazer, splendid; tee-shirt, j.crew; jeans, joe's jeans; bag, botkier; flats, staccacio

Pack For....

Barcelona

Last week my boyfriend and I began our spring break in my new favorite city, Barcelona. For March the weather was slightly warmer and sunnier than I was used to in Madrid. The streets are full of shops and shoppers from places like La Ramblas and Passeig de Gracia street. The Barcelonians and tourists have fabulous "street style" (my term for looking effortless on the street but also put together) and are a bit more dressed up than the people in Madrid. Many girls are not in heels but adorable flats and boots. Most women are trendy with blazers and huge sunglasses. When packing for Barcelona my top 5 essentials are; flats, sunglasses, jeans, a blazer, and tank-tops. With these pieces you will look like a cute Barcelonian for sight-seeing days that turn into dinner and drinks, a walk along Port Vell, or just a day of shopping.

My favorite day at Barcelona was when we shopped up and down Passeig de Gracia street (where you can find every designer from my favorite Gracious to Louis Vuitton), visited Gaudi's amazing works of art, and ate lunch at Casa Calvet. My Barcelona essentials suggestions:

Blazer - Landmarks Jacket - Anthropologie
Flats- Tory Burch Snake Reva Flats
Sunglasses- Olivia Peoples Zoey
Jeans- Rich & Skinny
Tank top- Splendid

Spring Break

 

shirt, anthropologie; jeans, rich & skinny

Hey Girls, sorry that my last post was so long ago. I was on my spring break and traveled to Barcelona then all around Italy with my boyfriend. We had delicious pizza in Rome, tasty meats in Florence, a romantic Easter in Venice, and a day full of shopping in Milan. Don’t worry I will leave you all my tips and first-hand advice! The trip left me exhausted but full of lots of fashion insights and blog ideas from one of the most fashion-leading country, Italy. To save space and hassle my boyfriend and I decided to take only one carry on each which, turned more into two carry-ons with my clothes and a few of his pieces randomly in each- Oops. It was very difficult to pack for 10 days and only one carry on and I know I am not the only one with this problem so I made a carry-on survival kit.

My Carry-on survival kit

Pack your “must-haves”, more solids and more accessories, less you have the less stressed you are.

Must haves:

Sunglasses – my favorite are my RayBan Wayfarers. The tortoise color match almost every outfit and the case is so tiny that it can be thrown in any bag. You also don’t have to worry about dropping, loosing, or breaking them because they are cheaper and more durable than most designer sunglasses.

Solids- solid pieces are key because you can mix & match them so easily. This season my favorite solid is black so I brought a lot of black shirts and cardigans so that I can layer easily.

Accessories- most times accessories can weigh almost nothing so it is better to pack more accessories and less clothing pieces that you intentionally want. No one in Rome will remember what top you had on the day before but you will get some double-takes for your cute bangles or headband.

Sneakers- For this trip I completely forgot sneakers which was a total bummer. L Every night my feet hurt after our long walks and sight-seeing days. Everyone in Europe mostly wears Converses but in Italy the hottest sneaker is Hogan.

Messenger Bag: right now they are completely in style and save you stress because you are in more control of your belonging when you are distracted by sight-seeing and unaware of pick-pockers.

Less Items Less stress: From constantly moving from city to city and hotel to hotel I completely lost track of my items. By the end of the trip we even bought more things that couldn’t fit in our bags forcing us to buy a new bag and check one of our old bags. When carrying the extra items I felt dis-shovled and stressed so I would suggest packing less so you have less clothing piece responsibility.

My Carry-On:

3 cardigans, 5 tank-tops, 2 pairs of skinny jeans, 2 pairs of sunglasses, 1 dress, 2 pairs of flats and 2 pairs of heels (stupidly forgetting my sneakers!), 3 solid tee-shirts, 1 jacket, 1 messenger bag, 1 scarf,12 pairs of underwear, and accessories accessories accessories.

Hope you girls had a good spring break! Ill post pictures soon I prom.!

Store Must: Luisavia Roma

Yesterday while walking in the shopping district of Florence I was mesmerized by two enormous flat screen televisions playing Kate Moss designing her bags for Longchamp. Curious, because I love anything and everything Kate Moss, I looked under the TVs to find Luisavia Roma; a beautiful boutique that carries all designer names from Juicy Couture to Jimmy Choo. As I entered the store my eyes widened with the three floors of wall to wall designer clothes, accessories, bags, and shoes. After an hour of trying on almost everything the store had, my boyfriend was ready to drag me out until he found the small men's section. The online store is almost as fun as being in the actual store and they even ship worldwide! Which will be perfect when I head back home. (dont worry that wont be for months- thank g-d)