How to be a londoner. A cool Londoner. At least for the next Spring-Summer.

Come essere una Londoner (cool). Almeno la prossima primavera-estate. By Maddi Massone.

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BIG TREND Anni ’90. Sei stata una teenager nel 1994 puoi esserlo ancora. E puoi ancora essere innamorata di Damon Albarn. Ricordati solo di tirare fuori dall’armadio di casa di tua madre camicie scozzesi oversize e Doc Martens. Hai paura? Fai bene.

CROP TOP Il top è corto. Molto corto. Con parete (addominale) a vista. Questo significa una cosa sola: riconsiderare la lunghezza di ogni t-shirt, camicia, camicetta, pull a disposizione. Riconsiderare l’importanza dell’attività fisica e del veganesimo nella propria vita. O, se già fatto, insistere con determinazione ( almeno fino a settembre).

SU CON LA VITA! Vita altissima per jeans, shorts e anche per la pencil skirt (gonna a tubo stretta) che, per fortuna, può anche allungarsi oltre il ginocchio. Low waist è stato bello ma ora le cose sono cambiate, tra di noi. Cerca di perdonarci, se puoi.

BACKPACK. La clutch se può andare tranquillamente in vacanza (e con lei le microborse tutte). L’accessorio cult è lo zaino. Già avvistato su Alexa Chung, fashion icon planetaria, e su Cara Delevingne che, inseparabile dal suo rucksack, ha disegnato una linea per Mulberry per l’autunno inverno. La consacrazione di un must.

SOCKS (calzini) Nelle decolletée. Nei sandali. Nelle ballerine. Come una bambina di 4 anni? Esattamente così. O come Sara Jessica Parker in Sex And the City. Così Fashion Icon. Così ‘90.

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TOP TREND: 90’s. If you were a teenager in 1994 you can be it again. And you can still be in love with Damon Albarn. Please, only remember to pull out of the closet your oversize flannel shirts and your Doc Marten’s. Scared? You’re right.

CROP TOP: New season’s top is short. Very short. That means only a thing: please, reconsider right now the lenght of every shirt, t-shirt, pull you have. And, obviously, reconsider the importance of training&healthy food in your life. Already done? Don’t give up. Never. (Until September).

STAY HIGH. The waist? High, high, the highest since 1994. For jeans, shorts, and pencil skirts as well (a little bit longer just under the knee). Low-waist: our relationship has been great but now things simply don’t work. Forgive me, if you can.

BACKPACK All clutches can go on holidays (and all sort of micro-bags with them). The backback is  back and it is “ Accessorie’s King”. Alexa Chung is a big fan, like Cara Delevingne, who actually lives with her rucksack on and designed a great collection for Mulberry. A really cool way to say “I love you, backpack”, Cara.

SOCKS In your pumps. In your flats. Even in your sandals. Like a schoolgirl aged 4? Exactly. Or like Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City. So Fashion, so 90’s. It sounds definetly better.

We really thank our friend Maddi for her contribution to My Boy is Not a Hipster. Maddi is from Italy but is based now in London and is the London correspondent for Lost in Fashion. Grazie ancora amica!

Duden Park

De vuelta en Bruselas. Este finde fuimos a pasear a Duden Park, un bellísimo parque situado en Saint Gilles cerca de Forest Park. No me canso de repetirlo: Bruselas nos está regalando un invierno inesperadamente suave con jornadas soleadas y luminosas. Los días, cada vez más largos, despiden al sol con estas maravillosas puestas y juegos de sombras.

Blazer Rapsodia/Polera COS/Jeans Zara 

Back in Brussels. This weekend we went for a walk to Duden Park, a beautiful park located in Saint Gilles near Forest Park. I never tire of repeating: Brussels is unexpectedly mild for this time with sunny and bright winter days. Days are getting longer, and we can enjoy wonderful sunsets and play with the shadow.

           Rapsodia Velvet Blazer/COS turtleneck/Zara jeans

Ávila, a trip to the Middle Age

El pasado fin de semana me escapé de nuevo a España y aproveché para visitar una pequeña y maravillosa ciudad castellana: Ávila. Esta villa amurallada es un viaje en el tiempo. Pasear por sus calles te permite imaginar cómo era la vida en esta ciudad en la época de los Reyes Católicos o de Santa Teresa de Jesús. Por eso no es de extrañar que su casco histórico medieval, en excelente estado de conservación, fuese declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad en 1985. Si vais a Ávila os recomiendo tomar algo en el patio del Palacio de los Velada, reconvertido en hotel. Una maravilla!

Jersey: Zara / Pitillos: H&M/ Bolso: Nice things / Botines: vintage / Anillo: Mango

Last weekend I went back to Spain and visited a small wonderful and not enough well-known Spanish town: Ávila. This walled town is a journey in the History of Spain. Strolling through the streets allows you to imagine how life was supposed to be in this city at the time of the Catholic Monarchs or Santa Teresa de Jesus. Therfore, it is not surprising that its medieval Old Town, in excellent conditions, was declared a World Heritage Site in 1985. If you are going to Ávila, you cannot miss to have a drink in the courtyard of the Palacio de los Velada, now turned into a cozy hotel! 

Jersey: Zara / Skinnies : H&M / Bag: Nice things / Boots: Vintage / Ring: Mango

L'inconnue en rouge - 9e arrondissement

Paris no consigue ser gris ni siquiera cuando el cielo está nublado. Después de vivir un año en Paris, no fue hasta que llegué a Bruselas cuando aprendí el término "grisaille", tan típico belga para describir la luz gris de los días nublados. En París, todo desprende luz. Incluso el suelo adoquinadamente perfecto y los edificios concebidos por Haussmann. Incluso las estatuas de inspiración neoclásicas y los cada vez más inutilizados buzones de correos. Sólo una desconocida oculta bajo su fedora rojo cereza destaca entre la luz inabarcable de la ciudad más fascinante del mundo. Inma.

Tapado Sessùn/ Sombrero Massimo Dutti/ Sweater y Camisa COS/ Jeans H&M / Botas Sacha/ Bolso vintage Thinktwice

Paris cannot be grey even when the sky is overcast. After living a year in Paris, it was not until I came to Brussels when I learned the term "grisaille", so typical in Belgium to describe the grey light of a cloudy day. In Paris, lightness is everywhere. Even the pave and the buildings designed by Haussmann. Even the statues of neoclassical inspiration and increasingly unusable mailboxes. Just an unknown hidden under her red cherry fedora stands out from the boundless light of the most fascinating city in the world. Inma.

Coat Sessún/ Hat Massimo Dutti/ Jumper & Shirt COS/ Jeans H&M / Boots Sacha/ Vintage bag Thinktwice 

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Blue Paris

 

Tuve la suerte de poder volver una vez mas a París y cada vez que vuelvo me gusta mas. Pude visitar lugares que no había hecho antes, como el Musée d'Orsay y el Louvre (fotos en Instagram); fui a las galerias Printemps (si tienen la oportunidad visiten el último piso donde se puede comer debajo de una cúpula imperdible!) y obvio aproveché para ver las grandes marcas (no pude dejar de ver la colección nueva de Chloé y Valentino-divinas!). En la Galerie de la Madeleine, ademas de algunos bares y departamentos, se encuentra el negocio de Giambattista Valli (el que se ve de fondo de la última foto).

Vestido azul Sessún/ Collar Accessorize/ Zapatos de Maria 

I was lucky to go again to Paris this weekend - it is a city that I like all the more each time I go. This time I visited several places for the first time, such as the Musée d'Orsay and the Louvre (see the photos in Instagram); I went to the Printemps store (if you go, make sure to go to the top floor where you can eat under a breathtaking stained-glass cupula) and obviously checked out the famous designers (the collections of Chloé and Valentino were amazing!). In the Galerie de la Madeleine, in addition to some bars and shops, there is also the shop of Giambattista Valli (which you can see in the background of the last photo).

Blue dress by Sessún/ Necklace Accessorize/ Shoes de Maria