The Tucked in Closet Sessions

More images of my closet by Tatiana Camacho this time for the blog Tucked In
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Craving

I'm not a sneaker person, but lately my work includes running around the city in search of things and heels are not being friendly to my feet. On the top of my wish list are these from a young Italian brand called Abisso Milano, they use simple shapes, artisan details and high quality woven leather to give a fresh look to a unisex  sneaker. My pick is this gold one, but they have plenty more see HERE.

W H I T N E Y

The author of my favorite song, the queen and inspiration of my aesthetic.
R I P my dear Whitney

Riding elevators

wearing: Calvin Klein vintage red blazer, H&M shirt, Mango sweater, vintage swede skirt, JG bag, necklace by me, Nasty Gal shades, market reings and deep red lipstick by MAC 

Vanguard

Vanessa Rosales is a fashion writer with an acute sensibility to spot trends, analyze them and criticize them in the most constructive way. Her frustration on how Colombians perceive fashion and aesthetic led her create a portal with an international point of view: Vanguard 'the referee of style'. Here she opens minds, teaches and debates different style issues from the Colombian scene.

I was called in by Vanessa to be part of Vanguard three weeks back. She arrived one morning to my apartment accompanied by Tatiana Camacho, the photographer. After a tour of the house and meeting Miss. Romeo we started to snap away some outfits they had asked me to pick out. It was so fun, we chatted away and many subjects came up, but what we most talked about was the loudness of my style and how I coped with it when I came back from Italy. As you know and I've said many times for me 'more is more' I'm a maximalist, kitsch 80s lover, this for some in Colombia is not well perceived being a conservative culture and all, there are good and bad stares. Some may think it is weird, showoff-y, intimidating  and repelling, specially this last one. Latin girls tend to dress for the man, I dress for my self I may attract the fashion crowd but scare the men away.
Do I care? No. After all there will ones that wont be scared, dare and stay.

Thankyou Vanessa and Tatiana, it was a marvelous afternoon and a lovely piece.
The article and more pictures: HERE

http://vanguardstyle.com/

The bigger, better. The more, the merrier.

This is something very dear to my aesthetic: excess accessories, specially rings. My favorite ones are the chunky ethnic with huge stones and old silver or those that are pieces of objects that have been transformed into this jewel. I would actually wear them all, the only condition is BIG, I don't like small stuff. 

Via: Super Model Shrine , Stefy Mayhem,  Tahi Chill, Dolores Iguacel, This stupid grin

Flamingo land

Holiday Diana F+ shoots of my flamingo Forever21 bikini and the view from my room. I am in love with lomography, you sanp away and then some lovely surprises come out.

Lost between the black and white

wearing: H&M 'keds'  tennis shoe,  brand-less neon laces (my new obsession)

Out

I am currently in a little paradise called Palomino, located in La Guajira region in the north of Colombia. My blogger mobile services are not working at the moment so unfortunatedly I can't share any images so I leave you with this video which perfectly describes the mood I'm in.

New Years Superstition

 I just came back from my farm which is 2 hrs away from Bogota, some nice hot, sunny weather where my family and I spent our New Years eve. We are not the crazy party type, like many other colombian families, we just like to sip our drinks, eat our dinner, wait til 12 and then go to bed. Is not as boring as it sounds, in between the dinner and the waiting til twelve we all gather the things that will make our new year as positive and great as it can be, a kind of superstitious ritual. I am not at all superstitious but we have been doing this stupid crap since I remember and a new years eve without it would just not be a new years eve. 

So here goes the ritual...

It starts with the old man from the first picture, Jorge Baron a guy that for 40 years has been making concerts and events in small towns of Colombia. We actually don't pay much attention to him during the evening, we leave the TV on mute and turn it on just to scream the countdown with him.

Yellow underwear for  happiness

Grapes, twelve, eat one with each stroke of midnight and make a wish for the next year.

 Lentils in the pockets, they will bring prosperity

Tennis shoes to run around the house, and for future fast actions and thinking 

Luggage to run around the exterior of the house to bring many travels

Light up an Año Viejo. The año viejo is a 'person' that simbolizes the year that passed. You make it out of old clothing, news paper and notes of the things you want to leave behind and then burn it at the stroke of midnight.

Of course it is physically impossible to do all at the same time. What we do is run around the house with our luggage gulping down grapes at a slower pace, and then run around a second time, when we have eaten our grapes, at a faster pace, and finish the round at the Año Viejo to salute the year that has passed. We look quite ridiculous as we do it but it is such fun and we enjoy it even more as we grow old.

green, red and gold

HAVE A MERRY JOLLY DAY!

Stuck in traffic in a Mondrian mood

The Christmas season and the horrid bad weather have turned Bogota in a impossible city with floods and horrid traffic jams. Yesterday wasn't an exception, traffic jam but with a touch of sun that made it worth while. While stuck in traffic my boredom switched to a narcissistic touristy mode, camera clicks and posing.

wearing: vintage hat, Top Shop sunglasses, MAC carrot lipstick, Random pin, Bling Bling Trash Mondrian 80s shirt, H&M sweater. 

Dear Santa or who ever brings me my presents

I've been surfing all the online shopping pages and wish-listing everything and hoping it will magically appear under the Christmas tree. Please Santa, mom or who ever brings my presents..make at least one of them true, pretty please!

1. Romwe Gorilla printed dress

2. Dr. Martens MIE 1461

3. We Are Handsome The  amazon panther-print swimsuit

4. DosUno Akavish lamp

5.Givenchy duchess bomber jacket

6. Dolce & Gabbana Leopard printed ponyskin pumps

7. John Galliano long black skirt

8. 3.1 Pjillip Lim scuba neoprene clutch

9. Lanvin ankle boots

10. Broadway slap watch

11.Phaidon- Fresh Fruits

12. Lanvin shoulder bag

13.Visionaire No.60: Religion:Edited by Riccardo Tisci in Collaboration with Givenchy

14. Romwe Fluffy cardigan

15. Balenciaga platform sandals

16. Lady Gaga x Terry Richardson

17. Burberry Prorsum patent leather wedges 

18. Alexander Wang prisma compact wallet

19. Alessi tea and coffee pot

20. The Art and Craft of Gianni Versace

21. Jemma platform boots

I WISH THIS SEASON WAS LESS MUSHY MUSHY AND MORE GLITZ.. LIKE LANVIN

At the desk

Been working like mad and have had no time for posts, SO SORRY!  Here is a little desk moment I  had with my photo booth this morning, an unconventional outfit post, with just a little bit of outfit., sorry again. Something to keep you all entertained promise to post more!

wearing: Vintage silk shirt, H&M jersey/leather dress, vintage brooch, V key chain, rings (MoMa, Aunt, Pakistan market), Silver Dr.Martens, Mac lipstick

''Mama, make the rain stop. I want to go out an play!''

Pop-Up!

There is something amazing happening in Colombia, fashion is evolving and innovating.
The first step  made by Catalina Zuluaga and Natalie Berg: Zube Pop-Up store, the first women's fashion store with 100% Colombia design.  Both of them are designers and citizens of the world having lived around the globe and in the mayor fashion capitals: Paris, New York and Milan, and worked for prestigious houses such as Catherine Malandrino, Proenza Schouler and Balmain, thanks to this they have a wide vision and ambition to contribute to the growth of Colombian fashion.

Catalina Zuluaga and Natalie Berg photographed by Alberto Newton 

Zube was born to support and cultivate Colombian designers by giving them a nomad platform that will not only move around the biggest cities of Colombia but also the cities of Latin America.
In Colombia there is a weird mentality that designer names are worn onlyby the rich people and only for special occasions, well Zube is trying to break with this stigma by mixing their 34 designers all around the store, styling and teaching the consumer how to mix and match everything for their everyday life. Everything will be ready to wear, some designers will have special edition collections, others their main ones, but all of them will be within the price range of 10.000 pesos and 2.000.000 pesos ( US$5,25 and US$1,050) this way everyone will have an excuse to buy, I will be one of those.
To spread the word, Natalie and Catalina not only seeked the normal press means but they contacted bloggers, another first in the Colombian fashion industry. So as you can see this project is full of refreshing firsts, that are happening around the world but has hit our country only until now, let's hope the industry keeps up with the pace and keep bringing us more firsts.

It will first Pop - Up in Bogota from the 17th to 24th of December at the HJCK building - Carrera 14 # 85-24 and will then migrate to Cartagena for the new year.

Who are the designers? OLGA PIEDRAHITA, MARIA LUISA ORTIZ, KIKA VARGAS, LEAL DACCARETT, ARATA, ESPECIA, CHENCHO LOFT, LOBA, NIBRA, JOHANNA KONANZ, OPPORTUNO, VALERIE SILEBI, FARIDE RAMOS, ESTIVO, DUPLICITY, SALOMON AZULU, POLITE, SCHUTZ, MOONSTONE, PILYQ, CAMILO ALVAREZ, TUTI BARRERA PITAHAYA SWIMSUITS, MERCEDES SALAZAR, NICOLAS TOURUS, WARMI, SENSI STUDIO, AMULETTE, ANITA FERNANDEZ, MARIANGELA, VENUZ WHITE, LOBO ROSA AND LITTLE LUCIA! 

Adidas by Exclama

   

I was invited last month by the magazine EXCLAMA to style a shoot for their 14th edition. The outcome, a fun, easy going Adidas Original clothing session photographed by Alberto Newton, with a 70s vibe.

EXCLAMA is a magazine both digital and in print that has been around since 2008 offering a contemporary Latinoamerican view of  cultural and current trends in the area of fashion, architecture, design, music and art . Based in Bogota, this magazine covers stories from around the globe with a fresh, visual language that makes you flip the pages in a heart beat.

  

      

Production : EXCLAMA®
Photography: ALBERTO NEWTON
Styling: AYSHA BILGRAMI
Hair and makeup: JOHANNA DÍAZ OUNDJIAN
Models: MARÍA LUISA FLORES, MANUELA MEDINA, RASHED ESTEFFEN