Officially fall has arrived, but in reality temperatures are still very high here, so there is no other option but to keep wearing summer clothes. Here I am in Riaza once again because we have been going almost every weekend, making the most of the last few days of good weather. Wearing my flared frayed charcoal jeans, I wear them a lot when we go to the countryside cause they are my least expensive pair of jeans and I really don’t mind that much if something happens to them. Since we do a lot of outdoors activities there is a big chance they could get dirty, and these are very easy to wash. These have been labeled by me as my “countryside jeans” and they are always my best option here. I paired them with a loose sleeveless top perfect for these hot days, and for comfort my ballet flats.
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Oficialmente el otoño ha llegado, pero las temperaturas aun siguen altas así que no queda mas remedio que seguir en modo verano con ropa ligera. Otra vez las fotos son en Riaza, vamos casi todos los fines de semana, más con este buen tiempo que da para hacer muchas actividades que luego con el frío no podemos hacer. Llevo mis vaqueros gris oscuro cortados por mi, que son mis “vaqueros de la finca” porque son los mas económicos y fáciles de lavar con lo cual puedo hacer lo que quiera con ellos, que me da igual que se ensucien o les pase algo, además de que son muy cómodos, claro. Los combine con un top muy ligero, mi favorito para verano y mis bailarinas negras, muy cómodas y fáciles de combinar.
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Balenciaga sunglasses (get them HERE) | Stella McCartney top (get it HERE) | Topshop jeans (similar HERE) | Céline knot bracelet (get it HERE) | Celine ballerinas (get them HERE) | Céline box bag (get it HERE)
I went to spend the weekend at Viña del Mar, it’s one of the most important cities in Chile located 1,5/2 hours away from Santiago and the main advantage here of course is the sea! Living in a capital city without sea I am always thankful for every time I get to see and spend some days next to the ocean even if I have to travel abroad to do so. So of course I was delighted, since my trip to Croatia almost half a year ago, that I last experienced the joy of breathing fresh sea breeze!
The climate is very average most of the year, lots of rain in winter but not very cold and a mild temperature in summer (not like hot Santiago) and the best part (at least for me) is that it tends to be very cloudy year round, specially in summer which is something I love. This changes the whole outfit system when compared to Santiago at the same time of the year. I have hardly worn pants there while in Viña almost everyday at least for the evening it’s the best option!
Now I only brought two pair of trousers and the ones you see me wearing are not one of them, and they are not new either…so I bet you are wondering, so where the hell do they come from? Well actually they are an old, and by old I mean VERY OLD pair of mine from 2006 I got at Topshop and that my mom had saved with the old clothes. While we were preparing to donate some of our old stuff to charity I came across this one, and I instantly recognized it! Originally it had another cut (remember skinny jeans from that era?) we are talking almost ten years ago, they were longer, less skinny, low cut and would bunch up at the ankle, a lot! When I tried these I loved everything about them, even the quality is far better than what you find now in the same store, but the one issue was the ankle area for me. Not very nice…so instead of doing what I usually do and that is have them hemmed is to cut them, for a different look. Studying fashion design I used to have a phase where I cut all my clothes to alter them so trust me I have the habit in me, and I was able to do this in a way that the look was just what I looked for. Now I can wear them all over again but with a totally different style. So my point is? Always consider giving your garments, basic ones specially a new life. There are always options and it is not as complicated as you might think!
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Fui a pasar el fin de semana a Viña del Mar, para los que no sabéis mucho de Chile es una de las ciudades mas importantes y esta ubicada muy cerca de Santiago a hora y media mas menos, y su mejor atributo por supuesto es el mar. Viviendo toda mi vida en capitales sin mar es personalmente una necesidad cada cierto tiempo poder ver el océano aunque tenga que salir del país para hacerlo! Naturalmente a la oportunidad de este pequeño viaje estaba encantada, desde mi viaje a Croacia hace unos seis meses que no respiraba el aire marino!
El clima es Viña es bastante promedio la mayor parte del año, mucha lluvia en invierno, aunque no frío excesivo y en verano es templado, no excesivamente caluroso como Santiago pero lo mejor de todo es que casi siempre esta nublado! Recuerda un poco a partes del norte de España y la verdad ese tipo de clima en verano es mi favorito! Así que el tipo de ropa cambia un poco de lo que se puede usar en la misma época de Santiago a Viña. Casi no he usado pantalones en Santiago, cuando en Viña es necesario hacerlo casi a diario!
Solo traje dos pares de pantalones a Chile y el que me veis usando hoy no es uno de ellos. Tampoco es nuevo. Entonces de donde ha salido? Pues bien, os contare la historia. Estos pantalones son bastante antiguos, y cuando digo bastante me refiero a 2006 casi diez años! Los compré en el Topshop en aquella época y por alguna razón permanecieron guardados hasta que hace unos días decidí ayudar a mi madre ha hacer unas bolsas de ropa que no usamos para caridad y entonces aparecieron! Me los pobre inmediatamente, y me encantaron! Originalmente no son como se ven ahora, recordáis los vaqueros pitillo de la época? Eran mucho menos pitillo que los de ahora, de talle muy bajo y largos, arrugados en la parte del tobillo. Como nunca he sido muy fan de esa característica opte por cortarlos. Otra opción hubiese sido a la que siempre recurro que es llevarlos donde una modista que me los arregle pero decidí que quería unos vaqueros un poco distintos y opte por cortarlos yo mismo. Cuando estaba en la universidad como buena estudiante de Diseño de Moda lo daba todo cortando mi ropa así que de tener práctica la tengo, y la verdad es que es que con solo un tijeretazo ya tenía vaqueros nuevos! Ahora bien, todo esto para que? Lo que intento decir con tanta parrafada es que aconsejo y esto va para todo el mundo, dar una segunda oportunidad a la ropa. Sobre todo a esas prendas básicas que por alguna razón no nos convencen del todo pero tienen potencial, con solo una pequeña modificación pueden quedar como nuevas!
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Barbour sailor cap (similar one HERE) | Ray-Ban wayfarer sunglasses (get them HERE) | The Kooples t-shirt (similar one HERE) | Topshop old jeans (similar ones HERE) | Birkenstock Arizona sandals (get them HERE) | Céline Cabas bag (get it pre-loved HERE)
The first days of fall are never really cold, so the weather has been perfect to wear absolutely anything. I love this type of weather because it allows all the combinations possible: sandals with trench, sneakers with mini skirts, sleeveless shirt with boots, anything you want will look good.
I love all those crazy garment combinations that make no sense, it bores me to death wearing always the same, in summer I never wear pants because they bother me terribly. In winter I hardly wear skirts, because I like wearing them without tights, so i’m in trousers 90% of the time. In fall and spring though, it’s so much more spontaneous, alternating all types of garments is the most fun, and it fills me with inspiration.
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Los primeros días de otoño nunca son fríos con lo cual el tiempo últimamente esta siendo ideal para llevar cualquier conjunto. Me encanta este tiempo porque te permite llevar las combinaciones más sin sentido posibles: sandalias con trenca, zapatillas con faldas, camisas sin manga y medias, cualquier combinación queda bien.
Me encantan todas esas combinaciones sin sentido, me desespera siempre lo mismo, en verano no puedo llevar pantalón porque me muero del calor, y en invierno casi no suelo llevar faldas o vestidos, porque prefiero ir sin medias, así que es 90% pantalón. Sin embargo en otoño y primavera ir variando con todas las prendas a mi parecer es lo mas divertido, acabo por sentirme mas inspirada y creo que quizás es cuando me visto mejor.
Ray-Ban classic wayfarer sunglasses (get them HERE) | t-shirt belonged to my boyfriend when he was a kid/teen | Topshop black denim dungarees (get similar ones HERE) | Birkenstock Arizona sandals (get them HERE) | Reed Krakoff bag (get it HERE)
If you read my post about “How I wear: LBD Little Black Dress” you will remember how I stated how I will start to do a how I wear/one garment four ways section on my blog. As many of you know, I am a big fan of dungarees and anything really that can be worn with something underneath, it multiplies the different ways it can be worn and therefore the number of times you can wear it.
Since a lot of you having be asking about this I am today posting three different ways of wearing black dungarees (in mild weather).
The dungarees in question are by Topshop and I got them last January while in South America, most specifically in Santiago, Chile. I remember they were the only pair in the store and I was kind of doubting if I should get them or not, because they were a little big on me, and I was concerned about the quality. I was messaging my friend Omar back in Madrid and he was telling me, don’t get them, please don’t get them. I did not get them, since I had to return to the store in a few days I decided to play with fate and see what happened. If I came back and they were still there they were meant to be mine, if I returned and they were gone, then well, let them be gone. I waited a few days and I went back to the store this time with my mom and they still had them…so I tried them, mom loved it, and so I got them.
It was a great purchase because I wear them a lot…a whole big lot. And while Omar’s advice is hardly ever wrong, this time it was.
As you can see there are various ways to wearing dungarees, and wear it more on the casual side with sneakers or a little bit more classic with flats, they work just as fine. So…if you are thinking on getting your own pair…PLEASE DO! You won’t regret it.
