Summer has just begun and I've already and literally destroyed my feet. I'm used to wear medium-height heels, mostly flats, boots, or even sneakers, always wearing socks or tights. So, when warm weather comes and it's time to leave bare feet, all I can do is pray. And buy band aids. Tons of them.

That's when flat sandals, and those named "ugly shoes"come to the rescue, helping me walk when beautiful sandals and wedges have done the worst. They're pretty tricky to find, you'll spend hours and hours trying on different shapes, strip sandals and flats, but once you find your comfy summer shoes, you'll never walk alone. That's how I ended buying twice the same pair of shoes in different colors: this silvery ones, and black. And that's how I ended pairing one of my most formal, party black jumpsuits with this ugly (but the most comfortable every) shoes which are meant more for a walk to the beach than for a city stroll. Heels and sandals may stylize your figure, may rise your self esteem to the sky and may look awesome with 99% of your outfits. But changes and something different than the usual are great as well! I'm really happy with how out of the ordinary (that I usually show around here) ended this look.

So... Not in the mood for killing heels but you said yes to the dress? Try on wearing some comfy flat sandals or not-the-most-beautiful shoes in the world and achieve a rebel, unconventional look. Pairing it with more dressy accessories and a statement bag, you'll rock it!

Black is no color for summer. As warm weather comes, my clothing habits change too, and that means pants and jeans are swapped for light skirts and shorts, black for navy blue in case of dark colors, and long sleeve T-shirts for soft and comfy blouses.

And of course, as season changes, navy style arrives every year too. Dark blue, white and red colors, ropes everywhere and anchors, straight dresses with sparkles of Chanel's style, big picture hats and so on. I really think this style is always a hit, a timeless and succesful way to solve that ''I have no idea of what to wear'' annoying situation. The key is keeping it simple but putting a few accesories that claim attention.

On my case, I mixed a zillion things from different seasons (some of them are ''old acquaintances'' around here, like the Springfield sandals), stole from mum's closet a cute bag (''Mateo'' from Carolina Herrera, such a love!), put on an stripes blazer, and created a soft makeup. And voilà, this is how the whole outfit looked like!

Every time I visit my grandparents house, my grandma turns nuts with me and my obsession with antique clothing. Imagine all my family running behind me, because I'm opening all wardrobe doors looking for any vintage treasure. True story.

Last time I went there my grandma found a really great gift for me: a polka dot 70's dress she wore on a family event about thirty years ago. As she doesn't wear it anymore, and she considers it ''old fashioned'' (I don't!) she gave it to me, and thought I would never wear it seriously. How mistaken she was!

Although I don't usually like 70's clothing style (and don't dare to name 80's to me, please!) this dress is so simple, and the polka dot pattern in white and blue is so lovely and stylish that I couldn't avoid pairing it with some white and red accessories, to create my own navy style.

This is what vintage means to me: revamp old clothes. Give them a new life, and try to adapt this clothing to new trends and 21st Century. It's not about looking like you escaped from an old B&W movie (okay, it's great for some special events, but...), but always looking for the mix&match philosophy.

Fallas have already arrived. Every year from 15th to 19th March, Valencia celebrates its most internationally known festival, where you'll find fire, music, color and fireworks 24hrs a day. The most famous thing around here these days are the fallas, which are basically huge figures made of wood, sometimes cardboard dolls (called ''ninot'') on the streets, which represent human figures, animals, different sceneries... Then, on 19th at night we burn them, to symbolize that winter has gone away and a new year starts.

Tomorrow I'll be wearing my typical fallera costume (which is full of flowers and jewelry and things... Not following my usual ''less is more'' philosophy at all...) but for now, here's the outfit I wore to go for a walk around the neighbourhood this morning, to take some pictures of the nearest monuments and show you what is like.
Fashion also means tradition and culture, that's the only way you can understand why someone dresses like this or that. That's why I'm talking to you about fallas and how the atmosphere feels around my city this days.

(See that lady at the left of the picture, with that blue costume with full blue skirt? Tomorrow I'll be looking like her)