I was wearing:

Bimba & Lola dress

Massimo Dutti sneakers

Vintage bag

Vestopazzo statement necklace

Granada belongs to UNESCO's World Heritage List and it's historical center full of medieval, Nasrí style and even, ancient Roman ruins make it an amazing place for learning while strolling its narrow streets, tasting one delicious tapa at a time.

As this year's schedule is turning crazier as July approaches due to my final project in architecture, I had to leave Valencia during Fallas festivities with all the pain in my heart, although I went to visit a friend who's currently living in Granada, which made everything easier and super enjoyable. Weather was amazing in a city in which thermometers usually drop down to -8º during the worst Winter days, and I got to do a great recap on a city I visited a long ago during my Primary School days.

Granada is a city full of contrasts. While there's "La Alhambra" watching all over the new city with its Nasrí palaces full of intricate patterns, tiles, and fountains, there's also a younger side to Granada present in every square downtown, coexisting with the old and giving new uses to most of the ancient buildings crowding the city. It is a perfect city to be a millennial for sure: there're plenty of open spaces hiding gardens and other public marvels, as well as some of the best universities and Colleges in Spain and, last but not least, there's plenty of pubs and restaurants which will feed you with a tapa (Spanish word to say snack consisting on a piece of potato omelet with bread, ham & cheese or similar) as you order your regular glass of wine, beer or tinto de verano. I was lucky enough to have one of my best friends there, who guided me not only around Granada's best places to eat but also, who educated me about the many cultures coexisting in this city among the centuries and how they built the city as it is nowadays.

My favorite sights of the city were at the Ermit of San Miguel Alto, which is super close to La Alhambra and almost at the same height, so you can get pretty good pictures and sights from there. After that, we headed to the neighborhood of Albaicín, which is one of the oldest parts of the city and which has some interesting buildings which can be visited for free every Sunday (they belong to the called "Dobla de Oro" route. There's an ancient public bathroom, some typical ancient Andalusian houses...). My tips for visiting Granada in one week is to wear comfortable sneakers and mix them with something fancier on top, as well as not forgetting your sunglasses and a shawl for nighttime, as it can get a bit chilly.

What about you? Have you ever visited Granada? Do you have any favorite place to visit there?

"You might be a tourist, but you don’t have to look like one"

Buongiorno a tutti! After a non-stop week attending to the firsts classes in italian, dealing with the language (seriously guys, I never thought it would be SO difficult, even with Spanish being quite similar to it...) and meeting so much new people I'm literally exhausted. In addition, Firenze has so much to do, so much to see and experience that even strolling to university every morning feels like a massive walk through history, which leaves you asking for more but also for a place to rest and eat a portion of fluffy stuffed focaccia. Stendhal syndrome, they call it *laugh*.

We've been strolling through the city during this week while trying to find less touristy places and still taking great blogging pictures, which is truly easy, as everywhere you put your eye on around here is either beautiful, classy or has good lighting. I call it "the photogenic city". We shot this pictures in the Piazza del Duomo while on our firsts days here, and I find truly amazing the double reality this place lives: while on daylight it is crowded to no end, we stopped by the other night just by casuality and almost no soul was there. It felt as magical as eerie, the Piazza del Duomo just for the two of my flatmates and I. It made me realize how a city can change through the day, and how some places can only be enjoyed while taking your time to really experience them. Almost no-one stays the night in Firenze for tourism. This classy, elegant and huge buildings were made to be looked at and venerated (everything in this city is, actually) but only a few people take into account that to experience any place, to really become part of it, you must add the factor called time. You must take your time to savour it, to feel it, or you are not really traveling. You are just adding a place to your sitemap.

In the meanwhile, I'll be getting ready for Winter season. I never thought it could be so damn cold in end September here: I'm already wearing my shawls, blazer, sweaters and almost coat. It's surreal. By this time, in sunny Valencia they're still going for a beach day on weekends! Remind me to find a great pair of classy, functional and cute sneakers: I've tripped so much already I feel I won't be getting home in Christmas without a walking stick.

What about you? Any recommendation to enjoy Italy and its less touristy places? Do tell me, I'm excited to know!

It's been a while! You can't even imagine how much I miss writing on a daily basis and sharing with you fashion ideas and theories running through my mind. Days off for shooting are not an option, and since I'm looking forward to the (huge) English exam on the 3rd December, and I've been seriously thinking about returning to the fencing piste this coming Spring, everything requires some planning and schedule-knitting for everything to work out. It's exciting, though it requires a lot of energy and long days to handle everything.

Being always on-the-go, running up and down has meant changing my daily style and outfits without even realising it. Since I entered College, since I'm constantly up to what's new regarding design and materials I've subtly built a simple, minimal style which has evolved through the years. Feeling comfortable on what you wear and it allowing you to do your job or daily activities successfully is something I really appreciate. Layering, neat shapes and monochromatic are things currently on my wardrobe for this season. And I can tell you they're here to stay. That, paired up with the right makeup and hairstyle makes everything easier (although I'm thinking about chopping my messy curls off again). I think this Bimba & Lola blue dress with heart-shaped neck is one of those perfect options when you're running late.

(OK. I just realized I'm touching my hair on every picture of this post. Not made on purpose. I promise. It looks so weird).

Now that Summer seems to be officially over (warm weather and daylight usually stays for a while in Valencia), I hope I can keep those simple outfit vibes through cold mornings stepping out of home for classes and even applying them to one-step-at-a-time jogging evenings, which I recently enrolled. I'm currently looking for comfortable but chic sporty clothing ideas I can layer up or down depending on the routine or weather. Still figuring it all out and still getting used to the sporty routine twice a week, but hopefully I'll be fit enough for the Spring fencing tournament right on the time!

Madrid is such an exciting city! There are lots of interesting and amazing things happening there every day, every week. There's so much to do, so many miles to stroll around and still so many places I've got on my agenda to see, that every time I go on a trip there, I'm seeing a completely different city.

Last week during Madrid's Architecture Week there was held OPEN HOUSE 2016 at the city, which is a festival where some rare buildings are open to regular public for them to visit on a tour, and some architecture studios at the capital are able to be visited too. So, I got the amazing chance to meet some of my favorite architects and teams in Madrid, as they showed students how they work and what they're up to lately. It was such an experience I shared with 11 people whom I know a little (some very close friends, others close friends of my close friends living in other Spain places and coming from very far) but these days I spent in Madrid provided me the opportunity to open up to new people, to learn A LOT, visit new places I had no idea they existed... Sometimes these are the kind of experiences which really make you to stop for a little bit, take some (needed) fresh air and see things from a very new perspective. 

I arrived home exhausted but at the same time so energized! Spending time on a city which is not your hometown although you've been there uncountable times make you feel more aware of your surroundings, stepping out of your comfort zone and taking decisions on a very short period of time. Perks of travelling with a huge group of people and realizing you also need your own space of time for yourself to enjoy the city, to stroll around with no particular destination and let yourself drift to discover.

Did you know about OPEN HOUSE Festival? What's your favorite part of being lost in a city you already know as the back of your hand?

Those of you who follow Something Fashion at its main social platforms (Facebook and Instagram, mainly) might now that I spent last week strolling through England. About 5 years ago I discovered this country thanks to an immersion English course on the south & London, and it was time to commemorate it, do some tourism and visit old friends who are currently living at the city. So, my friends and I started looking for accommodation and flights in early March, and things to do and visit as well on a 7-day trip. Unlike the other summer trips I've been doing to the Netherlands past year, or Ticino we were 100% on our own, so the timetable and plans were more improvised and budget-friendly than ever. And still, we managed to have the best time ever. Traveling with friends should always be like that!

We were established in Manchester, near downtown, and we were planning to do Liverpool & Manchester as our main visits as we noticed they weren't huge cities at all. I was really afraid we got lost as we were on our own, although we carried maps and had our Wi-Fi smartphones ready just in case something happened, but I must say, since the very beginning of our trip, anything we wanted to do, anywhere we wanted to go was signposted very nicely and clear. From landing on the airport, to taking the train to Manchester Picadilly Station, to arriving our hotel. Even the weather was on a truce, since it only rained cats and dogs our last night and departure day.

So, what else can I say? Manchester was nothing I expected. It has a really chaotic and messy urban planning (the little Architect inside my head has always something nerdy to say), full of hidden corners with pubs and restaurants to discover, full of really new, futuristic and super high buildings mixed with ancient and traditional red brick constructions. As I said before, it is not really a huge city so walking everywhere or taking the three Metroshuttle lines (free all downtown!) may be enough to enjoy Manchester as a local would do.

What to wear to stroll around Manchester, you'd ask? As we were focused on sightseeing and discovering the city whatever it took, I only carried with me this vintage Adidas' sneakers, and as the weather was totally uncertain (it wasn't really hot, but I'd recommend wearing a jacket or something warmer on early morning and evening) I packed a mix of shorts, thin but long jeans, a pair of sweatshirts and my waterproof jacket and a bunch of basic T-shirts. For a 7 day trip with uncertain, crazy English weather it was enough.

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!

I have always been the kind of girl who enjoys both parties at nights and go clubbing, as much as going with my friends to have lunch wherever. Yesterday as a break for exam period and because it was a friend's birthday, we went downtown and to the old town centre to have lunch, go for a quiet walk and just do some gossip around.

We had lots of fun. It was my friend's Celia 18th birthday (happy birthday you little sweetheart!!) so we spent the morning together, before a ''girls pijama's night'' with a couple more friends. She also took some pictures of my #ootd to show you, and we discovered this awesome and very curious inscriptions on the cathedral's wall. They are from the ancient Rome times, because Valencia was an important city on that period. That's why I love going for a walk on my city: you always discover amazing things, because it's a city full of cultural and historical places. Architecture freak, you know.

At last but not least, I must show you what I got last Friday. We did a kind of ''review'' of the season results on the fencing club, and our trainer gave all the girls this lovely and adorable personalized towel, to wear it on every competition we'll go from now on. I think it's going to be the cutest thing my fencing bag it's going to carry inside (apart from that colorful, rainbow-colored sword I've been playing with since I entered the club).

The weather's been quite good around (it's hot again! I'm scared because I'm wearing things I usually wear on summer, and it isn't summer yet! I don't know what I'll wear when it's already Summer...) so I decided to wear a blue dress I bought some years ago on a local store, my new leather strap sandals (they're very comfy when I don't want to take the heels out of the closet) and my Levi's bag.