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Pasarela Barreira 2019 #lightandspace in Valencia

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Anartxy jewelry presentation in Valencia

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Orfebres Peris Roca 100th Anniversary cutlery presentation

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Apritimoda Firenze 2018 - Ferragamo Museum & Aquazzura headquarters

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I discovered about Apritimoda Firenze 2018 purely by chance, one morning when I was walking through the Santa María Novella station to get some train tickets. I saw it posted on a screen, and when I got home that afternoon I looked it up on Google.

Apritimoda is an event that has already taken place the past year in Milano where, as you might know, the fashion industry has a great impact on everyday life. The event is a kind of weekend-ish Openhouse, where important fashion houses and local ateliers open their doors for free (sometimes even with guided tours) to publicize the philosophy of the brand and their way of approach design and creativity. In my case, my friend and I decided to make the most of that weekend and visit as many places as possible. In this post, I will tell you a little about what we did on the first day of Apritimoda Firenze 2018, which was to visit the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum and the headquarters of the Aquazzura shoe brand in the Palazzo Corsini, on the banks of the Arno river and very close to the Galleria degli Uffizi.

To start the day, my biggest surprise was to learn a little more about the life of Salvatore Ferragamo at his dedicated Museum at the basement of their headquarters in Piazza di Santa Trinita: how he made the jump from a small, very poor Italian village to the United States to forge a strong footwear company for the Hollywood stars of that time (we're talking here of 20's era). I was delighted to know that, to make his designs and adapt them to the needs of his clients, Mr. Ferragamo studied biology, mechanics, and engineering, to obtain the necessary tools for the proper functioning of the foot every time we walk with heels (or any type of shoe, actually). I liked knowing how he based his designs on proportions, the quality of the materials and the though, thoughtful design. It was exciting!

In the afternoon, we visited the Aquazzura headquarters. It is in a beautiful Palazzo next to the Arno river, called Palazzo Corsini. It's the typical place you imagine when they say "Italian style": never-ending high ceilings with vaults and wonderful paintings of a lot of colors, where they usually organize Christmas markets and charity events. But I was totally unaware that this shoe brand had its offices and showrooms on the top floor! It was a fantastic surprise to be able to experience first hand this space where creativity (and baroque-ish style) was around everywhere: colorful walls to match the furniture, mirror tables (I need those tables in my house), walls full of supports to place drawings and sketches and above all, many magazines and books on fashion, design, and architecture.

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Halter neck jumpsuit for University Graduation Ceremony

collaboration 9:00 AM

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I'm graduating! After five years of titanic efforts, sleepless nights and crying A LOT due to frustration and tiredness, I can't believe that I'm finishing this thing off and finally moving on. Well. Sort of. Let me explain a bit. The Architecture degree has 5 obligatory courses in Spain. On the contrary that other European countries, where you can achieve different qualification degrees depending on how many years you spend studying architecture/design engineering (two courses, or three years plus two more for the Master's degree), not in Spain. You are supposed to finish your 5 course diploma, or you're NOTHING (you can't possibly leave once you're at third year and get a basic diploma).

Five courses which aren't what we would call easy, and which aren't actually translated into a course per year. Then, once you finish your 5 year diploma, you are expected to take a 1 year Master degree, in which once you finish, you are able to sign your own projects and designs as head architect (which many of us will take, as it's almost the only way with architecture around here). So, what's all the fuss around the Erasmus year, and graduating and so on? Well, I didn't actually finish my fifth course and although I'm leaving to do just a couple of subjects left in Italy, I will be graduating anyway this coming September along with my friends and coursemates. Which leads to... Graduation ceremony outfits!

In Spanish universities, it is quite typical to held a diploma ceremony with the director of the Faculty or School you attend to, some professors and teachers, your family and friends. We don't usually wear robes nor caps, instead, we are put a sort of sash with the year of entrance and graduation, and our School's crest around our shoulders. I think it's pretty close to a prom ceremony, but without the robes and caps. After receiving our sashes and diplomas, we then go to take lots of pictures with our relatives and then, head to have dinner and party all night long! So, we ought to look our best in our graduation dresses and outfits, as we will not only be called one by one to the stage but also, get photographed zillions of times on that evening. So, today I'm partnering up with the team of Lightinthebox to show you my take on a graduation/prom outfit approach with a chic twist.

I think going for a jumpsuit is a great and super astonishing option for a graduation ceremony. Is as valid as any other but, I assure you not many are brave enough to go for the different! I'm seriously considering wearing this white V-neck halter jumpsuit on my graduation day. I find it perfect as it's comfortable, light and a bit playful, I must admit! I particularly liked the fabric and color from this one at Lightinthebox, as the fabric falls heavily to the floor and surprisingly isn't see-through!

So, what's your ideal graduation ceremony outfit?

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ETSA·TOPIA2017 TRANS·FORMACIÓN

anupama kundoo 9:30 AM

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Third year already of the ETSA·TOPIA festival at the Architecture School of Valencia! I already wrote a little bit about last year's edition here but this edition of ETSA·TOPIA has been massive and nothing like you could ever imagine. This year's has meant the absolute consolidation of the architecture festival at the city of Valencia, of which I couldn't be prouder being part of the organization team and staff. We've worked a lot throughout the year, almost juggling with our daily homework, projects and stuff. But we architecture students at the Polytechnic University of Valencia are though and not easy to tame! It ended super smoothly although the usual last-minute issues and uncertainty moments always happening on this kind of events.

This year's topic of the festival was about transformation. Mostly about the profession of architect, but also, regarding our own transformation as individuals and as a collective, how to look for synergies and links to professionals and other disciplines and how not to take anything for granted. With two absolutely huge and first-row speakers as architect Anupama Kundoo and filmmaker, writer and journalist David Trueba as the main lecturers on the opening day talks, we had the chance to know how to think with the hands and how easy is to get the best of the world surrounding us on a super positive but critical way. As for some of our very crowded architecture workshops this year, we enjoyed a full day of building brick vaults (and loading them until collapse), a non-conventional photography tour, building architecture on wheels and so much more! As usual, we ended the three day architecture festival enjoying a paella on our Architecture School terrace filled with music and snacks.

So you might be wondering... How does an architecture festival relate to fashion? In fact, it relates a lot. If you've been reading Something Fashion for a while, you might know that I'm a big defender of the fact that fashion is architecture scaled to its littlest. Both disciplines call for spatial vision, care for materials, textures and colors; shape and form have an important significance in both design processes, and so much more! So, every time a couturier is working on a new fashion design, it's working with architecture at human body scale. That is what fashion means to me. And that's why these architecture events and festivals help me keep my mind open, help me boost my ideas about not only fashion, but also blogging; help me come with new collaboration ideas and ways to work with professionals of different disciplines, which is super interesting and enriching. A festival as ETSA·TOPIA in the city of Valencia brings the best in every one of us, teaches us how to teamwork and handle every situation and mishap, which also happens on every fashion studio, catwalk or conference you may attend to. Plus, having a paella lunch with your friends and inspiring people helps everything blend together!

Fashion and architecture are close to each other, and I'm pretty sure both disciplines can join forces and take the best of each to create amazing things. If not, tell Henry Van de Velde how he managed to get inspiration to match his wife's outfits to their house interiors. How cool is that?

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Chapelle Magazine at SOLO MAN Valencia

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Festival at the Architecture School - ETSA·TOPIA2016

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28th, 29th, 30th April. If you've been around for awhile, you might know we've been totally absorbed and super stressed for the last 6 months thanks to the organization and stuff around the Architecture's School culture festival (best known as ETSA·TOPIA), which emerged last year from a group of students, and which celebrated its second edition past week. The festival is not only about architecture, but also about cooperation between students, different associations and groups from Valencia and even other cities in Spain; about workshops and different activities as conversations, "Pecha Kucha" presentations or ephemeral architecture at the Polytechnic University campus. All filled with beer, snacks, the best mood and best young architects gang EVER.

The festival is all about having fun and make our School come back to life for some days. Because life (and architecture) is more than just studying and non-stop work!

This year's theme was "Plan B", which is about different options and perspectives, talking about both work and life. As future architects, we must be very conscious of our surroundings, the huge amount of design knowledge and ideation capabilities we have thanks to our studies and this edition was about all that: step out of our comfort zones and discover how many different paths we can take.

I had the chance to share these days involved into staff duties, which was exhausting but very fulfilling and fun! We were a bunch of about 50 people running up and down the whole building, dressed with those black & black T-shirts, helping with the snacks or the assembly of all the audiovisuals stuff among other things. It's been great, because this is the kind of things which helps you know how teamwork actually works, or how to manage a last-minute crisis. It's been a total change of view for me and a 360 degree experience to take part into all this. You could feel those really good vibes, that illusion just by stepping into the School, and I can tell those feelings are still around although the festival has already ended. That's the fun thing about it: the countdown for next year's ETSA·TOPIA has already started.