When I first assembled my bags and luggage for my year abroad in Italy, I already had a subtle idea on what absolutely not to wear in an ancient European city with 90% of its streets covered in cobblestones. Plus, I had to deal with the fact that I would have to walk to University at last 3-4 days a week (finally, I managed to cut it to only 3 days of lessons in my weekly schedule), and be real about coming to Firenze not only to shoot cool fashion pictures and eat delicious food, but also attend to lectures and comply with my academical duties.

I must say, I'm not a very sneaker-kind-of-girl, except for those times where I'm in my most sporty mood so, I loaded my bags with tons of flats and comfy ballerina shoes to walk in. What I never counted on is that those lovely cobblestoned streets would be of super poor maintenance, and that even my most comfortable flat shoes would get stuck at those huge holes between stones. I suddenly started missing my sneakers.

So, when Zaful asked me to assemble a post with a Fall outfit a la italiana and share with you some Fall essentials to bring to the city of Renaissance, I knew for sure that these sparkly, jeweled sneakers would be the perfect choice to put on a cobblestoned-friendly but still fashionable look. I must confess I'm no big fan of wearing fancy fabrics or jewelry near the floor -I'm just too clumsy and I always end up ruining beautiful shoes-  but these sneakers with rhinestones looked so lovely and so versatile I couldn't just miss them. Plus, I am surprised and very pleased not only about the design of the shoes, but also about the overall quality of the black suede fabric and the soles, which are quite thick and able to protect my feet amazingly.

If I were asked about how helpful and how attentive Zaful's team was, I couldn't ask for a better client support which answered all my annoying questions and doubts. Although the delivery took a little more than I expected, it paid off to stay home a couple of mornings waiting for the postman, as now I can finally pair my dresses and dressy skirts on a more casual, but still fashionable and super comfortable way to do endless walks through the Arno riverside.

Last post with OhVintageShop and El Altillo Showroom! A little bit out of the ordinary but, here I'm sharing with all of you this 80's inspired outfit, achieved wearing a sparkly blouse over this black jumpsuit and the Pertegaz clutch. Want to get a similar outfit to wear on your party nights out?

It's easier than you might think! Start with a total black base. Jumpsuit, skirt + blouse... It doesn't matter at all. You can play with different shapes and patterns as well. Then, look for a super sparkly jacket or blazer. Does it have shoulder pads? If so, that's amazing. 80's fashion philosophy is simple: the more, the better.

And the final touch are the jewelry: big earrings or statement necklaces. Some of them all together, actually. Tease your hair, add volume and practice "the smokey eye" for your eye makeup, and you're done!

And this collaboration is done with this post. I really want to thank Silvia from OhVintageShop for letting us shoot this pictures and have fun in the midst of so much ah-wesome clothing, and to assemble this 6 outfits with almost total vintage garments to give you all guys some ideas on how to wear vintage pieces.

Hope you also found inspirational this series, and you had so much fun reading these posts as we had shooting them.

Floral patterns. I've always thought they're very cute and feminine. Any floral dress is always easy to combine, with sandals or pumps. The clue is keeping it simple with accessories, and rocking the outfit with makeup. This dress made with a brocade, sparkly fabric which reminds me my fallera costume is just perfect to leave aside my black and white accessories, and match everything with golden touches as well as blue shades.

Makeup was really fun to do, there're some closer pictures of it below and a really quick explanation of it. It's basically blue eyeshadow with sparkly golden liquid eyeliner + blue eyeliner + lots of random eyeliners. See below.

Last but not least, you might be wondering why so much time since the last post, right? Well. There're many reasons: first, I updated my old HP laptop to a new, faster Macbook. It took me zillion days to get used to the new system (it's weird sometimes!), as well as tuning it for blogging and class tasks. Second reason, I've a real obsession with ''Once Upon a Time'' TV series, so it seems like someone put glue on my screen and couldn't stop watching it. Third and last thing, I'm traveling soon to Italy and NYC (yay!!) so, I'm getting ready with my bags and things for it. Really exciting! 

Any tips for visiting Milan and Lugano? :)