I was wearing:

Formul@ Joven grey coat
Velvet turban from local store in Valencia
Vintage Armani checked blazer
Zara pants
New Look over-the-knee boots
Louis Vuitton scarf
Lightinthebox red bag

I can't believe the last inspiration post was so long ago! As we're suffering this extreme, siberian cold wave in Europe (yes, Valencia is having very cold temperatures as well. Colder than usual temperatures, at least) I decided it was the right time to post an inspiration post all about fluffy, cozy and warm clothing. Besides, I've finally applied for my Erasmus grant this past week (yay! Obtained my C1 Advanced English certificate, so I applied right on time), and next year by this time I'll probably be at TU Delft (Netherlands), or Louvain University (Belgium), which have pretty freezing temperatures in Winter as I've been told. So, what better than start getting prepared with some wool clothing inspirational images?

I've found that wool is quite the versatile fabric. Although is a fabric we don't see nor use very often in Valencia, I own a pair of interesting and super warm pieces (as this wool vintage skirt by Spanish brand Yono Taola) I've been collecting from here and there. Now that I think about them, they'll be useful next year. For sure! Wool is the perfect ally to keep warm and stay fashionable by layering. Wool knit sweaters and cardigans always add that kind of unexpected, old-fashioned touch to any outfit that makes it unique and super personal.

As stated above, layering is an interesting thing to pair your winter outfits successfully by adding sweaters and medium jackets or blazers under your warmest coats and scarves. You just have to put on a bit of imagination and creativity, play with the different available textures and colors and accessorize a bit. Wool and cozy accessories can also be worn in dresses as apliques in collars and sleeves.

So... How do you pair your winter outfits? Do you wear wool?

I don't like to wear what everybody else is wearing. Don't get me wrong, but I'm really pissed of when something becomes "trendy" and then you go out of home and you can see that item worn more than a hundred times a day. Seriously, where's the originality? I'm not going to blame on anyone, no brand or thing (aside the one you'll see below, and which is there because it's very related to today's outfit...) but I'm sure you've have spotted at least once "the piece". There's one or two almost every year or every season and you'll recognize it because as I said, everybody is wearing it.

This wrap scarf-coat-cape-blanket from Burberry made it stellar appearance back in the 2014 Fall-Winter collection (was it september 2013? I don't even know, time goes by so quick!) and suddenly, Olivia Palermo and some celebrities started wearing their sort-of-plaid capes with their initials on it. By then I don't remember exactly, but I read an article on a fashion magazine that featured some "personalized" clothing pieces as the next trend. The blanket-cape was there of course, but also there were some clutches, passport covers and some gift ideas which included your name on it. It was a nice idea to make something you were wearing really unique, but that cape and everybody wearing it just pulled me back.

So, then my mum had this amazing idea. It was in summer when we started looking for thin wool scarves as crazy as we were. Once found, we took them to the local embroider near home. I used to take there some shirts to embroider my initials or my dad's on his, but never thought of a scarf or actually anything different than shirts. It wasn't pricey and it was possible to make on the font, color and size we wanted, and here's the result of it! A Burberry inspired winter accessory different than the usual, totally unique and super cozy. This could be used as a gift too.

I paired it on a super snowball looking outfit with this Ralph Lauren white coat, which is super warm but I'm always afraid to wear it because... Well, it's so white!

What about you, do you have the blanket-poncho? What do you think of the "trendy" pieces of the year, do you agree on them?

Oh my Godness, you can't even imagine how hard is getting for me to keep posting and doing all my duties on time.  We can hardly go outside for taking pictures, as I'm spending full time to develop my latest class project and I'm super busy! Almost all fashion and blogging projects I had have just gone with the wind. But you know: you have to play hard to get!

Now that cold has finally arrived (seriously, I thought we were going to be stuck on an eternal summer) and night falls earlier, it's time to start wearing longer dresses, thicker tights and get super cozy on wool jackets and pajamas. Maybe not the best example I can give you about this with this outfit guys, since I'm wearing the most thin, flowy dress ever but you just have to play with layers, tights, layers and accessories and voilà! You'll get the winter outfit by using summer apparel, isn't it great?

Besides I think this is a nice try to start wearing brighter colors while cold is around. Who said winters had to be sad and grey and super monochromatic? Let's get yourselves up wearing some color and brightening your outfits, you'll succeed because color is catchy. So, this COS dress based on a classy shape was a nice idea to wear for a night out with family and some friends, as it wasn't really cold outside and I just paired it with this tailored jacket.

And last but not least, as I talked to you about new projects coming and so on at the beginning of today's post, here's one of the latest things I've been involved to thanks to my friends at Fashionart who have just launched their very first issue of "Chapelle". "Chapelle" is about alternative fashion, local streetstyle and happenings around Valencia but also new and really innovative emerging designers, photography and shopping! Everyone can get involved on this new point of view and I had the chance to write a brief article for them so, I really encourage you to take a look at it and... Enjoy!

Winter is already here. After a crazy October month with summer temperatures it's finally cold. And so cold that I had to literary drive out all my coats and warm jackets, because it has arrived really really quick. But it's fun, because I was really on a coat and fur jacket mood, just to change drastically the summer wardrobe and start matching with the current season.

Color coats and not the typical dark brown nor black jacket are one of the most noticeable trends of this season. I got this white coat from Mango on sales before summer, and was waiting on my closet to be worn. In addition with this black fur vest I'm wearing under it, it makes the outfit super comfy and warm for freezing days.

I'm also very happy because today I could finally give my first class project, and it's exciting because it ended very well and I have finally been able to sleep a little after two chaotic weeks. Now it's time to learn about new rendering and planning programs and utilities, do some testing (as you can see below) and wait until next project is announced. Yay, I love Architecture!

As this past week was strangely quiet respect to my homework and ''Archi-to-do-list'' I decided to take an afternoon off, go out downtown and enjoy a hot chocolate, shot some pictures and visit some of my favorite local stores, including vintage and traditional shops around my neighborhood. As the cold weather has returned, I wanted to visit ''Guantes Camps'', one of my favorite shops when comes to gloves and vintage-looking hats. Got there this leather and crochet mittens (loved the mix of materials and the combination of black and white/light cream on them) and two pair of long gloves for a cocktail gown.

Already working as hard as possible on my exams. I don't have classes for almost two weeks, so I also try to spend some time on the blog too, because too much study would turn me nuts. As I said on a previous post, I'm also writting a post about architecture & fashion, which will come soon I hope, but by the moment it's still ''under construction''. I also changed a little bit the header and design and profile. Do you like it?

About this outfit... We're having a very weird weather around here lately. It's winter, but it's quite sunny some days, next day is windy but warm, next day as cold as we're on Finland... I chose this outfit for a lunch with my family past weekend, and as it was one of those ''weird weather'' days, I wore this short brown dress  from Studio Classics (another bargain at sales!) with my Zara yeti coat.

The statement necklace was found by my mum downtown. At first sight I didn't liked it very much, I thought it looked too sparkly for me... But when you're wearing it, it really changes, and looks cute!

So, how're the Christmas holidays going? I've been in a very cozy and relaxed mood this last week, as I've been going out a little bit to buy some presents, meeting friends and spending free time just doing nothing. My homework is waiting for me, duh, but all I'll have to do is manage free time this last week.

I've also been doing some closet restructuring: throwing away garments I don't use anymore, organizing dresses and sweaters by colors, and putting in place some things I've been accumulating for months and didn't have their own place on my wardrobe. That's why I ended with two huge bags full of clothes not to throw away (most of them were clothes I don't use a lot, but still like them) but able to be kept in another place with enough space for them. That's why we ended traveling to the beach house to put them there.

It was quite cold in the early morning, so I decided to wear this wool skirt and put an ''all in brown'' outfit. What do you think about it?

(This is the landscape of Oropesa del Mar in winter. Awesome!)

I was wearing:

Adolfo Dominguez wool skirt

Burberry bag

Timberland boots

Max Mara brown tights

Brown turtleneck from Formul@ Joven

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