Personal wishes and other

When I write a more personal post I never know if you could be interested or not. Therefore if you are not, stop reading the post :) and wait for the next one, otherwise click on these personal wishes.

Everybody: I wish you will spend the most AMAZING night of your life and the new year will be SPARKLING for all of us :)

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The tourist

Hi dear,
After the first days of laziness what do you do in the freezing nights of these winter holidays? How are you spending these days :)?
Last night I went to cinema to watch The tourist, the movie with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Deep shot in Venezia, I was impressed by the set (I look forward to go to the wonderful Venezia and get lost among its calle :D) and by Angelina Jolie's dresses designed for the occasion by Ferragamo. The dresses and the suits she wears are glamorous and chic, timeless and very refined classics like in Ferragamo's tradition, love this style, have in mind to buy a pair of black long gloves like her one :).

By the way of Angelina Jolie's personal style I have to say she is always perfect. No eccentricity, she usually prefers feminine dresses with simple but sexy shapes, only one colour (white, black and pale pink) matched with black or neutral colours shoes. Sometimes only one statement jewel, I still remember the emerald drop earrings she wore in a red carpet, fabulous! She doesn't need much to be beautiful like a real diva. Great example of elegance, less is more is always a truth.

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Happy Holidays

Hello guys,
hope you spent a super merry Christmas, did you find under the tree what you wished?

This year I have had a lot in material gifts but actually what I would like to receive is a year of peace, happiness and love for me and my family. This would be the biggest present I wish, I don't ask anymore. No clothes, no shoes or other things can replace the smiles, the happiness you have when you are surronded by beloved people. Ever like this year I have understood this thing.

Hence, the best gift I wish to you is that you will have a wondeful new year, full of good immaterial things.

All the best,

Diane

ABOUT ME

Short post guys to tell you that answering some questions and making some little interviews to other people, I thought I needed to write something in my ABOUT ME page. You find it above, if someone is interested in reading it. I added some faqs. The page is not complete yet, will be under construction for a little so if you have something to ask, write a comment with your question here! I may answer :)
ASK-ASK-ASK!

Breve post ragazzi per dirvi che rispondendo a delle domande e facendo delle piccole interviste ad altri, ho pensato di scrivere qualcosa nella mia pagina ABOUT ME. La trovate sopra se qualcuno è interessato a leggerla. Ho aggiunto delle faqs. La pagina non è ancora completa, sarà in costruzione per un pò di tempo, così se avete qualcosa da chiedere scrivere un commento con la vostra domanda qui! Potrei rispondere :)
CHIEDETE!

Frida on my mind

Dear readers,

I imagine in these days you are involved in Christmas shopping to find the last gifts for your friends and family, I saved you from giving a list of possible gifts because I think a present has to be very personal, talk about the person who will receive it and be chosen observing his tastes with a bit of care. Only a recomendation, let's try to limit our consumerism and think that sometimes the time is still the most precious gift.

Christmas is the time in which you come back home, the family gets together, you have more time to spend with old friends. For me it's also the time in which I can be lazy without feeling too guilty :), watch movies, go to cinema, read books, my copy of Vogue Italia, newspaper, yes not only online (I'm also a fan of paper), stay at bed and make simple things I don't have time to do before...like having a decent breakfast, going to hairdresser :) (oh, I made a long fringe in these days)!

How are you spending the spare time in these days before the big holidays? Is full time shopping killing you? In these days I'm reading a Frida Kahlo monograph by Taschen I bought recently to increase my collection, I'll talk about her soon.

And soon there will be a guest post on a smart and talented illustrator :-) whose drawings I love. So stay tuned!

Cari lettori,

immagino che in questi giorni siate presi dallo shopping di Natale per trovare gli ultimi regali da fare per i vostri amici e per la famiglia. Vi ho risparmiato una lista di possibili doni perchè penso che un regalo debba essere personale, parlare della persona che lo riceverà, essere scelto osservando i suoi gusti con un pò di attenzione. Una sola raccomandazione, cerchiamo di limitare il nostro consumismo e pensiamo che qualche volta il tempo è ancora il regalo più prezioso. 

Il Natale è il momento in cui si torna a casa, la famiglia si riunisce, si ha più tempo da passare con i vecchi amici. Per me è anche il tempo in cui si può essere pigri senza sentirsi troppo colpevoli :) guardare film, leggere libri, la mia copia di Vogue Italia, il giornale cartaceo, si, non solo online (sono anche una fan della carta), stare a letto e fare piccole cose semplici che non trovo il tempo di fare prima...come fare una colazione decente, andare dal parrucchiere :) (oh, ho fatto la frangia lunga in questi giorni)!

Come state passando il tempo libero in questi giorni prima delle grosse vacanze? Lo shopping a tempo pieno vi sta uccidendo? In questi giorni sto leggendo una monografia di Frida Kahlo di Taschen che ho comprato di recente per accrescere la mia collezione, vi parlerò a breve di lei.

E a breve ci sarà un guest post su un'illustratrice intelligente e di talento :-) di cui amo i disegni. Stay tuned!

Clutch

 Is there something more chic?

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GIVEAWAY winner

Hello Beauties,
I'm glad to announce that the giveaway goes to...drum roll :-)...Kristy Elena (Vogue Gone Rogue)!  Congratulations!!!!

She will be soon contacted and hope the present will arrive before Christmas :-)

Thank you everybody :-) and good Christmas shopping :-)

Coup de Foudre

Christopher Kane

I DIE for Miu Miu

Have you seen the Miu Miu 2011 Spring Summer Collection yet? The flashes of electric colours, yellow, blue, red, shocking pink in the dresses and in the accessories have captured me totally. The mary jane are super cute, what about having a shocking pair of shoes for next season? :) Miuccia Prada rocks always.

I know that it's very cold to think about spring summer but keep in mind the imperative of the next season: abandon the light colours and switch to psychedelic!

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Dress Up with Topshop

Hi darlings,

first of all, I wonna thank you for your sweet comments and your participation in the GIVEAWAY, I  wouln't be expected so many comments :).
Hope you like my blog and as you know, it's open to your ideas and suggestions. Know I have the best and TRES CHIC readers of the whole blogosphere :).
I appreciate you like the GIVEAWAY, it is an experiment, and I tell you in advance there will be other one soon, so don't worry if you won't win :). Next time I will find for you something very special, so stay tuned!

Well, let's change subject, as you know, during holidays, we have more time to dedicate to ourselves, so we like to be more elegant wearing little dresses and defying the inclemency of the winter! Snow, rains and freezing temperatures don't scare if we want to be pretty. So have you decided what wear for X-mas?

Let's try not to dress over otherwise we could be confused with the X-mas tree :)).

Here you have a selection of my list of dresses I love at Topshop. Topshop is not exactly low cost but the dresses are fabulous and I really like anything from it! What's your favourite?

In order from the left: red dress 130£, knitted metallic dress 310£, sequin dress 118£, knitted dress 135£, sweetheart sequin dress 78$, silk tutu dress 410£, sequin spot tulle dress 250£, grey babydoll dress 110£.

Chanel Cruise Accessories

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GIVEAWAY

Hi darlings,

X-mas is coming so one of you will find under the tree a gift from me and my blog :). Hope you like it.

It's a bag from H&M I liked very much. It's red roses decorated, a jacket similar to this bag was also worn by the The Blonde Salad. It can be elegant in a daily look worn with denim or with a fine dress in the night. I chose it red because as you know I love that colour.

Well, the rules for the giveaway:

1) you are free to follow the blog but I will be happy if you follow on Google Friend Connect and Bloglovin :D
2) write a comment under this post, specify if you follow the blog and how, and write your email address so I can contact you if you win.
3) the giveaway will close on the 17 of December and the winner will be chosen randomly.
4) good luck guys and dolls!

The Blonde Salad in red roses jacket

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Pics from Milan

Hello Beauties,

the past week was really full of things to do...I went out, met some friends and did shopping in the city.

In the next post I'll show you what I bought and the giveaway for you!:D

In the meanwhile enjoy some pics from Milan on December, It was very cold with few sunny days and some days of snow and rains (I also went around by motorcycle to skip the traffic of the city in the morning, you can imagine how cold it was, I wonder how come I has not become sick yet :) ). If you have not visited Milan yet, come in but preferably in the good weather!

Il Duomo

Il Duomo

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