El punto es que yo debería escribir notas en la palma de mi mano, con la esperanza de no sudar...and take myself back

Welcome back people,

I know... I've missing for a few weeks but as I didn't want to reveal ( but I do), I forgot the password of my blogger account and couldn't really be "bovvered" to solve the problem sooner.

It always takes me ages to do what I am supposed to do, but in the meanwhile I have enjoyed life as much as I could and as I'm starting to feel that regrets will visit me in a couple of months I gotta do something.

First. I've decided that I'm no longer moving to Florence. I've been thinking about this for the last 5 months and I finally realized that as I don't really feel like going ther it might mean that I don't want to. Many of you would argue that I just need to live on my own and to be indipendet ( where independency means to live on my own as I honestly couldn't live with the financial support of mum and dad) again,l but I've proved myself I can do that and that if independency has to mean casual shags... well, I'm no longer available for that.

I think I wanted to move back to Florence, just to have my big loud comeback... but seriously... there are still many things that are wrong with me... and I need to work on them more than I need people praising me for the way I dress.

I've been to London a couple of weeks ago. I needed to close a very significant chapter of my life and surpringly it was easier than I actually thought it could be.

To be a tourist in a place that once was called home is always very awkward and very reveling. I love that city.... but more I love how that city welcomed me.. and what I found in that city.

Now that the lame things are said and gone... I can start talking about my usual pointless blogging.... I forgot to say that in london I stayed over my friend Marghe's place _ no need to say she is one of the best person I know in the world and that she is probably the most welcoming one I've ever met_ and while there I found something really really funny... and that (slightly) reminds me of her.

http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com

Some of these notes are really more aggressive in tone, and some of them are more passive — polite, even — but for the most part they share a common sense of frustration that’s been channeled into written form rather than a direct confrontation. It’s barbed criticism disguised as something else — helpful advice, a funny joke, simple forgetfulness. After all, as Dr. Scott Wetzler, a clinical psychologist and author of Living with the Passive-Aggressive man, observed: “A joke can be the most skillful passive-aggressive act there is.”

If you enjoy railing against the flagrant abuse of the English language, you’ll find yourself very much at home here. (Cue up the Alanis Morissette and try these notes, for starters.) And if plumbing the depths of our collective neuroses is what you’re into, you’ll no doubt appreciate the fine work of our fellow travelers at Found magazine, Postsecret, and Mortified.

Fashion-wise I have pretty much nothing to say.

I could mention the new collection of LANVIN for H&M.... but seriously.... I've dealt with the issue of "being fashionista" quite a long time ago. I can say that I'm soon going to Milan, and that I'm probably going to write something about MARCELO BURLON, which is something that I've wanted to do in a while.

I got nothing more to say.....
this post was more about me.... and people may not care... but I do.

M

xx

Kanye West - Runaway (Full-length Clean)

Parce que vous n'avez pas le droit d'être salissant, même lorsque vous cuisinez

I Have been pretty busy in the last days and my lack of inspiration has been crucial for my absence from the blog. I've being doing some shopping, revising, cooking and practising my social skills in lovely house parties and I reminded to myself that in life you take pleasure where you can.

I was chatting with a friend of mine few days ago, it was lunch time, and I was telling him how fascinating to me is his attention for beauty in everything he does, and so I started to think about beauty.

Beauty and food.

Because obviously now that I'm back in the countryside I have more time for myself and I have more chances to taste and love the gentle flavour of local products.

I know it doesn't sound as entertaining as the spicy shenanigans of the city but it has the earthy feeling of a garlic based italian relish.

I love to cook and I love my plate to look refined, inviting and tasteful but as I am only 21 and I have no professional experience when it comes about food I rely on the internet. Let me share with you then some of my favourite websited dedicated to food.

Whether you are a food novice or an experienced cook, WAITROSE.COM will make sure that its Glossary will help you with the neverending number of recipes.

Another great source for daily suppers if italian giallozafferano.it which I am really sad can be used only by italian-speakers but whose helpful videos are an extraordinary tool.

The last one is BBC.co.uk/food, and you might object with the terrible clichè that wants the britons to be terrible with food; indeed I believe this is not true and that this unfair stereotypes has made them very receptive to "International" food ( as to be said that I've discovered many new italian recipes from this website and I also found my new crush: Nigella Lawson.

Daughter of one of the most prominent politicians in Margaret Thatcher's government, Nigel Lawson, the young Nigella was a shy child who, although intelligent, struggled with her schooling. Having moved schools a total of five times by the time she was 18, she eventually secured a place at Oxford to read Medieval and Modern Languages. A successful career in Journalism followed and she went on to become the Deputy Literary Editor of The Sunday Times, before turning freelance and writing for such publications as The Guardian and Daily Telegraph. Her love of food started to cross-over into her writing when she was asked to write a food column for The Spectator magazine.

In 1992, Nigella married fellow journalist and broadcaster John Diamond and the couple had two children, Cosima and Bruno. Diamond was instrumental in encouraging his wife to write and helped shape her image ‘make-over’. Published in 1998 her first book, ‘How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food’, was the springboard to her Channel 4 TV series, ‘Nigella Bites’. Thanks to Nigella’s unique approach to food and effortless charm, the show became a huge success and the second series was accompanied another, which helped push her worldwide book sales past the 1.5 million mark. In 2000, Nigella turned her attentions to the art of baking with the publication of ‘How To Be A Domestic Goddess’. The book proved to be another huge success and was voted ‘Cookery Book of the Year’ by the Guild of Food Writers in 2001.

“I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes” YSL

Last weekend was pretty wild.

That's way I haven't written anything new since my last post. NO inspiriration and alcohol make me an even less prolific person. A lesson I will never learn.

This morning I was perusing my closeth, looking for the perfect combination of clothing and I ended up deciding to stick in my PJs, as I couldn't find ( I'm always so dramatic, but the situation wasn't that much tragic) a decent pair of jeans.

UNIQLO, TOPMAN, MOSCHINO, MARC JACOBS and LEE are some of the brands which fitting is not particularly flattering on me (to be precise I'm really punctilious regarding the shape of the jeans on my ankles and shins).

Cheap Monday is probably the brand which jeans fit me the best but I have them in all the possible colors ( except for the black) and as the name of the brand suggests they are cheap and the quality of the fabric isn't the best.

So I needed to find a place (a virtual one, online) where to buy a good, thick, well-fitting jeans, and as usual I succeed. Need Supply co. started in 1996, selling a unique collection of vintage Levi’s. And over the past decade their selection has evolved from an eclectic mix of hard-to-find vintage apparel to a well-edited selection of premium street wear and contemporary brands with a focus on denim. Nylon Magazine named them one of the 100 best denim stores in the world and Richmond Magazine calls them “the best place to buy premium denim.”

This bitch has kicked Carrie Bradshaw's toothgum

This article was supposed to be published few days ago.... but then I wasn't able to use my laptop in the weekend... then I was to busy... then I'm again dealing with insomnia... so I thought that there has to be some sort of curse on this piece. Now I'm really annoyed... and can't go further with this shit. Anyway, the post was supposed to be on Anna Dello Russo. There's not much I can say.... she is opulent, over-the-top and has a cheeky outrageous sense of style (which I love). She is a living Carrie Bradshaw. She is way more than that. she is genial, and her pomposity can only make her a GAY ICON ( very cool gays indeed, not like the ones who scream at Britney Spears) with a MAD ITALIAN ACCENT. For those who don't know her (TWATS), here's a cool short biography I found on the internet.
visit www.annadellorusso.com

"I'm obssessed with image" says this young woman which Helumt Newton once reffered to as -fashion maniac-. "It's true, clothes are like a disease for me. I collect them, maybe I'll wear them just once but I have to own them. I have 4000 pair of shoes. My entire house is a closet, I even invaded part of the kitchen and the basement . When you enter my house is like going into Barneys because everything is tagged and enveloped in a maniacal way. My true weakness is jewelery because I think that it makes a difference in an outfit. And since I come from the south of Italy when I was a little kid I used to look upon Barese women and I wanted to wear jewelery like them."

Anna was born in 1962, has a bachelor in Italian Literature and Art History. In 1986 she moved to Milano to attend a prestigious master at the Domus Accademy. Gianfranco Ferrè was one of her teachers.
Her first job was at Donna magazine, which lasted only one month. Then she met Annalisa Milella, a journalist who, at that time, worked for Conde Nast. The two began collaborating and after 8 months Anna is at Vogue Italia. She will work there for 18 years (for the last 6 years she is the director of L'Uomo Vogue). Things are going well but in 2006 she decides to leave and become a freelance. The official version of the story says Anna was tired of being in charge of men fashion and wanted to go back to feathers and laces. The other version says her "activity" as a professional consultant were incompatible with her role at the magazine. She made such a huge amount of money that she caught the attention of the Revenue Authorities and the Journalist Association. Anna says "No one ever made me choose: I gave up the previlege of the direction to dedicate to other interests. But it's not only about logic, also deontology: being a freelance gives you more freedom" When asked about stylists Franca Sozzani says "At the beginning you just style for your magazine, but when you understand how it works you have to decide. I cannot allow that people working at my magazine are doing the consultants at the same time". She couldnt have said it clearer.

When Anna left Vogue she had a fancy goodbye party where Sozzani declared "It happens in almost all the respectable families to have a divorce, but since we don't have children we do it pacifically. We are still going to see eachother" And in fact Dello Russo has still an office in the milanese quarter of Conde Nast. She is fashion director and creative consultant for Vogue Nippon. But the biggest part of her job consists in giving her creative contribute to designers and maisons. "I feel I'm much more an art director rather than a stylist. I make up the story behind a show, take track of the direction, realize the communication: I let the brand grow."
It's being said that she has a lot of important and international clients, but she denies. "It would be a mistake (to say it's true), you could outshadow the brand's fame. Im called to make the cake but all the ingridients are already there."

Her wedding dress was made by Dolce & Gabbana " It was a gorgeous dress, it had a chiffon train, 18metres long, I eventually used it to make my curtains"

About her job she says "It's a lot about luck. My hobby is going shopping and I get paid to do it everyday for the rest of my life. Plus you make good money and can allow yourself many luxuries. But off course, you go through sacrifices as well. You learn to consider your physical shape and appearence as a necessity: because it helps to establish a good image and its good for your mind as well. To stay young and to challenge yourself are essential things. If you give up and start wearing your slippers you risk everything. To say it briefly, this job teaches you the rules of the game in a ferocoius way. So always be curious, keep yourself moving, leave the door open and keep your eyes focused. It s hard but it is worthed."

She has a strong Pugliese accent and some people make really bad jokes about it. Someone swears to have heard Anna confusing The Tenenbaums with the Talebans. We asked if, in her opinion, it's fair to allow mean comments due to fame. "It's like soccer. There you have a lot of money involved and high competion, like in the fashion bizz. When you are choosing players for your soccer team you don't want anyone to take your best player, so some teams will play hard. But eventually everyone comes back to the market and you choose the best one. (??I didnt really get it....) Anyways it's true what they say. I can't write or speak well because I'm dyslexic. Sometimes I say incomprehensible words, I make up names, mix different tongues but fortunatly I express my work through images. And no one can tease me about this because in the world of fashion everyone understands it."

When asked about international collegues she says: "Everyone has a strenght. The english people sell very well because their editorial style is a little avant garde, they are always the first at looking for new ideas. We, Italians, have a very beautiful product that no one can beat, for quality, efficiency and tradion. the French people have that allure, in Paris you can feel a fantastic glamour at each show. The americans have the money and the power, can you ask for more?"

translated from "Alla corte di Re Moda " by Fedi and Serlenga, Salami editore

"Depuis que je personnifie la sauvage sur la scène, j'ai essayé d'être aussi civilisée que possible dans la vie quotidienne " J.B.

These days browsing the internet has become as natural as breathing. I'm looking for an accommodation in Florence,but to find the perfect place seems harder than ever this year. In the meanwhile I'm floating in a sea of boredom and uninteresting things.

Anyway. I happened to be perusing VOGUE.it today.
Has to be said, even if I recognize the importance and the influence of this legendary magazine, that I'm not an usual reader of VOGUE even though I generally buy L'UOMO and all its September Issues. Juste pour être claire, je n'aime pas particulièrement Vogue Paris que je trouve déroutant et délibérément trop français e amo profondamente l'edizione Italiana che trovo sempre fastidiosamente piacevole.

While reading, my attention has been caught by the title VOGUE BLACK and so I clicked on it.
I actually liked what I found before me and I was really pleased to see how Franca Sozzani is intelligently promoting black beauty through the web pages of her magazine continuing what was first started with the July 2008 Black Issue (which featured only black models) and the 2009 Black Barbie Issue.

But after 30 minutes of perusing I started to be critical. What kind of reader is the one who read this column? BLACK VOGUE is a part of VOGUE.it which is related to the Italian version of the iconic magazine (yes I know, the magazine has a world influence.) and in Italy people of African descent are a paltry minority which majority is represented by immigrants belonging to a social environment that often doesn't even acknowledge the existence of BLACK VOGUE on VOGUE.it.

Unlucky a black bourgeoisie doesn't exist in our country (and if it does it is really rare). So is Black Vogue a useless promotion of black beauty? I don't know. As a person of color I sincerely don't know how to feel about it; indeed it is uncommon to read about la beauté noire, but at the same time I can feel like a sort of white “colonialist” fascination behind it...
I don't know if you get what I mean.. I hate to say this... but minorities can understand.

Finally another aspect that concerns me is the fact that the beauty products suggested are not even distributed in regular Italian drug stores and to be bought, you would have to go to the ethnic neighborhoods of Italy's major cities.
The conclusion? They should give me a job and try to be at least specific. Snap!

Dude!! manger la morve est très 2013

Once upon a time,when the world order was still unchanged and cool people were at the top of the social pyramid 90210 was the projection of lame adolescents' dreams. The nineties were certainly a paradise made of high-waist jeans, smiling football players and crying prom queens.

Last year something drastically changed the world order.
A cultural overthrow organized by the geeks has taken place as ,in may 2009 ,GLEE aired for the first time and to be cool was no longer as cool as it was. Suddenly old cheesy songs became popular, thick glasses became high fashion; quarterbacks are now quirky and cheerleaders can be cool only if pregnant.

But if “loser-ness” is the new parameter according to which the new order is structured the crown of this effing boring realm goes to Codex of The Guild. The Guild is a independent sitcom web series about a group of online gamers. The show started in the late summer of 2007, and for the first season was financed solely by Paypal donations from LOYAL FANS. Since season 2, The Guild has been distributed by Xbox Live and Microsoft and sponsored by Sprint. Episodes vary from 3-8 minutes in length, and follow the Guild members’ lives online and offline. “The Guild” has won numerous awards, including the SXSW, YouTube and Yahoo Web Series Awards in 2008, and 3 Streamy Awards in 2009: Best Comedy Web Series, Best Ensemble, and Best Actress for Felicia Day.

Now....donnez-moi votre casse-croûte et préparez-vous à avoir la tête coincée dans les toilettes

Eastside, Westside, Genocide

Everybody knows I love to be politically incorrect.
I grew up in a very liberal environment where a certain kind of language was banned and the majority of my old friends are a bunch of (adorable) moralists. I've always been different and I'm the only one amongst them who happen to represent in many ways a so called "minority".

My sense of humor is pretty twisted but in the years I have found people who share the same sick mind I have ( my friend Evelien would be one of them, but she is even sicker than me). Browsing the web ( which is what I do 24/7) I came across this fantastic blog.

Hipsterhitler.com is absolutely genial. An amazing mash-up of jokes on the Führer who happen to be a modern teen of our times, an hipster one.
And this is absolutely compelling to me since the recent “hipsterization” of the world youth.
10 10 10!

Mme VP dit qu'un détective de Scotland d'art veut vous parler

Les dieux me faisaient naître, et l'on s'informa d'eux Quelle sorte de fruit accroîtrait la famille, Jupiter dit un fils, et Vénus une fille, Mercure l'un et l'autre, et je fus tous les deux. On leur demande encor quel serait mon trépas Saturne d'un lacet, Mars d'un fer me menace, Diane d'une eau trouble, et l'on ne croyait pas Qu'un divers pronostic marquât même disgrâce.
Her androgynous face and her thin and elongated body have made her one of the most popular actresses for ambiguous roles, especially in terms of sexuality. It is no coincidence then that Tilda Swinton has become such a gay icon and Derek Jarman's favorite actress.
Born as Katherine Matilda Swinton, this beautiful albino giraffe has taken part in almost 50 films, both independent and mainstream ones, and has established herself as a beauty Icon.
She is also the face of the 2010 spring campaign for Pringle of Scotland and featured in many beauty spread in magazines like VOGUE and V MAGAZINE.

L'amour est un sentiment petit-bourgeois, la mode est un putain de noble idée

In the last period I came across the word fashionista quite often. I've always found that particular word pretty annoying and its “popular” application even more nerve-racking, indeed a person who obsessively follows trends should be called nothing but a sheep. And if the term fashionista is related to fashion, what does this word stand for? If you, as me, believe that fashion is more about the creativity behind a piece of clothing and you love the fact that it requires you sympathy for the aesthetic vision of the designer... well.. you are very welcome in this blog.

To be honest, people have often defined me as a fashionista and I hated it. My personal belief is that what we buy it's not fashion, it's just the product of it and I define myself as a mere consumer. D'acheter des oeuvres d'art ne vous rend pas un artiste, non?
And don't all the supposed fashionistas buy and think in the same way? Marc Jacobs-skinny jeans-leather jacket-rolled sleeves-London-Paris-Coco's quotations and Audrey's prints.

Someone would object that the first post on this blog was about CHINO's and on how versatile and comfortable they are, sounding almost as I was trying to project myself as a fashion guru (which I'm really not). I really don't want to be and feel and think of myself as a lame soldier of that never-ending platoon of fashion addict, fashion bloggers and blah blah blah.
Fashion belongs to an inner circle of “aristocrats” who understand it and whose sense of it is miles away from the one of a prick head who takes pictures of his H&M outfit with his Iphone. Some of us are just lumpenproletariat of this world and their “not that bad” style is just a treat granted by an elite that has decided that the “right to style” was necessary for the masses.

Reine Marie-Antoinette aurait dit: Qu'ils boivent de frappuccino.

They were very devout boys, they wanted to check you the same religion of them before they try to finger you behind the bike shed

One of the things that I like of England, is stand-up comedy.
Where I live, this particular style of comicality becomes rarer everytime a new government is elected, and I reckon I could mention only five comedians who actually still manage to perform this type of art and who are not taking part in distasteful film productions. Last April I came across a Shappi Khorsandi's video on youtube and I immediately became a fan. After having to listen to me on how witty and cool she is, I received her book as a birthday gift from some of my closest (and at that time annoyed) friends.

"A Beginner's Guide to Acting English, Ebury Press (2009) is a funny and heartwarming memoir about an Iranian girl growing up in 1980s Britain. Five year old Shappi and her beloved brother Peyvand arrive with their parents in London - all cold weather and strange food - without a word of English. If adapting to a new culture isn’t troubling enough, it soon becomes clear that the Ayatollah’s henchmen are in pursuit. With the help of MI5, Shappi’s family go into hiding. So apart from checking under the family car for bombs every morning, Shappi’s childhood is like any other kids – swings in the park, school plays, kiss-chase and terrorists.

If this is da shit! F**k! we need Imodium

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:5,6)

Redemption.

Redemption is what Mr. West has been seeking for the last 12 months. After his infamous speech at the MTV video music awards 2009 "against" the blonde princess of country music Taylor Swift, as a black ogre chased by the media ( It recalls in my mind the image of the Frankenstein's monster chased by the villagers) he disappeared. But he is back, and his ego is HUGER than ever.

He is back with a new dark twisted fantasy and two brand new singles titled Power and Runaway feat. Pusha which performance at the 2010 VMA's suggested that Mr. West is back in "DA BUILDING".

Other tracks from the new album have surfaced the internet like Good Friday, a choral old-school and blues flavoured track, and the epic Monster,a collaboration with Jigga, Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj ( the new IT girl of Hip Hop).

The conclusion is easy: the princess sucks, the ogre rocks.

*click on the titles to download the songs.

Mum!! bring me the TV remote!!!

I'm a lazy person.
Seriously, I am. But I'm also a very imaginative person. So what happens when a very creative lazy bum goes out for some shopping? What happens to me ( particularly when my budged is avarage and I have to go for High street fashion) is that I get bored; I don't find anything I like (or better, anything I'd imagine) and I would end wasting my money on something frivolous and completely unnecessary.

Living in the United Kingdom for a year, has definitely change my attitude. I mean, I'm lazy ,maybe even more, but I've started embracing on-line shopping. From grocery to new garments, shopping on the internet has seriously influenced the way I shop and it has affected my debit card bill as well. What do I like about it? It's fast, I can do it from my sofa while I'm drinking my yorkshire tea and eating my hand made butter biscuits. But most of all I can do it even when I'm in a bad mood, I don't feel like going out and spend hours in the dressing rooms sweating because of the the ridicolous lighting of some shops. Below you'll find brief descriptions of my three favourite on line stores.

Urban Outfitters
Not that cheap for a high street fashion retailer, Urban Outfitters is nothing but Cool. A selection of the coolest brands that would satisfy anyone, from preppry boys to indie girls. The paradox of UO.co.uk is that the extreme variety of the brands can be tricky for what concerne size charts. Indeed every brand have a different wearability and to be surprised by a size L that fits like a size M might be slightly annoying.

Asos
Probably the one with the best customer service, but in all fairness I'm not a big a fan of asos branded clothes, as I'm not very keen on wearing their fabrics. But I do like their shoes, they are very cheap and unique, and they don't look second hand like some TOPMAN/TOPSHOP ones. Furthermore ASOS has the best sales ever and a wonderful outlet section where to can find designer stuff for a reduced price. A funny thing about Asos is that they seem to have a predilection for my close friend Yara, her orders arrive always before mine!

TOPSHOP/TOPMAN
My favourite one (I'm about to buy something tomorrow) and maybe the keenest to my personal style, TOPMAN has an astonishing selection of pieces of clothing. The balance between the quality, the variety, the “up-to-date-ness” is something that just gives a slimy spit in H&M's face. (I'm sorry but I couldn't have used other words).

Je suis fatiguée .... Je ne vais pas écrire plus ... vous allez acheter des trucs!

Not Otherwise Specified

Frida Khalo once said 'They are so damn 'intellectual' and rotten that I can't stand them anymore....I [would] rather sit on the floor in the market of Toluca and sell tortillas, than have anything to do with those 'artistic' bitches of Paris. There is something about some people like Diego Rivera's wife. Is it the hot temparature of the places where they were born, or is it the iberic flavour of their names? You don't know what it is, but it's certainly charming. It's a vibe and an energie. It's an animalistic elegance and a surly beauty.

Brazilian Lea T., is one of those people. (for those who don't know her just google her, I don't care about her private life) Olive skin, sharp cheekbones and dyed platinum blond eyebrows; she is regal, recalling amazonian royalty. Appeared on a naked shoot on VOGUE france , 28 year old Lea has been a stylist and model and is now one of the faces of Givenchy. She is atypical and weird. Jonas, à l'intérieur de la baleine, l'aime.

Not Otherwise Specified.

I’m sorry if this planet that I’m living on is quizzical

Over the past 2 years, it ( my style ) had definitely followed my music, which is a mix of great 70’s and 80’s sounds. There are definitely some influences there. But I also started to listen to a lot of great Afro beat music, and discovered amazing things that you can do for example with Ankara, and mixing it up with mainstream pieces”. This is Solange Knowels. Or at least this has been her fashion self in the last two years.

It has to be hard to be the little sister of Mrs. Bootylicious herself, and it has to be even harder when your facial features recall the ones of (maybe) the most recognizable POP Icon of our times, which blond lace fronts, sparkly dresses and long lashes have had raised the bar of prejudices towards Solange. Whether her musical talent is genuine or not, the youngest of the Knowles sisters has a peculiar sense of style which makes her my fashion Icon of the month.

Resembling Diana Ross with a full and big afro, Kwowels suggests AFRICAness which is a feature (usually) typical of a small number of feminist soul artists with a niche audience. She is quirky looking and has a sense of style that is something in beetween Grace Jones and Vanessa Huxtable of the Bill Cosby show with a scent of Chloë Sevigny. She has a cheeky-titled blog, MY DAMN BLOG, where she posts vintage flavoured pictures of her life like any young indie rebellious fan of Morrisey would do. But she has charisma, and she sells it.

Indeed she is mainstream, she is on the cover of the magazines ( her last cover is on FASHIZBLACK MAGAZINE), she has been a L'OREAL spokeperson, she has performed at the Grammy's, she has been signed to a MAJOR label and she was one of the few guests of the very private first Tom Ford women’s collection few days ago.

She is a redefinition of beauty. PERIOD.

Qu'ils mangent de la brioche

What is beauty? (Who knows me, knows I love definitions)According to Wikipedia, beauty is the characteristic of a person,animal,place, object, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, meaning, or satisfaction. An "ideal beauty" is an entity which is admired, or possesses features widely attributed to beauty in a particular culture, for perfection. The experience of "beauty" often involves interpretation and people's own sensibility.

Crucial in defining beauty is the role of fashion. Fashion and trends have changed through the decades people's parameters of beauty, moulding the face of our society. Each segment of our past coincides with a signature feature that was considered part of being beautiful (and being beautiful was like being part of the aristocracy). Fashion is for the masses now, and it needs to redifine (again) its rules, giving a broader definition of BEAUTY:which is now closer to charme, uniqueness and edginess than to objective perfection.

A perfect example of this phenomenon is this Bronx, New York born teen. SHAUN ROSS. He’s an albino, which means he is affected by a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes due to absence or defect of an enzyme involved in the production of melanin. Shaun is also African American, this means he has full lips, wide nose and kinky hair, and does this makes him weird? YES. And does this makes him look beautiful? YES.

CHINO!CHINO!CHINO!

Chino cloth is a twill fabric, usually made primarily from cotton. Originally used in British and French military uniforms in the mid-1800s, today it is also used to make civilian clothing. Chino pants gained popularity in the U.S. in the 1900s after military men returning from the Philippines after the Spanish-American War brought back their cotton military trousers. These pants were originally made in China. "Chino" is the Spanish term for Chinese, and most of the people who wear chino cloth, especially in the Philippines, are peasants (camisa de chino), hence the fabric and these pants picked up the name. The first chinos sold in the U.S. were U.S. Army military-issue pants, and to save fabric during WWII-era constraints, they had no pleats and were tapered at the bottom of the leg. Though they are sometimes confused with khakis, as they are usually khaki in color, chinos are of typically dressier style similar to that of suit trousers and as such can be considered as mart casual form of dress.

Which is the STRENGHT of this particular piece of cloting then? The versatility and above all the price.
Whether you match them with a market T-shirt or a classic Ralph Lauren shirt, these pants give you many matching opportunities and are a MUST HAVE during a low-cost weekend as they will help you saving space in your hand luggage.

Where can you find Chinos? The best place (in addition to your parents' wardrobe) is probably UNIQLO online store ( an Asian version of H&M, to put it in simple terms) for only 19.90 Euro and you can choose amongst ten different colors of this amazing piece of basic fashion that I love.

Also, if you run out of ideas for how to match you CHINO, very helpful and fun to browse is Asos.com, which offer you a special section of their website to shake your imagination.HERE'S THE LINK
You can find other inspirations on LOOKBOOK.nu, just type the word CHINO in the search bar, press SEARCH and many different combinations that you can experiment would appear before you. I chose four different styles for you, radically different from each other to make you understand the versatility of CHNOS. See you soon, and have fun with fashion!