Keep calm and...carry on blogging !

Keep calm and carry on is one of my fave quotes, I even have a big framed poster with this famous quote on my entry hall. I have to say this sentence is perfect cause there's much to keep calm now...the weather is so hot yet I have to work for more weeks even tho I wish I could catch a plane and go somewhere exotic !. Add to this that we're changing many things in the flat...we added more rooms and yay, yes, this means a laundry room, a whole room to use as a closet and a bigger and comfier studio room...but to achieve that it takes time, money and a lot of patience and strenght to overcome weeks of dusty rooms and men at work !.
I have a big passion for home decor and home design and the more I spend time on Pinterest, the more I find amazing inspirational pics. Ok, I love bags, shoes and clothes...but I also love well designed furnitures, cozy rooms and...more hangers ! I have so many plans to make things more organized in the house, I will show you ;-).

Keep calm and carry on è una delle mie frasi preferite, ho persino un grande poster incorniciato con questa celebre frase nell'ingresso di casa...devo dire che questo "mantra" si accorda perfettamente con le mie esigenze...devo rimanere calma e sopportare il caldo eccessivo nonostante le ferie lontane quando vorrei solo prendere un aereo e partire ! Aggiungeteci dei grandi cambiamenti nel mio appartamento...abbiamo aggiunto alcune stanze e ciò significa - evviva ! - una lavanderia, una intera stanza da adibire a cabina armadio e uno studio più grande e confortevole...ma, ad oggi, significa tempo, energia, soldi e...sopportare per settimane la polvere, il disordine e gli operai al lavoro !.
Ho una grande passione per la decorazione di interni e l'home design e più tempo trascorro su Pinterest, più trovo foto e ispirazioni. Ok, amo borse, scarpe e vestiti...ma amo anche i mobili, le stanze accoglienti e...avere più appendini ! Ho così tanti progetti per rendere il tutto più organizzato in casa, vi farò vedere ;-).

This is the last day of July and I have thought about putting up together a selection of my July outfits. Which one is your fave ?. I am curious to know !.

Questo è l'ultimo giorno del mese di Luglio e ho pensato di riepilogarvi gli outfit del mese. Qual è il vostro preferito ?. Sono curiosa di saperlo !.

1. Wearing a red dress for a Sorrento coast sunset and my Paciotti sandals

2. Sporting a colorful printed dress from Hale Bob and coral pumps

3. A holiday look wearing floral pants and pink one shoulder top with Miu Miu heels

4. This is a vintage inspired outfit, wearing this floral 50's style dress and green Ash sandals

5. One of the trends of the season is this tropical print dress

6. For a day at the beach, I went for a colorful print dress and Paciotti wedges, plus my neon Marc Jacobs tote

7. After so many colored outfits, I went for classic elegance wearing a little black dress for a fancy dinner

Waiting to organize my closet, see you with new outfits ! In the meantime, let me remind you about this awesome LASPACENY $50 GIVEAWAY !

Thanks to the lovely online boutique LASPACENY and Fashion and Cookies you can win a $50 gift card to buy whatever you want on LASPACENY.com !. Check out their website and their original clothes and accessories, there's so many cool things to buy :-).
This Giveaway is open worldwide, up until August 5th and you need to fill in the Rafflecopter form you can find clicking here ;-).

Black dress for dinner

After so many colorful and bold printed outfits, let me show you a simple elegant black outfit I picked for a fancy dinner.
I went for a short black dress from Basix II with my Castaner pumps you had already seen.
The dress has sparkly sequins on the top that look like a precious necklace and make it perfect for a special evening. With a similar dress I didn't have to add much to the whole ensemble !.

Dopo tanti outfit colorati e stampati, ecco un semplice outfit nero che ho scelto per una cena elegante. L'abito corto è di Basix II, indossato con le mie pumps di Castaner che avevate già visto.
L'abito ha una serie di ricami sulla scollatura che ricordano una preziosa collana, rendendolo perfetto per un'occasione elegante. Con un abito così non ho dovuto aggiugere molto all'insieme !.

YSL lipstick
Chanel sunnies



Basix II black label dress
Castaner pumps

Maybe you will notice that in these pics I am wearing no bag. I had a tiny Fendi clutch, but I would have liked to add something new to the outfit, maybe a coral or a red clutch. I selected four clutches I would love to have...only one out of those is low cost but anyway we can all dream and play: which one would you choose ? I'd like to have your opinion !.

Forse noterete che in queste foto non ho la borsa con me. Ho scelto una piccola clutch di Fendi ma mi sarebbe piaciuto avere qualcosa di nuovo da abbinare, tipo una clutch rossa o color corallo. Ho selezionato quattro borse che amerei avere...solo una tra loro è low cost ma comunque si può sempre sognare e giocare insieme: quale tra queste scegliereste voi ? Mi piacerebbe avere la vostra opinione !.

Make your choice and let me know !

Fate la vostra scelta e fatemi sapere !

OPI nail polish

Tiffany and Fope bracelets
Gucci watch
BVLGARI BZero ring

Dining at Don Alfonso 1890 in S. Agata dei Due Golfi is such a wonderful experience, in these pics I am in the garden of the beautiful mansion - a Relais et Chateaux hotel. The whole dinner was more than perfect, here it is a pic of the superb coffee dessert.

Cenare da Don Alfonso 1890 a S. Agata dei Due Golfi è una esperienza meravigliosa, in queste foto sono nel giardino della bellissima villa - un Hotel Relais et Chateaux. L'intera cena è stata più che perfetta, eccovi una foto del fantastico dessert al caffè !.

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REMINDER: LASPACENY $50 GIVEAWAY !

Let me remind you that thanks to the lovely online boutique LASPACENY and Fashion and Cookies you can win a $50 gift card to buy whatever you want on LASPACENY.com !. Check out their website and their original clothes and accessories, there's so many cool things to buy :-).
This Giveaway is open worldwide, up until August 5th and you need to fill in the Rafflecopter form you can find clicking here ;-).

A colorful summer

Here we are, with a very colorful post...still in holiday mood, for a very colorful summer !
Here I am wearing a printed dress from Eroke and comfy neutral wedges from Cesare Paciotti 4US. Click on each image to enlarge it !.

Eccoci con un post molto colorato...ancora in modalità vacanziera, per un'estate ricca di colori !.
Quì indosso un abito stampato di Eroke e zeppe in corda color carne di Cesare Paciotti 4US. Cliccate sulle immagini per ingrandirle !.

Eroke colorful dress
Cesare Paciotti 4US wedges
Marc Jacobs tote

Chanel sunglasses
Michael Kors gold watch
BVLGARI BZero necklace

I confess I have decided to bring my large Marc Jacobs tote with me because I had all the things I needed for a day at the beach inside of it...;-)...the bag added even more color to the whole outfit but I enjoyed it because after all it was for daytime and precisely for eating on a restaurant on the beach.

Confesso di aver portato questa grande borsa di Marc Jacobs con me principalmente perché può contenere tutte le cose di cui necessito per una giornata in spiaggia ;-)...la borsa ha aggiunto ulteriore colore all'outfit ma non l'ho trovato eccessivo in quanto si trattava del giorno e, più precisamente, di un pranzo informale sulla spiaggia.

Tiffany bracelets

Here's the beach of "Marina del Cantone"...we spent the day there :-)

Ecco la spiaggia di "Marina del Cantone"...abbiamo trascorso la giornata lì :-)

I love fashion but I also love good food and trying new restaurants is something I enjoy very much !. My love and went to lovely "Lo Scoglio", a restaurant on the sea and I had the most amazing spaghetti with courgettes ever tried in my life. I had to take a picture, also because in that place my beloved Instagram was not working properly !.
Eating well is, just like shopping, one of the best pleasures in life, don't you agree ? ;-).

Amo la moda ma amo anche il buon cibo e provare nuovi ristoranti mi appassiona molto !. Con il mio amore siamo stati a "Lo scoglio", un ristorante delizioso sul mare e io ho mangiato il migliore piatto di spaghetti alle zucchine mai provato in vita mia. Ho dovuto fare una foto, anche perché in quei luoghi il mio adorato Instagram non funzionava !.
Mangiare bene è, insieme allo shopping, uno dei migliori piaceri della vita, siete d'accordo ? ;-).

REMINDER: LASPACENY $50 GIVEAWAY !

Let me remind you that thanks to the lovely online boutique LASPACENY and Fashion and Cookies you can win a $50 gift card to buy whatever you want on LASPACENY.com !. Their items are so beautiful, there's so many cool things you could get :-).
This Giveaway is open worldwide, up until August 5th and you need to fill in the Rafflecopter form you can find clicking here ;-).

LASPACENY $50 giveaway !

LASPACENY is an online boutique and showroom for emerging designers, shipping worldwide - they sell statement shoes, dresses, jewels with a "from LA to NY" style, dressing everyone in the freshest and most unique pieces from all corners of the globe.
I really like their selection of items and style, I invite you to take a look - I have made a set with a few items I love in the banner above but there are so many beautiful things - therefore I am really excited to announce a LASPACENY GiVEAWAY dedicated to my readers !.

With this amazing LASPACENY Giveaway you can win a $50 gift card to buy ANYTHING you like by following the simple rules you find below and filling the Rafflecopter form, as ever !.
The International Giveaway is starting now, open until August 5th, using Rafflecopter form you can find at the end of this post. The winner will be selected randomly with Rafflecopter, announced on the blog and the name will be given to LASpaceNY. Good luck everyone :).

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Tropical print dress

I keep on showing you my holiday outfits :) and a tropical print dress is really screaming summer holidays, right ?.
This dress is the outcome of one of my online shopping sprees on Asos, Warehouse is the brand and I absolutely love it because it's a mixture of a classic feminine black dress design with a fun and colorful print.
I decided to wear it with my Loriblu yellow and black heels and my Gucci bag.

Continuo a mostrarvi i miei outfit vacanzieri :) e un abito a stampa tropicale fa molto vacanze estive, giusto ?.
Questo vestito è il risultato di una delle mie scorribande di shopping online su Asos, il brand è Warehouse e mi piace molto perché coniuga il design classico e femminile del tubino nero con una stampa divertente e colorata.
L'ho indossato con dei sandali gialli e neri di Loriblu e la borsa di Gucci.

Warehouse Palm Mirage dress from Asos
Loriblu heels
Gucci bag

Miu Miu sunglasses
Sodini necklace
Michael Kors watch

I made an animation as you can see, it's sort of funny, it seems to me I am dancing to some sort of holiday tune ;). It could be because I love to dance, and you ?.
Actually I was thinking the other day about how we are different when we're in motion in comparison to pictures. I am the kind of person that has a lot of expressions in her face and also tends to smile and even blush a lot - I cannot hide my emotions very well, sometimes it can be annoying but to be sincere I am proud of it :-).

Ho fatto una piccola animazione, come potete vedere, è abbastanza buffa, sembra che io stia ballando un qualche motivetto estivo ;). Potrebbe anche essere perché mi piace ballare e a voi ?.
Recentemente stavo proprio pensando a quanta differenza ci sia tra l'aspetto di una persona in movimento in confronto alle fotografie. Io sono molto espressiva, sorrido, arrossisco spesso e in generale ammetto di non essere brava a nascondere le emozioni, a volte può essere fastidioso ma alla fine ne sono orgogliosa :-).

In these pics you can see me wearing two new entries in my bijoux collection, I bought them both during my vacation: a green Sodini statement necklace and an Aurélie Biedermann-style bracelet. Remmember you can click on each pic to enlarge it !.

In queste foto potete vedere due new entries tra i miei bijoux: una collana molto particolare nei toni del verde e azzurro di Sodini e un braccialetto in stile Aurélie Biedermann. Ricordate che potete cliccare sulle foto per ingrandirle !.

Details of Bidermann style bracelet
OPI nail polish "Mermeids tears"
BVLGARI BZero ring

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50s style floral dress

This 50s style floral dress is one of my fave pieces of clothing I have bought for this season. It's feminine, fresh, colorful and has a vintage allure :). I love the built in belt and I thought about matching it with my Ash sandals you had already seen in another post. I am gonna try it also with wedges, what kind of shoes would you wear it with ?.

Questo abito a fiori anni '50 è uno dei miei abiti preferiti comprati questa stagione. E' femminile, fresco, colorato e ha un delizioso tocco vintage :). Mi piace la cintura "incorporata" e ho pensato di abbinarlo ai miei sandali verdi di Ash che vi avevo già mostrato. Lo proverò anche con delle zeppe, voi con quale tipo di scarpe lo indossereste ?.

Shopbop Giveaway, we have the winner !

It's time to announce the winner of the Shopbop "anniversary party" giveaway !. The lucky winner, selected randomly with Rafflecopter, is Athena Demetro, I checked and she completed all the compulsory tasks and also almost of all the other tasks ! Congratulations lucky Athena, I will send your an e-mail to Shopbop and they will contact you directly to give you the $ 100 voucher.
I wanna thank all of you for taking part in this giveaway and supporting my blog, and don't worry just because you did not win at this time, because new surprises are coming very soon ! Stay tuned and in the meantime, follow Fashion and Cookies on:

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