CURIOUSER NEW YORK

The new addition to my bag collection - a leather tote bag from an Argentinian brand, NAIMA . Let's just say, it is as gorgeous as it looks and it is as roomy as it looks!

Speaking of vacation. When I leave NYC I pack my Victoria Secret weekend bag (was a gift, haven't seen it sold anywhere) with following: sandals / MIA Livi , sneakers / Donald J Pliner  (you never know, last time in Montauk , NY it rained one day and they saved the day!), Sunscreen (I use at least 30-45 SPF for body on the beach and 70SPF for face) / Neutrogena Face & Body , Fedora / Uniqlo, and some fun play cards and accessories (the more fun they are the better)

The summer is finally here, and the New Yorkers know what it means - the heat in the city feels so much hotter than out and about in the open area in a less crowded and congested city, which 'breathes', while the AC is bursting out inside the subway carts, at the stores and in the offices.  Those who love New York City have to battle some of the worst 'climates' of the city, every year, but still love living in the city, or not as much when you feel the sweat running down your absolutely fabulous outfit?  How do you cope with the summer heat, when you have to accommodate both the heat of the city and the coldness of the offices? Here are some street styles and tips...

Just accept it - the denim look will never ever go away . Your parents wore it, you wear it, your kids will wear it and your grandchildren will wear it too - [hence, never throw the denims out, because, guess what? the denim fashion is like a life circle, it goes around and it always comes around.] Jeans/denim is so much a part of our lives that there's no way we'd ever give it up. So, taken that denim is the classic, timeless trend - [just as Chanel will always be] - here's a few of my favorites among the new denims for the Spring, Summer and Fall/2013.

Don't you just love the name of the label itself - Make Love Not Trash?!! Wouldn't you also want to click on something like this name? And I did!

A leopard purse from Kate Spade's new collection... Not that I just noticed it, but apparently bags, clutches and purses don't have to come in 'solids'. I guess I have to rethink my collection of bags now. I recently took a look and realized that I'm all 'brown' and 'black' in the bags department, which brought me to realize that I have to give up my 'practical' approach to bags and become more 'adventurous'. 

We all know that the magic happens before, in-between and after a fashion show. A different kind of magic - when the fashionistas get up from their seats and walk the hallways in hope to be captured by the photographers...Even if they say, they are indifferent to it. They are NOT. They actually dress more for the photographers than they do for the rest of the crowd. As a matter of fact, there are quite a few street fashion photographers in NYC, for example, who made it way too cool for someone to end up on their blogs. I'll tell you even better... shshshshsshshsh ...

The military style is back! It seems as everywhere I go, I see something of a military-style clothing item and/or an accessory... At the same time, I have a feeling that the 'military' style has never left - military jackets, military boots, military multicolor khaki jeans and pants, military backs...I still have a wool military-style jacket I got in Rome in 2005, and for the past few years that I've worn it, it's been always receiving complements - just as if it'd been a timeless piece...Maybe, it is.