Hello beauties
some of you already know that I have a huge passion for all animals, especially dogs, and that I share my life with my love Audrey, who I found abandoned on a street almost 2 years ago.
I take care of her like a lil' child, I search for her only the best food and stuffs created and about her security and "fashionable lifestyle" all my trust goes to 26 Bars and a Band, the leading brand that produces the best pet accessories and clothes!
Their dog harness and retractable leash are very innovative, safe, funny and bring happiness to puppies and their owners. Awesome 26 Bars and a Band products were featured on Elle magazine and won several importan awards such as "Product of the year", " Editor's pick" and "Most innovative retractable dog leash" and since 2010 they have the exclusive line of licensed Paul Frank ( the iconic sweet monkey! ) pet products.
In 26 Bars and a Band shop you can also find collars, charms, tee and matching sets very sweet and with exquisite materials and techonology used. For Audrey I choose a pink harness ( I don't like collars because they give me the idea to strangle :( ) with its matched leash here and I'm so in love with them because the last one has a button that stops the lead that is very functional and the print is super lovely!
I know that many of you have a dog so I'm sure you will find in 26 Bars and a Band loads of products that will steal your heart!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Pictures taken with SONY NEX-3n by Isabò and Audrey doesn't like to be portrayed :D
The best is yet to come.
The most important sentence to repeat to ourselves always, especially when you are passing through a dark moment, the future will be bright. Positivity and be grateful are the keys to achieve success in life in every sector.
One of my eternal passepartout is definetely the leather jacket, perfect to be styled both with trousers than dresses, and few days ago I matched it with a Gazèl green and petroleum blue dress.
I particularly love Gazèl clothes because they have perfect fit, exquisite fabrics and shapes that seem to caresse the body, enchanting it. The scarf and the bag give a touch of glam to the whole look, in contrast to the rock soul of the jacket.
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Sun. Breeze. Sunset. A grass.
Some moments all dedicated to free the mind and to relax, in simply clothes that make us feel always glam and not banal.
I love taking a walk in the countryside to empty my head and only hearing the sound of lil' animals and wind. All the thoughts and solutions truly come out and they can find their ways to express.
A so warm and particular white faux-fur coat by K-Way, fluffy as a peluche, a fresh pop of color given by Wholesale oxford shoes and my inseparable and beloved Gas Pop-Up jeans and Maiden-Art necklace.
Do you know that special feeling when you are alone and you open your heart without comfortable lies and you find the truth? It's the feeling after which you feel invincible.
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Hello beauties
how was your week-end going ? Did you do anything cute?
I had quite relaxing days and I enjoyed so much the wonderful sunnies moments that bring me lot of positivity and fresh energy.
I love flowers, especially the white ones, and when I saw for the first time this Gazèl dress I completely fell in love with it, both for the print and for the soft shape.
I matched it with Sisley coat, my oldie but always so goodie Gucci bag and my beloved Armani pumps with a little bow on the toe.
Sun and flowers. They are enough to make my day more than special and happy.
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Pictures taken with SONY NEX-3n by Isabò
Less is more.
To stay classy and chic with simple clothes.
A little back dress, with an exquisite fabric in a skater shape, matched with a fierce pochette, both by the elegant 100% Italian brand Gazèl, and a warm Manila Grace faux fur coat that gives an allurme of charme to the whole look.
I love eternal pieces that are a sort of passepartout that save you in every situation from the easiest to the most particular one, it's not a matter of wearing an exagerate and "too much" dress, it's important to feel fabulous with simple garments and less accessories.
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Pictures taken with SONY NEX-3n by Isabò
Purity.
A dress with a soft shape in fascinating colors such as white, black and blue, signed by the brand of my heart Twisty Parallel Universe by Marianna Rosati.
The perfect necklace, so eye-catching and so elegant, by my beloved Maiden-Art.
A brand-new mobile phone, the Sony Xperia Z, a jewel of technology with its refined and delicate design that is already became my best friend.
I like pureness in every single item.
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Pictures taken with SONY NEX-3n by Isabò
Imagine a soft wall of flowers. A wall of wonderful and scented roses and peonies.
Imagine an elegant woman, a positive soul with a smile on her face, who carries happily her new bag that will become her new best friend.
Now think about a talented photographer, known worldwide for his undiputed genius.
Mix all together and you will have the new breathtaking Coccinelle ADV campaign for the Spring/Summer shoot by Billy Kidd, famous American fashion photographer, with top model Giedre Dukauskaite.
Dedicated to a woman who knows both her cosmopolitan and metropolitan sides and likes to play with them and to match. The return of the iconic Celeste bag and the moderization of solid shapes such as the clutch, the postman or the shoulder bag and the shopping tote. With the best and exquisite materials used, Coccinelle has invented new structured bag with fresh color block, refined prints, black and gold and perfect S/S colors like yellow, green, pink and orange.
I'm so enthusiastic about this campaign, I find it very chic and with a strong touch of eternal elegance. That elegance that is pure and delicate, that will last forever.
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Hello beauties
how was your week-end going? Hope everything was great, did you do anything cute?
I read a gorgeous book, enjoyed some free time, took a walk in the countryside and as icing on the cake a dinner out <3
Sometimes we need to take everything easy, just relax and do whatever our mind and soul want in a comfy but particular look that make us feel simply glamorous.
I wore a very eye-catching Manila Grace coat, so cozy and warm, and a green blazer by Manila Grace too. My fave jeans ever by Gas and pumps by Armani closed the look.
Hope that the week ahead will be full of great news and positivity for you <3
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Pictures taken with SONY NEX-3n by Isabò
There's always an atmosphere full of pathos when it rains.
Sometimes sad, sometimes mysterious and sometimes what you need to empty your mind from unnecessary things and focus yourself on the important ones.
When it rains I take out of the closet a trench, my favourite is by LEROCK, one of my beloved Italian brands, that has a detail of studs on the neck, I put a little black dress under it and I carry my lovely Francesca Evangelista clutch with me. As icing on the cake my Armani pumps with bow closing the look.
Rain, love and warm feelings... I have all that I need.
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Pictures taken with SONY NEX-3n by Isabò
Hello beauties
if you follow my Pinterest account ( here ), you already know that daily I give birth to some #bagporn and #shoesporn pins, where I show you my favourite pieces from famous worldwide brands or new designers.
My IT bag designer of the moment is definetely Paula Cademartori, born in Porto Alegre but Italian since 2005.
For the S/S pre-collection you must free your mind and think about a magic place, a special villa surrounded by an enchanted garden, a place named Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza in Varese, Italy. Think about the particular light used by American artist Dan Flavin. Put these elements together and the result is a a brilliant, artistic and glamorous collection. Precious material used and the beloved shapes, such as Faye, Petite Faye, Silvye, Petite Silvye, Kate, Tatiana, Carolina, Georgia and Petite Clara, are a guarantee of success but this year two other girls will come to the Cademartori family... Alice and Daisy.
Studs, color block, monochrome, ayers leather, folk touch , exotic lines are the main character of this brethtaking collection by one of the most promising new luxury designers.
My final verdict about Paula Cademartori pre-collection is extremely positive, I was very exctited about it because I was sure that I would adore it. The passion and the pure love for her job can be clearly seen through her pieces, when you touch them you are passed by shivers of bliss and the eyes are gratified by fascinating shapes, but the most wonderful thing is the feeling of a dream that come true. The strenght of a woman to follow her dream through pains and difficulties, to transform an utopia into a beautiful reality and to become a successful and appreciated worldwide business woman.
Congratulations for another fabulous collection and for have created Faye, the most perfect bag on earth.
Use my special hashtag #cademartoriteam to tweet or post on Instagram pictures dedicated to this talented designer and her bags.
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Hello beauties
I must say that one of my favourite color in dresses is without doubt black, so versatile and so easy to style with every other color or print.
One of my fave black dress of the moment is by Manila Grace because I like so much its soft shape, very fascinating, and the big round neck that can be also wear taking one shoulder out. I matched it with my beautiful Grevi hat, 100% made in Florence since 1875, and my super duper beloved Me-Dusa red coral bag ( you saw the green one here ).
I love the fusion of these three "elements" together, black red and leo.
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Pictures taken with SONY NEX-3n by Isabò
Hello beauties
at the end of December I told you that I became fashion contributor for luxury web-magazine Gilt Magazine and from few days ago I'm also in The Old Now by Laura Renieri team! Prepare yourselves because so soon there wil be reveal lot of other news <3
Probably I already told you several times that I'm coat-addicted, I have so much of them that at the moment I can't remember how many they are :[ It's not a matter of colors, because I like in neutral ones but also in bright or with prints, the important thing is that they must be slim, I'm not a huge fan on me of the oversize.
This lil' coat is by Manila Grace and I like so much its fitting, it's perfect to be worn both with dresses/skirt and trousers. I matched with a little black dress ( not seen in pics ), pumps, a fux fur collar that gives strenght to the whole look, Prada sunnies and bag to go out for a family lunch. Speciale guest of the post is Roy, this boy is 16 years old and he's still so cute :DDD
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Pictures taken with SONY NEX-3n by Isabò
Hello beauties
how was your week-end going? Did you do anything pretty cute?
One of the very first news of this 2014 is that I became one of the My Beauty Box blogger Ambassador, and it's very big pleasure that I introduce you to the December box, full of very interesting products.
Lauren Weisberger "The Devil wear Prada":The It book that became an IT movie, it was so beautiful finding a book in the beauty box because I really think that beauty is everywhere, and in books especially. Really hope that MBB will do it again!
UNIQUe Pels first wrinkles facial cream: A very smooth and easy to be absorbed cream, a regular use lessens the very first wrinkles leaving the skin elastic, vital and brighter.
HABERLEJA Reinvigorating procosmetic activator: A special facial treatment that hydrates, energizes and regenerates skin in 30 days. It is sold in box of four or height bottles. Miracolous!!
SEPHIR Precious palette: A four shades palette that gives a sophisticated and comfortable make-up that lasts all day. The texture is very creamy and soft, easy to be applied. Wonderful colors and perfect endurance!
BEAUTYTIME Professional eye brush: It can be used with every kind of eye-shadows, both creamy and powder, dry or wet. You can use it to apply and to blend the eye-shadow on the eyelid.
VERDEOASI hair balm: with Coke scent, this balm has natural and delicate ingredients that protect skin and hair.
VERDEOASI body and breast firming activ cream: very nourishing and soft cream that deeply hydrates.
As I wrote you before, this box has lot of professional items that I tried with pleasure and that I'm very satisfied about, I'm hoping that in next boxes will be again books and make-up accessories :)
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Hello beauties
few days ago I received an important news from a friend of mine... She will get married this year with lifetime boyfriend and I will be her bridesmaid! I'm so excited and really can't wait to make this new fabulous experience and I'd love to see right now my dress :)
Surfing online, I found a fantastic website that sells perfect a-line wedding dresses and dresses dedicated to friends' and family's bride and its name is DressV http://www.dressv.com/a-line-wedding-dresses-c103385/ !
This shop offers a huge range of clothes for every taste, from linear to embellished passing by sumptuous ones, and an interesting selection of accessories such as gloves, bags, shoes and tiaras.
My favourite ones come from the lace A-Line wedding dresses collection, they are all really romantic, charming and dreamy, the perfect clothes that will make you feel like a real princess during your special day.
Don't you think they are so beautiful?
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Hello beauties
Since ages, green is one of my favourite colors because I associate it to nature, positivity and to new life.
Wearing it always gives me a strong energy and impact and so today look it's all around this Earth color.
First time out for my brand new Desigual little coat, with flowers print and a waisted shape, that I already love so much, and for my new Armani pumps with bow detail. My wondrous Gas Pop-Up jeans are a certainty of comfort and the Me-Dusa bag ( that can also be used as a clutch ) is my love, I adore the material and the two fantastic girls Gili and Adi who made it <3
I also share with you my new Iconemesis mobile cover with the sweetest design ever Fifi Lapin, I choose mine with Fifi in a cupcake but if you take a look here you can see others cute ones, aren't they so pretty?
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Pictures taken with Sony NEX-3n by Isabò
Hello beauties
I really want and need to thank you for all your sweet words about my granny, she's going better these days and I'm more than happy about that <3 Thank you girls!
It's not a secret that I have an obsession for Manila Grace, I always lik the fabrics used and the particular shapes of the clothes and so today I challenge myself with another look different from my usual ones using some garments which I feel so comfy in it.
The result is a total look by Manila Grace, realized with a warm knit coat and dress ( both uber warm!), precious necklace and boots.
Two of the things I wanna do this year is to experiment and, as I said previously, is to challenge myself in something I've never did before, I wanna definetely make new things always with gratitude and positivity and if I'll fall... Well, there's a new lesson to be learnt and I'll stand up, isn't it? :)
Hope that you will like it, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Pictures taken with SONY NEX-3n by Isabò
Hello beauties
this New Year's Eve was very particular for me... My granny was not very okay past days so I decided to spend the 31st with her and my mother, as a sign of good omen for the future.
We stayed at home, with a so cozy dinner and atmosphere, and for the special occasion I wore three brands that were very special in 2013 and that I would love to take with me in 2014.
A Twisty Parallel Universe dress with a particular frill, my favourite clothing brand ever, it's always an emotion wearing one of Marianna Rosati unique pieces, the Francesca Evangelista Melany bag, a girl who is already in my heart for her eternal talent, and Maiden-Art Duchess necklace, I love Maristella the designer because is a wonderful soul with an eclettic mind.
What else? I love total black.
I took with me what I love the most in 2013, hoping that we will be forever together.
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Pictures taken with SONY NEX-3n by Isabò
Hello beauties
my holidays are officially over and it's time to come back to work and to my routine!
How were your festivities going? Did you do anything cute or any trips around the world?
My very first look of 2014 reminded me the famous Fashion Shower song performed by Anna Dello Russo, for her capsule collection for H&M, and in particular Lesson number 8: Wear coat as a dress!
Fashion is experiment, is to challenge yourself with new ways of styling but always comfortable to you so I decide to wear my new favourite Manila Grace coat as a dress! I love its perfect shape and how it fits, so close-fitting to the body with embellished belt and collar and I matched it with a warm colors Gazèl pochette, that can be used as a clutch or as a crossbody as I did, and my new Desirù bracelets made with kimono fabrics.
Hope that you will like, let me know what you think!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Pictures taken by SONY NEX-3n by Isabò
Hello beauties
my holidays are close to an end and on Tuesday I'll come back to my daily routine of works :)
These first days of 2014 are very positive but I couldn't turn my head back on 2013, that was a very important under lot of levels. I reached big satisfactions with this blog, and I will be always grateful to make them, I discovered the pleasure to say NO some times and to put myself in the first position, I lost some people, from whom I learnt new stuffs about me and about what I want and need, and I found new ones, especially in the last part of the year, who I would love to bring with me in next years.
As a final goodbye to this important 2013 I made a recap of my fave looks, thanks for always being here girls!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Happy new year beauties!
How did you spend your new year's eve? :)
I really hope that 2014 can be YOUR year, the year where you dream come true and a wave of happiness and joy will crush on you :)
Maybe some negative things could happen but remember that everything happens for a reason, and also in bad situation you can learn something that can help you to discover more about yourself and to do not make the same mistakes in the future. I'm wishing that all the beautiful and positive things will go to you, I feel so blessed and thankful to have you in my life, even if I haven't still met you some of you, I must say that I love you and think about you as friends, virtual friends but always friends <3
Probably my favourite Christmas gift, I love it so so so much the stuff itself and the fabulous brand, is Maiden-Art Duchess necklace. I'm speachless about this necklace because it's just perfect, it's very eye-catching but so so so elegant.
It's made with antique silver plated brass and crystals, perfect for both for day and night and for every kind of look... With a fluffy dress in Summer for a night party and also with a sophisticated LBD for a date, this necklace will turn every simple look in a special one.
And I also adore the brand, Maiden-Art, especially the designer Maristella Colombo, who has a great and polyhedric talent and I wish that this 2014 will be the best year of her life, surrounded by lot of love, success and joy <3 I can't wait to meet you again babe!
Bisous
yours Carolyne O'
Pictures taken with SONY NEX-3n
