Men wear pink!

Am vrut să accept provocarea care circulă în blogosferă cu purtatul culorii roz (#‎WearPinkChallenge) şi... neavând nimic în garderobă de această culoare, dar vrând să o onorez, m-am pus pe căutat piese roz. Toate tricourile/bluzele/cămăşile roz care mi-au plăcut erau la bărbaţi. Mai mult decât atât, devenind mai conştientă de acest aspect am tot urmărit această culoare la persoanele din jur şi am fost plăcut impresionată să observ cât de mult poartă bărbaţii roz în comparaţie cu femeile. Şi îl poartă foarte bine! :)

Aşa se face că am ajuns să-mi cumpăr cămaşa din imagine de la H&M bărbaţi. :|

Mă gândeam să scriu un mail celor de la H&M în care să-i rog să determine designerul de haine de damă să poarte o discuţie cu designerul de haine de bărbat. De ce? Pentru inspiraţie.

Lăsând gluma la o parte, am senzaţia că în ultima vreme găsesc piese mai cool la bărbaţi decât la femei. Acum eu nu neg posibilitatea ca eu să fiu un pic dereglată, dar chiar şi aşa... Am căutat toată vara o pereche de pantaloni albi care să-mi placă şi i-am găsit într-un final, în luna septembrie, la H&M, la bărbaţi. :o

Datorită constituţiei mele cu umeri laţi şi mâini lungi, am norocul să-mi vină S la cămăşile bărbăteşti. La pantaloni, când croiala este slim fit, mă încadrez perfect la mărimea pe care o cumpăr şi de la H&M femei.

P.S. Momentan am mai pus ochii pe o parka, dar mă abţin în speranţa că totuşi o să găsesc ceva şi la femei care să-mi placă. Sunt conştientă că nu o să mă pot abţine la infinit. :P

Cămaşă :: H&M | Jeans :: H&M | Geantă :: Reserved | Pantofi :: via dePurtat.ro

July - daily outfits

I successfully managed to check the 23 working days of July with an outfit, and the ones you are seeing in this post are a selection of the most appreciated ones. It's interesting to look behind and realize, if necessary, that simple is the keyword to describe my style.
Every day I did my best to show an original outfit, but at the same time to reuse items of clothing.

If I were to do a list with all the items of clothing which I consider basic, I would say:
- white shirt,
- white t-shirt,
- navy t-shirt,
- at least one colored top: red, blue,
- at least one printed top: abstract, floral,
- black straight/slim leg trousers
- boyfriend jeans
- red shoulder purse
- brown hand bag
- black shoulder purse
- black flat sandals
- black heeled sandals

What is your opinion? What would you add to the list above.

Top :: Topshop | Trousers :: Zara via Kurtmann | Bag :: Magno | Sandals :: H&M | Necklace :: H&M

What it feels like for a girl...

I thought for a while whether or not to write about this topic, but in the end I decided to write... because it's important to open our eyes to see what is happening around us and learn something.

I've been in contact for three months with a person whom I thought was a boy and whom I treated accordingly... just to find out that the person is actually... a girl. The person presented herself with a short name (e.g. Alex), which is not unusual. If she would have presented herself with the long name (e.g. Alexandra), I wouldn't be writing this post now.

The issue came to light when I saw the name in writing. I was willing to stick my hand in the fire that it was a typo... it seems my hand would have burned badly...

I felt something weird from the first moment I came in contact with the person... because of the childish voice... I even asked: how old are you?
And the look... 100% male: male clothes, male shoes, short hair cut, no make-up.
The only clue... we met a few times in the girls bathroom. The first time I don't remember exactly what I said, but I'm afraid that I said: No problem, I enter the boys bathrooms from time to time, too. The second time I said, with an ironical tone: Caught you here again....
Now that I look back, I feel totally stupid. On the other hand nobody ever caught my attention and the person really looks like a boy. If she really wants to look like a boy, I congratulate her, she does it great from my point of view!

Conclusion.

I have no problem with the idea that a girl wants to be a boy. I would say that I find really admirable how she managed to accomplish this. People don't choose how to be when they are born, but they can choose how to live. If the man was born in a wrong body it doesn't mean that he is less intelligent, less beautiful or less sociable.

We, the "normal", we must understand that in nowadays society it's very hard to be "different" and accepted at the same time. And please assign the idea of "different" with other things too... like autism, like Down syndrome etc...
Try to do an imagination exercise. Put yourself in the shoes of a person who has one of the problems mentioned above. How does it feel? Is not that easy, is it?

T-shirt :: via miniPrix | Jeans :: H&M via miniPrix | Clutch :: via Kurtmann

Sandals :: local boutique | Sunglasses :: Ray-Ban

No pain, no game

Two weeks ago I attended a wedding. The ambiance was so entertaining and the music was so good that my feet still hurt because of how much I danced. The last time something like this has happen to me it was 6 years ago, at my own wedding. I danced so much that day, that I didn't feel the need to go to the toilet for the entire duration of the wedding, which was at least 15 hours... and two weeks after the wedding I couldn't feel the sole of my feet... Can you imagine that?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not sorry when something like this happens after a wedding. This is somehow normal when you attend a wedding in which you really have fun... but... the thing is that this Saturday I have to attend another wedding and I'm telling you... I'm afraid... I'm very afraid... :D My feet aren't fully recovered...

Did you ever experienced so much fun in a wedding that you had to endure sore feet for two weeks after the event?

Top :: TOPSHOP | Blazer :: Local shop | Trousers :: ZARA via Kurtmann  

Sandals :: via miniPrix | Clutch :: Pull and Bear via Kurtmann | Necklace :: H&M

June - daily outfits

The way I dress or the way I look represents for me a source of self-confidence. I feel more confident when the way my interior looks is synchronized with the way my exterior does. Of course this is a personal way of seeing things, not necessarily good and not necessarily good to be followed.

There are days when I'm very fond of the way I decided to dress (most probably you too had days when you didn't like that much the way you dressed or when you had the impression that it would have been better to wear a different pair of shoes, for example).
Those days (when I like the way I dressed) I would like to have the necessary time to take professional pictures and afterwards to write a post about  my more or less exciting daily experiences.

Obviously I don't have the time to do that. That is why, starting two weeks ago, I've made the habit of photographing myself in the mirror before I leave the house, in order to show you my choice for the day. I don't know how long I'm going to take this initiative, but as long as I take it, I hope you'll find it useful and inspiring.

P.S. I'm writing this post especially for the persons who follow me only by email, but also for the persons who wanted to know from where are the clothing items I wore on those days.

Dress :: local shop (very similar at ZARA) | Bag :: via miniPrix | Sandals :: H&M

Embarrassed

I'm the kind of person who has the capacity to ruin herself the day, since early in the morning. And you must know that I don't have to insist very much in order to manage that. It's pretty easy for me!

I was telling you at some point that in order to get to the place I work, I have to travel every day 60km both ways. The road is relatively easy, with few obstacles or traffic jams. That is why I have some time for thinking and introspection.

One day, during the thinking, I remembered a meeting I had. Most of the meetings I attend, require that I speak English. There are days when I speak so much English at work, that when I get at home at night and want to buy some bread, it feels more natural to ask it in English than in Romanian.

I think of myself as a good connoisseur of the English language, but not even half as good as I would like to be. One thing is sure... I try hard to be as fluent as I can be and not to do flagrant mistakes.

But... back to the main topic...
What I remembered was that I wanted to say at some point "gentlemen and ladies" and instead I said "gentlemen and gentlewomen".

First thing... is there a good English connoisseur among my readers who could tell me if what I said is accepted on any planet?
Second thing.... How do you react at the involuntary vocabulary/grammar mistakes of the people with whom you interact? Do you feel like laughing? Do you overlook them? Do you correct them?

The thought, that the people who heard me saying "gentlemen and gentlewomen", rolled with laughter, is hunting me.  And the thing that frustrates me the most is that I knew how to say it correctly and I didn't remember it then, when I should have, but 24 hours later...

Top :: ASOS | Jeans :: H&M | Bag :: Mango | Shoes :: Local store | Sunglasses :: Ray-Ban

Complicated

The other day I had a heated discussion with The Half, which culminated with his almost desperate request: Could you be simpler?

It's a request that I fully understand, sometimes I drive myself crazy by my way of being, let alone him. Sometimes I ask myself too many questions, sometimes I make too many assumptions, sometimes I don't know what I want, sometimes I don't want anymore what I wanted, sometimes I over analyze everything, sometimes I ask for perfection...

I can't help but wonder...
If I weren't like this, would I still be here now?
If I were to change (I could try, but hard to believe that I will succeed), what will I become? I don't know myself in an another way than the complicated way.

Isn't the expression simple girl an oxymoron?

Trousers :: via miniPrix | Shoes :: via dEpurtat | Bag :: Mango 

Necklace, Bracelet :: H&M | Sunglasses :: Ray-Ban

Man style

Today I decided to bring up the subject - the partner's wardrobe.
I like to think my style has improved over the years and so did my partner's. We grew up together...
I have never liked those couples in which her... super elegant, wearing skirt and stilettos... goes arm to arm with him... dressed in sweatpants and sneakers. Of course everyone is free to wear whatever he feels it suits him, nonetheless... call me old fashion... I don't like these couples. I'm sorry I deviated from the main topic.

My husband doesn't have any problem with buying clothes for himself whenever he considers that he needs something or he notices a piece of clothing, through a window shop. Don't get me wrong, he is far from being a shopaholic... he just has the sporadic patience to wonder the stores to buy necessities and that's all.

However, from several experiences we found out that we don't have 100% common tastes. There are chances if my husband buys something, I won't like it and the item becomes a donation or ends up lying in a corner of the closet. Therefore, we agreed to go shopping together or to let me buy him whatever he needs. The chances to buy something and my husband to not like it or to have the wrong measure are almost zero. Lucky me!

How is it on your side? Do you have a demanding partner? Do you buy clothes for him or you just advise him?

Shirt :: ALCOTT via Kurtmann | Jeans :: H&M | Sneakers :: Cropp Town | Bag :: Mango | Sunglasses :: Ray-Ban

Home sweet home

One of the things I've always wanted badly was to have my own living space and decorate it on my taste.

To understand some of my background in regard to living spaces pay some attention to the following lines:
- until the age of 18 I lived in the family home, a 3 room apartment, decorated on my mother's taste... I don't want to go into this subject because you know how they say: de gustibus non est disputandum... By the way, did your mother ever moved the furniture around the house 4 times a year?
- at the age of 18 I went to college and lived in some people's home for a couple of years, then another 3 years in a student dormitory... no, I don't want to go into details, but I wouldn't recommend anyone to live in a student dormitory. To understand a little the idea, there were times when we were 7 people in a room ... boys and girls... no comment.
- after college I spent two years in a rented old house, along with two other girls... Basically we were three couples, each one with his room. In summer it was pretty nice... we had an amazing garden, fruit trees, a garden grill, a swing... In winter... we had to make fire in a wood stove. It was romantic to sit in the heat of the wood stove and hear the wood crackles, while sitting in the boyfriend's arms. Nonetheless, the wood purchasing, the fire kindling itself... that's another story... And the noises that could be heard from the attic... I'd better not go there, otherwise I'll risk causing you a nightmare... no comment.
- we bought our on apartment after one year of marriage, when practically we became parents.
- since then 5 years have passed.

The apartment was relatively renovated, but we've done all sorts of improvements to bring it closer to our standards. Finally, I feel that this year we will reach our target completely. At the current time we are in the process of renovation and if the result will match my expectations I will come here on the blog and show it to you. :D

I've told you my story, now it's your turn to tell me about your living places experiences.

Denim vest :: C&A | Top :: C&A | Jeans :: H&M | Shoes :: Futsalworks via miniPrix | Bag :: DressLily

Every end is a new beginning...

I was telling you two weeks ago about how I felt happiness and I promised I will get back here and explain the reasons that generated this state... Well... that moment has arrived.

I don't think it's a secret anymore that one of my defining characteristics is AMBITION and that I want to do in this life everything I can to fulfill all the dreams that I have. Another way to do this, than to work as much as I can, I don't know. Therefore, the career I have in the IT domain is and will remain an essential part of my existence.

I love my job and I don't have the slightest doubt that this is what I was meant to do in life.
I spent the last 9 years in a company in which I grew up both literally and figuratively. When I started, I was a confused 22 years old student. Now, I'm a career woman, a wife and a mother of almost 31 years. I grew up professionally from the lowest level and this is something that I'm very proud off and for which I want thank those who gave me the opportunity to become today's Lucia. THANK YOU!

My desire for more became bigger than the company's possibilities and when this desire met with the need of another company to hire someone with my skills... HAPPINESS appeared. If you want to understand better what this change represents for me, professionally speaking... imagine that until now you've worked for a local clothing retailer and from now on you will work for ZARA. The work itself may be mostly the same, but the prospects and the benefits are totally different. It's a new era!

The history of the past nine years and the job changing experience determine me to put down some thoughts, hopefully motivational, for YOU, the people who read me: don't let anyone tell you what you can and can not do in life, be your own evaluators and be severe with yourselves, don't let anyone tell you that you deserve less than you know you deserve, have confidence in yourself, there is no better time than the present time to change your destiny, don't ever be afraid of change, don't stop evolving, never give up on your dreams.

Shirt :: Orsay | Trousers :: Zadin | Shoes :: dEpurtat.ro | Bracelet :: H&M | Sunglasses :: Ray-Ban

What goes around comes around

Last week I forgot my clutch in the park. I realized I had lost it at approximately 5 minutes after leaving the place and to be honest  I didn't feel panic at all. I had in my bag an iPhone and a Samsung and no other values. Maybe I knew on a certain level that I was going to get them back... And I was right!
I went back to the place I knew I had left the clutch and there was a woman who had found the bag. She was waiting for me to come back and return it. How cool is that?

Maybe, some of my readers who don't live in Romania, will think: so, what's the big deal? Well it seems that it's still a big deal here at us because the possibility to loose something and not get it back is much higher than getting it back.

This event made me realized that little by little things are changing in Romania too and I really want to encourage people to always return what doesn't belong to them, because nowhere on the face of the earth someone's sadness should be someone else's happiness.

One of the guiding principles of my life is what goes around comes around meaning that whatever you will offer to the others, that is what you will receive in return. I intend to keep this guiding principle as long as I live and I recommend you to do the same. ♥

Top :: miniPrix | Boyfriend jeans :: H&M

Sandals :: ZARA | Sunglasses :: Ray-Ban | Necklace :: H&M

S-o lămurim și cu Kurtmann-ul...

Știu că foarte multe din căutările Google care direcționează lumea către blogul meu se referă la cumpărăturile online. Prin urmare, azi o să vă povestesc despre experiența mea cu un alt site de cumpărături românesc: www.kurtmann.ro.

Sunt sigură că multe dintre fetele active din blogosferă știu deja acest site foarte bine, dar eu știu că sunt și fete care încă nu au auzit despre acest site. De unde știu? Păi chiar recent mi-a spus o cunoștință că datorită articolelor de pe blogul meu a auzit de Kurtmann și m-am mirat, căci eu știu de acest site de prin 2011, dacă nu mă înșel.

Ceea ce îmi place mie cel mai mult la acest site este că comercializează în regim de outlet foarte multe branduri cunoscute cu care eu rezonez ca și stil, dar la care aș avea acces mai greu, pentru că în orașul în care locuiesc eu, nu sunt. Câteva din brandurile la care mă refer sunt: Bershka, Stradivarius, Zara, Mango, Massimo Dutti, Pimkie, Pull and Bear, Desigual... De asemenea, prețurile sunt mai mici decât dacă aș comanda direct de pe siteurile brandurilor în cauză.

Întrebarea care este pe buzele tuturor când vine vorba de shoppingul online este: Se potrivesc mărimile? Well, în cazul Kurtmann, it's complicated, dar nu foarte tare. Gândiți-vă că dimensiunea produselor nu depinde de ei, ci de fiecare brand în parte. Și deși un L ar trebui să fie o unitate de măsură universal valabilă pentru oricare din branduri, realitatea face că la unele e mai mic, la unele e mai mare. Cel mai bun exemplu care-mi vine în minte este Stradivarius, la care L-ul este mai mare decât la Bershka, spre exemplu.

Cel mai bun sfat pe care pot să vi-l dau în acest sens este să întrebați, printr-un mesaj privat, care sunt mărimile în cm al produselor la care credeți că există riscul să nu vă vină. Un alt lucru pe care eu îl practic adesea și pe care vi-l recomand și vouă este să probați produsele brandurilor respective direct în magazin. De câte ori ajung la București, merg în unul din mallurile care găzduiesc aceste branduri și probez piese: bluze, pantaloni, încălțări pentru a-mi face o impresie cu privire la mărimi.
Dacă niciuna din soluțiile de mai sus nu vi se pare realizabilă, vă recomand să mergeți pe mărimea pe care știți că vă încadrați în general și în cazul în care se dovedește că nu vă vine, returnați produsul, dar rămâneți cu lecția de mărime învățată.

Un alt aspect care-mi place la Kurtmann este rapiditatea cu care vine comanda. Ca fapt divers, comenzile înregistrate înainte de ora 16:00, sunt expediate în aceeași zi și livrate în termen de 24-48 de ore, iar comenzile înregistrare după ora 16:00, sunt expediate în urmatoarea zi lucrătoare.

Din toate comenzile efectuate până acum nu am întâmpinat niciodată probleme nici cu livrarea, nici cu calitatea produselor și nici cu returul.

Până acum v-am vorbit despre părțile pozitive ale siteului, dar vreau să vă vorbesc și despre părțile pe care cred că aceștia ar putea să le îmbunătățească.

Primul pe listă este valoarea minimă a comenzii, pentru care beneficiezi de transport gratis. Cred că e ceva psihologic aici. E ca atunci când faci cumpărături serioase la un magazin și te-ai aștepta să primești sacoșa din partea casei. Te trezești la casă, în fața întrebări: Doriți și sacoșă?, înghiți în sec și mai dai X lei, că doar nu o să cari cumpărăturile în brațe până acasă... e problema ta că ai fost uituc și nu ai venit pregătit. Cam așa e și cu transportul gratis.
Al doilea lucru care s-ar putea îmbunătăți ar fi scrierea dimensiunilor în dreptul fiecărui produs.
Mi-ar plăcea de asemenea să se updateze stocul cu încălțăminte mai des.
Mi-ar plăcea ca returul să nu presupună costuri adiționale, în cazul în care eu decid că nu vreau să mi se returneze suma sub formă de voucher.

În fotografiile de azi port trei produse achiziționate de pe Kurtmann: ghetele cu franjuri - Stardivarius, pe care efectiv le ador, parka - Bershka și jacheta military cu motive etnice - Bershka.
În curând o să vă arăt și celelalte piese achiziționate de pe Kurtmann: tricou cu imprimeu - Bershka, jeans alb - Stradivarius & helancă - Zara.

Dacă doriți, puteți vedea aici toate achizițiile mele Kurtmann din 2013.

Sper ca articolul meu să vă fie util. Dacă aveți și o experiență personală cu Kurtmann vă rog să mi-o împărtășiți și mie.

Parka :: Bershka via Kurtmann | Jachetă :: Bershka via Kurtmann | Top :: Bershka | Jeans :: H&M

Geantă :: Mango | Ghete :: Stradivarius via Kurtmann | Brățări & Ceas :: Cropp

Made in Romania

Today I would like to talk to you about a new project I intend to initiate. The project will be called Made in Romania and will involve promoting pieces of clothing/shoes/accessories, made ​​by talented Romanian designers, who are at the beginning and don't benefit of an intense promotion in the media, yet. I intend to do an article like this at least once a month.

The idea for this project emerged due to several factors. One of them is represented by the frequent discussions on the blog about wearing authentic pieces, possibly Romanian, instead of imitation ones (that doesn't mean I won't wear such pieces anymore), another factor is a proposal I got from Cătălina to wear one of her creations, another factor is my own experience in this regard and the fact that I understand more than anyone the need for promotion.
The last factor is the desire to increase the blog and how else than coming in front of you with interesting and useful ideas.

The pilot episode of Made in Romania series will be released on February 24th ... so stay tuned ...

Haină :: Zadin | Sweater:: New Yorker | Jeans :: H&M via miniPrix

Rain boots :: via dEpurtat | Necklace :: H&M | Leather Gloves :: via miniPrix

Trend alert - ripped jeans

Ripped jeans became a popular trend in the 80's. Now, 24 years later, they are still a popular trend...
It was a time in my life when I didn't have the courage to wear such jeans because I believed that they didn't represent me. Now, I have 5 pairs of ripped jeans (long and short) and I would wear them every day, if I could.
They are so versatile and can be included in so many combinations... after all, they are jeans.

How do you feel about wearing them? Are you afraid people might think less of you if you wear ripped jeans?

Andy Torres