malibluemymind

Linguist and basketball columnist with a passion for fashion and traveling. Malibluemymind is where I share travel tips and fashion insights always from a personal view, plus daily outfit posts.

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Mild December in Barcelona

12/12/2018 7:30 PM barcelonaaround barcelonaoutfit

Why the silence? Well, after my birthday in London I have been rather busy and to be honest, lacking creativity when it comes to my writing. I even thought I only find inspiration when there is some major drama going on in my life lol. The last past weeks have been a bit busy and most of the time I wanted to rest for a bit though I ended up stressing myself even more feeling I was wasting my time.

Now that holidays are around the corner I cannot wait for my holiday spirit to kick in, despite being a bit lazy when it comes to Christmas this year… Like every year, my cousins and I play Secret Santa and we all gather on the 24 to exchange gifts, and the same happens with my closest group of friends. I already got all the gifts! Also, we played Secret Santa too in the office, but it gets more difficult to get a gift to someone you only see at work!

Despite being almost in the middle of December, Barcelona is taking its time for the cold and festive spirit to appear. The other day I met two friends and we had a coffee around the streets of Born, constantly commenting on the NO NEED to wear a coat or scarf –and complaining about the lack of decoration around the streets...

Since I was feeling lazy to pull off a crazy or fancy outfit, and since it was a regular Saturday with no plans other than having coffee with friends, I opted for a really comfy outfit: blue jeans and a soft beige crop sweater. The one I would totally wear to any meeting with friends or to work. The details lied on my heels, the Steve Madden suede booties with golden heels, which seem like a comfy option but after the whole afternoon wandering around the city I regretted not taking something else with me.

Outfit:
Boots: Steve Madden
Jeans: Mango
Sweater: Zara
Jacket: Zara
Bag: Zara

Wine, tapas and pearls!

11/2/2018 6:00 PM ootdaround barcelonabarccelona

One of last year’s trends was pearls everywhere. We saw them on boots, jeans, and sweaters, and I am guilty of purchasing all of those items. I am not seeing many this year but I am still loving pearls on my clothes so my everyday outfits are likely to have some.

Yesterday my friend Ade came to see me and we went for a stroll around the neighbourhood, until we were a bit thirsty and hungry so we went to one of my favourite places to have a drink and some tapas, La Barra. Our wine and 1 tapa turned into another and another “pintxo” until we decided we were not going to have dinner later, we were so full (and it was getting kinda late!).

If I would have known the plan was wine/cocktail in this place, I would have thought about what to wear before leaving the house, but I actually went with whatever I was wearing at home (dark jeans, booties and pearl sweater) and believe me, it was more than ok! Thank you pearls for making a basic sweater look a bit fancier!

Pearl sweaters are such an easy item to combine with your daily outfits, you can wear them with jeans, dark pants, even with skirts, and mix these with booties and sneakers if you like. What’s your favourite combo?

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Carried away

9/11/2018 12:02 PM fashionootdbarcelonaaround barcelona

Today is my country's national day, and yes, I always get a bit "carried away" when talking about how much I love this place, not only Barcelona but the whole Catalonia itself.

This morning I rushed off to meet my friend Elena and have breakfast together around the streets of Eixample, and found many people already up early in the morning all dressed up in this year's celebration color, a kind of fluor coral, to spend the day around Barcelona, especially in certain areas, while playing music and meeting friends and family while celebrating Diada de Catalunya.

This outfit reminded my friend of Carrie Bradshaw, and honestly I loved it once I saw it on! Keeping it simple, the skirt (Massimo Dutti) is super comfy and easy to combine if going for a soft-colors kinda look, and I would even pull it off with other items to make it a date night outfit too. These shoes (Tommy Hilfiger) are leather and this was the 2nd day I was wearing them, so now while at home my feet are full of plasters. Breaking fashion rules I know. As for the shirt (Mango Suit), I went for a beige basic shirt with a rose pattern, which is hard to spot, but which matches with the skirt and the wedges.

Let's hope this turns out to be another peaceful and gorgeous day for those celebrating our National Day and the sun doesn't go away until late, since these days the weather is quite crazy and you never know what to wear before leaving the house...

xx
lau.