chic
adj. chic·er, chic·est
1. Conforming to the current fashion; stylish: chic clothes; a chic boutique.
2. Adopting or setting current fashions and styles; sophisticated: chic, well-dressed young executives. See Synonyms at fashionable.
n.
1. The quality or state of being stylish; fashionableness.
2. Sophistication in dress and manner; elegance.
I tend to classify the cities I visit, for example: Paris is chic, London is fearless, New York is stylish, Hong Kong is polished, Buenos Aires is trendy and so forth… To be honest with you my European trip was dedicated to museums and enjoying the city as a local, more than shopping or anything else. I went to incredible restaurants (and I would be more than happy to recommend them).
Few years ago when I was at school, a teacher recommended the book “Chic In Paris: Style Secrets & Best Addresses” by Susan Tabak. When I went to Paris (3 years ago) I took the book with me and went to a lot (if not all) of the stores and streets mentioned. This time, I didn’t wanted to feel like a tourist (even though my ZERO french knowledge was betraying me) and I just wanted to wonder around the different neighborhoods, eat in unknown brasseries and eat nutella crepes every two corners.
Paris was as chic as usual; I saw the most impeccable ladies and gentlemen… but at the end of the day I realized that it got to be that way… when you have a city full of history, beautiful old buildings, museums, exquisite food and wines you expect to see flawless citizens too. The above view is from the Sacré-Coeur (I think you can get my point, right?). It’s something in the air that makes them different.
Enough is enough!
Sorry I’ve been away. I did some traveling in the past few months. I took some nature pictures –I know am 100% street fashion- but I need time for myself. I will tell you everything about it in a few hours and days. I will post the pictures by city, and hopefully next week I will start again with what’s happening in SF streets.
Eye is in da house!!
It was awesome, can’t complain… I missed you guys, a lot to be precise. I flew back 2 weeks ago, and I was absent because I needed to put my thoughts together.
Now that everything is back to normal I could tell you about my amazing trip.
J’adore Paris…
I am downloading all the pictures of the trip… will show them to you shortly!
Xo
A Brazilian follower sent me these absolutely wonderful pictures of Mario Queiroz fashion show. I liked the shoes, if you check out his website you will realize they match every outfit.
@ Sao Paulo
Thx- J Pantin for the pictures, keep them coming!! Xo
Listening to Placebo -This picture- the lyric made me laugh when I heard “I wrote a poem that described her world”. Here I am writing about this pretty stylish Poet. How would his world be?
I like this poet-in-the-corner trend, and to be honest I like it even more when they look stylish. To be an artist doesn’t mean you gotta look sloppy. The preppy look matches the Smith Corona type writer. In reality it’s not too complicated to look young and fresh, a white oxford shirt and a cardigan will never go wrong. Our street poet also has a beard, a la mode eye glasses and a chic black scarf (things we see every single day, but in his case executed impeccably).
@ Haight Ashbury
This season the boots are high in the sky!
Not everyone can pull the over-the-knee boots. Certainly Brenda did…. and she actually did it with the liquid leggings (Isn’t that cool?)
If you are looking for boots pls check
@ Union Sq
This was my favorite costume in SF. Jack Skellingtone is by far one of my favorite Tim Burton’s characters. He is the Pumpkin King of Halloween… Executed perfectly… Great job!!
NYC rocked last night with Josie sans Pussycats
Halloween is such a great night to become any character you want.
**Picture by Alex Lungu**
Halloween is coming, coming, coming!