Outfit Post : A little bit of denim, a little bit of rubber

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About two weeks ago, I both attended and worked backstage at The Pink fashion Sho. This summer edition was set up with a whole sports theme including a fantastic catwalk resembling a race track. When we received the invite asking us to wear flats and rubber soles.

I immediately only wanted to wear heels so it took me a while to decide what to wear. Ok time for honesty - this was one of those frivolous days where I actually went out and got a brand new pair of shoes for the night. The problem was that I had recently used these same shoes when styling the fashion editorial for Style magazine. When I saw the words rubber soles on the invite..I think you get the gist....no outfit could possibly be complete without them.

Outfit Details

Denim dress: Zara

Shoes: US Polo at Stivaletti

Belt: Missoni

Bag: Coach 1970s Vintage

Sunglasses: Ray Ban Aviators

Photos by KURT PARIS

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Outfit Post : Food, Metallics and Birkenstocks

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What do you get when you mix a trip to Buskett, a burger t-shirt, a hungry, funny, hubby photographer and shoes with pink soles? Well, a bundle of laughter and a lot of fun.

I don't always enjoy shooting my outfit posts. I especially hate it at events, when there are so many people around and of course they all have to watch. Also, I'm a stylist - I'm used to being behind the camera, making sure all the clothes look good, when I'm being shot, I can't stop fussing about whether or not everything looks right.

However, sometimes there are exceptions, times when I really enjoy it and have a whale of a time. This shoot was one of those and everything about it simply made me smile.

I decided to wear my new Burger T-shirt - I talked about this here - after launching in Paris and Italy, McDonald's have launched their new food-inspired apparel line in Malta. I'm also sporting a brand new haircut - it's back to the curls for summer and my shoes have pink soles - enough said.

Outfit Details

Skirt: Zara
T-Shirt: McDonalds
Necklace: ASOS
Shoes: Birkenstock at Stivaletti
Bag: Slon Torbalski
Hair: Toni&Guy

All Photos by KURT PARIS

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Outfit : Once Upon A Dress

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If you're a regular reader, you must know I love wearing yellow - I've only mentioned it like a zillion times. I wore this lovely outfit to the LIST ROMA and Luisa Spagnoli fashion show last week - it's one of my favourite recent outfits. I love it because one it's yellow, two because it's such a beautiful dress and three, because I felt the jacket gave the dress a bit of a different look, made it look a bit different to the way others would wear it perhaps. Both the jacket and dress are from LIST ROMA so I was perfectly in theme for the occasion.

I also asked for my hair to be styled a bit differently that night too, I felt that a bit of volume would lend itself better to the outfit, the fact that it was also a very windy night helped to ensure the volume stayed put.

 It really was a very cold night so the jacket didn't stay off for very long

Outfit Details

Dress, Jacket: LIST ROMA
Shoes: Miss Selfridge
Bag: ETRO Vintage

Nails: Femme Beauty Attard
Hair: Toni&Guy Hilton

All Photos by KURT PARIS

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Outfit : FitFlopping Away

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The first day of Malta Fashion Week was a loooong one. I was working from early morning, helping to plan and sort out all the clothes, with Marisa Grima for the Point Fashion Show. The smart person that I am decided that that day would be a perfect day to try out a new pair of FitFlops I had just got. 

Fit flops are marketed as caffeine for your feet - they are extremely comfortable once broken in, but they come with a warning to wear progressively to avoid muscle soreness. Their micro wobble technology basically promotes the right leg and bum muscles into working more which in turn leads to better posture and toned muscles. I don't really know if they're actually toning my bum or not, a bit hard to tell since I also work out - who knows which is doing what. On that day though, what with all the walking up and down stairs and endless walking around whilst wearing these fit flops - my quads and calves were on fire. By the evening, it felt like I had just done two gym workouts back-to-back.

Onto the rest of the outfit and my dress is from that shop I told you about some time ago Lulu Boutique, a few people have come to tell me that they visited the store after reading my post and loved it so if you missed that one - read about LULU here.

And now for the hair - I had those braids done the previous day for the fashion week launch party. I love braids, they're so much fun and they were absolutely perfect for ensuring my hair stayed in place for the entire day throughout all the hectic activity. If you're curious as to what I wore that evening - you can check it out right here.

All Photos by KURT PARIS

Outfit Details

Dress: LULU Boutique

Shoes: Fit Flops at Stivaletti

Bangle : Miss Sixty

Hair: Toni&Guy Hilton

Nails: Femme Beauty Attard

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Outfit Post : A little bit less Feminine

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For the last night at Malta Fashion Week, I decided to do something a bit different. This look is much less feminine than some of my usual looks involving dresses or skirts and nipped in waists, this is a bit more menswear-inspired. I also decided that an undone, vintage cravat would complete the 'borrowed from the men' idea.

To complete the look, I left my makeup a bit neutral, just a hint of dark eyes and my hair quite fuss-free - flat and straight.

Outfit Details

Tuxedo Jacket: Alexander McQueen
Cravat: Vintage
Trousers: Gianfranco Ferre
Shoes: Buffalo
Bag: Marc Jacobs
Shirt: Zara
Hair: Toni&Guy

All Photos by KURT PARIS

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A Long Dress & Winning a Fashion Stylist Award

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As most of you know, my University education and background is within the field of Computer Science. I was used to being able to measure quantifiably my success and progress within this field and throughout my education.

In 2009/2010, I first started developing and working within the fashion industry as a stylist. One of the first things I realised, was, that, first of all, just like any art, fashion is a subjective one and different people will have differences of opinions. Also, there's no real way to quantify how well you're doing. Sure you can get an idea from how much work you get booked for and how much praise or negative feedback you receive but it's still not mathematically quantifiable.

I won the first ever Fashion Stylist Award back in 2013 and the motivation and confidence that the award gave me was indescribable. Finally, I had something that proved I was on the right track, that I was doing something right. Winning the award for the second time last night at the Chamilia Malta Fashion Awards leaves me close to tears. I know I work hard at it - but whilst hard work does pay off, I'm not the only hard worker and all my fellow nominees work hard. This acknowledgement of my work and skills comes at a time when I really needed this boost - over the last year, I've unfortunately encountered some bitchiness and backstabbing within the industry that at times left me feeling like I wanted to quit. Now I'm glad I didn't, I'm glad I persevered.

Thanks to all of you who have ever clicked on one of my posts, read what I have to say, liked any of my photos or worked with me on any job - this award is not a one person effort but rather a communal effort from all involved. Thanks, guys!

Anyway, here's what I wore last night - as you can see I kept it mainly simple, nothing too overdone.

This is the first time I've tried a fishtail hair style - I always thought my hair is too short for it - as usual thanks to Toni & Guy and, in general, a big thanks to them for styling my hair differently nearly every single day this last week.

I also received a few compliments about my weight loss last night so thanks to PLAN H for that :D

Outfit Details

Hair: Toni&Guy
Makeup: Elaine Galea
Nails: Femme Beauty Attard

Dress: BCBG Max Azaria
Shoes: Luara Biagiotti at Stivaletti
Bag: Vintage Florentine
Bracelet: BVLGARI
Watch: Rotary Vintage
Necklace: Miu Miu

Photos by KURT PARIS

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Outfit Post : All About Lipsticks & Dresses

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I make no secret of the fact that I love dresses and as much as I enjoy pairing different items together and creating an outfit, sometimes, all I want to wear is a pretty dress with a nice pair of heels.

This dress, is, as I like to say a 'very me' dress, by a brand Elizabetta Franchi, that I've had my eye on for a while. The pieces have a certain style and finesse that really appeals to me.

Whilst buying the dress, I spotted the Alberto Guardiani shoes in the same store (Rebelli). I had posted some photos of these 'lipstick shoes' on Facebook and Instagram when I went to Milan Fashion Week. I had really wanted to buy a pair back then but was too overweight (luggage).

So once again, when I realised the brand is available in Malta and this was the last pair and in my size, well then you know - they had to be mine. These are the summer stock - the new Winter ones arriving are even more fun because they're got different coloured heels - pink / blue / green.

I had my hair styled a bit differently today, lots more volume and a few curls - what do you think ?

Outfit Details

Dress : Elizabetta Franchi at Rebelli

Shoes : Alberto Guardiani at Rebelli

Bag : Miu Miu

Hair : Toni and Guy

Earrings ; Murano Glass (Venice)

Watch ; Rotary Vintage

All Photos by KURT PARIS

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Outfit Post : About a Bun

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The lack of sleep, time to sit down and rest is catching up with me finally and I'm running out of words, so for this post sufficient to say that check out yesterday's outfit, there's a little bit of gold, a little bit of black and a little bit of green. Oh and that bun of course - my hair grew overnight :)

Outfit Details

Skirt : Miss Selfridge
Top : PINKO
Shoes : Stivaletti
Bag : Coccinelle
Hair : Toni & Guy Hilton
Belt : ASOS - Similar here and here and this real leather one

All Photos by KURT PARIS

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Outfit Post : It's All About BEARS

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Last night's outfit was a more casual - street style kind of look and well obviously a bit of fun too - let's face it - it's all about bears. :) It was a very comfy outfit, no painful feet, no restrictive clothing - loved it !

Outfit Details

T-Shirt : Moschino Bear Collection
Shorts : River Island
Bag : Miu Miu
Shoes : Nero Giardini at  Stivaletti
Watch : Swatch
Hair : Toni&Guy

All Photos by KURT PARIS

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