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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Milan Fashion Week : BVLGARI A/W 15/16 ACCESSORIES

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Yesterday I was very fortunate to be invited by BVLGARI to view their new Autumn Winter Collection. The presentation was at the BVLGARI Hotel in Milan, a gorgeous building.

As is to be expected, BVLGARI's accessories are perfectly made, no detail has been missed and their designs are well researched evoking BVLGARI's past collections and traditions.

Among others, one of the new styles is this lovely Serpentini Bauletto Bag, the bag is being produced in amethyst violet, ocean turquoise and a lovely shade of pink rubellite as well as different exotic skins. Colours that mirror jewels is something the brand is renowned for. The beautiful handle is inspired by the snake bracelet watch produced in the 60s.

A good talking point here, is that the little details inside the bag are given as much importance as the the details outside. I'm often disappointed with interiors even with expensive bags, sometimes the inside of the bag is not real leather or hasn't been finished to a degree of quality that matches the exterior. At BVLGARI, the inside is lined with beautiful suede of a contrasting colour, whilst the piping inside matches the leather of the exterior - stunning!

Above is the Serpentine Forever Flap Bag in tiger's eye calf leather featuring 3D inlaid scales in gold layers skin. 

Below is the new BVLGARI-BVLGARI signature bag - an interesting combination of calf leather and black plexi glass giving the bag a very modern, original look - love the magnetic closure featuring the signature BVLGARI ring.

 

And for one of my personal faves in terms of leather finish - this hologram effect takes hours to produce since it involves tanning and re tanning the leather to ensure even dispersion of the colour desired.

What I found very interesting, is the excellent new range of BVLGARI sunglasses. In previous years I haven't always been too enamoured with their sunglasses range finding them a bit too fussy and possibly a bit tailored to the older generation. These new styles are modern and stylish with a lovely look whilst of course still retaining the excellent quality and those little details such as pink gold and diamonds serpentini scales on the side.

This cat-eye shape sits really well on most face shapes.

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