birkenstock: fashion and feet loving

The model that suits me :)

Again, during my vacation in Italy, after have tried all kinds of shoes and walking a lot in Venice, i started looking at people's feet. What do tourists wear in Venice for such long walks? And the answer is simple: orthopedic shoes. I thought they could only be ugly but birkenstock has been improving their models, colours and patterns. We can finally say that comfort and fashion can come together.
These shoes might seem expensive but they worth it!

Portuguese links:
Birkenstock no i Online.
Loja Birkomania do Atrium Saldanha.

Italian link:
Where to choose your model and search for the nearest store.

God bless Birkenstock!

for an haute couture dream wedding

black and white collection


in the garden of dreams collection


princess sissi collection

This week, while i was in Trieste on vacation, i discovered an amazing haute couture dress bride's atelier! For the first time i saw the very first wedding dresses that i liked and that i'd like to wear! Even thought i'm still not looking for it, i'll keep these boutiques in mind and you might want to do the same :)
It's called Atelier Aimée and here are some of my favorite dresses from the online catalogue, one from each of this year's collections.

2x1: sun protection + taning

This summer arrived a new concept of sun protection: protect your skin and get a good tan at the same time.

Here's a non expensive 2x1 protection and tan lotion:

Nivea protect & bronze sun lotion contains a natural plant extract that activates the skin’s own melanin production for a safer, faster and more natural tan. It's 0% self tan. It comes in SPFs 10, 20, 30 and 50.

Everybody ready to watch more than 72 minutes on Megavideo

Apparently this doesn't seem like a fashion post, but in some way it is. How else would you watch on streaming your favorite fashionable tv series? :)
So here are the tips:

1. Press Play button of megavideo until the episode starts, then click Pause and wait for the video to buffer to 100%.
2. After the video is done buffering, go to your menu bar on your browser, and click on File -> Work Offline.
3. Watch the episode.
4. Unclick the Work Offline button and do the same with other episodes.

Must watch list of fashionable tv series (by random order):
1. sex and the city
2. gossip girl (fourth season begins in fall 2010)
3. ugly betty

You can get the links to sex and the city at tv duck, the other two you can watch at cucirca.
Ok, it's tempting but don't waste your summer vacations watching tv series all the time!

Summer Sales!

Inditex Group (which includes Zara, Pull and Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterqüe) Summer Sales started today in Portugal! So you may want to check this stores in your country too! Here's an idea for your weekend: go shopping to take the most of this summer spending less!

The must haves of this summer:

pieces: dresses, shorts, playsuites
patterns: stripes, floral
fabric: denim
styles: navy, hippie chique
accessories: ribbons everywhere, belts, headbands, chanel style purse, sunglasses
shoes: clogs, oxford shoes, high heels, birkenstock

first pic - navy style
playsuite, ribbon belt, rayban sunglasses, chanel style purse, oxford shoes

second pic - floral
ribbon headband, clogs, denim shirt, denim floral shorts, beach hat w/ ribbon, floral dress, white dress w/ belt

First Prada Flagship Store in Lisbon

2 entrances, 4 showcases, 2 floors, 650 mq of unisex clothing, purses, accessories (sunglasses, jewels, etc.), shoes...of Prada! You can find it at Avenida da Liberdade a.k.a. Lisbon's Champs Élisées! It's the first Flagship Store of Prada in Portugal.
And starting today, the first of july, Prada's E-Store is available also in the U.S.A. and sooner in Japan.
Other lush stores you can find at Avenida da Liberdade are Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, Timberland, Massimo Dutti, Armani, Burberrys and Adolfo Dominguez. There are also famous bars and restaurants, such as Hard Rock Café Lisbon, Theatres (São Jorge e Cinemateca), Universities, etc. It's Lisbon's most elegant Avenue, which has the most prestigious and expensive stores, offices and hotels.

Lush never dies!

H&M sales

Offers have already begun last week (at least in Portugal) but, as usual, awful clothes, never ever ever seen before, come out of the dark! I love H&M but their sales are not fair. You cannot expect to buy the piece you so much wanted on sales because they'll just not put it on sales. The only stuff you get to buy on sales are clothes that have been in their basement since the 80's or clothes from this season: the ones nobody bought because they made you think "OMG, who's gonna wear that?!".
I've seen some girls working there while putting the clothes on sale and one of them picked a skirt and asked the other "where did this come from? It doesn't even seems like our stuff!" - i told ya!

* available only for old stuff

sex and the city 2

Last weekend i went to finally watch sex and the city 2. Altough i've been reading some really nasty reviews i couldn't wait to watch it myself. I'm a huge fan of the tv series and as the serie's over i was hungry to watch another piece of Carrie and her girlfriends.

I have to say i enjoy it, not as one that likes cinema, but as one that likes sex and the city - the series...because it is an episode with 2,30 hours! So for a huge fan, who has already seen it all but can't have enough, it's a gift! For a cinefile, it's a movie crime to call that a movie!
Carrie and her friends are fun and wise as usual, what's changed is their age. They can no longer ignore that they're no longer fresh. And photoshop isn't helping...this movie's poster was a photoshop disaster, considered the worst movie poster ever by Sky Movies.
I liked very much the initial credits, you can watch a bit on the official website of the movie, better with the interactive trailer to get clothes' tips. (About Carrie's stripes t-shirt, i have it, i bought it like 5 years ago, it's from Zara, but they don't say it on the interactive trailer!)

Clothes. They changed it more than a lot of times. It's almost a fashion show. I think it's way too much. There are some changings that are way too ridiculous, like when they went to the desert in high heels! And then Miranda suggested going for a camel trip, and they all said they weren't dressed for that so Miranda said the arabe shake had thought about that and picked them some changing clothes. After that we see chanel bags coming out and them dressed all differently...the shake picked some personalized clothes...yeah, right. Carrie (except for the stripes t-shirt) is always dressed with red carpet dresses, even for being at home, laying the couch. Even if it's a very expensive, isn't that too much or is that what we're supposed to do to keep the flame alive in a marriage?