Dare to wear: customized jeans

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After a hurricane comes a rainbow...  Definitely, Katy Perry's lyrics are an immeasurable source of wisdom. There's no doubt about it.

Yesterday morning, after a week of depressing rain, the sun came back to Barcelona. It might sound whimsical or weird, but the weather totally changes my mood. For me, the worst thing about those grey days is that it is impossible to record new DIY videos. They look so dull and sad, and I don't like the effect of artificial lightning on the camera. So when I saw that beautiful day, I went out to take pictures of this outfit, featuring two of my latest DIYs. I wore my customized jeans with a sweatshirt from Maje, a shirt from Asos and high heels. What do you guys think?

Photography by Borja Skarsgård

Sweatshirt: Maje / Shirt: Asos / Jeans: Customized Levis Curve ID / Football ball bag: DIY / Shoes: Calvin Klein

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My Desigual experience at the International Film Festival of San Sebastián

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Hello from the beautiful city of San Sebastián!!

This weekend I’m having the great honor of being behind the scenes of the San Sebastián‘s International Film Festival, thanks to Desigual. The colorful brand, whose motto is to celebrate joy and life, sponsors the Youth Award, in which 200 students judge the movies and vote for the winner. This evening is going to take place the award ceremony and the closing gala, and I’ll be there to report everything!!

I also went to the showroom that Desigual set up in the Maria Cristina Hotel, which is famous for hosting international celebrities. I had the chance of building an outfit with the garments of the newest collection of the firm. 

I’m wearing a pair of jeans that I loved from the very first time I saw them. After trying on different tops, I had my second crush: this t-shirt from Desigual’s men collection. I never thought I would wear such an oversize garment… But when I saw myself wearing these two things together, I had no doubt. This was going to be the look! A perfect tip to make this kind of t-shirts a little bit edgier is to roll up the sleeves. And to glam up this tomboy look, I wore it with a crystal necklace from Zara, a silvered leather clutch from Gerard Darel and these colorful sandals from Uterqüe.

Besides watching fascinating movies, I went to the press conference of Hugh Jackman!! And I had the chance of seeing him in person!! He was hilarious and answered all kinds of questions related to his new movie, Prisoners, and his beloved character of Wolverine.

What do you guys think about the look? Have you ever worn a boy t-shirt? How would you combine it?

Stay tunned, I still have a lot more things to show you!

xxx

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Wake me up when its all over

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Hi everyone!

I'm back in the real life after a short holidays in Ibiza!! It's been an incredible girls trip, we couldn't have had more fun. Now it's time to get down to work! Today I wanted to share with you guys the outfit I wore to spend an unforgettable day in a boat, in the idyllic island of Formentera. I had never been there before, even though I live in Barcelona, which is really close... I was amazed to see those incredible light blue crystalline beaches. I wore a lovely jumpsuit from Romwe and I added a few pops of color with two of my favorite DIYs. Hope you guys like it!

Jumpsuit: Romwe (similar aquí)

Sandals: Melissa for Forever 21

Necklace: DIY

Clutch bag: DIY

Bikini: Oysho

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DIY Project: Crochet waist dress

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Hey! How's everything going?

Today I came up with a DIY which is in between the strappy dress from last week and the crochet inspiration from Coachella. But I'm still not in the mood for that summer crochet look... Not until beachy days arrive. So what I did was to add some lace to this cute high waist dress from Zara. It's totally my style! And now I like it even more. In the end I decided to add some embroidered daisies to conceal the seams, that weren't as prefect as I wished... My sewing machine is totally insane!!

If you don't have a sewing machine you can do this with textile glue, as long as your dress and your lace are thick enough. My dress is made of jacquard, which is a thick fabric, so in my case this DIY would work well with textile glue. But as I have a sewing machine I prefered to use it.

Pictures: Borja Skarsgård

What do you guys think? Would you dare to do this DIY? What would you do to adapt it to your own style?

xxx

Sylvia

DIY Project: braided skirt

Pictures by Borja Skarsgård

Leather jacket: Massimo Dutti, Boots and top: Zara, Skirt: DIY (basic skirt for the DIY from H&M) 

y Butterfly clutch bag: DIY

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So here's my endless DIY I told you about this week. I think it's going to be a great example of my own personal learning method, which is based on trying, making mistakes and trying again. You guys can't imagine the amount of times that I regretted starting such a huge DIY... Fortunately, I didn't give in. I managed to finish my skirt and I also learned a few things that I'm going to share with you guys.

I started hand-sewing the braids, in order to make invisible stitches. But I got exhausted and decided to give a try with textile glue. It didn't work well and I ended up sewing the braids with the sewing machine and a zig zag stitch. If I had started doing this, I would have saved the 75% of my time. But here I am to experiment and share my experiences.

If there's an easy way to make things, I usually go for the long path. This is how I am. Now that my DIY struggle is over (and I know the best method to achieve this result) I definitely would do another braided skirt in brighter colors. However, I'll wait for a while, just to forget all the hours I invested here. Hope you guys enjoy the video. It doesn't have english subtitles because it takes a lot of time to do so on youtube. If someone knows how to do it easily please tell me! Anyway, if there's anything you don't understand just ask ;)

First mistake: Ignoring which materials would make your work easier

When I had all my braids done I discovered this cotton straps that come in balls. They're used for knitting, instead of regular wool. I totally ignored the existence of this, but it would have make my work much shorted and easier.

Second mistake: hand-sewing
It's ok to be a willful woman, but we better save our efforts using the sewing machine. Textile glue didn't work so well..

So... What's the method?
When I finished hand sewing the braids on the front I was totaly exhausted. So I decided to try with the sewing machine. I wish I had done that before! Probably, if I had bought the straps already done, and if I had started by using the sewing machine, it wouldn't have taken so long. But here we are to make mistakes and trying again!

xxx

Sylvia

Whistling in the rain

Trench coat: DIY (Stradivarius)
Glasses: Mister Spex

Leather skirt: Asos

Boots: Hunter for Jimmy Choo

Bag: Francesco Biasia (old)

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Here are some outfit pictures with my brand new DIY Kill Bill inspired trench coat. I decided to wear it with my favorite bag, my floodproof Hunter Boots and a leather skirt. And these are my new glasses that I won on a giveaway organized by my beloved Fashion Quite, which was sponsored by Mister Spex. I usually buy everything online but I had never dared to buy glasses without trying them on first. However, this has been a great experience: these glasses are exactly what I wanted and the refraction is perfect.

Hope you guys have a great Halloween!

xxx