My vacation continues to be beach-less but with lots of time spent in the pool… Summer’s sunny and scalding hot! Throughout Christmas with family, eat is all we did!

I am shocked at the prices here in Brazil. I find a lot of beautiful things that I’d love to have, but the prices are really extorsive. I am seeing myself increasingly more detached of the Brazilian “reality” and ask myself how is it possible to have prices sooooo incompatible with the purchasing power here. Everything can be bought in a million of monthly installments, but so what? You end up paying twice as much as you would for a fairly priced product. Therefore, I’ve been very diligent on my acquisitions here. But since I love Brazil’s summer fashion so much, especially bikinis and bijoux, I could not resist and bought some pieces that I plan to use during Boston’s brief summer.

Due to the absence of my favorite photographer, my lack of ability with the tripod, and the fact that these pieces speak for themselves, I decided to photograph them just like that… my presence, this time, was limited to be on the other side of the lenses.

I leave 2009 with a promise of nice photos, fair looks, and a lot of information exchange for the next year! Happy 2010! A healthy, peaceful, and loveful year for all of us!

As ferias continuam sem praia, mas com muita piscina…sol e verao escaldante! O Natal foi bem familia e comer foi tudo que se fez.

Ando super espantada com os precos absurdos do Brasil, acho muita coisa linda, mas os precos realmente exorbitantes. Cada vez me vejo mais fora da realidade brasileira e me pergunto como os precos podem ser tao incompativeis com os salarios. Tudo pode ser parcelado em inumeras prestacoes, mas e dai? O preco final e o dobro de um preco justo.

Por essa e outras, ando bem “singela” nas minhas aquisicoes, mas como sou apaixonada pela moda verao brasileira, especialmente pelos biquinis e bijouterias, nao pude resistir e arrisquei em algumas pecas, que poderei usar no breve verao de Boston.

Aproveitei a falta do meu fotografo preferido, minha falta de habilidade com o tripe e o fato das pecas ja falarem tudo por si so, e resolvi fotografa-las assim, sozinhas… minha presenca dessa vez, se limitou ao outro lado da lente.

Deixo 2009 com promessas de fotos bacanas, looks dignos e muita troca de informacao para o proximo ano! Um Feliz 2010! Saude, Paz e Amor pra todas nos!

Lenny swimsuit, Evidence bracelets

When I was living in Brazil I used to wait anxiously for winters, I loved to dress “winter-style” using layering, boots, scarves, gloves but always had a special knack for winter coats (well, I still have it). But since I moved to the polar arctic (a.k.a. Boston), many of my winter fashion concepts have changed. Now, I really believe that winter fashion depends on what kind of winter you’re talking about. During the winter here in Boston any temperature around 32 F (0 C) is great and temperatures less than -4 F (-20 C) are not really a surprise to those who live here. When in middle of frigid cold weather, our biggest concern is to survive and fashion comes in second. But as the cold season just started and it gets dark real early, each sunny day (or a fraction of it) is celebrated with happiness and, of course, winter fashion!

Quando ainda morava no Brasil, eu costumava esperar o frio ansiosamente, adorava me vestir com mais estilo, sobreposicoes, botas, cachecois, luvas e era super apaixonada por esses casacoes de inverno. Bom, na verdade ainda sou. Mas, desde que comecei a enfrentar o frio polar de Boston, muitos dos meus conceitos em relacao a essa elegancia atribuida ao inverno super mudaram. Agora acredito que tudo obviamente depende do inverno, que estamos nos referindo. Em Boston no inverno, qualquer temperatura acima de zero e sonho de consumo, 20 graus negativos sao temperaturas que ja nao supreendem mais quem mora aqui.  E o instinto de sobrevivencia sobrepoe qualquer apelo fashion. Por enquanto, o frio mal comecou, mas os dias ja viram noites as 4 horas da tarde , cada raio de sol e comemorado com extrema alegria e ainda e possivel investir no antigo conceito de elegancia!

H&M studded coat, Rachel Roy sweater, Theory black shirt, Urban Outfitters leggings and earrings, Michael Kors boots, H&M bracelets.

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Day after day I am finding out what a great (and sweet) ordeal is to have a blog. It’s a looooooot of work (congratulations to all bloggers) but also a lot of pleasure… It consists of great amounts of prep work, trying to do the best you can, looking for cool outfits, researching the right mix of different pieces together, looking for clothes that you forgot you had in your closet, finding nice, new places for the photo shoots, posing for the camera without having any idea of how it is going to come out, giving an expression to your clothes, mood, and style… but the best part of it is to meet people all over the world and realize that everybody speaks the same language, the language of fashion!

Aos poucos vou experimentando o doce sabor de se ter um blog, alem do super trabalho que da (parabens redobrado a todas as blogueiras), existem inumeros prazeres… alem de  ter que se preparar, de tentar fazer e dar o melhor de si gratuitamente, de buscar looks bacanas, pesquisar, combinar pecas, buscar pecas que estavam esquecidas no closet, procurar lugares legais, fazer poses sem ter a minima nocao de como a foto vai ficar, expressar a roupa, o humor, seu estilo … o melhor de tudo, e encontrar pessoas ao redor do mundo e falarmos todos a mesma lingua, a linguagem da moda!

BCBG jacket, Chocoleite top (brazilian brand) top, Express pants, Pour La Victoire shoes, Ann Taylor and H&M bracelets

Throughout Boston’s frigid cold winter, fur pieces (faux fur, of course!) are not only a “fashionable fashion” choice but also provide us a nice way to fight the cold with dignity.

Since our winter here hasn’t begun yet (fingers crossed) and we still don’t have to get out dressed like a bear, I just picked up this nice little vest at H&M last week for only $15 (and I’ll admit, I was in the market for something like this already).

I could not resist buying it (I didn’t try that hard to resist anyway). It is super soft, the color is soooo nice, and the price couldn’t be better. The plan now is, with the money that I saved, to hit the salon ASAP because my hair is very close to calling 911.

No inverno gelado de Boston, pecas de pele (falsa, e claro) nao sao so uma  opcao super fashion, mas tambem a garantia de que e possivel enfrentar o frio, com mais dignidade.

Como o inverno ainda nao comecou (dedos cruzados), pra sair de casa em montacoes de urso  e como eu ja queria usar algo de pele antes de enjoar, adquiri na semana passada esse coletinho na  HM, por miseros  15 doletos.

Nao deu pra resistir  (e quem disse que eu queria), alem de superrrr macio , a cor e bacana e o preco, nao poderia ser melhor. Assim, eu aproveito a grana pra dar um jeito no cabelo que ja esta quase ligando pro 911.

Zara jacket, FCUK leggings, HM Faux Fur vest, Urban Ouffiters T-shirt, Michael Kors boot, Ann Taylor necklace (I bought to my mom, but …:D) , Nine West bag and Emporio Armani sunglasses.