To celebrate the Mother's Day I selected some fun and fabulous Mother-Daughter fun photos and outfit combos. Ever since I moved out of my childhood home which was really early, right after high school and moved to United States and since continued to travel, work and live around the world I see my parents once to twice a year at the most. With not being so close our relationship changed as well but I really believe that the base your parents raise and leave you with in young age is what you are left to live with. In good and bad, you continue to carry the lessons you learned from your parents and build your own personality and character.
LEARN TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.
Some of the most important things I learned from my mother is definitely to work on myself and build myself up before I become a part of the couple. I do feel that many young women today (at least in the country I am from) don't allow themselves to live on their own, work, earn their own living, take responsibility over their own actions and their lives and have a good time before they get married and have kids so many go straight from living with parents and studying to getting married and having kids.
I'M YOUR MOM, NOT YOUR SCHOOL FRIEND.
When I was younger I wanted my mother to be more cool, to dress more cool like some other moms did. Then she told me that she doesn't want to be my friend as I can find many friends on my own, while I can have only one mother. I was never given anything I haven't worked for one way or the other through my life and I knew I can get a hand to get up when I fall from my parents but I also knew they will not hold my hand through life. I just needed to figured it out on my own. So I did.
"I see myself as a mom first. I'm so lucky to have that role in life. The world can like me, hate me, or fall apart around me and at least I wake up with my kids and I'm happy."
Angelina Jolie
"I can only hope to be 10 percent of the mom mine was to me. She encouraged me to be confident and enjoy life."
Charlize Theron
WHAT KIND OF MOTHER DO YOU HOPE TO BE?
When I think about what kind of mother I would like to be one day (soon but not very soon) I think that the independence, tolerance, loyalty, honesty, self-esteem and ability to manage their own life and their own money are the main things I hope to teach my kids to know how to do. Some of these skills I see lacking with young people today, while on the parents side I see that many seem to busy to raise their kids and sometimes they are taking easy way out using technology and other diversions.
On the other hand, I am aware that when you still don't have kids it's easy to talk about how would you raise them and what kind of people you would hope them to become.
"The most important thing [my mom] ever taught me is that fear is not an option."
Diane von Furstenberg
"Love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark...to have been loved so deeply...will give us some protection forever."
J.K. Rowling
One of the most glamorous nights of the year in United States aside of the Oscars is most definitely Met Gala. Met Gala is organized by Anna Wintour and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and after the crying baby at the front row of fashion show at FWNY Anna draw the line and said a determent NO to selfies at Met Gala this year or as the official statement saids: "The use of phones for photography and social media will not be permitted inside the gala."
In Wintour's defense, it's not only her who banned it, Cannes film festival this year also wants to limit number of selfies taken by restricting it somewhat while Coachella banned use of selfie-sticks saying it bluntly:"Selfie sticks / Narsisstics [sic]." You go Coachella team! I can't stand those damn things! God knows I got hit over the head way to many times with the selfie stick by the over excited tourists here in Barcelona.
I got a couple of comments from my dear readers and followers on why I don't post a bit more outfit posts or selfies on Instagram. I do it occasionally, when I have something to report which could be helpful for you all for example. how I finally managed to curl my ridiculously straight hair with hair straightener so I thought I should share to help another girl with the same problem but I feel as if it would be super shallow if I would bombard you daily with my damn face snaps, God forbid taken with selfie stick ;)
#SayNoToSelfieStick
"Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome."
A couple of weeks back I was invited by my friend Lorena Vilanova a blogger and a journalist behind The Stylistbook blog to visit a designer Pop Up at The Secret Room in Barcelona. A designer we went to see was a charming Sasha Budnik - designer and illustrator behind the brand Vasya.
The Secret Room is very special place in Barcelona which combines beauty, art, fashion and leisure. On a regular day this venue is a full time hair studio and soon to be beauty studio as well, but it's also equipped with a bar, a gorgeous terrace and DJ booth. The Secret Room is a place where you can enjoy variety of events, art expositions, tastings, culinary workshops and fashion showrooms. One can also rent a venue for private event.
Venue is beautifully and tastefully decorated with a unique mix of vintage and modern pieces and has a very friendly staff and management team and it's located in very center of Barcelona at Passeo de Gracia.
The fashion Pop Up we came to see was a full day event organized on a gorgeous sunny day. The event featured five fashion, accessory and jewelry designer but there was also a sitting bags designer, cook and a florist.
Slow Fashion In addition to groundbreaking runway creations, derived from the sweet elegance and superior style of European artisanship, the VASYA collections follow the concept of Slow Fashion.
THE CONCEPT OF SLOW FASHION
Slow fashion, like ¨slow food¨, ¨slow travel¨, or even the ¨slow career¨ which are seen as alternatives to better health and economy in all areas, is an epiphany for fashionistas with waning disposable incomes and a need to have instant remarkable style that will last, and last and last… VASYA by incorporating a long term unique looks has created separate collections for the every-day chic woman to take her beloved accessories and fashions to the next level, by catering them and making them accessible for today’s trends and tomorrows.
SASHA BUDNIK, fashion designer
VASYA by Sasha Budnik Sasha Budnik is a Fashion Designer and Illustrator, and the creator of VASYA designs. After obtaining a degree in the Fine Arts University (Minsk, Belarus) in 2006 and presenting her first collection in 2003 in Belarus, she established herself in the cosmopolitan city of Barcelona, where she continued her studies at the Instituto Europeo di Design. She is currently teaching in IED and working on her new collections.
“I dedicate my work to bringing out the different “characters” in women – women with personality confidence and a strong sense of self, spirituality and their existence. The most genuine and creative personal style is created not only by a constant developing of trends, but also by individuality.”
Sasha Budnik, fashion designer
Similarly to Croatian designer Kate Almighty, Sasha's signature dresses have open back, usually deep-V cut back cleavage. Although Sasha doesn't produce her collection in large production facilities, in fact all of her items are unique, not more then one piece is produced per style and she uses luxurious fabrics such as silk and lace, her clothing is still quite affordable for a regular women.
At the Pop Up shop I tried this gorgeous floral crop top but it was just a bit to tight on the shoulders, I am 6'1'' after all. :) My other favorite items of her I liked were of course the backless dresses and another black button up sheer cropped short sleeve sweater which I photographed bellow.
What are your favorite 'secret' gem places in Barcelona? Please do share in comment.
I live in Barcelona for some time now but every week I continue to discover new fabulous place to eat, shop and enjoy!
Rowdy weekender bags and backpacks are beautifully made out of the softest leather and there is a great positive and charitable vibe in companies story. The brand takes a special care of their shopper, distribution chain and their production keeping their prices really low vs. the quality they provide which is trully high. The philosophy is quotes as: “We all want to help one another, human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery.”
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