#brandsandshopping

get it now: zara man white guitar sneakers | quero já: sapatilhas brancas com guitarra

Posted on April 7, 2017

What | O quê Zara Man SS’17 White Guitar Sneakers | Sapatilhas brancas com guitarra How much | Quanto custa €35,95 Why | Porquê White-but-not-that-white thanks to its vintage sole. I like its rock n’roll vibe with glitter, the black and white effect (laces look great) and the black heels with studs — others (read Valentino) have done it before but these cost a lot less. São brancos, mas não tão brancos assim graças ao efeito vintage das solas. Gosto…

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By joão miguel simões

#atlarge travel

azoris royal garden, são miguel/portugal: meet me halfway | meio caminho andado

A seven-minute drive from the airport and no more than a 10-minute walk from the city centre. When I googled Azoris Royal Garden (ARG), a renovated four star hotel in Ponta Delgada (and part of Azoris Hotels Group, recently…

November 30, 2016

#designandarch lifestyle

spot alert: andré lisbon wall

It’s almost too good to be true, but apart from Tuesdays and Saturdays, when Feira da Ladra (flea market) takes place at Campo de Santa Clara, it’s common to find ourselves alone in front of Andre Lisbon Wall. Nevertheless,…

November 23, 2016

#brandsandshopping lifestyle

trend alert — fur collar jackets: counting sheep | casacos com gola de pele: a contar carneiros

Our grandpas wore it. Our dads wore it. And we probably wore it too as kids, but, believe it or not, fur collar jackets are back in style with a few adaptations — faux fur to start with, in…

November 15, 2016

#brandsandshopping lifestyle

trend alert | zalando x marni: step into marni

October 27, 2016. A D-Day for fashionistas? After COS x MRPORTER.COM (read here),  Zalando (German online fashion retailer that sells shoes and clothing from several brands) has also chose this day to launch exclusively on its e-tail site a…

October 24, 2016

#brandsandshopping lifestyle

trend alert: cos x mrporter.com-the art of everyday | my top 5

For the second time in their history, fashion retailers COS and MRPORTER.COM team up to launch a menswear collection — but you have to wait until October 27 (available in their online stores and in selected COSSTORES). Entitled “The…

October 10, 2016

#styleandfashion lifestyle

trend alert: do i see a dragoon? | de onde saiu o dragão?

Are we men enough to wear an embroidered dragoon on our backs or a printed snake on our jeans? Luxury fashion labels as Valentino or Gucci believed so, making of it a runway look, and surprisingly (or not) fashion…

October 4, 2016

#atlarge travel

uva do monte-blueberry farm, alentejo/portugal: last call | última chamada

Last July I was invited to spend a couple of days at Uva do Monte-Blueberry Farm and write a piece about it for Portuguese lifestyle magazine Evasões. I enjoyed my stay there so much — even if I was…

October 3, 2016

#styleandfashion lifestyle

trend alert: wear your joggers and fear not | use as suas joggers e seja feliz

Wearing tracksuits (in parts or as a whole) as a streetwear statement is no longer seen as a typical middle class faux pas, but it can be tricky to be dressed in sweats and still look good and crisp.…

September 26, 2016

#styleandfashion lifestyle

Burberry september 2016: see-now, buy-now | das passarelas para a loja

A few months ago, I was having second thoughts about Snapchat — and trying desperately to understand the purpose of sharing non edited contents with strangers and acquainted — when Burberry showed up there and proved me wrong by…

September 23, 2016