What is your favorite online Magazine?

There is more and more amazing online magazines! Here are some of my favorites:

Lonny Mag is about lifestyle and home decor,

(for the new issue press in the pic)

Adore Mag also on lifestyle and home decor,


Lovely decor mag from the By Fryd blog

Gifted Magazine from lovely Creature Comforts,

And then there is the amazing foooood Magazinesssss!!!! Like the Sweet Paul Mag


what can I say... super yummy eye candy!!


The new mag from the lovely food blog What Katie Ate,

Then there is the gorgeous magazines on weddings! From the amazing the Style me Pretty blog,

There is also the delightful mag from Utterly Engaged,

What is your favorite online magazine? :)

Anthropologie Stores

Their stores are pretty impressive in terms of decor. I while go I had the opportunity to visit the London store in which they have an impressive garden wall!

While in NYC and Washington DC a stop in an Antropologie store was mandatory!

the shop of Antropologie in George Town in DC. Some pictures from the Rockefeller center NYC Antropologie shop,

the decor details are impressive!

in my to get list! the amazing Penguin Classics with the covers made by Coralie Bickford-Smith

Now is also possible to order their clothes at http://www.anthropologie.eu/ and pay in euros which is handy :)

Anthropologie in London, Shop Tour

When following bloggers in US we soon get familiar with the delightful brand Antropologie.
Recently they've open their first European shop in London at Regent Street.

I had the opportunity to visit it this weekend and I was very impressed by the selection of clothes and home decor items. The shop it self is full of vibrant colors and very organic.

The flowers in the image below were made of plastic bottles, what a nice DIY idea :)








What is simply delightful is their attention to details in the decoration of the shop,


How cool is this garden wall ??


Super cute book case,


The decoration is simply a feast to the eye, there is so many small details. Like the one below, it looks like some kind of patterns for ribbon making.


I would love to have a bed like this one !





In the household appliances section, full of vibrant colors.





I cannot resist to these colors!!!


A very interesting decor idea, to add some drawings as the background paper of the closet,


I was very impressed indeed with this shop! what a great concept! I would describe it as very ethnic, colorful and organic shop :)
I'm looking forward to seeing this shop in New York next month! ;)

Simple, recycled and unique, this is Freitag

The brand Freitag is one that should inspire people to think outside of the box. This brand does all kind of bags specially the messenger one. They are made with materials like well-traveled truck tarpaulins, unraveled seat belts, bicycle inner tubes beyond repair and recycled airbags. Since they are made or trunk tarpaulins they are pretty resistant!

I had the opportunity to visit their main store in Zürich. Its simply impressive, is built out of cargo boxes!

You could go until the 4th box.

Each bag they produce is unique, since it will be cut out of a unique truck tarpaulins. This image simple translate this point very well,

(image from Freitag)

The other weekend while strolling in Cologne we ended up finding a Freitag shop, i really like their minimalist and well organized way of showing their products.

They had quite a lot of unique products!





Also if by any change you have some spare truck tarpaulins you can always sell them to Freitag :)

Simple, recycled and unique!

J.Crew why not Europe?

When reading blogs from US we end up noticing what are the brands that most inspire people to consume :)
And J.Crew is definitely one of them, it has simple designs but full of charm.

Being more and more a global economy, what i don't understand is why J.Crew doesn't invest in Europe. There is market here, people are always looking for something new and inspiring.
What is strange for me is that if we go to j.crew website they do import to Japan.. but zero countries in Europe.

(pictures from j.crew )

I suppose they already have quite a base in US, they might not see the profit in coming to Europe. Yep, Europe is quite a challenging market, since its different cultures, mentalities etc. But still if we look at a Massimo Dutti you can find it every where in Europe, not the same style as J.Crew but for sure the same people that shops in Massimo Dutti would related definitely to J.Crew. Still these are just assumptions from a not totally informed person.. that would like to shop at J.Crew in Europe :P

Well, i cannot complain so much regarding good shops we can find in Europe. For instance in Portugal we have Lanidor a Portuguese brand that also does inspiring clothes,

(pictures from Lanidor)

It can be found already in some European countries like Spain, Ireland, Germany and Switzerland.

Shoe Love

I couple of years ago i came across this Brazilian brand that i absolutely adore!
Melissa! They only make jelly shoes but they are simple gorgeous plus they smell really good... yep you heard me right they smell good :) like a fruity Chewing gumm.

(all the above pics are from Melissa)

Some of their shoes are the result of partnerships with Alexandre Herchcovitch, the brothers Fernando and Humberto Campana, the architect Zaha Hadid and Vivienne Westwood.

Yes... i do have melissas, my last additions to my increasing shoe rack... :P


Very guilty! but not feeling so much guilt! :)