10.31.2011

LA CATRINA

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

This are some pictures of the costume I wore this saturday, to a halloween party. I dressed up as The Catrina a famous mexican traditional character known as the womens spirit of the dead, it's such a popular character of our mexican culture. 
We actualy celebrate the day of the dead instead of normal halloween. This day is known to be the perfect ocasion to remenber those who have passed away. We love to think that we can have a connection with our dead relatives and friends by creating altars whith a picture of the diseased, where we put all the things they used to love during their life, like food and some of their stuff. It's a way to remember them and how they where important for us, and we get together to celebrate them and us who are still alive.

This year I wanted to embody the spirit of our mexican tradition but with a fashionable twist. I created this Catrina costume  and made this amazing head piece, I used flowers, tons of color and put many details on the makeup to make it pop and be fun for a party night! 



For my Catrina costume, I wore a vintage long sleve black satin dress with emborided panels on the front and back. It used to belong to my mom, when I saw it, I got so inspired and immediately knew who I wanted to be for this halloween! So I created this complete look, which I adored!!

 Hope you like it and you have a great halloween day!!    
Let's go trick or treating!! 
love,
Andrea G.

10.20.2011

CHINESE PRINT

Today's post is about a casual chic yet colorful look. Last week was my brother's girlfriend birthday and my whole family went out to celebrate with her. 
We went to a cool restaurant called Mr. Mustard, it's a small place with delicious food and has a great alternative vibe to it, it's full of color and contrast. The owner if a good friend of mine, and he made such a good job creating this great place. If you ever come to San Pedro, my town here in Monterrey, I fully recommend you to visit and try their amazing dishes, you wont regret it!



 I wore a Charlotte Russe emerald printed blouse with my H&M linen boyfriend blazer, used the skinny Levi's jeans and Steve Madden nude pumps, with my green Coach tote bag and some Vintage accessories.

The weekend is a day away, let the plans begin!
love,
Andrea G.

10.11.2011

BLACK SEQUIN

Hello hello, I'm sharing this quick post from school, just finished my classes for the day and I'm waiting for the rain to calm down, so I can go back home. 

This pictures are from last weekend, while I was getting ready to go out. I went to bar with some of my best friends! I love having girls night outs it's always great to catch up and have some cool drinks.

 

I wore a my 80's inspired Marciano sequined blazer with a ZARA basic black top underneath, used my EXPRESS high waited satin shorts and Steve Madden black suede pumps. Luis Vuitton silver folded clutch and another pair from my mom's vintage accessory collection, this amazing huge flower earrings.

Cheers!
love,
Andrea G.

10.05.2011

LITTLE BLACK DRESS

Good morning everyone, sorry if I've been so M.I.A. lately, but I'm still pretty busy handling three jobs, school, several events and a long distance relationship, I'm going a bit crazy. I'm trying to pull everythhig together, but I haven't had any time to take pictures. I think I need to find a cool photographer to follow me around all day taking pictures, haha such a diva I know! I wish, anyway for now I'm lucky to have my friends helping out with the pics, to get new and interesting posts!! 


This pictures are from an event I attended last weekend, at a jewelry store called Eternity Diamonds. I had the honor to be invited to this lovely evening, where jewelry and style professionals gave us a very interesting conference about everything related to jewelry. We learned about the different types of jewelry there are and wich kind of accesories fit us better according to our personal style and interests. It was a great event and I even got to try some cool pieces on.





I wanted a classy and feminine look, so the perfect choice was a  little black dress. I wore this ZARA Basic dress with a vintage black leather waist belt. Used my red Fendi chef canvas calfskin hobo bag and for the final touch I wore my new black and creme super high pumps, its one of the newest pairs in my closet.. I'm in love!


Off to school, enjoy your day! 
love,
Andrea G.