Chez Agnes

You say I look prettier… do I, really? Don’t know. So you say. Maybe it’s just that I have finally started to find my own style… which was always avoiding me, escaping like water through my fingers. Maybe it’s just that finally, FINALLY, I have begun to realise it… to understand it: It’s not what you wear, but how you wear it, the way it reflects who you are, what you do. I read it standing on the subway, hiding behind my Clear Aviator Ray Bans, and I realise that it may be exactly that… cause let’s be honest here, what else is there?? It’s not the weight loss, or the haircut… people had started the “you look prettier” thing a little before. But ever since I decided fashion was going to be my thing (and not only in a theoretical way, but as a future), I also decided to invest in better, more selected clothes and accessories… which probably resulted in what I’m achieving today. I’d like to think it’s that, for various reasons: It means I’ve come to means with who I am, and I’m finally a...

En la hora previa al cine del domingo, una nueva visita a la Casa del Libro… una idea metida en la cabeza, un libro en la lista. Las cosas claras. Rápida en búsqueda de mi objetivo me dirijo a la sección de moda en modo búsqueda y captura. Y lo cojo, y lo hojeo. Y de pronto, entre los cantos, perdido en la estantería, un reflejo rojo que me llama la atención. ¿Será casualidad? ¿Instinto? No lo sé… lo cierto es que cojo el manuscrito entre los dedos, y algo que se me dispara por dentro… El libro en cuestión se titula “ El Libro rojo del estilo ” y promete en su reverso 1.000 claves y consejos que tengo que saber … menciona a todos esos grandes con los que sueño trabajar algún día, y vestir, qué duda cabe… y se siembra la duda. Tenía otra idea en la cabeza, e intento autoconvencerme de que eso es lo que quiero. Pero no es así, y me vuelvo y cojo el manuscrito rojo. Y lo pago. Llevo apenas un capítulo y sé que no me he equivocado. No porque me confirme esa idea vagabunda de que por fin me...

Ever since I met Blair Waldorf (way before any of my friends started anticipating Monday nights for Gossip), I had to admire her style. She’s by far my favourite character on the show, not only for her attitude (she’s the most fun to watch, together with Mr. Chuck) but for that wonderful way she has to put an outfit together, gorgeous and perfect even when her life is being torn apart, inspired by wonderful and stylish ladies such as Audrey Hepburn and Jackie O. So ever since then, which more or less coincided with the moment I was being more active about my style change (and about my diet too), I have let myself be inspired by her. And so… headbands entered my closet, as well as more dresses and skirts. Anyway… there’ll more time for that another day. This, is the story of a perfect bargain, and an outfit that became perfect too. After promising a friend from work I would act as her stylist any day, we scaped a little early from work to go shopping. And so we did. While she picked and...