London Vogue Fashion Night Out (belated)

I love VFNO. I just do. It's the perfect excuse for taking an afternoon off and sliding into the shops to drink some champagne and catch up with friends. The perfect end of summer (if we ever had one) party. 
This year, lovely RoRo, Joseph and myself went down to Aspinal of London for the first one. It was packed, nice but packed. And they were having a casting in the basement, which made the whole up and down transition impossible. So after adoring the new designs and making long lists of what we will be adding to Santa's list this Christmas, we decided to head to Burberry. 
A classic of the VFNO in London. This year's band was good, Southern. Thom and Lucy sang some lovely songs and everyone seemed to be having a great time. Now, finding a glass of champagne? Almost mission impossible. Gladly we found a few... and we also found my dear Silvia from NottingChic! Gorgeous as usual, we managed to have a little chat before we were taken downstairs and lost her for the rest of the night. 
As we walked outside, we decided to have a quick look at LV and check their windows with all the Yayoi Kusama collection. Awesomeness is the word. I've seen the exact same windows at Selfridges every morning on the way to the office and I can't stop looking at them. It's like when Audrey stared at the windows of Tiffany's at early hours in the morning while she had a coffee and a croissant. Anyway, the point is, we were in LV briefly and then came down to Hermès only to find a stage (outside, obvs) with some people dancing swing. SWiNG! We totally loved it!

All in all it was a good night, but one really got the impression that LVFNO has grown A LOT, and I am not sure that is necessarily a good thing.

Oh, I was also approached by the peeps from BuyMyWardrobe to take some pics of my outfit.

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Photo by www.buymywardrobe.com

Vjera Vilicnik skirt

H&M top

Zara blazer

Vintage belt (thanks mum, again)

Balenciaga bag

DOTS FOR THE DROPS (of rain)!

I'm back in London now after spending a wonderful few days in warm and sunny Spain, and guess what... it's raining! I couldn't believe it spent all day raining yesterday! So, to celebrate that today was a little sunny, B and I decided to stay away from the Notting Hill carnival and go for a walk around the neighbourhood - it ended up being quite nice and relaxing!

What to wear... Dots! I love dotted skirts, dresses... feels so summery! (and when you live in London all year long, you need to find a way to remember that hey, despite the rain and the 16 degrees... we are in the Summer!)

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Levi's denim jacket

H&M tank top

Vintage skirt

Vintage ponyskin belt (from my lovely mum's wardrobe...)

Zara shoes

Bracelets:  Tiffany's, Pandora and traditional Peruvian silver

Burgmeister watch

LV bag

STRiPES FOR A SUMMER DAY...

Finally, after 2 months of rain, the sun came out! Looks like we might have a bit of a Summer in London after all, and what a better way of enjoying it than going for a picnic?

I was feeling very summery and felt like wearing stripes so grabbed my yellow shorts and striped t-shirt and I was ready to go!

With the kids swimming in the pond and the dogs running in the fields, we made our way to find the guys (don't ever trust a man's directions on the phone - you'll surely get lost). Eating, chatting and laughing, we had a great time. Fingers crossed for more hot and sunny days like Sunday, and many more picnic's to come!


When everyone left we decided to stay a little longer and B took a few pics - some below.

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Finalmente, después de dos meses de lluvia, ¡salió el sol! Parece que, al final, tendremos un poco de Verano en Londres, y ¿qué mejor manera de disfrutarlo que yendonos de picnic?


Yo estaba muy veraniega y me apetecía vestir de rayas asique cogí los pantalones cortos y la camiseta de rayas y ¡lista!

Con los niños nadando en el lago y los perros corriendo por el campo, fuimos a buscar a los chicos (nunca os fieis de un hombre dando direcciones... seguro que os perdeis). Comimos, hablamos, reimos, y nos lo pasamos genial. Esperemos que haya más días de sol y calor como el Domingo, ¡y muchos más picnics!


Cuando todos se fueron, nosotros decidimos quedarnos un rato más y B hizo varias fotos - podeis ver algunas aqui debajo.


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When one of my work colleagues, lovely Jane, asked me if I would model for one of her photography projects, I instantly said yes! 

'You have to pull 8 different facial expressions, and no hands allowed!'. It was an early start of the day but so much fun that it was worth it! You can see the 8 shots she selected below!

 Cuando una de mis compis de trabajo me preguntó si haría de modelo para uno de sus proyectos de fotografía,¡dije sí al instante!

'Tienes que poner 8 expresiones diferentes ¡y no puedes usar las manos!', me dijo. Empezamos el día pronto ¡pero fue tan divertido que valió la pena! Podeis ver las 8 fotos que eligió para el proyecto aquí debajo!

I'm wearing Mint shirt and studded collar.