Work From My Happy Place

Since getting my 5 month Great Dane puppy Fuji, the arrangements for my everyday work schedule have changed a lot. Walking her 3 times a day and getting her to play for at least 1 hour, had to find a place in my agenda. While on weekends it has become a pleasure to get her around the different parks of Milan, during the week she gets her playtime in the middle of my workday. Fortunately in the neighborhood we have a secret garden which is cared after by the community. It is right over the Olona river, has lots of trees, a special area for different kind of flowers and some people are also growing vegetables. I've been taking Fuji there every workday for the past month.

I tried working on the phone, answering emails and reading the papers but with my kind of job I need to follow projects, have long Skype meetings, use the Microsoft Office suite and have some battery life that lasts. The answer to my problem came with the new HP Stream x360 notebook with Intel Inside®. It made things easier with 1TB of free cloud storage for the first year, which makes me have all my work files online and access them at any time while sharing everything across all my devices. The internet data is included out of the box so this comes especially handy while at the park because I never seem to get the public Wi-Fi access. The Microsoft Office 365 ( including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Access) is free for the first year, so I can keep up with my Excel spreadsheet work, or have client presentations directly from my notebook.

The HP Stream is a new kind of notebook with Intel Inside. It is light weight, performs fast, and as a fashion blogger I also appreciate the blue color, because even PCs need an amazing outfit. The feature that I love most is the screen who turns 360° and with its touchscreen it works as an 11inch tablet. Fuji also loves it, because she tried to lick it the first time I brought it with me at the Secret Garden. This week I've been spending with her 2 hours a day outside, me working from my happy place while she plays with the other dogs. As spring arrives and the days get longer we for sure will be at the park more.

HP Stream x360 with Intel Inside® #WorkHappy

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**In collaboration with HP & Intel 

 

Wearing:

Top Twisty Parallel Universe

Pants McQ by Alexander McQueen

Watch Omega Seamaster 300 Master Co-Axial

Back to Work

Getting back to work after 2 weeks of total relax is hard. This Monday I was trying to find new ways to procrastinate while on my desk, like writing endless to do lists for 2015. It got weird when one of the To Do Lists ended up being a list of shoes and clothes from the Spring Summer 2015 trends to buy. It started as a work moment with the first thing I do when I open my computer, checking the WWD news. And of course the SS15 trends were there, which then brought me to search also for Spring Summer 2015 beauty trends, that finally brought me on Pinterest and the time flew by and it was lunch time.

Back to work again after the break, answering all the pending emails which had accumulated after my 2 week digital detox, then suddenly I had an urge to plan my Easter holidays and escape from my inbox. So I found myself browsing for Cuba tours, hotels and planes.

By the end of the day I had completed 1 task from my Back To Work - To Do List which fortunately was a meeting where I couldn't get distracted.

Office Style

A while back, when I was finishing my studies and doing the first job interviews, I followed the safe route of buying a skirt suit in black. Once I wore it, it became obvious that such a plain outfit wouldn't work for me so I added a brooch to the jacket and a bold monochrome shirt. You can try to fit with the work environment but you can't hide your true self for a long time. Eventually when I got hired they saw that I didn't try to hide my femininity just because I was working in an investment bank. Now that I have more freedom in expressing myself at work, being my own boss and all,  you'd think I go crazy with colors and prints, but actually I keep applying some office style rules because meeting clients in jeans keeps being a bad idea. The office style rules are simple:

• Hemlines should be to the knee


• Sleeveless tops can be worn only with button down conservative shirts


• Pumps Yes, flip flops or super high heels No


• Jeans only if styled with formal shoes and a blazer


• No print mixing. Prints work best when worn with a white top or bottom

[caption id="attachment_8798" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Omega Seamaster 300 Master Co-Axial[/caption]

Omega in Movement

No office look is complete without a power watch from the men's collection. Because when women mean business,  a watch is a better steal from the menswear wardrobe than the pantsuit.  What I picked to style this office look was a watch that could be both understated, with the stainless steel bracelet and black dial, and powerful in design. The OMEGA Seamaster 300 Master Co-Axial is the upgraded version of the 1957 iconic Seamaster 300 which was designed for divers.

 

*In collaboration with Omega. Check out all the looks of the #OmegaInMovement Project on Facebook