As the World turns around, Milan Fashion Week 2015 comes again. It feels like yesterday that we were talking about Spring Summer 2015 trends and now with the sunny warm days still 1 months away we start talking about Fall Winter 2015 2016 trends. The fashion world has its own calendar  Thank god for street style and all the beautiful people outside the shows that will fight the Milan cold and show their picks for Spring Summer 2015.

I've already prepared all my summer wardrobe for the days ahead, while praying for the rain to stop. More than looking for my 15 minutes of fame through 'out of the ordinary' looks, I keep on wearing my favorite shapes and cuts, let it be winter or summer. Fashion Week to me feels like every other week with the only difference being, I get to wear heels 7 days in a row. A personal take on style is key to being comfortable and always happy with what we are wearing. Following trends can be done without renouncing to what we love from our wardrobes.

This Spring Summer 2015 Gingham print, or as I call it the picnic blanket, is a major trend, so while looking to personalize the trend I picked this San Andres Milano skirt and cape that is more colorful and better fits my own style. Maybe no one looking at this would think of Gingham after all, but that was just the start of the process in picking a SS15 oufit for Milan Fashion Week.

With outfits we have fun, while it is the accessories that need more attention to detail as they need to adapt to different style choices. For this Milan Fashion Week 2015 the Omega Ladymatic watch will be the fil rouge to my style picks. With its mother-of-pearl dial, a bazel covered in diamonds and a gold case it calls to be worn with romantic dresses and luxurious coats. I'll have to keep up the standard to Nicole Kidman, who is the ambassador for this watch. When I visited Vienna to attend the Omega Enchanted Night, it was with this watch that I fell in love with first sight. Such loves are hard to forgive.

Omega Ladymatic Co-Axial 34mm watch

San Andres Milano Spring Summer 2015 skirt and cape

Sebastian Shoes

 

The day I was given this vintage dress by my boyfriend's mother I was over the moon. She tells me that everyone in the Milan of  the 60s and 70s would go through a long process to get dressed, starting with doing research in the magazines, going fabric shopping and then ending at their personal tailor to get the dress made. A dress that would last for years and in this case even for decades and still be stylish. Nowadays this process is called by the fancy name of 'slow wear' and we are all trying to build wardrobes that make sense and don't go out of fashion.  This made me think of what is in my own wardrobe that my daughter would love to wear in 30 years time. My list came down to 8 dresses, lots of coats, a few bags and hopefully she will be size 39 to get the chance to wear all my (unworn) shoe collection.

Trends come and go, the only thing we are  left with is style, a personal style that is timeless. Timeless like the Omega Constellation watch, part of a family of watches that were first launched under this name by Omega 1952. Just like fashion, the watch has changed a lot during the decades, while always being defined by a style of elegant cases and dials with ultra-precise movements.  Todays design on my wrist was introduced in 1982 featuring the four "griffes" which originally held the sapphire crystal in place and helped ensure the watch remained waterproof. Given its success at the time, it has become the design standard for the Constellation line.

Watches embed better than any other accessory the concept of eternity, being a perfect gift that can be inherited by many generations to come. While I'm still hoping for my daughter to have a shoe size of 39, at least I don't have to worry about giving her a time piece like this one given that they come with adjustable wristbands. A perfect gift of love, with the watch ticking and counting every cherished moment spent together.

Wearing

Constellation Omega Co-Axial 35 MM

Vintage Dress

Vintage fur coat

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

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