That's how the story began, almost ten years ago.

I was a diligent middle school student who started looking at the world around me, shyly but carefully.

I remember I wanted that pair of boots up there so much that my mother, without understanding the reason (she tought they were ugly), bought them: they were so huge that my feet seemed much bigger than they were indeed, out of proportion compared to the body. So desired so waited, I've never felt such a pain walking in a pair of shoes as in those ones, they caused me wounds worthy of a fighter!

Here we are ten years later, still in love with painful shoes, claiming: the higher the better!. Is this masochism? I don't think so...to me the most beautiful things are those most suffered.

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Giulia

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Who says that beauty is in super elaborate and sophisticated clothes?

To me, wearing simple basic pieces, such as a great pair of jeans modeled on your figure or a good t-shirt, can be the right chance to free your imagination and have fun by adding to your outfit refined items that you can buy in markets, during your travels or even done by yourself!

Looking to the runways' suggestions, for example, we can notice a particular attention to the embellishment of our neck through the use of removable collars, made of various shapes and materials.

As always, this is just an example because there are many many solutions that you can find on your own playing with scarves, brooches (personally I found some really amazing ones owned by my granmother) and so on.

Imagine to be a blank palette and draw your exclusive painting!

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Giulia

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Both self awareness and the construction of a personal dimension are goals that require time, several attempts and determination to be reached.

That's the reason why the boy up there is in a position of advantage over us all: ninety years old, successful entrepreneur, durable athlete and from my point of view as elegant as modern.

What impresses me more is the balance between comfort, refinement of materials and contemporary tradition interwoven with the textures of Missoni's clothes, able to arouse esteem towards those who wear them with such confidence, but also tenderness.

The second picture -from fall/winter collection 2011- and the last one -from spring/summer collection 2012- are proofs in support of my thesis: wearing that kind of cardigan or jacket is a safe and smart choice.
   

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Giulia

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It's stated: Twilight Mania is widespread throughout the human world.

Fans are roughly divided between team Edward and team Jacob but it seems to me that nobody really cares about "poor" Kristen...forced in somebody else's shoes, and dress, and hairstyle, and smiling face.

At the Los Angeles Premier of Breaking Dawn, she was wearing a wonderful dress by J.Mendel with a dramatic side split, matched to a perceivable embarrassment. I know it's part of the job and most of all this is a unique opportunity for designers to showcase their clothes in front of an incredible mass of people, but is it really worthy? Clearly she is not as confident as the sailed Sharon Stone -she didn't even know where to put the leg- so why put on her a gown like that? To me much better rock&roll dress, sneakers and flowing hair.

The point is that doesn't matter if the outfit is breathtaking, it's up to you to give it life, meaning and personality!

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Giulia

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Ok...assume for a second that the figures that are wearing those incredible clothes are not super fit models, let's focus just on gowns (that for the record are designed by some of my favourite designers).

Do you see anything? Probably you see less than what you should see.

Is this magic? No, that's the power of illusion.

The first dress by Matthew Williamson is thought to reshape the lines of the hips through a clever combination of bright colors so that the waist seems far more thinner! Same thing for the second one, by Giambattista Valli, that takes advantage of a clever play of shadows on the sides, and the very last by Stella McCartney, I would say tricky chic.

Of course they are not affordable for many but take it just as a hint to understand that you can play with lines and score one hundred points more for your team.

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Giulia

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