Arene Centar bloggers challenge #1

Couple of days ago I wrote about entering Arena Centar blogger challenge which is organized by www.krpa.hr portal. First, I told you about the challenge as soon as I was invited to join in, then, I told you about my hard learned speedy shopping lessons, and now I am finally able to share the video of my first challenge.

The first shopping challenge was to choose the outfit which I would wear to a Jazz concert with my boyfriend, with intention to blend in (I was never good with blending in J ) but to stay true to our own personal style.

 We had to choose a dress as a central piece and shop in predetermined Arena Centar Zagreb stores in each of which we had set limited budgets and total of one hour of time. The stores were: Bellisima(up to 1,000 HRK), S ‘Oliver (up to 700 HRK),  Shoebox (up to 1,000 HRK), Argentum(up to 250 HRK) any other store (up to 350 HRK) but not exceeding the total set task budget of 1500 HRK. We also had a chance to choose outfit fitting Sephoramake up in the amount of up to 300 HRK.

The first store I went to was intuitively shoe store – Shoebox, I liked 3 different pair of shoes and finally picked elegant BCBG skinny, black, soft, suede wedges with net looking top. Although they didn’t have my shoe size, my feet worked with me and shrunk in this stressful situation ;)

Later, I picked sleeveless, black and white interesting print, button up, knee high dress with fabric belt and lovely black square buttons in Bellisima. This was my biggest challenge as I never shopped in this store before and they didn’t have the dress I liked in my size, so I took the size bigger.

At the charming jewelry stand – Argentum, I picked classic pearl earrings not to distract and overload the outfit due to the business of the dress.

For “any other store” I picked Zara, where I was not sure if I should go with a purse or a hat, but the hat was more me, so I picked large black straw hat to add some glam and mystery to selected outfit.

Lastly, I picked simple lacy white scarf in S ‘Oliver which can serve as a detail to be tied around the hat or over a shoulder when it gets cold after the concert (I imagined my Jazz concert to be in Dubrovnik, outdoors, in summer).

All photos by Mario Poje: www.pojemario.hr

You can see more photos of this challenge here.

If you like the look I put together you can VOTE for me one bottom of the article here and enter to win a Skybowling award. J Good luck lovelies and thank you for your vote in advance!

From boardroom to red carpet! - Lei Lou SS 2012.

Boardroom to red carpet was the first what came to my mind looking at Lei Lou by Alex Dojčinović SS 2012. Collection. Alex has stayed true to her brand equity, flirting with trends but not being bound by them.

As I wrote in one of my previous reviews of Lei Lou collections, Alex is a Lei Lou women, strong, confident, independent, intelligent, knows exactly what she wants, but still a true lady, polite, kind, warm and romantic, fragile and gentle. This is why she is able to understand and cater to alike women who buy her pieces – she is one of them and she truly knows what they want and need living such a busy, working women lifestyle. 

     So she creates comfortable, multi–wear pieces using best quality fabrications, gorgeous statement accessories which accommodate all of the working women needs  from work day (big purses or maxi envelope bag which fits iPad) to attending after work events (small bright purses & clutches and chunky  jewelry).

All photos via www.moda.hr

This season’s collections common denominators are mint, gold, aqua and nude color pallet, statement clear cut purses and square clutches, perfectly tailored pencil skirt romanticized with mint color lace or suggested floral print worn effortlessly looking with a second skin soft and silky blouses and gorgeous maxi dresses which can be worn with a fitted jacket during the work day and without it for a glam night and a fitted sleavless work dresses with ruffle sleaves.

Shop the new Lei Lou collection by contacting Lei Lou showroom:

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La fashion showroom café

                                

Yesterday morning I have taken my weekend routine of sipping coffee with my girls to "Kvart" café  where once a month special event called "Moda sa šlagom"/"Fashion with cream" is organized in a form of a small designer showroom sale.

The café owner is also the event organizer and her good fashion sense is noticable from the moment you enter the café.The interior is very pleasant with bookshelf and vintage homey "by the fireplace" feel, each table was served with a jar of home made gingerbread and chocolate chip cookies and the overal atmosphere reminded me of the TV show Friends café.

The visitors were encouraged to visit the showroom sale days with handed out stamp cards. Each time you visit the Kvart café during showroom sale you get one stamp, with six collected stamps you get the designer gift!

Four different designers have showed their pieces, my top picks were:

RAJF! - these three ladies have started to make head bands for fun and have participated in the Cosmopolitan & Naomi contest, one of the journalist have named them "Alice in the Wonderland trio". I have ordered a " Minny mouse" bow head band, which I totally fell in love with.

          

Emica - I have had a chance to chat shortly with this young lady. She makes unique leather purses, key chains, belts and other leather accessories. I got a brown leather Lady Gaga inspired robot purse chain on the spot and was really impressed with Emica's purses as the stitching and interior of them were really well made, she chooses a good quality leather which is used in auto industry for car seats and creates fashion forward pieces in terms of design. The best of all is that after all said above the purse prices are still a steal!

 

Right now I am thinking about ordering a leather Birkin looking nude color purse from Emica for spring, one that I can carry all of my books, work stuff, cosmetics, water bottle, extra pantyhose, phones, apple, screwdriver and other miscelleneous objects one can find in a girls purse in.

P.S.The picture of my Gaga purse chain to be added shortly :)

See you all at next "Moda sa šlagom" showroom sale!!!

Xoxo,

Kat

"In difficult times fashion is always outrageous."

Elsa Schiaparelli