It’s time. And it has been time for a while. My heart is no longer in it. Life itself with all the difficult issues has taken over. I’m facing many new challenges and decisions in my prof...
Although it wrapped up this past Sunday, I just wanted to take a minute to share some of the better looks from Mercedes Banz Fashion Week Madrid. With a new name and new sponsor, old Cibeles is looki...
Last videos of Haute Couture Fashion Week Spring Summer 2012 collections.
More Haute Couture shows on the second day of the Spring Summer 2012 collections.
As Barcelona continues to dabble around with fashion-week formats that are ultimately going to make us the laughing stock of Spain, in Paris, the Haute Couture shows were a mix of the good, the bad, ...
I know 2012 has now been with us for almost two weeks, but I haven’t had any time to recapitulate, rewind and wish you all a Happy New Year yet. I don’t know about the rest of you, many, ...
Photo by Ernst Lalleman All good things most certainly come to an end. I was able to enjoy my last Grinberg Method session with Charlotte this past week. We had a lovely chat to summarize my small, p...
Photo by Wingdreamer It’s that time of the year that either makes you what to jump for joy or crawl under a rock and hibernate until all the hype is over. Christmas is less spectacular in Barce...
Photo by Ernst Lalleman I managed to arrive to my third Grinberg session in a much better state, so Charlotte and I were able to concentrate on the issues that hinder my daily life, on both a persona...
Photo by Ernst Lalleman This past Wednesday was awful, a really horrible day. First I had a run-in with the “lovely” folks at the Canadian consulate regarding my passport renewal. It̵...
Photo by Ernst Lalleman I was recently contacted by Charlotte Crowther, a Grinberg Method practitioner, who offered me a set of four free sessions to introduce me to the Grinberg Method. I don’...
I don’t often feature work done by others, mainly because I don’t like to use photos that aren’t my own. But I just can’t resist sharing the work that photographer Carl Kleine...
Although the store has been open for a few weeks now, I thought it was about time that I shared my November column with you. If you have a moment, stop by the new Miu Miu store on Paseo de Gracia. Or...
It’s not often that I get to throw a bit of extra cash around, being a freelance, as many of you know, can be pretty hard sometimes. So I’m very happy to welcome two new bags into my coll...
S Moda For the past few weeks, I really look forward to Saturdays. And not just because I can take a break and relax, there is a new reason. On the 24th of September, the Spanish newspaper El País la...
Goodbye Lou Lou de la Falaise… Your eternal style will be eternally missed.
On one of Barcelona’s cutest streets, (Doctor Dou), near one of the most perfect bakeries, (Reykavik), is a little store called Costura. Two friends decided that the city was in dire need of so...
Le Cucine Mandarosso started a few years ago as a quiet venture, an Italian restaurant tucked away on a side street near the ubiquitous Palau de la Música. Their perfect oven-baked pasta was soon a r...
It’s not often that I feel the urge to make the pilgrimage to neighbourhoods above Avenida Diagonal. Call me lazy, call me close-minded but I usually find everything I need in Sant Antoni, Born...
Happinés Way back in late spring, photographer Inés of Happinés and I decided to put together another wedding shoot. The idea was to find the perfect beach location and focus on a Bohemian fee...
Diaghilevs Ballets Russes at CaixaForum Barcelona It’s not often that we get to enjoy the pure magic of having a V&A exhibition here in Barcelona. And not just any exhibition… Opening...
As temperatures start to drop at night, it’s time to start thinking about your upcoming winter wardrobe. For my October fashion column in Barcelona Metropolitan, I cover three of the most impor...
Some much needed rest and relaxation was in order after this strange summer, so I decided to search for a lovely rural house to spend a few days. We needed to find somewhere relatively close, as we d...
This has been one of the strangest summers in a long time. I’ve actually been caught up with quite a lot of work and then decided to take a few weeks off in September. The month is now drawing ...
Another edition of Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week comes to a close and it is with a sinking heart that I realize that not one single collection has made my hair stand on end or left me breathless. A few...
Metallics, pastel shades, the 1940s and 1980s all seemed to be vying for attention on the second day of Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week. Davidelfin was the only designer to send slightly quirky garments ...
Summer finally seems to be remitting somewhat and that can only mean one thing: the whirlwind of international fashion weeks. As so much attention is paid to NY, London, Milan and Paris, I’m go...
After weeks of waiting to get away on holidays, it was finally time to jet off to Vienna. Unfortunately, we landed at the beginning of a massive heatwave. I have only ever been this hot before when v...
Its the moment to take some much-needed time off. Its time to have a rest. Im very tired and desperately need to recharge my batteries. Ill be finishing things off during the next few days and then i...
After three and a half months of waiting, it was finally time to enjoy the restaurant Tickets. Although this new proposal of the Adrià brothers has been open only a short time, a waiting list appeare...
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