All That Jazz...

For those of you in New York, it's time to travel back in the roaring 20s again and enjoy a beautiful day in Governors Island: The biannual Jazz Age Lawn Party is back for its 5th edition!


What is better than spending a summer day picnicking, going to a Charleston lesson and watching the parade of hats and the promenade of bathing beauties and beaus?

Of course one of the dresses below, all from the Met exhibition American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity (thanks Amy for mentioning it!), would be the perfect thing to wear...








Pictures courtesy of Met Museum.

Flashback Friday With The Clothes Horse

Lovely Rebecca, aka The Clothes Horse is posting a series of pretty amazing features on her blog: each Friday she takes us back in time, showing pictures of fellow bloggers, now and when they were little .

Here's The Clothes Horse herself, doesn't she was a real doll?


If you'd like to participate in a "flashback friday" as well, shoot Rebecca an e-mail at thenewclotheshorse@yahoo.com with a picture from childhood and a current photo. You can also help keep "Flashback Friday" alive by mentioning it on your blog/twitter/tumblr.

Important Artifacts And Personal Property From The Collection Of Evelina Levi Broglio

I've never been to a real auction but expecially after reading (and loving, oh how much I loved that little thing!) this book I'm pretty obsessed. And when I heard the whole wardrobe of one of the most interesting and beautiful italian jet set lady will be auctioned by Il Ponte I almost screamed.


Bright blue eyes, fierce and effortlessy chic, Evelina Levi Broglio passed away a couple years ago after a novel-like life spent traveling around the world. Her friends included all the most important designers - Christiam Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Gianni Versace, Gianfranco Ferrè, Raffaella Curiel, who created one of a kind dreams just for her.










More than simple clothes and accessories, every single piece from her collection has for sure a story to tell.








So, if you're in Milano these days, you can't miss the event: all the wonderful pieces from Evelina Levi Broglio's wardrobe will be showcased from 7th to 9th May in Palazzo Crivelli, Via Pontaccio 12. Then, from 11th to 13th May the amazing lots (there are over 1000!) will be all sold by auction in the same location.








Not in Milan, but in the mood for dreaming? Fear not, you can have a look at the catalogue here.

Flowers Bomb: A Colour Splash From The Italian Fashion Bloggers. Get Ready, Spring Is On Its Way!

It's raining. Again. This is what's happening almost daily since December. It snowed too and considering I live by the sea it snowed too much!

I can't stand winter any longer. I want spring to come soon, I want sun, warm weather and...flowers! My beloved flowers...I could wear florant prints everyday I guess!


So today, 24th February, the Italian Fashion Bloggers are declaring war to bad weather. We are a floral army who fight against the Winter of our discontent!


All the girls (and there are a couple boys too) in the list below will post a picture of a floral outfit today, so go take a look at all the blogs linked!


Italian Fashion Bloggers are real. And united we stand!

L'Armadio del Delitto
Irene's Closet
My Floor Is Red
Iole in Fashion
Sioux
Starbucks and Chanel 2.55
Mode-moi-selle
The Cupcake Diary
Viola Comes in Colours
Tuzi Fashion Tips
Student Flair
Fashion Trotter
Carmen's Closet
7 Heures du Math
Mix and Match
Bibi In Wonderland
Living In My Shoes
Je...Veronique
Ciarlott
Anna Zigliotto
Guady
Frammenti
Lady Marian
The Skeleton Party
Labels or Love
My Family and Other Animals
Reports of a Velvet Rose
The Stijl
Il Mio Paese Delle Meraviglie
Mon Petit Reve
Pensieri In Stand By
L'Ago nel Pagliaio
I Wanna Look Like Sienna
Pig Chic
Coop Style
Teaspoon of Me
Lovin Chiaradeanna
The Maiden Brunette
Miss Velvet Bow
The Chic Blonde
Lidlstyle
Blue Is In Fashion This Year
Nayra Laise
The Minette Issue
Fashion For Breakfast
Miss GrapChic
Factory Style
Rosé a Pois
A Bit Of Fashion
Voguette
Cleopatra Was Blonde Inside
Me, Myself and I
The Blondie's Tales
Simple Glamour Girl
Sovraimpressioni
Be Beautiful, Be You
Vyrtuosa
Pillole di Moda
Everyday Is a Fashion Show
Barbielaura
Colazione a Roma
The Chic Blonde
Elisa Zampieri
Se Solo Avessi Saputo...
Ego&Filo
Just My Style
Dress Up For Armageddon
La Martina
This Is Me Then
Style Notes
The Scent of Obsession
The Man Inside Of Me
The Sardorialist
Kirei Girl Da Madrid
Fashion Doll's House
Nel Mio Angolino
De L'Autre Cote Du Miroir
Mode In Italy
Shopaholiche
A Dream Of A Lifetime
Ciambelle a Gò Gò
High-Lights
Cocktail Party
The Girl With The Red Nose
Princess pam's Diary
My Private Room

Ode To Anna Karina

Celebrating its second anniversary, Every Little Counts is hosting a fab giveaway: if you're Anna Karina "addicted" like me you can't miss the opportunity to win a fab Anna Karina tee from ELC's new collection. You have until 13th February to enter; check out how here.


I fell in love as soon as I spotted this t-shirt on Softspoken. It must be mine in a way or another!!

Two Years Of Cupcakes And A Giveaway

Last week was so hectic that I even missed my blog anniversary! Yes, on October 9th The Cupcake Diary turned 2 years old.
During this time many things happened and if this blog is still here it's because of you. I must thank you all my readers for the great feedback I receive everyday: your comments and your always kind words are the greatest thing I could ask for.

I don't know what will happen then, but I hope you'll continue to follow me during this new year of posting and hopefully you'll enjoy this adventure!

As I did on the first anniversary, this year too I set up a little giveaway for you. You can win two pieces from the new collection of Alice Pleasance. Both of them are from the new "flowery" collection, a pair of tiny blue lilies earrings and a charming pink fan hairpin.


The giveaway is open to anyone, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post before October 21st. Winner will be choose at random and promptly announced here...

...Good luck :-)

One Day At The Vintage Fair

Yesterday was a fun day, me and the wonderful Tiz went to Vintage. La Moda Che Vive Due Volte, a vintage fair we were planning to attend since august! We always talk about the lack of real vintage markets and stores here, so we were pretty excited to go.


It was lot of fun and lot of nice things to see...






this coat was lovely!







Lots of designer vintage items too



look at these incredible Vuitton luggages below...the big one was 2600€! If you enlarge the picture you can see it has old tags from luxury hotels on it: I bet the previous owner made some great journeys...


The prices were generally a bit on the high side, but of course we managed to find something nice to buy.
After trying on several pairs on nice glasses...



Tiz found a beautiful hat to add to her collection


and I fell in love with a pair of vintage glasses


and a really interesting jacket, which curiously is not vintage, but it's from an indipendent italian brand we never heard of before. A post about it will come soon!