I've been silent for quite some time on Mancina's spot but I thought turning a new life page, leaving my twenties behind last week, is a great opportunity to make a new post again.

Mancina's spot was a BIG step in my career, a big part of my evolution and it was basically the diary of my 20ies.
Scrolling through all the years on Mancina's spot, I still vividly remember what was going on behind the scenes of each post, the feelings I have felt making them and I still know the storyand the message I wanted to tell with each feature.
Thank you for seeing in me something worth following all this years and thank you for growing up with me.

LOVE,
M

Shoulder pads. One of the trends we are all probably going to laugh to in few years time (l surely did have a cheeky smile on my face when I was browsing through my parents photos from when they were all about the shoulder padding as we are now) but lets ignore that for now cause the trend is here, it's big and it's not goin anywhere for at least another year.
So lets all just embrace it with arms wide open shall we?! And since I am all about exposed shoulders I already did that, without hesitation. Why?
They just give somekind of a wonderful edge to the outfit and create a very strong posture. 

The only thing I have noticed bout them is that the "bigger" they are, the more they can swallow your neck making you look like you dont have it. Which is why I like to wear my hair up to elongate it and wear skinny trousers  underneath to make the the body silhuette slimer and longer. Sock boots are also essential if you are aiming for a Balenciaga inspired look.

When putting up content on Mancina's spot my main goal is to create somekind of a story within each feature.
You wanna know whats my recipe for a spring-ish outfit?
Floral print! It makes a perfect fresh pop of color to an outfit while a matching colored lipstick ties everything together perfectly.
Dont forget raffia bags are one of the biggest trends atm while a little lace peeking out of the blouse in the same color as the print on it is evergreen and it will never go out of style.

I gotta admit I am secretly laughing to myself right now. Why? Well, its cause of the belt bag if Im being completely honest.
You see, when the trend "hit" us, I could not but to think of my dad wearing this when I was little and I admit, I did not like it coming back.
And while I am not the one who picks up every trend that pops up, regardles being a fashion stylist, I never really gave up on this trend. I guess It had some kind of nostalgic touch that was to familiar for me to ditch it. So it has slowly, but patiently grew on me and I kinda like it now.

But dont get me wrong. I still am not a fan of all kinds of belt bags! I played around with them for a while before I made up my mind around them and I can say I like them if the design is slim, in a mini clutch size and not bulky.
And oh boy, do they make an outfit unique, there is no arguing around that thats for sure.


I am infact wearing my fav mini shoulder bag as a belt beg - i just put a belt under the bags flap and voila. It makes such a statement to this monochrome beige outfit, dont you agree?

Todays outfit is all about layering and keeping yourself warm in the freezing cold.Layering is such a powerful trick to do if you want to transform a rather simple outfit into something much more than that...
How to nail it? Use more than two thin-er pieces of clothing instead of one cozy sweater and layer them on top of eachother! Chose different textures and colors and voila.

I layered a rolled-neck sweater (which is my "must" have for every winter) under a white shirt, than I threw a blazer over that and added a long coat, so that everything blended togehter nicely.

But you see, the more layers you have on, the more likely is to loose shape of your body. To avoid that I always do my beloved trick - cinch my waist with a belt to create a silhuette.
To put some edge to the outfit (my personal style ) I like to wear a good pair of biker boots, a hat and  instead of wearing gloves and have been adding a layer a fingerless gloves peeking out of my sleeves for an unexpected additional layer.

What do you say?