So, I temporarily escaped my essays and the snow that started right when I was taking off, and I'm in Barcelona again for Christmas!
That second picture requires a bit of explanation. In Catalonia, a Christmas tradition is to have a log with a little blanket on top, and a few small gifts underneath (candy, that kind of thing). Later, all the children take a stick and dance around the log, hitting it, and singing "Shit, log, shit log, if you don't shit I'll keep hitting you!" Accordingly, an adult pulls out the gifts from under the blanket and the log is "shitting" presents. I promise I'm not exaggerating it at all, and I'm not translating it any more vulgarly than it is in reality. The Catalans have an amazingly scatological culture. A student gave me a Christmas ornament a few years ago of a little man in a red hat having a poo. I always sneak it into my family's Christmas scene! ; D
I've worn this dress a few times before on the blog, but I never really get tired of it. What's to argue with orange, and tartan on top of that? Anyway, I don't know about you guys, but my favourite blogs are the ones where I see the same items again and again... it makes me feel like the bloggers are real people that I know, rather than just walking closets!
dress: Pepe Jeans
shirt: Smart Set (via my sister)
boots: Steve Madden
bag: was my mother's
necklace: Les Jumelles
43 comments:
Loove that dress!!
and yea...I wouldnt normally call myself a girly girl but I would wear all the stuff I picked out too XD
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I love the dress you are wearing and I am so glad that you re-wear things on your blog too. :)
Haha, thats a funny tradition! Its kind fo cool how different traidtions are in different places! :D
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I'll never tire of seeing this dress on you :) So pretty!
While I hadn't heard about this particular tradition it doesn't surprise me. hehe
I am surprised it 's not Mister Hanky the Christmas Poo's home country ;)
Thought of you today when all flights at Stansted were cancelled. Good to hear you got out of the country before all that ;) I am crazy envious of your superior timing :D
that dress is perfect! I love these photos, you look just adorable :)
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I know what you mean, that's why I love The Clothes Horse blog! She wears the same things over and over again and never looking the same, and also because I really love her style.
I adore that dress, and I always wear my dresses with shirts underneath them in winter to keep warm. I see so many bloggers wearing bare arms in snow that I freeze just by looking!!
Funny and weird tradition right? But it must be fun to see haha!
Also glad you arrived safe to Barcelona! Enjoy your time there again :)
Ha! I adored the story about the log! Makes me think out Christmas traditions need to be a bit more fun! I agree with seeing items again :D
Although I used to have such a big closet in my last year of school that I never wore the same thing twice! (50c thrift store scores) This dress is lovely so I can see why you love it so much!
hahahaha! That is the best Christmas song/tradition I have EVER heard of. haha :)
I agree with you haha! Walking closets is a real funny way to call it.
Have a great day.
Love the camouflage prints on the tree... Natural is it not?!
but I've not seen the rocking horse necklace before!
What a curious Christmas tradition! Have you encountered the "lite" flamenco that Sacramento and or Veshoevius has written about?
Okay. So I'm going to try to bring that shitting log tradition into this years' Christmas. I'm going to try really hard :) I laughed and laughed when I read it.
really cute look! simple, but adorable!
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Interesting Christmas song..I hope you are not joking :)))
Nice shots
Haha what an amazing tradition. What else do you need if you have a log shitting presents. x hivennn.
Haha, I remember my high school Spanish teacher explaining that tradition to us. :P Love the dress!
Cute dress :)
Great photos! I love your necklace!!
very festive outfit. what an interesting tradition! thats really vulgar and funny, everyone must get a kick out of it there. you'll have to show a pic of that ornament!
I really have this passion for tartan so I absolutely love your dress!
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that is such an interesting tradition i love hearing how different cultures celebrate holidays :) and you are so right about bloggers wearing the same item of clothes in their blogs. definitely shows versatility and makes them more human :) loving this look! xo
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You look gorgeous in that dress, girl! I love how you layered a t-shirt underneath. Dresses like this one that works year round are the best!!
xo
Sealverland
what a strange tradition! although i suppose most traditions are strange if you think about it!!
i totally agree with you about seeing items of clothing repeated in blogs, its always nice to see the same item worn in different ways & its so much more true to life!
Hey lovely miss! So funny to hear about those Catalan Christmas traditions..I wonder what the origin is? Also, I WISH we were going to Barcelona but how the trips planned out, it doesn't make sense to go there. The itinerary is: Copenhagen, Berlin, Geneva, Rome, Sardinia, Paris, then London, all in that order! So I guess I really can't complain since we're going to some super legit places anyway.
and YES I like seeing people re-wear things too! We're always on the same wave length ;)
xx
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Wow, insane tradition but made me really lol! That necklace is super sweet - reminds me of a favourite childhood ornament we always put on the tree. Happy holidays!
Such a lovely outfit! ❤
xo
Giovanna
Boho Market Blog
i love the dress - it looks so perfect on you!
What a funny tradition! And love the dress, is pretty!
xxx Charlie
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I was wondering where the warm weather background suddenly came from! Enjoy the quirky holiday traditions. Sounds like fun.
Great dress BTW
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Love the dress!! and what a nice idea to go to Barcelona in this time!! It must be soo beautiful!! have a great week!
i loved this jumper the first time you wore it and i still love it! it's all about the remix :)
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The colours of that dress are amazing! Such a cute outfit.
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Ah, I love the dress! I love that you layered it over a simple tee. And those boots are quite amazing!
I love the dress, it looks so cute over the tee!
Haha, oh man. That Catalan Christmas tradition is priceless. I can't tell you how I laughed. Well, I'm sure you can imagine! And I'm happy to hear you made it to Barcelona safely. I was concerned when I heard Europe got walloped again by snow.
This dress is such a beauty. I enjoy each time you share photos of it. I'm with you on the wearing things on the blog more than once bit. There is so much more of a realness factor to it all.
What an odd tradition! LOL, It must be fun though. I can't even remember you wearing the dress before, must be because you wear it in different ways. Love those boots!
Anthea,
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Great dress! And thanks for commenting on my blog!!
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now THAT's a Christmas tradition I had no idea about! I love learning new thing about poop in other cultures!
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Emily,
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bjs grandes muito amor e paz!
Lulu & Sol
BRASIL!!!
such pretty pictures of you. lovely style and amazing boots!
wonderful dress. i really wouldn't mind if you wore it 50 more times :) & "shittting" presents, is to funny for adequate words !!!
I love that plaid dress and color ofcourse is fabulous! you're adorable in it!
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