Best Dressed: Claire Danes, Rita Ora & Beyonce

Actress, Claire Danes is wearing a sleeveless Valentino gown covered in multicolor macramé flowers. 

Wear: Valentino

Collection: Resort 2014

Where: Oslo

Photo Via: People Style Watch / RCFA

Rita Ora is wearing head-to-toe Vivienne Westwood. i can't get my eyes off of that shimmering green lurex jacket!

but i'm not feeling the VW Blue Label platform boots or Fendi ‘Selleria Anna 1322′ bag.

Wear: Vivienne Westwood

Where: London

Photo Via: RCFA

Beyoncé is wearing a paisley print silk oversize top and jogging pants ensemble. now, that i am on my way to 90F weather and my perfect holiday resort lifestyle - Nicaragua. i can't wait to leave the sweaters behind, go back to color and work this destination look with my multicolor silk pijama trousers i have waiting for me.

Wear: Gucci

Collection: Resort 2014

Where: Out & About

Photo Via: I AM BEYONCE tumblr / RCFA

In My Closet: Skull Inspired

this girl just keeps getting better and better! accessories designer/dentist (yes! dentist!), Karla Castillo is my favorite Nicaraguan accessories designer. in the last month, she presented a trunk show along with Nicaraguan RTW designer, Marynes Arguello in Miami and is hoping to follow up with a trunk show in late April in Nicaragua. every time we meet she reminds on how tough it is for the Nicaraguan market to accept skulls into their wardrobe and constantly receives special requests to remove them for stones or flowers. however, Castillo does not back down and continues to promote calaverismo (spanish for "skull-ism") along with stylist, Mariu Lacayo. 

you might believe, skull inspired fashion became trendy once you started watching Keeping Up with the Kardashian's and noticed mama Kris wear a different colored Alexander McQueen skull scarf in every episode but if we trace skull use, it can go back to the 16th century; artists like Albrecht Dürer used skulls to remind people of their mortality. however it was the Mexican art of smiling, dancing skulls, used to celebrate Dia de los Muertos (spanish for "Day of the Dead"), which helped skulls become more widely accepted. Eventually, the skull became an icon in 1970s London counterculture, where Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood launched a series of skull-inspired punk gear.

so get over it, it's a skull. it doesn't mean you're a pirate, witch, tarot card reader or a character from a Tim Burton movie. it's merely a symbol that represents to most mortality and music.

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Karla Castillo - Nicaragua

Vivienne Westwood - London

Alexander McQueen - London

Horiyoshi the Third - Japan

Delfina Delettrez - Italy

Delfina Delettrez Tormentator necklace

London, UK

Being in Europe, You can see that Florence has the men, Milan has the models, Berlin has the laid back style, Paris hardly has any fashion ( seriously, the ONE woman I thought was worth a picture could not be photographed because I was on the bus - dammit! Plus I'm just disappointed by Paris, I don't even want to get into it ), Madrid & Barcelona have mixed brights .... but London has it ALL! I only have 3 photos ... 2 tourists and 1 Brit .. but I saw a lot of great looking people (men & women)! They house great stores ... so there is no wonder why people look so damn good!

  

The girls. First picture, I love her striped blazer and gray bow pants...the bow got me! The second girl, I just like her bag! I've been on the search for the perfect bucket bag (since I can't afford Alexander Wang and my bright purple from Las Pepas broke) ... I like hers cause its reminds me of mine - it's SHINY! 

Street Style: Barcelona, Spain

A couple I met at my hotel in Barcelona. First thing he said to me was "Did you see my Gucci shoes!?" hahahaha so cute! They were very happy I photographed them. I thought they looked great. Two fashionable best buds from London :)