y Santo Remedio!

Panama is opening its eyes into a more fashionable reality, a place where international trends & great clothes can be found on the streets. That's why people who know about fashion are needed, to make the wheel go round, Maristella Gonzalez is one of them, a dear blogger, former editor of Blank Magazine & now owner of La Botica, a new store that has opened just to give panamanian people a choice to dress cooler & more stylishly. Here's its lookbook for January/February & a little sneak peek behind the photoshoot , if you want to know more about it just visit its fan page on Facebook here. 

stylist: Maristella Gonzalez

photos: Jose Castrellon @ Studio 8.0

beauty: Estuardo Marroquin

Model: Maria Alejandra Jaramillo @ Wilhemina Panama Talents

to see the backstage photos click the link below

Trend Report: Tribal & Neons [FVCM Edition]

trends are found almost everywhere, the things is, which trends are the ones that we must really put mind into when it comes to buy, 'cause some of them are just here for the ride, we need to watch & analyze which one are here to stay at least 2 or 3 seasons.

tribals & neons have reserved a seat in the fashion scene for a while & by what I've seen, they won't be saying goodbye in one or two more seasons. It is no secret that here in Panama we are a little bit isolated from the trends & different movements that are happening outside our box (when I say "we" I am referring to stores & their fashion buyers).

of course there are some individuals that have decided to adopt those external trends & imprint them into our small "fashion village". So, at the Festival Verde de Cultura Musical (our Coachella) 2 trends were spotted: tribal & neons ... & boots, but they are the wild card amidst it all.

photocredit: Liz Moreno

me wearing Fernanda Quiros tribal neon shorts & shirt

FVCM Summertunes I

photocredits: me

I'm gonna Dress You Up

Fashion is based in fantasy, in every girl's dream of becoming a princess & stealing Prince Charming's heart dressed in a beautiful robe made by the hands of true geniuses. Is no wonder then, why girls start living those dreams in the early stages of their lives playing with their Barbies, dressing them up, dolling them up & getting them ready for the perfect date with Ken.

Out of all the styles that canonize our rushed society, elegant & original will always perdure with ever lasting astonishment. Capturing the eyes of gazers that will cherish that moment when you walked through the streets in that beautiful blazer. 

And just like that 8-year-old girl that dreamed of being that Barbie, master couturiers have played with the pantomime realness of dressing up (search Viktor & Rolf FW 2010 show if you want to kill your curiosity). But this time it was the turn of a dear friend & local-very-talented designer to play with that fantasy.

Last July Fernanda Quiros presented her first collection to the panamanian market, pleasing most of us with a delightful mix of aboriginal juice with the hard-rock-statically-edge of modern architecture, a fresh melange de trois for fashion lovers in our country.

After 7 months of hard work & great efforts, Pura Jagua (the name of the collection) has been open to sale for the public, offering great clothes for great prices. Fernanda presented her baby at Espacio Vintage, a store that's become an open window for national designers who want to showcase their talent surrounded by great people. 

A collection that evoked the summery days in Panama (just like the one we enjoyed that Sunday morning, paired with the most perfect brunch by Naranja & Limon) will surely make it to a lot of closet of fashion lovers in Panama & why not, around the globe :)