How do you mix grunge and Vintage to create a fab summer look. Sarah shows us how with her brown leather and canvas backpack and a pair of delightfully aged grunge boots. These are the accessories she chooses to pair her vintage dress in black with lace overlays picked from the Big Apple(USA) on one of her trips. Streaked bangs and a posh pair of shades complete her sans make-up summer cool look perfect for the streets of Barcelona or anywhere in the world!

Sarah Hartung

In Barcelona looking for the next inspiration, Sarah Hartung is a writer and lives and works one of the most breathtaking places in the world...Prague. Hope you managed to find your story Sarah!

Street Style Diaries Barcelona - Luca and Susana

Its been said that a couple whose been together for long or belongs together start looking similar. Do you agree? Luca and Susana are one such VINTAGE loving cool couple who we spotted; their similarity didn't end with the obvious identical punctured earlobes and nose rings, they are both in creative professional pursuits as well!

Luca and Susana

Luca is a musician and a professional model and Susana transforms beautiful faces into gorgeous with her art....she is a make-up artist. Susana wears a black tank paired with a leather short skirt also in leather......perfect to flaunt her exquisite butterflies and other tattooed body art. A leopard skin and leather sling bag and lovely clear glass vintage frames are accessories of her choice.

Luca and Susana

Luca pairs his rolled-up denim shorts in black denim with a Vintage Palm print short sleeves resort shirt worn buttoned-up. A baseball cap in green that says OBEY and vintage black shades are the accessories that complete his look. A full crop of well-groomed facial hair is just the way to be right now!

Luca and Susana

Love the nose ring touch... muy bien! just saw Lady Gaga sporting one too, brings out a certain Goth vibe. Did anyone tell either of you earlier that you look like each other? Keep doing the good work and keep looking good you two, Susana and Luca!

Luca and Susana

Street Style Diaries Barcelona - Chelsea Mcintyre

Chelsea, like her mate Eva is an avid traveler as well! Simply love her summer dress which we were told is from her trip to Japan. We are always ready for a treasure hunt in Harajuku, Shibuya and Roppongi districts of Tokyo.....its simply amazing!

Chelsea wears a summer dress in an all over floral print with a very interesting ruched hem-line detail paired up with a bandeaux in black and white. her gorgeous Retro cat-eye shades and Nude leather strap sandals are the accessories of her choice for this minimal, sans make-up and summer ready look.

Chelase Mcintyre Hook is an Australian and was on a 4 month European trip with her mate Eva when we caught up with them in Barcelona. Hope you two gorgeous girls had a good trip!

Street Style Diaries Barcelona - Eva

Australian Eva is a traveler and is was on a trip around Europe for 4 months when we met her in Barcelona. She caught our attention with her flaming red hair color and a beautiful Red-Indian head with feathered headgear tattoo on her thigh. Adding more color to her personality are her fabulous mirrored pink shades and her blue headband....the rest is black and simple!

Eva wears a sleeveless black crew neck tank and pairs it with a pair of cut-off shorts in black denim. Comfortable leather sneakers from Vans in black and white (I have the same ones and they are amazing to walk around in). Eva loves her rings and sports multiple of them on her fingers with black lacquered nails. Pearl drops in her ears and two chokers add elegance to her look.

Eva lives in London and takes the cuts and bruises from her adventures in her stride!

Street Style Diaries Barcelona - Eduard Mamblona

A little bit of Hip-hop, a little bit of swag and a little bit of Shamelessness in Eduard's street style makes it distinct. The longish T shirt or the Tall T as its becoming popular as is the latest must-have-piece, borrowed from the Hip-hop generation into the mainstream menswear. Made popular by artists like Kanye West and Chris Brown and done well over the seasons by labels like Acne and Ann Demeulemeester, its refreshing to see men experimenting with their silhouettes!  

Eduard Mamblona

Eduard wears a color blocked long T in black and white with short sleeved, rolled-up. A very interesting T from Bershka with the usage of the the perforated jersey, normally used in sportswear and a very interesting struck-off SHAMLESS print on the back. He pairs is with a pair of skinnies in acid washed black, rolled-up to the ankles and black-n-white Nike sneakers.

Eduard Mamblona

His head-phones with his favorite music and his cool black and paisley printed baseball cap are the accessories that complete his Shameless look! Eduard Mamblona is a fashion consultant with Bershka in Barcelona and works at Passeig de Gracia.......what and office address! we are envious!

Eduard Mamblona 

Street Style Diaries Barcelona - Maria Carvajal

Maria Carvajal caught our eyes for her SIMPLICITY. Her minimalistic retro style, reminiscent of the 60's is a fine example of modern urban sophistication. She embodies the understated refined elegance of Jacky Kennedy and the quirkiness of Twiggy, both iconic for their style and time.

We love how the nude pale shades compliment her and leave her countenance glowing, cutting a striking portrait.

Maria wears a color block top in pale skin tone and midnight blue and a pair of cut-off pleated pants, both from COS. She wears platform wedge sandals from ZARA and very cool transparent round acetate retro dark shade from TOSCANA(they do some amazing eyewear...do check them out!)

Maria is an online marketing professional and live and works in Barcelona. Nothing says spring better than a breezy ride through a bike friendly city like Barcelona, specially if you have one like Maria!

Her amazing city ride is as cool and retro in style as her and a definite head turner. In mint green, chrome wood and leather, this compact machine would be such a pleasure to ride on....don't you think!

Street Style Diaries Barcelona - Alexandre Becker

Dressed for summer and groomed for the moment, he looked like a fashion model/ someone definitely in a creative profession,  probably British, making the most of his rare day off in this fabulous Spanish city. Well that was our first impression of Alexandre Becker, he is not a professional model (can't figure why not...) and is not a Brit. A few questions about his whereabouts made us hungry!......

Imagine if the chef manages to put his clothes and appearance together like this on a regular day, how gorgeous to the eyes and divine to taste would be the dishes he plates! Alexandre is a Chef de Cuisine and and lives and works in  Brazil, another paradise of surf and skate, sun & sand and Joie de Vivre!

Alexandre sports the ever trendy undercut hair style that refuses to fade away, with a full groomed-to- perfection Mo-beard. He loves his tattoos and going by the few but intricate artworks he is inked with, looks like he chooses them well and after much consideration. We absolutely love his vintage steel watch.

Alexandre wears a plain white short sleeves T with sleeves rolled up with a pair of cut above the knee, city shorts in black. A red and black tartan shirt tied around the waist is a fine statement in street style and prepares him if he feels like shirting-up. Cool square green tinted Ray-bans and a leather backpack in black, with a black pea-cap hooked to it and a long key pendant chain are his ingredients for garnish! He chooses a Hi-top all white sneakers for footwear, that's been on our Menswear must haves list...go get them.

Street Style Diaries Barcelona -Daniella, Lal Mirch, Xavi

Barcelona has very vibrant mix of subcultures and its a delight to visit for its openness and rich city vibe and of course great shopping!. This capital of Catalunya has been an important places where the punk subculture emerged as a rebellion against the oppression around 1978 during the Franquismo. This Spanish subculture thrives and is well conserved with its own distinct identity by the youth of today. We met a group of three friends Xavi, Daniela and Lal Mirch who represent this unique subculture in a very Catalan way.

Xavi

Xavi wears a message T in black paired with a pair of torn denims folded up. He wears a pair of 14 eye Doc Marten boots in black with white laces. The punctured earlobes, piercings, punk and coloured hair and chunky chains are his accessories of choice.

Lal Mirch 

Lal Mirch (her name in Hindi means Red Chilly!!), wears a sleeveless message T with a pair of cloudy washed pair of denims in black. Her choice of footwear is also a pair of Doc Martens in Black but with a twist of red and black laces in either foot. Punk hair with skinned head, punctured lobes, piercings, metal spiked neck and wrist bands, hip chains with a padlock and a backpack in black are the accessories of choice for this bespectacled beauty.

Daniella

Daniella gives us a pretty punk version with her cat-eye make-up. She wears a Catalan flag T with sleeves rolled up with a pair of skinnies in blue denim, a pair of red plimsolls and a leather backpack in brown. Like her friends punctured earlobes, undercut hair style with a coloured crop on sideways and piercings complete her look.

The three amigos paint a pretty picture of this very identifiable Barcelona youth culture and life. We wonder how similar yet how different they are together!