A total new life identity starts today! For a long while I have been hearing from close partners that the “Bling Bling” was no longer aligned with Valentina’s image! Simply it would no longer suit…. I resisted the change! I resisted! I cried! Valentina Bling Bling was my creation… my baby… I gave so much of myself to this blog, to my Instagram page, to my audience and followers… it was my identity…. that it was almost impossible to let it go… But life is about changing, about acceptance, about listening to others, about evolving and moving forward…. The transition… Read more

In times of fashion week… and last week I went to Milan to attend it… time on the train made me reflect on the fashion industry as a whole… Milan was a great experience and it will be subject to a post in itself, but now I wish to discuss the urge to consume for the sake of consuming and how this urge has contaminated the big luxurious brands. It is no news that Zara and H&M infest their shops with “cheap” clothes every day.. their core market is the mass consumption of clothes which are somewhat disposable… The turnaround… Read more

Where is Valentina? Valentina has disappeared? Has anyone seen her the last few months? Well, not really! Valentina is at home… Valentina is going from the bedroom to the Kitchen to the bathroom… Valentina is bored, angry, tired of the world and somewhat depressed! Sometimes Valentina wants to buy a one way ticket to another planet, where the word COVID is unheard of. Valentina is trying to make plans in the world where rules change everyday! But Valentina has been very present at her Instagram page…. For you that follow her there, you have seen all the progress she has… Read more