HOTEL AMORE Sale & Travel Dreams

From a small, curated sale wishlist to a travel wishlist

My dear internet friends,

happy Friday! How are we doing?

I am doing good, I did a nice shopping order last week on Luisaviaroma and sold some of my wardrobe to keep with my principles which are one in, one out in order to respect my literal space and bank balance :) A note for my readers who care more about travel - we will talk travel under the shopping section, so you can just scroll :)

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If I buy new clothes, I mostly buy from luxury retailers, but I try to do that mostly during sale. I worked too long in fashion to know that I pay too much in comparison to what I get if I pay full price (also with the raise in prices, it occasionally becomes quite ridiculous): It’s either sale or vintage for me except of when I really want something, like the Christopher Esber Minette’s which are my favorite shoes which will never go into sale.

What I bought:

I love Christopher Esber as you know, heavily influenced by my beautiful friend Laura who works for the brand and always looks absolutely stunning (I did a fashion feature with her here - just beware you might want to buy a lot of Esber after). I got this beautiful bag from the brand - I don’t really have a black bag, and I love the long shape. She feels similar to the Alaïa Le Teckel bag, which however I find quite boring just because it’s been so hyped. I think Esber is a really cool and timeless brand, and will work also in years to come, so I am seeing myself trying to get one piece per season.

Dress from Coperni, bag from Esber. I also got the matching top with short sleeves from Coperni. Glasses are Phoebe Philo, jewelry vintage from a small vintage shop in Paris

I love curated sales shopping lists from people whose taste I value. It’s a lot of work to go through all the sales on Net-A-Porter, Luisaviaroma, Mytheresa, SSENSE and it’s nice to get a good curation. But often times the lists from the people I like are from US-based retailers, so I won’t really shop from those lists - for example Laura Reilly’s Magasin. So I thought I’d make a list too, here is a small selection of my sales favorites which I would all buy if I could.

Net-A-Porter

• Lots of SKIMS on sale

• Pucci sports bra, available in XS-L

• Chloé denim jacket with shearling collar, all sizes

• Magda Butrym sandals in black with pearls, all sizes

• Jacquemus Brezza Crepe Robe

Mytheresa

• Marni orange loafer, in size 36, 37 and 38

• Simone Rocha white rose earrings

• The Attico bathing suit, size 36-42

• Norma Kamali black tassle skirt, only one size left - hurry! Looks so good

• Area short black mini dress, size L left

• Beautiful white Acne mesh shirt with roses, all sizes, small availability

• Christopher Esber dress with crystals

Luisaviaroma

• Christopher Esber long skirt Callisto Orbit

• Christopher Esber matching black longsleeve Callisto Orbit

• Christopher Esber sandals, available in a lot of sizes (but 39 & 40)

• Christopher Esber transparent longsleeve in yellow, still availabe in UK 12

• Missoni long fishnet dress, all sizes

• Jacquemus Le Petit Callino in red also in yellow, in a bigger size

• Mini orange sequin dress which looks great for weddings! Small sizes left

• Philosophy by Alberta Ferretti fishnet top, size S left

• Johanna Ortiz, long silk dress “hunter of dreams”, more sizes left (until 38)

I might make a bigger list or find a platform where I can stack all products with images for next time <3

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What I want to watch:

Came across this and it looks great - really want to watch this movie:

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Where I want to go:

I thought I’d make a compilation of all travel guides I have done since December which is when I started this newsletter, so if you haven’t seen them all, you can do now and get inspired for trips! I realized I really love writing these travel guides. It wasn’t initially part of my plan to do them to this extend, but I will now make more of this in the future, focused on content that I always look for when I travel to a new place (and usually fail to find) in city guides: A digestable amount of information with images, getting a feeling for the place, having someone who I know recommending it. I love AmiGo app, I really do, it’s been a gamechanger for my travels, but it’s still a lot of research work especially if you go to bigger travel destinations as then there are so many recommendations. Conde Nast Traveller can be good to get an idea of a place, but places are usually more on the spenny side and less on the authentic one, same thing goes for all the newspapers that I also look to for inspiration. I also have some secret sources, but also those often don’t give me what I would want in a travel guide: I love going to a city and look at it through a lens of art, food, local culture and vintage, ideally with places that have history (favorite bar of Marina Abramovic or something like that). I am a research addict, and love finding these things out.

Happy to hear if you want me to add anything to the guides, I am planning to do some serious traveling in the year to come so I can create guides that make your travel really special!

Gellert baths in Budapest

I will go to Switzerland in August (and go back to the thermal baths of Vals of course) and update the existing guides. Vienna for an art trip in October, and I would love to do a Biarritz weekend trip and stay at Villa Magnan. On the list I also got a return to Hydra, go back to New York, Rome (Palazzo Roma), Japan, which has been on my list forever. I would like to stay at Kulm in St. Moritz, I want to go to Mezzatorre in Ischia, Colombe D’Or in St. Paul de Vence, Hotel du Cap Eden Roc - well, I better stop, because this list would never end. Let’s see what happens this year!

Mezzatorre, Colombe D'Or, Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc

Below you can see all travel guides I have done so far - there is Marseille, Venice & Venice Biennale special, Bordeaux & Cap Ferret, Athens, Milan, Mexico City, Basel, St. Moritz and Zuerich. Enjoy!