Survival fashion tip #2: Sun is shining!

With spring ahead us and summer just about to come, it´s very important to know that summertime in Santiago can be a faboulous, or painful experience.

No Matter your type of skin,with the ozone layer so thin  we all have to take care of ourseleves. Not only are hats fabulous add-ons to your seasonal closet, but they’re also crucial for skin and hair protection!

So how to do this in a stylish way?

herebelow are our recommendations for the coolest hats ever:

A) OVER SIZE SUN HAT :

The floppy straw hat is summer’s answer to the wintery, bohemian wool hat. Easy to wear, the only difference is that the summer version comes in a lightweight fabric that won’t make you overheat. The most popular is the Panama hat.

If you plan on spending hours in the sun, this is the best pick…instant shade!

 

B)THE STRAW HAT:

 

A cool fedora can be worn both day and night, whether you are on the beach or at a dinner party. It´s a very cool hat for Young people, but it also complements any women daily look so don´t be afraid! a very good sun hat for the city life

 

C) THE CAP HAT:

 

 

This is the typical, and now sporty chic cap hat, very useful to practice sports with it (maybe running through the park), but also cool to wear it with a weekend beach look.

 

D) THE HEADSCARF:

 

 

And at last, but not least, the most fashionable and bohemian hair accesorie: the headscarf. This style if for relaxed women, for sunny afternoons or for beach days .

 

To help you find your dreamy hat, Santiago offers  a lot of affordable shops to get them (almost all in malls)

we recommend you this time:

 

-Accesorize

-Topshop

-Forever 21

-Gap

-Zara

-recently opened at Parque Arauco Mall: Aeropostale

 

We hope this can help you finding your own personal sunhat style to be a cool girl in Santiago!

 

 

 

Survival fashion tips#1: Just arrived to Santiago

 

If you just arrived to this new city, you will probably feel identified with one of these 2 options:

• you moved to the city with a few luggage or ;
• your things will arrive with the moving company. So….here is the news: This will take a while!

In both cases, you will need to go shopping to survive the first couple of months. Don´t panic! to help you, we will give you some useful tips:

-The easiest, popular and fastest way to shop what you need (or want) in Santiago is in shopping malls. So, here below we give you a list of the most visited malls.

• Parque Arauco. Las Condes
• Alto Las Condes. Las Condes
• Costanera Mall. Providencia
• Portal La Dehesa. La Dehesa

In there, you will find a lot of affordable fashion international brands. Some examples are:

• The GAP
• H&M (only in Costanera)
• Forever 21
• Topshop
• Zara
• Banana Republic

Apart from that, Chile has very important National department stores with great variety of products (from clothes to furniture) good prices and practical shopping experience.

The best well known are:

• Paris
• Falabella
• Ripley

 

At last but not least,we have brands we love that are:

• Rapsodia
• Bimba y Lola
• Jazmin Chebar
• Prune
• Paula Cahen D´anvers
• Etiqueta Negra

Apart from malls, you have some new and beautiful shopping areas, but normally you won´t find the  commercial brands.

About this, we will continue talking in the next posts, but with this information you have your survival fashion  kit ready to go!