Showing posts with label Winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winter. Show all posts

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Bus Stopping #NBLAteam


El segundo día de nuestro trip en Boston comenzó un poco abrupto. La noche anterior Gerard, Pancho y Fiorella decidimos salir a fiestar a ver como la pasaban los bostonianos, terminamos en un gay bar llamado Cure Lounge que en verdad parecía una fiesta secreta en el sótano de un teatro, con todo y eso la pasamos genial. Al regresar al hotel arreglé todas mis cosas (borracho obviamente) y me fui a dormir, fast-forward a la mañana siguiente, me levanto súper tranquilo y sin apuros ya que nos habían citado en el lobby a las 9.40AM (en mi cabeza, cuando en realidad era a las 8.40), para no alargar el cuento, me dejó la tropa y tuve que agarrar un taxi hacia la fábrica New Balance en 5 South Union Street.

Después de un viajecito de más o menos cuarenta minutos llegué justo a tiempo para el tour por el departamento de diseño y producción en donde aprendimos cómo se diseñan y crean diariamente más de doscientos pares de New Balance al día, incluyendo las personalizadas. Ya que estamos en este tema, el equipo de Nb nos dio la oportunidad de diseñar nuestro propio modelo de zapatillas y como soy un inmenso adicto a lo retro y a los 80s obviamente me fui por algo muy colorido y con denim, muy a lo Culture Club, espero les guste :D

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Our second day in Boston started kind of abruptly.  The night before Gerard, Pancho, Fiorella and I decided to get a taste of Boston’s nightlife and ended up at a gay bar called Cure Lounge that was more like a secret party at a theater’s basement, all in all we had a great time that we returned to the hotel at 3AM, weirdly I was able to arrange my outfit for next day (drunk obvs) and went to bed quietly. Fast-forward to the next morning, I woke up happy and relaxed thinking that 9.40AM was the time for us to be at the lobby, well… it was actually at 8.40AM. The troop left me.

Like the independent bitch that I am, I grabbed the bull by the horns and immediately took a taxi to the New Balance factory at 5 South Union Street. Forty minutes later I found myself at the entrance of the factory, just in time for the tour through the Design & Production Departments, where we learned detail by detail how more than 200 pairs of sneakers are done by hand every day, how they’re tested and the new projects New Balance is venturing in. We also had the opportunity to design our own branded New Balance kicks, since I am a hardcore fan of everything retro and 80’s I went for colorful patchwork with denim details, I think Culture Club would totally rock them :D









Beanie [Urban Outfitters]
Lentes de Sol/Sunnies [SPEKTRE Sunglasses]
Polo/Polo Shirt [Lacoste]
Pullover [Tommy Hilfiger]
Chinos [GAP]
Coat [ZARA]
Zapatillas/Sneakers [Customized New Balance]
Bolso/Bag [Coach FW14 Workwear Rhyder 33]
Perfume/Fragrance [Burberry’s Brit Rhythm]


Photo Credit. Pancho Ávila (@panchoavila) from POUSTA (@pousta)



Sunday, December 7, 2014

Strolling Down Newbury St. #NBLAteam









Si eres de los/las que me sigue en Instagram (@MCQUEENISMYPAPI) ya sabes que esta última semana estuve de paseo por Boston gracias a la gente de New Balance, quienes eligieron a bloggers de todos los países de Latinoamérica para ir a conocer sus oficinas principales, fábricas, lugares favoritos e históricos de la ciudad aparte de shopping spots que más adelante les voy a compartir.

Aquí les muestro el outfit del primer día en Boston; se darán cuenta que no ando con mis New Balance pero como estaba lloviendo y nevando no quería que se me empaparan porque las quería usar el día siguiente, aquí les va :D

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If you are one of those peeps that’s following me on Instagram you probably know that I spent the last week in Boston invited by the New Balance guys on a Latin-American bloggers trip so we could get to know their DNA, heritage, headquarters, future projects, factories and favorite spots in the city. We had an INCREDIBLE time, I met amazing bloggers from all over the continent who I now call friends and also, got a lot of free kicks for the season to come.

This was my first outfit in Boston and although I was not wearing any NB footwear I can excuse myself due to the pouring rain & snow that was receiving me that night, here it goes :D vila (@panchoavila) from POUSTA.com (@pousta)s]
oes :D ot wearing any NB footwear I can excuse myself due to the pouring rain &


Beanie [Urban Outfitters]
Lentes de Sol/Sunnies [Spektre Sunglasses @SPEKTREsunglasses]
Coat [LONDY @LondyAtelier]
Pantalones/Pants [GAP @GAPpanama]
Bolso/Bag [Coach FW14 Workwear Rhyder 33 @Coach]
Botines/Boots [Dockers]
Anillos/Rings [Search & Destroy NYC; INOX Panamá @InoxPanama]


Photo Credits: Pancho Ávila (@panchoavila) from POUSTA.com (@pousta)









BY MAURICIO HERRERABARRÍA