Here are Valentina Di Pinto‘s essentials who is a Fashion Editor for Glamour Italy and whose style I just love, and whose humor (yes, it’s my favorite personality trait a person can have) and haircut I secretly dream of stealing.

My Top: my essential is a leather t-shirt from COS. When it’s really cold it is better to wear something under or over it and if it’s hot …it’s better to stay in the shade!

My Bottom: Very, very thin leather pants from H&M, a leather ’50′s skirt by Salvatore Ferragamo and oversized leather pants by Au Jour Le Jour. I’m not kidding– I’m in a leather mood!

My Jeans: Black or grey are the essentials! I usually don’t spend too much money on them because I love to change it up a lot, so jeans from H&M. READ MORE

I was walking in the streets of Brooklyn with Zuzanna and she was telling that when she is putting on an outfit, she always tries to follow these rules :

One thing new, one thing vintage and one thing from her mother*. Then I wonder if she added one inexpensive thing and one luxe thing because as she was talking a big truck went by making a huge noise that covered her voice and then she had to jump on the L train to go to a casting.

So here we go, Zuzanna’s math : Alexander Wang top, vintage Armani short/skirt from Poland, Celine bag, shoes from J.Crew (I think that’s what I heard, big truck again) and a pair of vintage YSL sunglasses.

Let’s talk about fashion math again, I find it a very interesting subject. Kisses !

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* She is lucky she has a super stylish mother that lives in Poland, where you can make incredible vintage finds.

Last Saturday, in the middle of doing some interior decoration shopping, I left a boutique in total shock by the price of the most sublime vintage chair that I’ll be dreaming about for a long time coming. Look out! $8,000.

I walked across Broadway to console myself with a latte when suddenly, just to my right, I see a little shop with, you’d never guess, my chair in the window. Ahhhh torture! I get a little closer, take a look, and see the price. $200. On sale for $160.

??? What the… ?

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The next time, between two waves of inspiration and four times “Whoooaaaaa your YSL bag is so amazing!!!” I asked her what her favorite places were in Paris. Seeing as I’m often asked for my favorites in Paris and for summaries of each, I’ve always got to have three good places handy so I thought it was time for me to ask some advice for some friends so we could share and everything. Then they’ll hate me forever for revealing their secrets.

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#3 This Muse Two in military garb, after saw it, I was told it was part of a very limited edition of pieces that YSL made for his favorite editors. I even saw them under Carine Roitfeld’s arm who almost never has a bag with her….

Emmanuelle. I don’t have her wardrobe nor her sense of style. But because of the public demand and the crazy amount of comments (=2 1/2) asking about my 10 basics, I just couldn’t resist.

But on one condition. I want to know your basics as well. Maybe we’re not just like Emmanuelle, but we all have our own style and we can all share a few good ideas about basics. For me, the things I’m always coming back to are….

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Monday, 10:34 : Stella McCartney at Opera Garnier. The show is a complete contrast with the explosion of gold in the decor. It’s simple, straight cut, and beige, beige, beige.
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