I t is amazing how much Spring changes everything around us. The moment we saw this Forsythia garden we knew we had to take photos there. So I took my warm blazer off and we started shooting. I loved how my breton shirt and red beret fit so perfectly with the yellow blooms around me. Want to hear a little secret? You can wear all your spring outfits as long as you learn to layer properly.

It may look like I'm in Paris but this is actually a cafe with a sea view in the old center of Batumi. If you are following me on my Instagram (if not, you totally should) you have probably seen that I and my husband went on a road trip to the northeast part of Turkey at the beginning of October. It was a trip that we have planned for years but never had the time for. Since we were so close to the border with Georgia we decided to explore one of the touristic cities situated on the Black Sea coast. I had no idea that I would love Batumi as much as I did.
On the first day of our trip, while we were discovering the city, I noticed the cute little cafe next to the harbor. I instantly knew I had to take some photos there. The next morning we visited the flowers market first and I bought the beautiful bouquet you see in my pictures from the sweetest old lady. She probably brought the flowers from her own garden, which made me adore them even more.  Carrying the beautiful bouquet in my hands we headed to the cafe. Needless to say that this is one of my favorite photoshoots lately. I hope you enjoy it!


The Public Cafe
12 Gogebashvili St, Batumi, Georgia

S undays are always best when they are spend outside, right? Me and my hubby usually explore Istanbul during the weekends but this time we have decided to spend some time outside of the chaotic city of Istanbul. Around 100km far from our home there is a lake called Sapanca. I was hoping that the weather would be nice and warm but it turned out a bit crazy. It was raining cats and dogs for about thirty minutes and then shining and cloudless for about forty-five. That repeated at least three times in a single afternoon. Can you believe that?!? Despite the rain we still enjoyed the trip, the area is picturesque, the houses are small and very cute decorated and there are magnolia and cherry blossom trees almost in every corner. See my visual diary from the trip below!

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Zornitsa

      Back in 2007 I was just a regular 20 years old girl, studying in a university and trying to find something interesting to do in my spare time. Being inspired by the vintage hype I was seeing over the Internet I decided to start my own eBay store for vintage pieces which I was able to collect from the little shops in my own town. Sophia Amoruso was kicking ass with her NastyGal store back then and she was my main source of inspiration, of course my eBay adventure wasn’t as successful as hers but you can’t blame a girl for trying. I did had one big success though, one of the handmade pieces that I have found and put on for sale was sold to a customer in the USA. Few months after that the show GOSSIP GIRL had started and everyone was crazy about it. You can imagine my surprise when I saw Vanessa Abrams (the smart artistic curly-haired Brooklyn gal) wearing my vintage 80s style blouse that I sold few months back. I honestly couldn’t believe my eyes, it felt almost unreal. I cried, I laughed, I watched the episode hundred times at least. Then in honor of that tiny but important event I have decided that I will start my fashion blog and call it GOSSIP STYLE.

I wrote my first post in 2007 November 16th. It was the time when blogs have not been as popular as now. The best blogs over the net were StyleBytes, SusieBubble, The Cherry Blossom Girl, Le Blog de Betty and Chiara Ferragni from The Blonde Salad was just a regular Italian girl that loved shopping as much as I did. My tiny blog was my little secret, not so many people in Bulgaria were reading blogs then, I highly doubt they even knew what they really were.

After a couple of years of writing ( 7 to be exact ) I got a bit tired of blogging. It was not giving me as much joy as it was before. I was rarely posting and even when I did, it was not giving me any fulfillment. In 2014 I stopped and made the blog private.

Now after some time away from the blogging world I have decided to start sharing again. You probably know that I’m super consistent on my Instagram, which if you are not following yet, you should definitely start. This time with my blog I will not force myself to make a post if I have nothing important to share with you, I will try to be more cool and relaxed about it.

So don’t forget to subscribe to my email updates HERE because it is way more easier to keep up with my blog, if you just receive my latest updates in your email box (plus you will also download and enjoy my GOSSIPINSTA guide for free)

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Zornitsa