Its always really shocking to realise that another year is coming to an end. Its bizarre, because I remember exactly what I wore and where I was last year on this day when I was writing a yearly recap.
I remember being very excited for the next year, being very uncertain and curious to know what will happen. Very same how I feel right now too. At the same time I wish I could go back in time and tell myself that everything will work out, as I believe that 2015 was the year I really enjoyed.
First thing that comes to my mind is travel, as I spent more than 130 days away from home. That means I was abroad for more than a third of the year. I discovered some new places, visited some of my old favourites and really made the most of not having to ask for a holiday, as I used to when I had a job.
I took around 56 flights, and visited: Paris, Florence, Thailand, Amsterdam, New York, Milan, Zurich, Como, Zagreb, Rome, Belgrade, Ibiza, Maldives, Sardinia, Madrid, Athens, Vienna, Brussels, Dubai, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, San Diego, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Nice, Monaco, Dusseldorf, Swiss Alps.
Out of these cities, I visited New York, Milan, Paris, Belgrade, Zurich, Ibiza and Dubai several times. As you are reading this I am finishing my year in Swiss mountains and getting ready for my next beach holiday as I am thrilled to go to Phuket in the first half of January!
2015 was the year of challenges. I tried to figure out right ways to do stuff, to work with brands and to work on my own branding. I was really lucky to have an amazing support team around me as they helped me stick to branding I wanted to achieve. You might be wondering what does this mean – but in short I think that this was the year in which I formed solid base for my business.
I worked with many brands, and every single one of them is a brand of my dreams, this includes:
Salvatore Ferragamo, Marc Jacobs Perfumes, KENZO, Revolve Clothing, Pinko, Pronovias, Farfetch, Vera Wang Perfumes, Luisa Via Roma, Forzieri, Monnier Freres, The Outnet, Kenzo Perfumes, Supertrash, Suiteblanco, Fendi, Anna Sui, Reiss, Tommy Hilfiger, Kerastase, YSL Beauty, Dior Beauty, Tom Ford Beauty, Clarins, Lancome, NARS, Benefit, Givenchy Beauty, Jo Malone, Guerlain, Dune, Ermanno Scervino, Kate Spade,
Besides working with many brands, I really learned to be selective, and not only that I worked just with brands I absolutely love – which is nothing new to how I always did it, but I also feel so proud for saying NO to MANY offers which I felts were not right fit for my brand and for my audience.
The year started with a trip to Paris with Clarins, it was a great start as I was the face for the digital project for their new product, after that I travelled to Florence for Firenze 4Ever Party, then I visited Thailand for the first time ever and straight after with only one day rest I headed to Amsterdam for SuperTrash fashion show. February was as always filled New York, London, Milan and Paris fashion weeks, I managed to do all four (and more) twice this year, which I am very proud of. Then there were numerous trips that followed, my birthday trip, visit to Maldives, place that I can not wait to come back to and travelling across America, something I truly enjoyed in doing with my boyfriend just like the Pinko Experiences which I loved as I had a chance to spend time with my blogger friends in places like Porto Cervo and Dubai.
I will also remember this year for being picked to be UK It Bride for Pronovias and shooting their beautiful dresses at the iconic London places, for collaborating on a super fun project with Kenzo and for travelling to Brussels to explore their Kenzo Flower scent. I am very honoured as I was the only UK blogger to do the Salvatore Ferragamo project, and remember being personally invited by Tommy Hilfiger and his wife Dee Ocleppo to a dinner in London after exploring both their collections in February in New York. It was also a year of YouTube as I finally started enjoying making videos, and in December uploaded over 20 for you guys. The year ended with a big bang, because I won an incredible award from Instyle Magazine – Rising Instagram Star, shot with famous photographer Ranking and straight after that held a presentation at LVMH head quarters in Dusseldorf where I had a chance to present my blog and talk about digital marketing. I had a huge opportunities to meet some amazing inspiring people such as Giuseppe Zanotti, Dean and Dan of DSquared and Eli Tahari. After four years of working with one agency I made some changes and signed a contract with an international talent management that is now looking after me in every sense.
On the personal note 2015 was different year. It was a year in which I mended a broken heart and swapped it for a brand new one. It was a year in which I established who are people similar to me, people who love me for who I am and people who are there for me. It was a year of putting difficult relationships to an end, and pursuing the ones that are worth while. For some reason it was a difficult year for everyone and because of that some things became very clear. I realised I have some amazing people around me who really kick ass, who are amazing, beautiful souls, generous with their love and who are my biggest treasures of the year.
At the same time I found an amazing anti-stress properties in having a nephew. Every morning his laughter makes me smile, even if he comes to wake me up at 6:30 by smacking my face, somehow I can’t get angry at him, and somehow no matter how stressed I am this unconditional love makes me very relaxed, fulfilled and happy. My sister continued being the base of my every success because her never ending support makes me better every day. I am also really grateful for my boyfriend who stood by me through out the whole year supporting every decision, listening to every moan and putting so much of his energy into helping me improve my content.
Its kind of difficult predicting future in this industry. In fact I struggle making plans for end of January because a lot of job offers and amazing opportunities come last minute. However I do have a list of goals that I am gonna dedicate to. Every 31st I do the same, I write a list of projects that I want to do, milestones I want to achieve and I am happy to say that I achieved my last years ones, I work towards them whole year and every time I think of different type of goal, new type of project and try to grow together with you in that sense.
One little secret I will tell you in case you are still reading is that in January I have a big surprise for you. All new, better Glam&Glitter fully rebranded is coming your way. It will be better to use, browse and look, and I can’t wait to blog on my new platform. I will soon announce it on social media and you will know exact day when its coming live – but this is the first time I mention it online.
Every single one of these things that happened to me didnt only happen to me. It happened to us, I feel they are ours to share, because nothing would be possible without your support. I cherish every comment, feedback and view that I get because I know that together we have a community. Just how I am grateful to my friends and to my family I am also grateful for you guys because you make the magic happen. I am wishing you wonderful year full of success, health, joy and positive thoughts. Make sure you write down your goals and together we can start achieving some incredible stuff one by one. Happy New Year!
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Uvek se iznenadim kada shvatim da je jos jedna godina dosla kraju. Neobicno mi je, jer se secam tacno trenutka i sta sam nosila prosle godine na ovaj dan. Secam se kada sam pisala ovaj isti post i koliko sam bila uzbudjena povodom nove godine ali i znatizeljna da vidim sta ce mi doneti. Bas tako se osecam i sada. Volela bih da se vratim unazad i kazem samoj sebi da ne brinem, jer mislim da je 2015.godina bila ona u kojoj sam najvise uzivala.
Prva stvar koja mi padne na pamet su putovanja. Provela sam vise od 130 dana na putovanjima, to znaci da sam u inostranstvo vise od trecine godine. Otkrila sam neka nova mesta, posetila stare favorite i zaista iskoristila cinjenicu da ne moram da trazim godisnji odmor, kao sto sam to morala kada sam radila kao farmaceut.
Iza sebe ostavila sam 56 letova, a njima sam stigla na mesta kao sto su: Pariz, Firenca, Tajland, Amsterdam, Njujork, Milan, Cirih, Zagreb, Rim, Beograd, Ibica, Maldivi, Sardinija, Madrid, Atina, Bec, Brisel, Dubai, San Francisco, Los Andjeles, Palm Springs, San Diego, Las Vegas, Veliki Kanjon, Nica, Monako, Dizeldorf i Svajcarski Alpi.
Od ovih gradova posetila sam Njujork, Milan, Pariz, Beograd, Cirih, Ibicu i Dubai nekoliko puta. Dok citate ovo ja sam na putu ka planinama gde cu zavrsiti 2015.godinu i polako se spremam za sledece putovanje u Puket u prvoj polovini januara.
2015 je bila godina izazova. Pokusala sam da nadjem pravi nacin da saradjujem sa brendovima, da radim na svom imidzu i brendingu Glam&Glitter-a. Imam veliku srecu jer oko sebe imam tim ljudi koji mi pomaze da se drzim odredjenog puta. Mozda se pitate sta ovo znaci, ali u kratko ovo je godina u kojoj sam formirala cvrstu bazu za svoj posao i za buducnost. Saradjivala sam sa mnogim brendovima a sve i jedan je brend iz mojih snova:
Salvatore Ferragamo, Marc Jacobs Perfumes, KENZO, Revolve Clothing, Pinko, Pronovias, Farfetch, Vera Wang Perfumes, Luisa Via Roma, Forzieri, Monnier Freres, The Outnet, Kenzo Perfumes, Supertrash, Suiteblanco, Fendi, Anna Sui, Reiss, Tommy Hilfiger, Kerastase, YSL Beauty, Dior Beauty, Tom Ford Beauty, Clarins, Lancome, NARS, Benefit, Givenchy Beauty, Jo Malone, Guerlain, Dune, Ermanno Scervino, Kate Spade i drugi…
Osim sto sam radila na mnogim projektima naucila sam da budem jako selektivna, a ne samo sto sam radila iskljucivo sa kompanijama koje jako volim, vec sam ponosna na sebe sto sam rekla NE VELIKOM BROJU ponuda za koje sam smatrala da ne odgovaraju mom brendu i mojim citateljima.
Godina je pocela sam putovanjem u Pariz gde sam snimala digitalni projekat za Clarins i bila lice njihove kampanje, posle toga putovanje za Firencu i cuveno Firenze4Ever vece, zatim sam posetila Tajland po prvi put a po povratku sam nakon samo 1 dana otputovala za Amsterdam povodom SuperTrash revije. Februar je kao i uvek bio rezervisan za Njujork, London, Milan i Pariz nedelje mode, uspela sam da obidjem dva put godisnje sva cetiri modna dogadjaja i jos neke druge. To me cini jako ponosnom. Onda su tu bila i druga putovanja, poput rodjendana u Italiji, posete Maldivima – mesto na kojejedva cekam da se vratim, onda putovanje Amerikom, nesto u cemu sam jako uzivala sa svojim momkom, bas kao i Pinko iskustva u kojima sam uzivala jer sam se sjajno zabavljala sa drugaricama koje su takodje blogerke u gradovima kao sto su Dubai i Porto Cervo.
Ovu godinu zapamticu po najvecem projektu koji sam uradila, a to je slikanje za Pronovias vencanice, jer sam njihov UK ambasador, po zanimljivom projektu sa Kenzo brendom, kao i po putovanju u Brisel na kom sam upoznala deo njihovog kreativnog tima i otkrila novi parfem. Velika mi je cast sto sam bila jedini bloger u Engleskoj da radi na Salvatore Ferragamo projektu i secam se licne pozivnice koju su mi uputili Tommy Hilfiger i njegova zena Dee Ocleppo za veceru u Londonu nakon sto sam u Njujorku te godine posetila njohov apartman i pogledala kolekcije oba dizajnera. Ovoje takodje bila godina YouTube-a za mene, zaljubila sam se u proces pravljenja videa i u decembru za vas postavila preko 20 snimaka. Godina se zavrsila sa velikim praskom tako sto sam osvojila nagradu Instyle casopisa za -Instagram Zvezdu u Usponu, nakon toga sam imala slikanje sa cuvenim fotografom Rankin a posle toga putovala za Dizeldorf gde sam drzavala predavanje svim menadzerima LVMH grupe – ovo je sigurno najveca stvar koja mi se do sada desila u karijeri. Imala sam veliku cast da upoznam velike talente i kreatore brendova Giuseppe Zanotti, Dean i Dan (DSquared), i Eli Tahari. Nakon 4 godine rada sa jednom agencijom doslo je do promena i potpisala sam ugorvor sa internacionalnom agencijom koja sad ao meni vodi racuna u svakom pogledu.
Na privatnom polju 2015.godina je bila drugacija. Bila je godina u kojoj sam sastavila slomljeno srce i zamenila ga za novo. Godina u kojoj sam otkrila ko su to ljudi slicni meni, ko su ljudi koji me vole i koji su tu za mene. Bila je to godina u kojoj sam komplikovane veze dovela kraju a ulozila u one koje vrede. Iz nekog razloga ovo je bila teska godina na emotivnom polju za sve, ali su zbog toga mnoge stvari bile jasnije. Shvatila sam da imam oko sebe ljude koji su zaista neverovatni, hrabre sa velikim srcima koje smatram svojim blagom i najboljim stvarima koje su mi se desile u 2015.godini
Istovremeno otkrila sam neverovatna anti-stres dejstva u svom necaku. Iako ima samo godinu dana, sve u vezi njega me raduje, glasan smeh ili kada me budi u 6:30 ujutru tako sto me udara po glavi. Ne mogu se ljutiti na njega, jer me ova bezuslovna ljubav cini opustenom, ispunjenom i srecnom. Moja sestra je i dalje baza mog svakog uspeha jer me njena neogranicena podrska cini boljom svaki dan. Takodje sam izuzetno zahvalna mojoj jacoj polovini koji se svaki dan od pocetka do kraja godine bo tu za mene. Podrzavao je moje odluke, slusao me kada se zalim i ulagao svu svoju energiju da moj sadrzaj bude bolji.
Tesko je predvideti buducnost u ovoj industriji. Zapravo tesko je napraviti planove i za januar, jer mnoge ponude dodju u poslednjoj minuti. Ipak imam listu ciljeva kojima cu se posvetiti. Svakog 31.og napisem listu stvari koje zelim da ostvairm sledece godine. Radim ka ovim ciljevima i posvetim celu sebe kako bih kao i ove godine uspela da otkacim svaki cilj do 31.
Ipak tajna koju cu vam otkriti ako citate ovaj tekst je da pocetkom 2016 izlazi nova verzija Glam&Glitter saja, ocekujte nesto totalno novo, rebranding u punom znacenju te reci i nesto cemu se ja veoma radujem. Na drustvenim mrezama cu objaviti tacan datum, a do tada vas ostavljam u neizvesnosti.
Svako ovo postignuce se nije desilo samo meni. Desilo se nama, i zato treba da ih podelimo. Nista ne bi bilo moguce bez vase podrske. Zato sam zahvalna na svakom komentaru, sugestiji i pregledu, jer znam da zajedno cinimo Glam&Glitter. Kao sto sam zahvalna svojoj porodici i prijateljima tako sam zahvalna i vama, jer vi pravite magiju. Zelim vam godinu punu uspeha, zdravlja, srece i pozitivnih misli. Zapisite svoje ciljeve na papir, a zajedno cemo poceti raditi ka njima od sutra. Srecna Nova godina!
