Happy Sunday! Hope everyone had a great week and survived the heat. We had a birthday in the family last week and we have another one this week. I love birthdays! I’m still on my quest, trying to keeping cool and remain fashion forward at the same time. How am I doing?
Today’s outfit is a whimsical pineapple print dress with a pleated A-line skirt. Oh my, it has pockets! 🙂 . I really love this dress. I wore it for the first time May of last year to a Mother’s Day Brunch. I’ve wanted it in my Sunday rotation for sometime now. This dress has the most flattering fit and it would be perfect for any size woman.
I accessorized with a statement necklace made of wood, gold rings and white beads. I also chose wooden earrings, white bracelet and a white flower ring. Nude pointy toe pumps sealed the look.
My BAG today, a folding bamboo handbag (it collapses and folds flat). It’s quite the conversation piece. It certainly added the unexpected to the entire outfit. As you already know, I love handbags that are unique 😉 .
There is BEAUTIin everything, find it…
Style Tip: Remove the straps and necklace (straps are removal) . Add a belt for a more fitted look. Replace the pumps with sandals, off you go for a totally different look.
Dress: Eva Mendes/ New York & Co. (currently sold out)
Happy Sunday! Just like last week I’m still trying to find outfits that are cool while remaining respectable for Church. I accomplished that with this off- the- shoulder jumpsuit.
This jumpsuit is a linen and cotton blend (gives you less wrinkles than 100% linen). Linen is the perfect summer fabric! I also love how the fabric depicts flowers, bees and plants, so SUMMER right? The puff sleeves has a tie and a flounce. It also has POCKETS! Notice the tapered legs.
I accessorized with a wide textured necklace that has semi clear stones. My earrings mimic the same stones in the necklace. I also added a wide bracelet and two loose bangles. I pulled out the yellow in the jumpsuit by adding a skinny yellow belt to the elastic waist. When wearing linen with tapered legs you have to wear strappy sandals 😉 .
My BAG today was a twist on FUN… a wristlet in the silhouette of a yellow taxi cab. It’s such a fun and unexpected touch. Since linen is a casual fabric I didn’t want my BAG to be too formal.
Style Tip: If you wanted to take this outfit in a different direction, replace the heels with flats, lose the necklace and tie a yellow scarf around your head or neck.
Hello and Happy Sunday! I hope everyone had a fantastic July 4th holiday. As you may have noticed I did not post a blog last week. The main reason, I wore a suit that I had previously blogged two years ago. But! I’m back this week with a new outfit to share.
Some might be saying what are paperbag waist pants? Paperbag waist pants are loose fitting pants that happen to be very comfortable. They have a slightly higher waist and tie at the waist making a ruffle detail. In order to make the waist stand out as intended, you should pair them with a tighter fitting top for a flattering silhouette.
I think I accomplished just that by pairing my paperbag waist pants with a tight fitting floral mesh top. The colors mimics Summer. The shimmer of the pant fabric makes them dressier and perfect for Church. I can also wear these pants to work or a night out on the town.
I accessorized the outfit with tri colored jewelry, it picked up on the colors nicely. I was so inspired by the top, I decided to go with a floral strappy sandal.
My BAG, I was further inspired by the floral top and shoes that I continued with a beautiful floral clutch. The details on the bag are FABULOUS!
I hope you’ve learned a little bit about paperbag waist pants and I certainly hope you try a pair. You won’t be disappointed 😉 .
Happy Sunday! Well, the July 4th holiday is upon us. No better time to wear a little bit of RED, WHITE & BLUE… to celebrate the holiday. Last week I mentioned that would be mixing old and new pieces together for the summer. These (old) white slacks scream summer. To complete the look add a little red and blue to the mix. A blue peplum halter top suited the straight legged white slacks perfectly. Every woman should own at least one Halter Top, it exposes the sexiest part of a woman’s body ” her shoulders”. No matter a woman’s size her shoulders are very sexy!
Now that you have the White and Blue all you need is RED. Red shoes complete the look. Today I opted for a softer round toe platform heel verses my all time favorite pointy toe heel. Change is good, in this case either one would work. No wrong choices here.
The peplum top is very detailed around the neck, NO necklace required. All I had to do was add my usual pieces, earrings and my go to bangles. Today I rocked three glass bangles in the RED, WHITE & BLUE (clink, clink)!
Let’s talk about my BAG; I spotted this (showstopper) RED tote bag on a mannequin. I immediately hightailed it over to the purse section. I couldn’t find it anywhere 🙁 so I did the next best thing, took it off the mannequin! What else was I to do? I wanted this bag. Today was my first time carrying it. It’s HUGE and I love it! This bag is going to be great for traveling I can already tell. It will hold all my essentials… and more. My daughter has already put claims on it LOL 🙂 . It’s still available online by the way.
Enjoy the July 4th holiday and all the festivities. Be safe and… How are you rocking your RED, WHITE & BLUE?
