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Happy National Tea Day: The Incredible Sketch London
It’s National Tea day in the UK today and what a better way to celebrate than with a review of the most amazing High Tea I had ever had at Sketch in London. We happened to arrive in London just in time for Mother’s Day so we signed up for the Mother’s Day tea. Unbeknownst to us this meant a multiple hour decadent affair that was anything but just tea. We had to walk for quite a bit prior to getting there so the planned outfit was practical with a touch of whimsy: Sneakers, a pair of culottes and of course the fun bit: a cropped bow top over a…
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Femme Forever: The Importance of the Graphic Tee and How to Wear It
The graphic tee is not new to any of us, we have had them in our closet our entire lives sporting our favorite slogans, our favorite food and yes, even our favorite bands. Recently the high fashion world (Dior especially, Gucci and Prabal) has embraced the graphic tee as their chosen medium for expressing political points of view which has skyrocketed this basic tee shirt back into massive popularity. Our favorite high street brands like Topshop are following suit offering affordable ‘Femme Forever’ and ‘Females of the Future’ options that allowing everyone to have their favorite tee shirt show exactly how they feel. For the less politically minded among us…
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3 New Ways to Wear Your Bomber Jacket for 2017
Every so often there is a trend in the fashion world that becomes SO popular that we actually start getting sick of it. Last year’s IT-item, the bomber jacket is a perfect example of this phenomenon. The bomber jacket grew to popularity overnight and it quickly morphed overnight to be in every store you could find. Patches on your bomber became the next hot thing, then printed bombers and finally oversized printed bombers (perhaps with some patches.) The craze was EVERYWHERE and if you are like me that meant that you ended up with 8 varying types of bomber jackets in your closet by the end of 2016. Fast forward…
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How to Re-Wear Your New Party Dress Using Your Favorite Pair of Jeans
Dress c/o ASOS (shop their new ‘Occasion offering HERE‘) | ASOS Earrings | Jeans (in black HERE) | Zara Slides (another option in black HERE ) Easter is just around the corner which means that wedding season, yes I said those words, and baby shower season/wine tasting season, etc is just around the corner. The moral of the story: it’s time to start stockpiling event-ready dresses. THIS year however rather than just wearing them just one time for that one event I am going to encourage you to get creative and start wearing them multiple times this year, and we can show you how. Wearing a dress over pants is…
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The Best Statement Earrings under $30: The Hottest Jewelry Trend of 2017
When it comes to jewelry trends there has been 1 specific trend dominating the runways for the past two seasons: Statement Earrings. That means big, bold earrings that enhance an outfit or put the finishing touches on it. Usually when a trend like this becomes so wildly popular it is within a particular niche such as tribal earrings or sleek metal ones a-la Celine, but this time the trend is across all categories. From fringe ’80s beauties at Saint Laurent to vintage inspired decadence at Gucci there is a statement earring for everyone. Most notably this past Spring collection had to be the mod geometric options from Proenza Schouler (below)…
