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Gird Your Loins, It’s Fashion Month
Twice a year the fashion world drops everything they are doing and sequentially descends upon each fashion capital for this magical event we call Fashion Week. From New York to Milan to Paris to London, and not in that order, the best designers share their visions for the next season while the rest of the world looks on. For the fashion lovers among us this is our mecca: where we go to see fashion in it’s purest form. While in previous years all eyes have been on the established labels and named houses this year has been one of mix up and change with emerging designers taking the spotlight and…
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Stripes versus Florals: 3 Guidelines to Follow When Mixing Prints
The very nature of a clashing print on print outfit is rule breaking, however as the seasoned fashionistas that we are we want to break rules AND look great doing it. Mixing prints has always been one of my favorite ways to create an unique outfit and I have learned over the years that there are some guidelines that when followed ensure you will look polished and put together rather than like someone vomited prints all over you. The following ‘rules’ for print mixing are each successful on their own and rather than restricting your options when matching prints they are intended to help make sure your look is cohesive…
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Ethereal Florals Meet Menswear: All About the Outerwear
Today is the last in our series of Ethereal Florals and menswear and while we started focusing on light passing through a semi sheer dress we are ending quite differently. Today it’s all about the coat. As much as each dress has been a conduit for light each coat this week has served to block it and create amazing shadows which are a beautiful contrast to the airy florals. In a saturated orange hue this particular coat both blocks the light and seems to funnel it inwards highlighting different shades of orange much like the sunset in the summer time. Heading into fall outerwear becomes one of our main focuses…
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Ethereal Florals Meet Menswear: Thoreau Edition
“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” -Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods I have been contemplating the concept of how we spend our time lately, in most part because there never seems to be enough of it. While juggling a regular job, a side hustle like blogging, taking care of a family (even if it’s a furry one) and in my case traveling to visit my fiance while also running his business on the side, time…
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The 3 Things You Need For a Perfectly Polished Look: Neutral Layers
3 things are all you need for a perfectly polished look, that’s all you need in order to pull together a great outfit that is Fall ready and on trend. What I find so compelling about this idea is that you already have these 3 things in your closet in some form or another. Sure over the knee and ankle boots are on trend at the moment but that doesn’t mean your classic knee high boots need to get tossed. A cocoon overcoat hangs on your coat peg each day and that perfectly balances out your boots for a sophisticated pants-less look. The newsboy cap may be a new element…
