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Inspirational Monday: Orange and Gold

Picture left: Brooklyn Blonde

Pictures Right: Shirt: Gucci | Skirt: 3.1 Phillip Lim | Bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs

When I saw this post from Brooklyn Blonde I couldn't believe I never thought about pairing gold and orange together. I had such a DUH moment. I love how Helena was able to effortlessly take the sequin skirt to a day time look. Being that a. I'm not brave enough to pull out a sequin skirt during the day b. I don't have a gold sequin skirt...I rummaged through my draw to find my gold Urban Outfitters skirt that I had for years. Along with finding my Joe Fresh orange striped shirt that is comparable to Helena's top to pull of the orange and gold look myself.

Shirt: Joe Fresh | Skirt: Urban Outfitters | Shoes: Marc by Marc Jacobs | Bag: Rebecca Minkoff | Sunglasses: Ray-Bans | 

Cuff  Bracelet: H&M

These two colors might not be in everyone's wardrobe but it's worth giving it a whirl. Plus, these two colors on their own are perfect summer colors...together it's just the epitome of summer!

What do you think of the orange and gold combo?

PS. Every time I typed Helena all I could think of was the My Chemical Romance song Helena....

Hairspiration: Summer Hair

picture from pinterest

It's been awhile since I had a "dramatic" hair change and this is the season to do so. I found the above picture a couple of months ago and have been holding onto it until I was ready to for my hair change. I knew this would be the perfect summer color and cut. My hair has been weighing me down, on top of just being everywhere. I was tired of my hair, but didn't want to go to short since in a year it'll be my wedding and I've been looking at a lot of braided up-dos. Anyway, Friday I had an appointment with Arrojo, where Ashley and Lee worked their hair magic.

Shirt: Forever21 | Shorts: Kimberly Taylor | Shoes: Jeffrey Campbell | Bag: c/o R&Em | Necklaces: Marc by Marc Jacobs & c/o Huggsy.com | Sunglasses: no names

pictures taken by Brian Cavanaugh

I truly love my new hair color and cut. I'm totally looking forward to playing to texture with my newly chopped layered hair and color.

Will you be changing your hair for the summer?

Outfit Post: Pastel Watercolors

Vest: c/o Susan Graver | Top: Hanes | Skirt: H&M | Shoes: Tibi | Bag: c/o Rebecca Minkoff | Necklace: c/oHugssy | 

Sunglasses: no names

pictures taken by Brian Cavanaugh

This is as much layering as you'll get from me during the summer months. Piling on jewelry and clothes when it's 80 and up makes me sweat just thinking about it. I love light layering pieces, like this Susan Graver vest. It's airy, smooth, and you can toss it over a white tank top and cut offs for a more pill together look. I loved it paired with the pastel floral skirt since it really gives this look a watercolor feel. Then the Hugssy necklace gives it just the right about of jewels that this look needs. I wore this casually dressed look to my cousin's boyfriend's short film movie premier. It was casual but not to casual, which is how I prefer to dress.

Kensie Holiday Preview 2013

I always love going to Kensie's previews; beautiful jewelry, snacks, wine, and friends. At this particular preview we got to do a little wine and chocolate pairing tasting while viewing the Kensie holiday jewelry. The chocolate was provided by Jacques Torres, my favorite was the dark chocolate with orange, and one of my favorite wines was the The Pinot Project (pinot noir). Like the wine and the chocolate, the jewelry was just as yummy. The collection was full of beautiful dainty jewels to thicker jewel encrusted necklaces. Some of favorite pieces were the chunky jeweled necklaces that came in eye catching colors.

pictures taken by me view more here

I love that Kensie jewelry are statement makers, but at an affordable price. They are pieces that can be worn from day to night...from casual to dressy. I can see myself rocking the chunky necklaces with a simple tee, jeans, and high heels for my favorite casual yet dressy look. 

What do you think of this collection? 

Inspirational Monday: Overalls

picture from Bonnie of Flashes of Style

Top Dress: Topshop | Bottom Dress: River Island

It's the 90s child in me that loves the overall trend. I had picked up my first overall dress in about 20 years a few months back during a Theory sample sale (worn way back in January, here). I actually couldn't wait to wear this dress again except without tights...and a long sleeve shirt. I actually had this exact outfit in mind for a long time now, just waited for the weather to get warm enough to wear it without anything over or under it.

Dress: Theory (sample sale) | Shirt: Old Navy | Shoes: Nine West (old) | Bag: Urban Expressions c/o Baghaus.com | Sunglasses: no names 

pictures taken by Brian Cavanaugh

So glad the weather is warm and sunny...finally! Bring on bare legs and bare arms! 

What do you think of the overall trend? I'm thinking my next purchase will be a pair of short denim overalls...or that Topshop overall dress...

Summer Fridays: Graphic Tee and Pencil Skirt

Many offices celebrate the summer by giving their employes summer Fridays. Which usually means half days. Well Fridays in my office just got a little quieter, our summer Fridays means full day off Fridays. Okay not every Friday, but 7 Fridays. I'll take it! Since the office will be more quiet and Fridays have always been more casual I decided to play around with the graphic tee by dressing it up a bit with a pencil skirt. I went bold with my Ninja Turtles graphic tee and paired it with my Tibi skirt (another score from the sampel sale!). To finish the look, I paired it with ankle strap heels to keep it dressy.

Shirt: Urban Outfitters | Skirt: Tibi | Shoes: Tibi | Clutch: c/o Ann Taylor

Dressing up a graphic tee is perfect for those days that call for after work hour cocktails. Also know your office surroundings. Don't go too bold with a graphic tee if you don't think it'll be work appropriate, instead try tees like Ted Baker Briya Bird Graphic Tee or Michael Kors Palm-Print Jersey T-Shirt.

Would you dare to wear a graphic tee with a pencil skirt?