Oh what a difference a week can make. With some afternoons near 70 degrees, I can wear sandals. This week I chose some basic jeans, silk wrap blouse, fun heels and my bright trench to wear for an evening meal. I'm wearing jeans from Macy's house brand Style & Co. These jeans are reasonably priced plus they are comfortable to wear. I've been seeing silk kimono tops on some of the blogs and this fitted version is old favorite. I found these sandals at a consignment shop then added a contrasting bag and bright trench.
For those you that are fashion bloggers, we bought a flash with a diffusor for our camera. We have been using it on most of my posts lately. On these pictures with the strong backlighting, a flash fills the shadow and adds a highlight to the eyes. Hope this is a helpful bit of info for some of the bloggers out there. The flash has helped us get brighter and sharper pictures in low light situations.
jeans--style & co. petite jeans blouse--dana buchman sandals--preview (consignment purchase) same design, different color trench--worthington-- cole haan purse--b makowsky
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Hello! Yes that is snow in these pictures taken the first week of April. In fact it snowed eight inches last night but it will melt quickly this time of year. I purchased this dress last spring and have worn it in several ways. I seen to always have a place in my closet for a few lace items especially in a vibrant color. I have worn it casually with silver low heeled sandals for an outdoor summer art show and with gray tights for an evening dinner. This past winter I've found gray tights to be versatile and a nice change from black. When I'm wearing a bright dress this tone looks less harsh with my fair coloring. I also wear bone colored fishnet hose during the transition to sandals. If I were to wear this dress formally, I'd wear a sheer hose in maybe a gray tone during colder months.
This week I watched several of the designer shows for this fall and so many of the them showed the models with bare legs. I live in a climate where I need to wear tights from October to end of the April most years. How do you feel about wearing colors other than black with dresses and skirts?
links--fashion item friday--not dead yet style--the style record--mix it mondays--plane pretty--still being molly--dc instyle--style sessions--i feel pretty--pleated poppy--because shanna said so--shoe shine--three-fer thursday--passion for fashion
Last weekend I had a mission. I'm going to the Mall of America, the largest indoor mall in the US which happens to be near the Minneapolis airport, and check out the line up of spring dresses. I wear dresses in the summer and the best designs sell quickly.
A weekend usually isn't the best time to visit this mall. It was spring break so the mall was packed with girls and their mothers hunting for prom dresses. In the sea of short sleeveless items, I found this easy to wear knit dress. I like the length and sleeves plus it can be styled so many ways. I love wearing knit dresses because they are so practical. It comes with a black belt so I added the red for a touch of color.
I've never worn red lipstick before. One of my favorite bloggers, Cla of Glam Up your Lifestyle calls red lip color her "secret weapon." We have the same skin tone and hair color so I thought I'd give it a try. Thanks Cla for the inspiration!
dress--evan-picone (here)--on sale now shoes--ralph lauren (purchased on sale last fall) (similar) (lower heel choice) cross body purse--ralph lauren (similar) (similar) belt--(consignment purchase) (similar) leather jacket--free people ( leather jackets)
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