Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"Glamour to me is about remaining graceful and understated." ~ Kate Winslet Fancy Friday A long, long, loooonnggggg time ago, I posted about Fancy Fridays. At least once a month my friends and I would get glammed up for no darn reason except we just wanted to. Which honestly is the best reason to have [...]
"As far as style goes, I gravitate toward anything that is effortlessly chic. I don't wanna look like I'm trying too hard." ~ Eve Obsessed with separates It has been a looonggggg hot second since I did a What Do I Wear post and this one has been YEARS in the making. Okay I am [...]
"Women who stay true to themselves are always more interesting and beautiful to me: women like Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe and Anna Magnani - women who have style, chic, allure and elegance. They didn't submit to any standard of beauty - they defined it." ~ Isabella Rossellini What is in a label? When I first [...]
"There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved." ~ George Sand Wedding Season Wedding season was alive and well as I made my way to Vermont for a wedding weekend that I knew was going to be spectacular coming from the handsome grooms. They had planned the weekend to a [...]
"I always have to have my lipstick. Sometimes I have more than one shade: start with one color for the morning, one for night. Sometimes I have a couple shades just in case I need something more powerful for the day." ~ L'Wren Scott A brown lip has always screamed fall to me. Not [...]
"Leather and lace is such a sexy combination." ~ Brad Goreski Leather and lace might seem like a misnomer. One invokes images of bad-assery and bikers while the other brings to mind demure and tea party gloves at least to my inventive mind. Yet the two go together like donuts and coffee. They tone each [...]
"Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself." ~ Oscar de la Renta Finishing out my wedding season for the summer, I decided to rewear (gasps!) an outfit I had worn at the beginning of the summer. Oh the horror! Thankfully it was a different crowd so no one would know this [...]
"Fashion is never in crisis because clothes are always necessary." ~ Achille Maramotti This past spring, before I even knew Victoria Secret was ending their foray with swimsuits,(I will not cry. I will not cry. I will not cry.) I had bought two suits that I am in love with. I had even written about [...]
Attending parties can cause a certain amount of stress. Especially with what to wear. And if it is an engagement party? Forget it? You don’t want to be over dressed, especially if you are rivaling the bride. I also don’t recommend wearing white. Being the brilliant person I am (wait for the sarcasm) I had [...]