Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
“Notice that autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.” Friedrich Nietzsche This post contains affiliate links where I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you, but it does help support this blog and my coffee addiction. Thank you for your support! <3 Fall Trends and Staples Each [...]
"I'm a sucker for good black skirts and pretty little shirts and kooky tops. I have to admit that shopping satisfies my craving for immediate gratification." ~ Sophie Ellis-Bextor Embracing Fashion and Myself It has taken me awhile to come into my fashion comfort zone. Perhaps it is age, wisdom, or excuse the language just [...]
"People don't need to feel scared about a leather pant. Think of it as a jean alternative: it's the same thing. It's almost like they're your yoga pants, but they look chic." ~ Meghan Markle Fashion Must Have There is ONE wardrobe staple, every woman (and man if you are a rockstar) needs during the [...]
"Everyone should have a great leather jacket in their wardrobe. It is perfect to wear with a T-shirt and jeans and great pair of high tops." ~ Brad Goreski It gets colder and the leather breaks out. As a kid wearing leather was always edgy. It was the rule-breakers who wore it. Bikers and motorcyclists. [...]
"We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." ~ Ernest Hemingway The Brand Game As a fashionista in a consumerist world, we are all guilty of getting caught up in the labels. Prada, Gucci, Fendi, Chloë, the list goes on. I get it. In some cases, it isn't the [...]
"My six favorite textures for fall and winter are leather, fur, tweed, mohair, velvet and wool. I love that they are all as warm as they are fashionable and easy to incorporate into your wardrobe." ~ Nina Garcia Last year I was in Burlington and had to (had too!) go into my favorite boutique called [...]
"There's design, and there's art. Good design is total harmony. There's no better designer than nature - if you look at a branch or a leaf, it's perfect. It's all function. Art is different. It's about emotion. It's about suffering and beauty - but mostly suffering!" ~ Diane von Furstenberg Though I may be a [...]
"I have a great plain blue shirt from APC, and a denim one from Dolce that I wear constantly. It's hard to find the perfect denim shirt, but this is it." ~ Felicity Jones //Jacket: H&M // Denim Shirt Dress: White House Black Market // Leggings: Lulu Lemon // Boots: Steve Madden // Necklace: SeaMilligan [...]
"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 [...]