Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"My wardrobe staple is simple shirt dresses. They never date, and you can put them with a heel or a flat sandal." ~ Louise Nurding Channeling Fall Vibes With only glimpses of Fall every so often, unless you go to Trader Joe’s where it has literally vomited all the pumpkin your heart can desire, the [...]
"Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red Autumn." ~ Marilyn Monroe Fall Fashion Guys it finally FINALLY feels like Fall. (okay I am getting ahead of myself because it went back to the eighties this week, but beggars can not be [...]
"He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest." ~ Walter Benjamin Not the sweater vest! Before you gasp in horror and start lambasting me because oh. em. gee. Sweater vests? and asking if this is the nineties (according to designers yes yes it is) or [...]
Guys I am over, on, and beyond, cloud nine to be kick starting lifewithlilred's Falling For Fall Guest Bloggers Series. I absolutely adore Sarah and am incredibly honored (yes I have said that a gazillion times already) that she asked me. If you have not checked out her blog...WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!?! Joking, completely joking, [...]
"Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady." ~ Edith Head The Term Sun-dress I do not know what it is, but I kind of hate the word sun-dress. It invokes images of when I was little and my mother use to dress me [...]
"The little black dress expresses a moment of freedom and individuality every time." ~ Andre Leon Talley Anthro Addict In June, I got royally spoiled and peppered with an arsenal of gift cards and shopping trips to my favorite store, Anthropologie since it was my birthday month. My family, friends, and love, know me well [...]
"Fashion is about comfort and feeling good." ~ Max Azria What DO I Wear?!?! Column Inspiration I owe a huge thank you to Jenny over at SitBackandJustLive for inspiring this column. She had seen this dress in a travel post I had done last month and asked me if I was going to blog about [...]
"I've said this so many times, but I keep coming back to this: Trends come and go. Own them and make them your own. If it doesn't feel right, then don't feel like you need to dress a certain way just to be trendy." ~ Nina Garcia Trend of the Summer Never has a quote [...]
"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 [...]
"Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together." ~ Carolina Herrera Being a fashionista isn't equivalent to having the lastest and greatest. Who has the time or money to replace their wardrobe EVERY season? With the summer season here you can breathe life [...]