Wings, Butterflies, Bees and Flowers

What can I say about this outfit, other than I love this dress-top-tunic-whatever it is, I love it no matter what, it does not matter that on a shorter girl it would probably make a cute dress and on me, well... it is just this unidentified "top" thingy, I make it work with a black slip and I juuuuuuust love: the way it feels, the way it fits, the fabric, the color and those ruffly things on the side, I love them and I love this outfit, yeah I know that I am repeating myself, but excuse me I am not indulging in self-praise, I am just objectively saying I love that piece from H&M spring GARDEN collection and again, salmon color, which yes, I also love, and now it is officially a big hit, BUT note that I wrote about it in February, yeah that is exactly what I am doing my dears - pulling this "haven't I told you so" line on you, but I promise that is it.... also some fashion-savvy birds chirped to me that in English it is actually called "coral"... other people call it peachy, for me it is still a salmon - finely cooked, because I like fish.... :) over and out readers, no more words necessary...

Outfit details:
slip - from under some other dress
Dress/tunic - H&M
Shoes - UO
Bag - H&M
Necklace - F21

Simple dress = Headache-free morning

The title? I know, I know dear readers... you probably think "oh duh, girl", I know it is a truism and that I have not reveled anything you have not heard a million times already, BUT to defend telling the truism let me tell you another one, that the most useful and helpful tips ought to be recalled and they should be recalled often... all because we tend to forget that simplicity and common knowledge wisdom and over-complicate everything. So my recommendation is: all the ladies out there, get yourselves a couple dresses ready, at arms-length, a couple of ones that make you feel good and fit like a glove for all those mornings, that are dreaded but WILL happen, when you feel like:

• you have nothing to wear
• nothing looks good on you, nor you feel good in anything
• you are out of ideas for outfits, nor have time for making them up.... etc!!!! million other reasons, I know!
  

than grab that "feel good" dress as your last resort and it can still save the day!... I know , I tested that out and my day turned around, lets say, from crappy to okay-feeling kind of good...

Now a word about the bag, I got it at H&M, never a fan of beach basket bag-looks, this season I decided to give it a try, since the trend is really catching on. I found myself actually, lets say this: love it! It does make every outfit summer-ready, it is definitely a summer-staple that adds a sparkle of sun to my daily stroll to work... I recommend this bag-trend to all tired of black-bags tagging their sad, baggy-selves in the stream of early-raisers on their way to the office.
Finally, a word about the sandals, I got them online and assumed a usual-safest-bet-10 will fit, I said - usual -but not this time... no, you can never tell! sometimes the same company that is a shoemaker too (not just a supplier )(yes, I am talking about you Aldo) will have the sizing way off between different styles of thier own shoes, how annoying is that? so by getting always tens, I have my shoes too small and too big, like a freakin Russian roulette... and that is the story of these sandals, I love the look - yet can not fully enjoy them now as it bother me that they fit a little big on my feet, not to mention that my feet are big already and do not need extra enlarging shoes on them!!! anyhow... enough of that, I have an ease with ranting, especially on this issue - I can go on for at least an hour...

Dress: BCBG via TJMaxxx
Sandals: MissMe? via Amazon
Bag: H&M
Belt: Old Navy

Summery whites - always a summer classic

I am on a roll! everyone, look at me! another post! I am proud of myself, but shouldn't I though? I know, I know I too rather not praise the day... yeah and I guess enough indulgence with self-inflicted praise too... so here it goes, my summery summer outfit, numero uno.
I wore it a few days back, yet it was on and off hot and I took some other pics too, bla bla bla anyhow, it goes live today, because Chicago today is just sizzling hot, so it feels appropriate to look at those pictures and posting, simple look, some white basics, with a nice contrast, throw some beads into the mix and out the door you go all fresh and crispy.

Blue blues for blue skies

My outfit here is build around fashion "recycling", none of the pieces included here are particularly dear nor precious to me, often times I am not sure how to wear them and when, I bet each one of us has some adored pieced that could be worn all the time, and then some pieces we objectively like, because they are cute and nothing is "really" wrong with them, but they just don't attract our hands to be taken out of the closet, some mysterious feature, isn't it, like there was some reversed magnetism in them. Anyhow, one day, I finally decided to put some of them all together and did not hate the outcome, the recipe was simple, again, blending in a simple basic color with some extravagance in colors and tones. I also like two trends here that I managed to capture, jacket plus a scarf and hair pined up high, I am loving this look, I think it adds a youthful spin into anybody's style, especially a way to go to those older, chic ladies, that look so perfect - one may wonder if they star in a soap opera playing somebody's rich disproving mother, I love seeing their hair pinned up with big&thick scarves around their necks and a lot of chunky jewelry too.. okay this observation is a little weird, I don't want to weird you out, anyhow the second trend is wearing flat, minimalistic sandals with wide capris, you will not shorten your legs dramatically and show a little bit more of your cute feet and maybe possibly - strongly encouraged - cute pedi :) whereas wearing flats with such outfit could cut you short, way short, I would say a couple inches for sure, who would want to look like a midget-legged troll? nobody, nobody I say! and I, proudly admit that I managed not to feel like that :) and for now I am keeping the clothes, I am like a pack rat, can not part with anything, does anybody have any good ideas how to get more excited about clothes that are just not to exciting anymore...?