This weekend my mum managed to finally drag me away from the books long enough for us to enjoy some of what California has to offer. What was supposed to have been a short trip to San Jose for sushi turned into one of the most enjoyable city explorations. I had no idea San Jose was so pretty and charming, with a definite character of its own.
Clotilde Silva
swan princess
The premise behind today’s look is a combination of chance, circumstance, and planning. Initially I wanted the We Love Colors feature to be in two parts, with this being the second styling variation of the same dress. And this post still conforms to that plan, to an extent. Only when mama and I came back home and started selecting pictures for the post, we couldn’t help but see certain similarities between some of our shots and the “Swan Princess,” a painting by a Russian artist, Mikhail Vrubel (3rd picture).
We Love Colors
The team of We Love Colors sent me this cute summer dress to style for my dear readers. While I kept this look in the navy and white colour scheme, the possibilities for styling such a dress are endless; especially considering that – as the name implies – We Love Colors offers an amazing variety of colour choices for every items they carry. How fun!
Polka Dot Hits the Spot
I ate too many M&Ms today and am beginning to feel sick. This might sound like a strange statement to start today’s look-of-the-day post with but it indirectly relates to a greater fashion related theme – one of balance and moderation. Personally I find it irritating when so-called “fashion experts” or even bloggers try to sound knowledgeable by preaching on the importance of dressing according to your body type and staying “proportion conscious.” To me it all just sounds like a bunch of mambo-jumbo fluff. Things like “in order to appear taller and slimmer one should wear clothes with vertical stripes” or “full-figured women should stay away from thick textured heavy fabrics so as not to add to the visual volume of the look.” The merit of these statements is not only questionable in itself but it also has little to do with fashion. I’ve also noticed that there is a general tendency amongst such “experts” to assume that every woman wants to look taller and slimmer and that’s just ignorant. I think telling people to wear stripes in order to look taller is just as valuable of a fashion advice as telling teenage girl to wear padded bras. The bottom line is that using fashion as a way of conforming is backwards. Fashion is not about feeling self-concious or wanting to change something about yourself but about fun and self-expression. I could go on about this forever but I guess what I really want to say is that there are no limits and rules. Even the notion of moderation and balance when it comes to fashion is only relative. My biggest advice is to relax, love your body, and use fashion as a vehicle for exploration. Push the limits to know where they are (if they even exist). Its like the way I ate too many M&Ms today; now I’ll know when to stop
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The Sunday After
My parents’ anniversary party was last night and it was a “great success.” My favourite part of dealing with the aftermath of a good dinner-party is all the leftover food. So I’ll be heading out to their house soon to give them a hand with this painstaking task
(someone has to do it).






