5 Ways: BaubleBar Cobalt Maracas Gem Bib

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A fairly simple 5 Ways this week. I came across this amazing bib necklace at BaubleBar during the week. I absolutely love the style of this! It’s got quite an exotic, playful quality but is also really modern and stylised too. I have actually seen a few similar versions about this season. This one here though is by far my favourite in terms of colour and metal.

Bauble Bar necklace

As this piece is such a statement in itself I styled it really simply here and let it be the focus of the outfits. I chose colours that both highlighted and complimented it – pink, light blue, navy, black, silver and white (of course it would also look incredible with many others too). I love the work outfit in particular – imagine wearing this with a suit! – so fun! I think the black sets it off the most though. For me it’s the prettiest in these looks.

5 Ways BaubleBar Cobalt Maracas Gem Bib

Click image for other item details at Polyvore
I just grabbed these clothes from the vaults but most should be still for sale. :)

This set was inspired by the Type 4 (Bold/Striking) Dressing Your Truth style. You can learn more about Dressing Your Truth at their site or there is lots to see at youtube too!


Which look is you favourite?? How would you style this lovely piece?


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Some 10 Seriously Funky Earrings

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11 Funky Earrings
How incredible are these!  These are some of my favourites from my last week’s online browsing. Most of these are from Amazon if you’d believe and under $25 too! (Quite a few of the more special ones are on sale at the moment). Amazon truly has the most incredible range of earrings/jewellery – I absolutely LOVE looking there. I included a few from Nordstroms as well – these were a little more expensive though but I thought were so great I had to include them.
I think my favourites are the polka dot feathers and the blue crystals.
What about you? Which ones do you like best?? 

If you’re sensitive to earring hooks don’t miss out! This post has some great solutions

Cute As A Button Flower Necklaces

You might remember a post I did a week or so back – 5 Ways to Wear a Flower and Diamante Necklace. Well, while doing some window shopping over the weekend at Forever 21 I came across some similar and equally (absolutely) adorable necklaces…….
Cute as a button Flower Necklaces
I’d actually saved more than these but some had already sold out! Forever 21 has some incredible jewellery at the moment. If you like this sort style they have heaps of earrings and bracelets to match too!
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5 Ways – Military Fashion Made Girly

So as well as punk-inspired fashion, militray pieces are also really prominent this season. Camo, military jackets, khaki, boots, satchel bags, weapon-like jewellery, dog tags etc etc etc.
I like militray fashion, but, similarly to punk, it’s not  exactly my sort of thing. I do absolutely love the more structured and tailored pieces that it can inspire though.  If I do choose to wear a military piece, I feel the rest of my outfit has to be quite girly – more so than usual. So here is a bit of a brainstorm of my 5 military looks-a-bit-more-girly-style.
Military Fashion made Girly
Click image for item details at Polyvore*




So the girly things I thought of were flowers, hearts, polka dots, bows, lace, ruffles (peplums), pinks, purples, skirts, dresses, sparkly jewellery, heels, bright colors, delicate fabrics, softened shapes, coloured makeup and larger scale earrings. I haven’t brought in all these elements here but I played with quite a few of them.
Camo Print – The camo print becomes such a pretty and delicate pattern in muted pinks and purples – I don’t think I would have recognised this as being camo if I didn’t know! I’ve seen this quite a bit in stores too – cardigans, skirts and tops with small scale camo print in similar colours. It becomes a subtle yet really beautiful statement.
Jackets – Military-style jackets are my favourite but I just feel so tough in them – so lots of flowers and usually something a bit more flowy (even though I usually don’t like flowy). Wearing a floral or lace scarf with one would be really pretty too.
Khaki – True khaki goes best with rich, earthy colours, especially browns. It also goes beautifully with a raspberry sort of a burgandy like I’ve paired it with here. I think it looks really pretty and feminine.
Boots – Instead of styling the traditional, more chunky style boots I opted for the a more sleek and stylised version of them. I think the traditional versions can look so great with skirts and dresses though. I quite liked this coat too – it has a bit of a military structure to it but with the added softness of the peplum and colour.
Satchel – I chose to do a bright pink satchel bag here. Even with the colour I felt it was a little too rigid for this look though, so I added this fun flower pin.
 
Anyway, that’s me. How do you like wearing the military trend??? And what ways are you most looking forward to wearing it this season??
 
Can you think of some other girly things to combine it with?
 
* I’m sorry I didn’t have time this week to source relevant pieces to feature here  – I just got all these from the Polyvore vaults.  They are all still for sale but mostly from the UK oddly enough. The featured pieces are all still farily inexpenive – except for the boots! But they are so pretty!
 
 
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10 Favourites: Punk-Inspired Wrist-Wear

I’m hopefully going to start a few more shopping posts here. I love internet shopping/browsing, especially for jewellery. This week I collected some of my favourite bracelet finds. Punk fashion is supposed to be big this season. I’m not so much into the entire punk look myself but I do rather like the odd stud, spike or houndstooth.

Punk-inspired Wrist-wear

How incredible is the watch!!! And that neon and chain bracelet!

1. High Voltage Spike Bracelets FOREVER 21 $8.80
2. Silver Blade Bangle BAUBLE BAR $32
3. Faux Leather Link Bracelet FOREVER 21 $6.80
4. Studded Wrap Around Watch FOREVER 21 $19.80
5. Curb Chain Bracelet FOREVER 21 $6.80
6. Hema Pave Link Bracelet BAUBLE BAR $32

7. Silver Pyramid Link Duo BAUBLE BAR $44

8. Chain Cuff Bracelet ASOS $14.50
9. Chain Woven Friendship Bracelet FOREVER 21 $3.80
10. Houndstooth Cuff Bracelet  ASOS $18.12

These are all in US Dollars but should be all available internationally. ASOS is particularly good for that I’ve heard.



Like any of these pieces?? (How) do you like bringing a bit of punk style into your outfits???

Does anyone know of any other good US jewellery sites in a similar price range?? I kind of don’t know many as you can see here!

Going from Coffee to Cocktails with Carven Printed Cotton Poplin Dress

I’m starting on a new kind of Ways to Wear today – these are Ways to Wear from one type of occasion to another. I really enjoy doing these ones, I think they are so fun to think about. Even though you can often create an outfit that would be somewhat suitable for both occasions, it’s just nice to change a look up a bit. I always feel better changing my outfit in someway between events, even if the current outfit was completely fine and lovely.

Today we are going from coffee with friends to an evening cocktail party with this gorgeous patterned dress by Carven:

Coffee to Cocktails

Click Image for item details at Polyvore

So the amount of changing you’ll want to do will depend on the time you have, the practically of carrying stuff around with you and also what you personally like. Here are just some of the ideas I had when doing this particular collage:

Dress: Dresses are a great place to start for a transition piece as they are pretty easy to dress up or down. You’ll want a dress that’s simple and stylish – not overly casual or glitzy.

Bag: A sleek, simple bag that can double as a clutch is great. Even if it’s a little larger than most clutches, you can tuck the straps away and no one would know any better!

Layering: Layering is a great way to change the looks of a garment. I knew I wanted to break up the pattern in one of these looks. I could have used a scarf or jumper but I instead used a top to turn the dress into a skirt. If you have a plain dress you could add pattern through with the layering pieces. If you want less pieces with you, you could wear the jacket with a scarf as a casual look instead.

Earrings and Necklace: Jewellery is my favourite part of any outift so I used a lot here. There’s really no reason to change both though (or have both to start with). I think changing or adding at least one piece will make you feel a bit extra special.

Shoes: I’m not really a big shoe person so I didn’t change shoes here. If you love shoes, of course you can change them, but in this circumstance I didn’t see them as making a big difference to the outfit.  I think pumps are probably the most versatile style to go with, kitten heels could be good too.

Belt: Like the bag, I looked for a belt that was simple and stylised so that it wouldn’t particularly stand out in either occasion. I wanted a bit of a wider belt here to break up the pattern and help tuck away the bottom of the layered top.


What do you think? How would you go about transitioning from coffee to cocktails??

Just to note – I spent the morning looking through so many different dresses. I swear I thought I was only looking at dresses from the States and under $300 – but somehow this one crept in without me realising. It’s from the UK and closer to $500! So sorry about that – I’m double checking this next time for sure. I really want to feature relevant items for these – although I hope you don’t feel to copy these exactly – it’s more the ideas that I’m hoping to share with these.

I chose all other clothes and accessories from the vaults at Polyvore. I selected them solely as examples for styling the dress. Most of them should be available for purchase although I haven’t looked into any of them. 


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