Ways to Wear: Transitional Pieces

Here are some ideas on how to transition your summer wardrobe into fall. Midi Skirts and sleeveless shirts are a great place to start!
Summer to Fall
Traditional Piece Ideas:

Create Your Own Black and White Summer Style

Create Your Own Black and White Outfit

I’ve selected some of my favourite black and white summer pieces from this season at Polyvore.

Using the arrows, click through the carousels to create your own fun, black and white summer look!!



Hint: There are 14 items on each carousel. Click directly on an item for it’s details on Polyvore :)


Take a screenshot if you come up with some great combos!

PC – Alt + PrintScreen (PrtScn) (should be saved to clipboard)
Mac – Command + Shift + 4 (should be saved to desktop)







Click the arrows on the right to start

Here are a few I came up with. Number 5 is my favourite! Which one do you like?

5 Ways Monochrome

Finishing touches???………..

As amazing as monochromatic looks are, if you’re anything like me you’ll feel the need to add some sort of life and colour into the outfit. Coloured accessories and bold red lips are the usual complements, so here are a few different ideas to try: 

(Click images for item details)

Brightly Coloured Eyeliner/Eyeshadow

Eyes

For a minimal but dramatic look a bold coloured eyeliner is an incredible look with black and white. Think deep blues, electric purples, neon greens, vibrant pinks and yellows. You can use a damp liner brush to convert any eyeshadow colour you have into a liner. A shimmery, subtle colour across the entire lid is another pretty way of bringing some colour in.
There are some great examples of fun eye makeup ideas at my Pinterest board here.

Bright Blush

Blush
Brightly coloured blushes are really fun and can look super pretty and natural when put on correctly.  Powder, cream to powder blush, cheek stains, even bold coloured lipstick can all be used alone or combined to add colour to cheeks.
Here is a great video by Lisa Eldridge showing a gorgeous, minimal makeup look with an extra rosy  cheek.
Coloured Highlights

Hair Colour

Something really different? There are so many options for adding temporary colour to your hair – hair shadows, chalks, paints, sprays, extensions and even mascaras. You can play with one, or why not all of them at once!!!
Those are my three ideas for bringing a bit of colour into a monochramic look? What are some of your favourite and creative ways to do this?

2013 – 2014 Spring and Summer Trends Australia

Here are some of the new trends I’m most looking forward to this spring/summer and ideas on how to wear them:


METALLICS

Metallics

I absolutely love metallic accessories. They can add so much glamour to an outfit and are effortlessly chic and modern in their simplicity.  My favourite finishes are silver and pastel colour. I’m not so sure about a full on metallic skirt or jacket for me but a clutch, shoe or an embellishment is something I’m really looking forward bringing into my wardrobe more.

I see myself wearing: 
  • A pink lace skirt with an orange top, a silver belt and silver necklace.
  • A simple black dress with a cropped red blazer and metallic pastel pink clutch.

Sass Bide top
theiconic.com.au

Knee length pencil skirt
countryroad.com.au

Strap shoes
ninewest.com.au

ASOS polka dot handbag
29 AUD – asos.com.au

Fox Finch
theiconic.com.au
MONOCHROME
Monochrome

I’m a big fan of black and white. It’s been so exciting for me to see the start of the monochrome trend coming into the shops. Stripes, patterns and blockings are all prominent.
I see myself wearing:
  • A black and white patterned skirt with a black t-shirt and some cute neon pink earrings.
  • A black and white striped dress with a wide black belt and electric purple eyeliner. 

Witchery black top
witchery.com.au

Zipper purse
strandbags.com.au

Shaker
westfield.com.au

CALF-LENGTH SKIRTS

Calf-Length Skirts

I’m super excited about this trend. I absolutely adore longer skirts. I think they the absolute prettiest things to wear.  It’s been quite a struggle to find (nice) longer skirts the last few seasons so I definitely plan on making the most of these being around!
I see myself wearing:

  • Heaps of different and wonderful skirts all season!

Witchery midi skirt
witchery.com.au

Floral midi skirt
dotti.com.au

ASOS skirt
36 AUD – asos.com.au

Red midi skirt
55 AUD – asos.com.au

DIGITAL PRINTS
Digital Prints
I love bold, graphic prints so I’m hoping to find a couple of great unique pieces within this trend… hopefully ones with lots of black and bright colour in them!
I see myself wearing:
  • A fun geometric print skirt with a black top, black ballet flats and silver jewellery.
  • A large photographic floral print pendant necklace with a neon yellow tee and dark capri jeans.

Black top
myer.com.au

Sleeveless top
portmans.com.au

ASOS mid calf skirt
66 AUD – asos.com.au

Scarve
portmans.com.au

LOVEBITE
betts.com.au
WHITE ON WHITE
White on White

I’m a big fan of the minimal look. I love white too. I’m not sure I’m brave enough to go all white out just yet but pure white is definitely my favourite neutral over spring/summer.

I see myself wearing: 
  • A white summer dress with white sandals, a white bag and an orange cardigan.
  • A white tee with a white necklace and an icy blue skirt.

Witchery shirt top
witchery.com.au

SPURR
theiconic.com.au

White denim skirt
sussan.com.au

Quartz watch
myindulge.com.au



Thanks for reading. What trends are you looking forward to most this season?? And how will you wear them???

Linking up with http://www.themollybuckley.com for Funday Monday

I got twitter.

I’ve just set up a twitter account! Oh my goodness it’s way too much fun. I had no idea how fun it is! Here’s my profile. I plan to tweet about blog posts and blog related stuff only (liked items, outfits, DIY things etc. etc.) 
I’m a bit overly excited at the moment so I’ve been tweeting a lot.
Let me know if you’ve got a twitter account too as I’d love to have more blogs to follow on there.
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