Look of the Day: Cut Your Heart Out Cut-Outs

As I’m yearning for fall weather to hit my thermometer, it’s still hot as you-know-what. Thanks to end-of-season sales, I still get to buy summer looks for half the price.

While in Vegas a month ago, I spotted a long, flowy maxi dress from S.Y.L.K. with the type of cut-outs I’ve been craving for– cut-outs in the front! I’m a sucker for prints so, this one right here just reeled me right in and straight to the cash register.

For shoes and accessories, I kept it as balanced as possible so I wouldn’t overpower one with the other. I wore gold chain feathered earrings, a bare neck so I wouldn’t compete with the cut-outs, custom Bobbi J stone and Swarovski crystal bracelets, and leather, strappy studded sandals that I’ve owned for years and years.

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Flower Power – The Most Girliest Print of All

I can’t feel any more girly than I do when I’m sporting any type of flower print. My inner femininity just blossoms with each flower that is printed on the garment. Being that I was a tomboy growing up, some part of me doesn’t want to be or feel girly, but there’s a layer in my soul just itching to wear a bouquet of flowers and skip down the street. I blame spring for causing me this flower fever! 🙂

Flower Power by pumps-and-lipstick featuring platform high heels

Look of the Day: Boyfriend Blazer + Short Boots

Ass-kicking workout + Django Unchained + Lunch with a pal = great day. 

lipstick: Media by M.A.C, blush: Gentle by M.A.C, eyeshadow: Corduroy by M.A.C, foundation: Bare Minerals in Tan, mascara: Clinique ‘High Impact Mascara’, eyeliner: Smashbox

blazer: H&M, tank: Old Navy, jeans: Gap, boots: Enzo Angiolini, scarf: H&M

Leaping for Leopard

Anyone that knows me, knows that I have a strange obsession with animal print– especially leopard! Even writing this post is making me drool. While shopping this weekend with my mom, aka my number one personal styling client, I could not contain myself at Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale. I think I was the MOST excited human being in the whole damn department store! From wedge, open toe booties to large, calf hair handbags to silk, sheer tops– I was in leopard heaven. Just one piece of the sexy print turns your outfit from snooze to HELLO! Like a bright color, leopard print adds that pop to any outfit. And all you need it one piece only! Not one piece more. You may get away with a handbag and shoe, but I better not catch any of you wearing leopard print from head to toe. And I’m so serious. 

Here are some pieces I drooled over:

Alexis Bittar

Autumn Cashmere

Dolce & Gabbana

Rachel Zoe

Sperrys

Steven Madden

Steve Madden

Vince Camuto

Are you crazy for leopard print too? Which pieces are your favorite? Let me know in the comment box!

Stripes + Florals = Perfect Pairing

The top two in-demand prints this season are stripes and florals. In stripes, your look can be clean, nautical and classic. In florals, your look exudes femininity and playfulness. With the two together, magic happens! Pairing the two prints together makes me want to prance and skip down the street in bright and vibrant roses and daisies and big sailor stripes! Remember to: mix textures, keep accessories at a minimum, wear only one dominant print and keep prints in the same color family. Most importantly, have fun!

Hope you’re loving the happy print pairing as much as I am! Let me know what you think!