Because Love Never Goes Out Of Style

Everyday should be Valentine’s day. And everyone should be celebrated everyday. Yay or nay? I say yay. Hello FI readers, welcome back!

How are you spending your day? 

Are you headed out to see 50 shades of grey or watching ‘A Frozen Flower’ for the one millionth time? Dinner out? Stay at home date night enjoying only pink and red starbursts and red velvet truffles? Graphing conversation hearts? Hehe. Enjoying the cliche’d heart shaped box of chocolates? Here are a few movie suggestions to make that home date truly magical. Note that you may cry a little but for the most part you’ll laugh a lot. Thank me later, wink. 

Warm Bodies starring Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer 

2 days in New York starring Chris Rock and Julie Delpy

Weekend with Tom Cullen and Chris New.

And a few suggestions to further spice up this day that is globally devoted to celebrating love and companionship:

-Scavenger hunt that leads up to very well thought out gifts are so fun. Use sticky note to leave clues that lead to the gift. The anticipation is the best part of this. Have fun.

-Shake things up, think outside the box and do something different you haven’t done before. Something so memorable it will live on both of your minds for years and years to come. Who knows, it might become that fluffy story you recall with giggles every Valentine’s day. Don’t we all love ‘remember when’ stories :). 

-Skip the cliche outing/gift, and have a quiet time together with a masseuse and Celine Dion’s ‘Because You Loved Me’ or Whitney’s ‘Greatest Love Of All’ / ‘I Will Always Love You’ playing in the background. Ahh, we live for these quiet moments where no words are needed, and love is so thick in the air. 

And what are you wearing? No better day than today to sport a red dress right? Or are you going against the grain and wearing a color from the opposite end of the spectrum? Just look fabulous, as I trust you will, :). 

Since I don’t wear the color of love very well, and I don’t like to blend in either hehe, I opted for the next closest color - pink. My Valentines day outfit of choice is a very luxurious ankle grazing high waisted skirt with layers of matching pink lace peeking out from underneath, paired with a an embellished heart racing bra top and a cropped white jacket. The perfect accessories - a dainty bracelet/ring, bejeweled pink/gold sandals and a hot pink clutch. Playful, flirty and fun. 

Enjoy a cozy, blissful and magical day with your cuddle bunny. However you choose to spice it up, laugh, love and enjoy the moments. Happy Valentines day, Xo…

Deets

Skirt By Kim Gray

Embelished Top By Bebe

Cropped Top By Collection Bebe

Ambertina By Christian Louboutin

Clutch By Jimmy Choo

Think Cupid, because love never goes out of style! And keep thinking the beautiful purple thoughts...

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Because Love Never Goes Out Of Style

Shawl Collar Coat

Hi darlings hope you are making a dent on that shopping list. I am. I’m also still loving my surprise from a couple posts back. (here) 

I imagine that cold blogging will be a bit of a challenge. Bundle up while looking stylish in freezing temps. I’m already bursting out the layers at the slightest breeze (lol) and winter is not even officially here, not for another little less than a week.

If you are one of those that enjoy a very lasting love affair with your coats from seasons past then you’re all set. All you have to do is pull those winter staples to the front of the closet. But if you feel the need to add a couple or more coats to your arsenal, you’ll agree with me that it’s getting increasingly harder to narrow your finds down to one or a few for that matter. You are seriously coveting every style, finish, print, color, length and trend. There are a lot of fish in the sartorial sea, what’s a gal or dude to do?

Some things that might help and should be considered include your geographical location and its climate, your build/shape and what styles look great on you (you want to accentuate certain parts and downplay others), pricing/durability (you want to get the best bang for your buck), and how warm the coat is. 

It doesn't get freezing cold in my part of the world so I can get away with not so thick coats.

Last year I committed to four coats - a pea coat with an exaggerated and detachable fur lapel, a leather coat, a double breasted trench and a lovely fur coat. I planned to wear one of the four to meet up with friends. I switched up the plans and wore this coat that just arrived in the mail, yayy.

A regular belted coat with an added luxury of an elaborate shawl collar, this chic piece was fun, trendy and versatile. Teamed with a matching skirt and lilac tank top underneath, this coat turned my look up a several notches. I finished off the look with thigh high boots. I didn’t get to experiment with a bold color in the form of an item of clothing so I went for bold bright lips. What else I added to the mix? A funky draped statement necklace that would literally breath life to the most simplistic ensemble. I say instant fashion impact. Your thoughts...

It’s definitely time to recommit to the coat. Are you coat shopping this season?  Done with that? Or are you in a long term relationship with finds from years past? I've have a certain statement coat from fashion week etched on my mind. I’ve thought of a million and one possible ways to style it, lol.

Enjoy your finds, I trust they are all great, :).

Outfit Deets

Shawl Coat By Bebe

Fedora By Eric Javits

Bag By Jimmy Choo
Boots By Bebe
Scarf By Burberry
Skirt By H&M

Keep thinking those fabulous purple thoughts and have a fab day, XO...

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In-Vest

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Commander In Chic

If you saw me mall hopping this week you’d recognize a tad bigger smile spread across my face. Not to mention the spring in my step. There's a really good reason for it.

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Shades Of Gray & Pleats Please!

If you’ve been reading my blog, you’ll know that like a lot of people, I love cold weather dressing and think it’s so fun. Throw on a gazillion pieces and call it layering - FUN! Best part is there is no one size fits all approach to it, so be you, be original, style away. The cozy feeling from layering is also totally unmatched. 

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Purple Royale

Hello fashion lovers, TGIF! It’s been a super busy week and I feel like I spread myself the thinnest ever. But it was also fun. My lil sister was visiting and we shopped, dined, shopped some more and most definitely redefined the term rolling on the floor laughing. Who made the rule that life has to be so serious anyways? Family is everything.

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Emerald Pucker

Hey y'all! I hope you're enjoying your week, I am! Getting those last summer kicks in. So the mood struck and I stepped out of my comfort zone and just like a piece of jewelry, I wore emerald green (yes it was green, the lighting makes it look blue) lipstick and an almost shoulder grazing pin earing for a spin at the VooDoo Rooftop Lounge at Rio Las Vegas. Unconventional lippy colors have been making their rounds but it was still a little terrifying to pull off and definitely took a minute to grow on me.

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