Little Black Dress: Night vs Day

Dress: Velvet, Booties: Maje, Clutch: Miss Selfridge, Necklace: H&M, Headwrap: Cynthia Vincent

Photography by BShim of Bashful Captures

Cousin,  makes me laugh that your dress is very appropriate for any day time frolicking while mine is only appropriate for night time shennanigans.  In these pics, I'm trying to re-enact my teenage years-- you know-- trying to sneak back into my parents house after a big night of partying.  Most times successful.  

Oh the good old days.  

Jean  

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Say Hello to My Little Black Dress

Dress: Vintage. Belt: Forever 21 (a better version here). Shoes: YSL. Bag: J.Crew. Photography by Amy Chen.

After a roller coaster month of traveling, food poisoning and the flu, I can't tell you how excited I am to finally get back to blogging!  (Silver lining: I lost four pounds and can wear my skinny jeans now.)

To kick things off this week, Jean and I are bringing out a classic: THE LBD.  We all have that little black dress that hugs every curve in the right place and shaves off about ten pounds.  I've collected quite a few, but this one has a special place in my heart.  I found it gathering dust in a vintage shop in North Carolina.  Ten dollars and an alteration later, voila!

I wanted to glam this dress up, so I added a wide belt with gold accents  and gold beaded sandals by Yves Saint Laurent (a major score from a local consignment shop).  How do you wear your LBD?

xoxo, Linda

P.S. I was dancing to "22" by Taylor Swift in the last pic!

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Maybe Next Summer

Coverup: Trina Turk, Headband: Rachel Weismann, Sunnies: Tom Ford

Photography  by BShim of Bashful Captures

I was saving this outfit for a sunny beach day but never got a chance to wear it!  It's not completely my fault as 90% of the summer was cold-- especially in Montauk. 

So maybe next year.

Enjoy SF summer!  

NYC Fall, here I come.

Jean

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Hot Tropic

Top: H&M (old). Shorts: American Apparel. Belt: Haute Hippie (similar here). Shoes: Alexander Wang (similar here). Sunnies: Celine. Bracelets: Forever 21. Bag: J.Crew (old). Photography by Steph Wells.

While the rest of the country is winding down the final days of summer, we're just starting our Indian summer here in San Francisco.  That means for the next few weeks, we're in for sunny days with highs in the 70s.  Woot!

And to welcome the much-anticipated warm weather, I dusted off one of my favorite summer tops.  The bright colors and bold print conjure visions of lounging on an exotic beach somewhere sipping cocktails.  St. Barths, anyone?

xoxo, Linda

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Color Stacking

Skirt: Calypso, Shirt: Zara, Sandals: Fendi, Sunnies: Tom Ford, Bag: Vintage

Photography by BShim of Bashful Captures

Have to admit, I love color blocking as well.  Probably just because you can stack your favorite colors and it somehow still works. 

I was eyeing this skirt for months last year and Esther surprised me with it for my birthday.  So the mix of unique skirt, great friend and celebrating my birthday-- well.... makes it a great outfit to wear. 

Also doesn't color blocking remind you of those large crayola boxes we used to have?  I used to love all those colors.  This outfit is a dedication to the summer crayon colors.  Now go color something.

Happy Friday!

Jean

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