a summer fashion style blog
Inspired by Brigitte Bardot, Manolo Blahnik made the perfect heel, the BB.
Available in a variety of heel heights and leathers, the BBs are the quintessential pump. It doesn’t matter if you work a 9-to-5 or if you’re Rihanna (she’s a fan!), these heels work, work, work for everyone.
“Manolo Blahnik…”
… the name is just so iconic. It’d be possible to write a review about a pair of Manolos without mentioning Kate Moss’ wedding or Sex and the City.
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To start this review, the Naomi skirt is the first Réalisation Par item that I’ve ever returned.
Sure, I wanted to exchange my first Ozzie and the Christy for smaller sizes… the Naomi though? I returned it.
If you’ve read my other Réalisation Par reviews, you’ll note that this review feels different.
Normally my reviews flow, but the Naomi skirt in “wild things” was just totally not for me.
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Hermès Oran sandals… where to start?
There’s the iconic “H” cut-out across the top that makes a dodgy tan line so worth it…
There’s that smell of new Italian leather that could get you drunker than a bottle of grappa…
There are all those articles about how they’re the “#1 shoe” to wear this summer, every summer…
There are all those reasons and justifications like “…but it’s an investment!”
… but if you’re reading this it’s too late.
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Every time a Rouje package lands at my doorstep I exclaim “this one is definitely my favorite!…”
… but this time, I mean it.
Rouje’s Lolo jumpsuit is my absolute favorite Rouje piece.
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You know this It Girl from Instagram. At some point you’ve seen her wavy blonde bob sashay across your screen from a far flung & hard to pronounce destination.
With 425K followers and thousands & thousands of hearts on each photo, there’s no doubt that @adenorah, aka Anne-Laure Mais, has got it.
When her clothing line, Musier Paris, launched, I was ready for it… until I found out the dress I wanted had a $299 USD price tag.
Musier Paris garments are made in Paris with mostly natural materials (some from viscose). This is what accounts for the $299 cost.
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For the past three years, I’ve held off on “mom” jeans.
Sure, I’ll dabble in “mom” denim shorts, but a full pair of jeans? Too trendy.
I didn’t want to look like another Alexa Chung/Camille Rowe/Jeanne Damas hybrid clone.
You know the kind who drinks green juice while puffing on a cigarette, has a collection of vintage tees that rivals your uncle in Minnesota’s and who has that perfectly disheveled windswept hair (i.e. indie Disney princess hair)… so I abstained.
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“When we started, I insisted that we were not allowed to do anything that we didn’t want to wear ourselves, and also we were not allowed to do anything trend-led.” -Ditte Reffstrup in PORTER Magazine
Before I bought a Ganni dress, I would not have agreed that Ganni is not “trend-led.”
To me, Ganni has always felt like a trend driven company… a more expensive Zara if you will.
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“There’s a difference between like and love. I like my Skechers, but I love my Prada backpack.”
-Bianca Stratford, 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
20 years later, it’s time for Bianca Stratford’s ever immortal analogy of love to be updated…
… see, I like my other Réalisation Par dresses, but I love my Amelia dress.
Not convinced? That’s because you don’t have an Prada backpack Amelia dress.
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Romance: noun – a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love.
Everyone is your Romeo when you are wearing this dress.
This is Réalisation Par’s description of their #1 dress, the Juliet.
To begin with, “everyone” is not my Romeo in this dress.
Sure, any boy is free to fall in love with me… but that sure as hell doesn’t mean I’m going to swallow a vial of poison for him just because I’m wearing some dress.
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“You’re the Stones? Sing ‘Satisfaction.’ You’re A.P.C.? You’re good at jeans.”
That’s Jean Touitou’s, the founder of A.P.C., compelling analogy of A.P.C.’s signature piece: their jeans.
Since 1987, A.P.C. knows what works: timeless basics.
On any given French person in the 3ème arrondissement, it’s all A.P.C., all the time… actually on any French person in any arrondissement, it’s all A.P.C., all the time.
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