a summer fashion style blog
If you want my hierarchy of leisure wear…
Athleisure < Sleepleisure < Resort wear
Your rank may differ, but big flowing dresses rule my hierarchy.
When you’re on vacation, there’s nothing easier or or more fun than to wear an “instant outfit” kind of dress.
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I love iconic pieces.
I love denim shorts.
… so I especially love iconic denim shorts.
The most iconic pair?
Cindy Crawford’s Levi’s denim shorts.
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I love pretty shoes and I love ugly shoes.
I love trendy shoes and I love classic shoes.
… so imagine my love for Arizona Love Trekky sandals and Teva Original Universe sandals.
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There’s always the thing that got away.
The fleeting crush, the perfect meal your favourite restaurant took off their menu, or, even worse, the shoe that got away.
For me, the shoes were Chanel Cruise 2018/19 Silver Mary Janes.
For whatever reason (read: I was broke), I didn’t get them.
From then on, a new rule was implemented: buy the shoes.
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SIR the Label has been on my list for some time now.
Their white eyelet dresses never fail to catch my eye.
… but with age, I’ve become more prone to spilling red wine and would like to avoid mercilessly stabbing delicate dresses with Tide To-Go pens.
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In 2010, I had this pair of vintage Levi’s denim shorts from What Goes Around Comes Around — I loved them.
Side note: Don’t you think people sound so precious when they say their jeans are vintage Levi’s? — it’s like “oh, yes, you’re clever and unique with shorts you can’t readily buy anywhere.”
… but I’m not clever (… or unique tbh), because somewhere between 7 moves, I lost my pair of vintage Levi’s.
I recently came across a pair of “AGOLDE Parker Vintage Cut Off Shorts” in “Riptide,” and was like, “wait, those look a lot like my lost vintage Levi’s shorts.”
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Somewhere around 2006, I’d imitate those starlets you’d see in US Weekly or inTouch and wear sweatpants out in public — they were Juicy Couture, what do you want from me?
Since the mid-aughts, I’ve totally stopped wearing sweatpants in public.
… but I still wear them at home — especially lately.
In the later-aughts/early 10’s, I was obsessed with Boy by Band of Outsiders — my sister and I would go to Pas de Deux or Opening Ceremony (RIP to both stores) and obsess over how perfectly Jane Birkin & Wes Anderson-y the clothes were.
When Band of Outsiders disbanded (note: it’s in operation again, just without Sternberg’s magic), Scott Sternberg (founder/Chairman/Creative Director) started something else: Entireworld.
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Like most things concerning my style, it all started with Kate Moss.
… OK, by “it,” I mean, me wearing James Perse.
I would pretend that it’s just a coincidence that I started wearing them around the same time as her.
I would pretend and say that I simply started buying these t-shirts because James Perse’s low-key-minimal-Malibu aesthetic is irresistible.
… but I’m a horrible liar.
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First was the bodysuit.
… then came the cashmere sweater and the button down shirt followed suit.
I’d say half of my Everlane clothes have been great.
Considering half these past purchases were great, I was like “what about Everlane’s t-shirts?”
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This isn’t sponsored, FYI.
… and I make a point of saying that because Mejuri seems to send a lot of jewelry to bloggers/influencers.
These Mejuri jewelry pieces were purchased during their “only sale of the year;” their Black Friday sale (which actually started on a Wednesday, if you want to mark your calendar for next year).
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