Things I like right now- Summer Trends

Hello my lovely readers (both regular and casual)! I'm so glad to see my first reader from Nigeria, and nearly as many readers from ... as from the United States. Welcome!

For the past several weeks I've been noticing little patterns and trends popping up here and there. Some of this list might just be my personal preferences, and others a larger movement.

Tassels:

Metallic tassel on a chartreuse linen blouse!

I met this ever so Char-ming dance instructor/financial planner who agreed to let me photograph her neon tasseled work blouse. (And what a wonderful personality, too!)

a small tassel on a necklace

A vintage tassel of pearls!

Turbans and headwraps:

I've been reading about Madame Germaine de Stael lately, and I'm jazzed by this 18th Century political babe. She had men eating from the palm of her hands, and wore turbans even though it wasn't trendy in Paris; she simply liked a painting of a girl wearing one when she traveled to Italy, and wore them until she died. 

My sister called this look Rocka'Marla

Purple and Burgundies: 

Perhaps this is just a personal preference; for a long time I was afraid to wear my favorite color out, lest I become pigeonholed in that one color, but now I feel like it's safe to step out with it a little bit more.

Sky and Navy Blue:

Some months ago, you might recall that I predicted that Sky blue was going to be more prevalent. 

I didn't quite expect for it to be almost entirely and quite suddenly overshadowed by navy. But I do like navy, and I feel that it's been overlooked for a very long time, so I'm glad to see the color making a comeback.

Navy Stripes: 

One of my lovely aunts rocking navy and stripes!

I hear a lot of people talking about navy blue sailor stripe shirts lately. I guess I'm a little nerdy because I didn't realize that they weren't center stage before, so I just wore them all the time because I like the look.

I'm also really liking chambray on ladies (and gents!), but if I keep stalling this post to add more looks that I like for summer, it'll be fall in no time! 

Thanks so much, as always, for stopping by! 

REVO 2015!

This weekend, I was honored to be a part La Sierra University's 2015 REVO event. Along with pop-up shops, food, and live entertainment, there was a fashion show. 

This fashion show featured nine different student designers who each dressed a handful of (mostly) student models. The wonderful Klarissa Kurtz was our fearless leader and with the help of her boyfriend Nick, as well as two make up artists, everything fell into place for both  the Ubuntu event on Saturday night and the REVO event on Sunday night.

Racing through Facebook last night, I found some photos of the line Voyager by Klarissa. There are some detail shots (photo credits to Nick) and there are a few runway shots as well (photo credits to Nathan, one of the school's resident photographers). 

(I got to walk with this dapper prince!)

(We walked to Shakira's La La- the 2014 World Cup Song!)

(The modern huntress Diana)

If you were unable to make it to the event but would like to donate, check out notforsalecampaign.org

There are many more photos of this and 8 other lines. I'll be posting links as they become available.

Thanks so much to everyone who came out on Saturday night, and thank you, all my readers, for stopping by the blog!