The next time you find yourself longingly stroking a scarf or sarong
thinking that yet another purchase would be “so wrong” (tee hee)
think lovingly of THE easiest, chicest beach outfit option, and swipe that credit card like a boss!
T-shirt, espadrilles or flip flops and GO Beach Baby GO!
Designers are slicing and dicing…
and the results are sexy, summery and spectacular!
Alexander Wang sliced up the back of his stretch crepe mini dress in perfect summer sky blue.
Stella McCartney got her hands on a pair of scissors and snipped up a cotton ribbed-knit dress in a champagne yellow that begs for a heatwave, but is so simplistically perfect reverscommuter would wear it now!
Donna Karan New York’s cutout jersey top smacks of eighties’ roller skates and disco, updated perfectly for today.
Jonathan Simkhai’s Spring 2015 Collection shatters the definition of cool with pieces that combine skillfully designed clothes with clever textures perforated, cutout and resembling shards of shattered glass.
Everyone in celebrityland is wearing his and it is no wonder why!
reversecommuter loves the sun but cannot reverse sun damage (clever phrase huh?!)
so it is time for my annual search for THE PERFECT HAT…here are a couple of top contenders:
J Crew $34.50
Gucci $435
Etro $136.50
Space Cowboy * currently on the cover of the RIDICULOUSLY good PORTER MAGAZINE
Suburban mommy life can be…monochromatic at times.
POP a little color into the outfit for an unexpected splash of happiness to add to soccer practice, baseball games, swim meets, car pooling etc etc etc…Make it a good purchase, use it and love it for a few years – case in point, Ralph Lauren espadrilles.
And if orange shoes aren’t your thing, absolutely invest in a tube of Dior’s Addict Fluid Stick – easiest, sexiest, vampiest, most brilliant color addition to your wardrobe!
Confession Time – reversecommuter returned to the Dior makeup counter 2 days after I bought my Dior Addict Fluid Stick, to get the lovely salesperson to explain how to open the lipstick part…DUH!!! The lipstick is just a decoration!!!
Traffic Jam in the ‘burbs!
O.W.O. this week is all about the simplicity of a dress. One piece = easy peasy outfit!
Leather is big for Spring 2014 AND for Fall 2014. Balenciaga, Gucci, Yigal Azrouel, Fendi, Akris, Chanel, Jonathan Simkhai – all the cool kids have skins in their collections!
Translation – buy now, wear now and later! Amortize that purchase peeps!
Technically the jeans item is a jean jacket, but updating the jeans & t-shirt look for Spring is a great excuse to bring out the skirts. 
Swing style is big for Spring 2014. Movement is the key word. Cue silly video…
Jonathan Simkhai’s flirty swing skirt is one of my new fave staples – it can be dressed up or down – like way up with stilettos and a silk tank or way down with flip-flops and cotton tank. That is the sign of an incredible piece! Click here to go get one! 
J Crew has a couple of fun flirty skirts in solids & florals, all at an easy price point too. Click each picture to go get some retail therapy!
J Crew $128
J Crew $128
J Crew $88
ps TOTALLY loving ZekeStringer’s medallion necklace which arrived as a fabulous surprise! Many Thanks!
ZekeStringer medallion
Ah the glamorous combination of being a mommy and a fashion blogger…
It is kind of like these pants…
Two in one.
Sort of nonsensical yet somehow it all absolutely works!
Happy Monday!
xo reversecommuter
