Jacket, no jacket, layers, stripping off the layers, OY!
Invest in a sleeveless vest.
Put a tank top underneath. Pair it with a long sleeved t-shirt. Add a thin cashmere layer. A tailored shirt works too.
Jeans, leggings, even a tailored knee length skirt works with this piece. Add a pair of statement boots and vamanos mamacita!
There was a pity party happening in the suburbs.
Fashion blogger and style editor couldn’t go to NYFW. Too many commitments in my other role as a mom.
Luckily Vogue.com, instagram and the grooviest online fashion feeds allow me the super human combination of being super mama and fashion obsessed blogger all in a day’s work!
Truly all my technological fashion feeds are in direct thanks to Christopher Bailey, the CEO and design director of Burberry.
Christopher changed fashion forever when he permitted a live feed of his fashion show in February 2010. Before this landmark event fashion shows were strictly for buyers and editors and certainly NOT for suburban moms!
The greatest luxury is being able to watch live video feeds of the shows (hello phenomenal new playlists!!!), translate the fashions into suburban mom-speak and write posts for the blog, news sites and magazine, all while running the corporation of home, husband and children!
This was Alexander Wang’s gift to his New York audience, along with his return to street wear FIERCE collection, British rapper Lady Leshurr.
Seriously add it to your workout playlist NOW!
Other designers tapped it back in the form of nineties artists, Willie Nelson and of course using the appropriately titled “begging for threads” tee hee!
Tune in tomorrow for a posting dedicated to the simplicity of Spring 2016 Fashion. Imagine that!
L’Oreal Paris has launched Advanced Haircare Smooth Intense Ultimate Straight, a four step product line. I have straight hair that has magically started to form weird kinky parts and curls that have never ever appeared before. I wondered if this new line of hair care would unkink the kinks…
reversecommuter was asked to review the line, and that is where the fun started!
Step one – go to SoulCycle and workout like a fiend to get your hair really really really dirty!
ew…stinks and kinks…
Step 2 -Lather Up! This is my cheeseball “and I’m worth it” pic
Shampooing, an early morning art form!
The shampoo smells great (as does the entire line) and is not too heavy which is a good trait if you are not into the greasies.
Step 3 – No need to lather-rinse-repeat as there are 4 products to use…just move on to Smooth Intense Ultimate Straight Boosting pre-conditioner
This step is new to me but seemed to enhance the conditioner when applied. Not sure if it is necessary for me as my hair isn’t super curly just annoyingly kinky.
Step 4 – Conditioner
reversecommuter is a conditioner junkie – meaning there are usually two or three different bottles on the go at one time in a Goldilocks kind of approach : not too oily, not too heavy, not too light #pickypickypicky
L’Oreal Paris’ Smooth Intense Ultimate Straight Straightening Conditioner smells like a bouquet of lilies, doesn’t feel oily or greasy and is not too heavy on the hair.
Step 5 – Styling Balm
I like the idea of the balm as a protector from the heat, and if it can help to unkink the weird kinks in my hair then this is one step I will be sure not to skip.
All in all I was impressed with the unkinking result Smooth Intense Ultimate Straight delivered, and even more impressed that it kept the kinks away for over 48 hours.
* please note that I did not receive payment just the product *
Find a pair with lace or tassels or some sort of embellishment like these gorgeous Paloma Blue silk shorts to increase the WOW factor, then pull them over a bathing suit, slip on an unbuttoned linen short and baddabing you are gorgeous!
Denim cutoffs…where to start? Delicately put, if it hurts to sit in them they are too short.
Board shorts are a classic closet fave of mine because of the easy-peasy factor. Bikini, board shorts, flip flops, basic white t-shirt BOOM go hit that beach side bar!
One minute it is sunny and warmish, the next minute the sky is bleakly grey and the wind is cruel. How exactly does one dress successfully for that insanity?!
Answer: the navy blue blazer. Classic and ridiculously versatile!
T-shirt, jeans and slip on jeans, culottes and stillettos, cigarette pants and kitten heels + navy blazer = perfect Spring outfit options!
reversecommuter invested in a Ralph Lauren Collection blazer a few years ago and it was worth every single penny! A classic fine tailored piece will last for almost ever, and every single time it is worn it makes me smile.
Smythe (a Canandian jacket designer) offers up a multitude of styles and interpretations of the navy blazer every single season. LOVE!
The navy blazer is the ultimate unknown element piece that makes for the perfect airplane item, warm enough for the inevitable airplane air conditioning arctic blast (WHY do they do that?!?!?) and yet is warm enough to not melt you en route to your oceanfront hotel!
Obviously Veronica Beard’s dickey blazer would be THE ultimate piece for this journey – just zip off the dickey before the plane lands!
Boho is everywhere in fashion – it is like a VW beetle that just won’t rust quietly away at the junkyard.
Tassles, suede, embroidery, add a little bit of frayed denim and a groovy easy vibe. Pick the designer and one spectacularly deceiving WOW piece to update your wardrobe. Boots, Tunic, Suede jacket, distressed denim and a trippy scarf to wrap around your head – the list goes on and on, just like the beat!
The budget can be yours to set. Invest and update now and enjoy it into Fall 2015. NYFW is delivering a Bevy of Boho across the runways as we speak (or blog, or read the blog, etc…).
O.W.O (One Weekend Outfit) is a casual three piecer that incorporates ripped jeans, houndstooth and a biker jacket.
Lanvin flats are my favorite – versatile, comfy and perfect for this fall weather where it is too cold for open-toed-anything and too warm to fully commit to boots.
Just adjust the wardrobe to reflect the temperature. Long sleeves with shorts, still warm enough for sandals. Hold on tight to the last remnants of summer 2014!
Patent leather is huge for Fall 2014, so start incorporating it into your outfits now.
James Perse has a new line of cashmere and cotton. CashCash t-shirts?HEAVEN!
Ever been to a busy bustling city that has a sandy beach one block away from your hotel?
reversecommuter is experiencing this strange phenomenon right now in Chicago…and liking it!
Perfect outfit to take you from surf & sand straight to shopping at THE coolest shop in Chitown? Shan bikini, 100% Capri linen oversized shirt, Rag & Bone cut offs, Havaiana flip flops and a Panama hat to cover up the post-swim hair!
IKRAM is a women’s boutique, art gallery and restaurant all tied into one tidy luxe red ribbon of fantastic!
Click here to peruse the boutique, and all the phenomenal designers that live there.
P.S. Completely addicted to the contents of this bottle. Harmless Harvest’s Pink, raw, delicious coconut water (did you know it is better than sports drinks to replenish and rehydrate?). Can you think of a better way to recover from the beach and strengthen up for shopping?!?!?
Jacket, no jacket, layers, stripping off the layers, OY!
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