blue + lace

how fabulous is this dress!? love the lace peeking through... 

image by from me to you

jamie beck over at from me to you has such a great eye for photography (and cinemagraphs!) and no one captures a fashion event like she does!

dress by jason wu... see another shot here.

xx

It's still summer, right?

I don't know about you, but I just can't bring myself to buy clothes for fall, quite yet. It's drizzly and cloudy here in Portland, but I feel like I'm still waiting for summer to start! While everyone else is taking full advantage of the sale (and I mean the Nordstrom sale... naturally), I'm just not ready to buy sweaters and boots, I want more summer clothes! Speaking of which, I'm obsessed with this dress by C&C. It seems like every brand is making a t-shirt in this super soft, vintage-y tri-blend fabric and I'm loving it even more in a dress. Maybe this could transition? Flip flops now, leggings and boots later? What do you think?





BTW - I asked my designer/friend here at work to help me convert these images on his Mac and this is what his response was along with the attachments:

"Wow, $78 for an ill-fitting dress made out of t-shirt material...what a deal! I love that it looks like a fat person pre-stretched it out for you...how ironic! ;-)"

This is a different post, for a different day, but I think it's so interesting to think about those who dress for guys versus those who dress for girls. It's definitely a different style, don't you agree? :)

lace love

 i'm loving this lace dress from topshop... i wish it was mine. 

Spring?

Saturday, spring officially begins. Although, according to my itchy eyes and crazy sneezing attacks, it began about two weeks ago.

Here's my question. What should one wear in cities that require "transition" clothes? My usual rule is no open toed shoes or sandals before spring (it just looks silly) and after March 21st, no tights, wool coats or boots (again, silly). And although it's supposed to get close to 70 degrees this weekend (um, yay!), the rain will be back come Monday.

It seems like the rules have changed in fashion and anything goes these days, with open-toed booties, tights with sandals, floral dresses with coats and tights and, my personal favorite, leggings, which are perfect no matter the weather!

Is the key just layers and layers of spring-y attire? Here are some outfits that might work, but I'd love to hear your opinions on what's weather/season appropriate and what you think people can and can't get away with.

Here's Maggie Gyllenhal with boots and bare legs. You like?

Miss Moss looks pretty spring-tastic, but still appropriately warm, right?

PS: Love this site.

More bare legs with boots. Found this cute dress on Bliss!

This look goes back to one of Taryn's posts about loving jean shorts with tights. Seems like the perfect time of year for me to try out this trend!

Happy St. Patty's Day, people!

Oh Gwyneth.

Does anyone else subscribe to GOOP? You should! It's Gwyneth Paltrow's "blog" or e-mail blast and it's pretty awesome. She gives recipes, fashion tips, travel tips, etc. I'm loving the last post she did. She shows some of her favorite outfits from a cool store she stumbled upon and then tells how to re-create the looks for less, but if you look closely, it's actually Gwyneth in the photos, in the dressing room, which for some reason is so cool to me!

I like the floral dress with the black blazer.

I heart Gwyneth!

Happy Monday!

not your average wedding gown...

i just finished up the photos from a wedding i shot in november... and i wanted to share how amazing i think bronwen's dress was. It was so unique and completely her style.

i just love how non-traditional it is.

more photos here