What I want to wear for summe....

Summer is coming and oh how I long to stroll down the beach, dip my toes in the ocean and relax with my man´s best mojito! Oh-wait, I do live on the beach already! But enough of that, one sure thing when it comes to most girls and summer is that we go a little nuts with color and crazy fads of the summer. It´s fun, it´s fine but it won´t really last. So I give you my sure thing picks (also refered to as the classics...) that can be worned on the beach, country side, chasing pavements and club hunting.

 A BIG BUT NOT TOO BIG BEACH HAT

 To hide under,

         to umpfh up any outfit

      and of course

  to protect my face from those nasty but oh so tempting sun rays

THE PERFECT MAXI DRESS

Yes, yes, yes....every summer is a maxi dress summer, but what shocks me every year is how many UGLY maxi dresses there are. Always the wrong fit, but gorgeous colors or horrible print with a deasent cut. What is a girl to do? GO SAFE but interesting with a tube cut black maxi and texturize it with knotted belt.

¡¡THOSE BLUES BROTHERS SHADES!!

It just fits everyone, everywhere and with everything, who wouldn´t want that? (and no I´m not asking YOU miss IdontwantanythinganyoneelsecouldpossiblehaveI´lljuststicktomylimegreanhatsinstead)

TANNED ROMAN LOOKING WEDGES

The wedge is sticking around, the tanned is sticking around and the roman (galdiator, jesus or whatnot) is sticking around..still..wear it..

I want...

These booties were made for walking with ME!

Christian-Dior-Cavaliere-Bootie

alexander mcqueen shearling ankle booties

Alexander McQueen herringbone wool

christian louboutin bootie sandals

christian louboutin flannel

Brian Atwood - I DIE!

Belle by Sigerson Morrison

the Color

70´s Camel

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Surely by now most of us have gotten the whiff of the fact that there are some Camels coming in to town this fall. They come in many shapes and serve several purposes, yet mostly we will see them on our wide leg trousers and over our shoulders in the shape of a coat or a cape. Why does this trend work so fittingly right now? Well, there will always be several reasons for why a trend hits home, but this one in particular couldn´t have a better timing:

1.

We´re still donning the nude-look of last spring, and all though most of us enjoyed that photo-flattering trend, it just wasn´t really feasible for the "coming out of winter pale skinned and fatigued"-rest of us. But the camel will help shine a little bronze into our life, and let the little color we got over summer last just a little but longer

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2.

You would think it´s all about the 50´s this fall because of the rants the big mags´ are giving it because several designers showed it. But even though I know the Mad Men series was a big hit, I don´t see it sticking in real life. The lighthearted somewhat hippie and bohemianish 70s vibe is simply a lot easier to dress up in. Now, I love the 50s and the makeup in particular, but it does tend to get a bit too thematic.

3.

Black is indeed the color of fashion, and an easier color to wear for fall and winter, but sometime we want a little warmth and sunshine into our hibernating lives, and once again, Camel does just that.

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4.

Some of the biggest detail trends of the season are leaning toward the coat, the frock, the cape and the wide leg trousers. The classic way of pulling these items of is either in black or in our star of the moment; the Camel.

So there you go, 4 reasons other than "I like Camel so you must wear it- regards from your fashion magazine x and y". And because I´m feeling extra cheerful today, I´ll throw in some favorite pics´ as well so you can ohh and ahh over the items most of us (especially me) can never afford. Hehe...did I mention it´s Friday today?

Love,

Tove

chloé

derek lamb

diane von furstenberg

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carolina bucci

citizens of humanity

I die...the former pants together with Burberry Prorsum shearling Aviator jacket!

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by marlene birger

marni

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mulberry

stella mccartney

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photos from net-a-porter, topshop, style.com

I WANT IT ALL!

I want all of these things from www.kissmezombie.com, and thats a lot of peeerdy things! And yes, this is very cutesy of me, but hey- we all need a little treat on a monday!

Love,

Tove

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Nicole Richie: House of Harlow 1960 and Winter Kate

I have to admit, I am extremely fascinated by Nicole Richie. Every bohemian chic picture after picture with her and her perfect little tattooed family just draws me in. Her style, her hair, her coy smile..It’s just so well done! As I mentioned in my previous post, she won the Entrepreneur of the year award at the Glamour Magazine woman of the year awards on Tuesday, so I think a nice homage is in order. Her accessories from the House of Harlow 1960 line and her garments from the Winter Kate line, each named after her daughter, are what I like to call "That's it!"- pieces. You know when you get this image in your head of a statement- , yet not overdone, piece of clothing or jewelry, but somehow the ones you find always have a wrong color, texture, god-ugly rhyme stones or wrong fit? Well, I swear, these collections have what you imagined, and a good price to go with it (coming from a poor freelancer it must be true, no?).

Check out Miss Richie’s obviously beautiful blog at http://nicolerichie.celebuzz.com/ and order her stuff at places like http://www.shopthetrendboutique.com/ and http://www.my-wardrobe.com/womenswear. 

Love,

Tove