Magical Mystery Tour

Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic
Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic
Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic
Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic
Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic
Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic
Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic
Free People bell sleeve mini dress tunic

Tunic c/o Free People (here). Bralette, Nasty Gal. Belt, Shoes, Lulus. Jewelry, Child of Wild. Sunnies, Gucci.

Magical Mystery Tour indeed. Sometimes the Universe aligns itself to create serendipitous events, and for once I got to experience that kind of magic. My boyfriend and I had planned a roadtrip up to the Bruce Peninsula (Lake Huron/Ontario) for earlier this week. It was going to be a laid back get-lost-in-the-middle-of-nowhere kinda trip (hence the mystery tour). Now here’s where the magic comes in…Merely a few days before our trip two wonderful things happened. First, I found out I’d be taking over Bloglovin’s Snapchat for part of our trip. Secondly, this beautiful tunic for a collaboration with one of my absolute favourite brands, Free People arrived. Never thought it would arrive in time for our trip, but when this bell sleeve mini dress showed up two days before we left I was ecstatic to know we’d be able to shoot it in the beautiful wilderness of the Bruce Peninsula. 

By now you must know that I am a total summer girl at heart, but for the first time in a long while I am actually excited for Fall. Bell sleeves are huge for this Fall season. And if the sleeves off this tunic are any indication of what to expect, then I am looking forward to every minute of it! This bell sleeve mini dress tunic also comes in a blue print, but I opted for a warmer mauve so that I could easily transition this piece from a mini summer dress into a tunic that I can layer over bottoms
 
I absolutely adore the boho print and versatility of this tunic and am looking forward to styling it differently once the weather cools down. Free People has many beautiful bohemian styled pieces in their line up right now. All with great colour palettes that will transition effortlessly from now well into the Fall season. See for yourself at FreePeople.com. Oh and I suppose I should also add that the Beatles had lots of airplay during this trip – also unplanned. 
 
xo

Coconuts + How to Wear Denim Cutoffs If You’re a Bit on the Conservative Side

Denim Cutoffs with Coconut Tank
Denim Cutoffs with Coconut Tank
Denim Cutoffs with Coconut Tank
Denim Cutoffs with Coconut Tank
Denim Cutoffs with Coconut Tank
Denim Cutoffs with Coconut Tank
Denim Cutoffs with Coconut Tank
Denim Cutoffs with Coconut Tank

Top, Chaser (Lemonberry). Cutoffs, Signature 8 (Nasty Gal). Panama hat (here). Sunnies, Gucci.

My love for coconuts extends past beauty and cooking products, it has now officially crept into my closet. The only thing missing in my life at this point is a coconut emoji. If someone could get on that, that would be great!

But aside from the coconut love, I did want to talk about denim cutoffs in this post. When this trend surfaced I was a bit skeptical at first. I won’t lie, I immediately bought 2 pairs from Nasty Gal just to get on board with the trend. But I didn’t quite have the guts to wear them. They sat dormant in my closet while I watched countless girls (and by that I don’t just mean teenage girls, but adult women as well) wearing then, seemingly having no issue with half of their asses hanging out. It took me a while to eventually wear denim cutoffs outside of the house. And even then, I made sure to wear them only to places where it would pretty much be just me, my boyfriend and Mother Nature. So I probably wore them out a total of two, if not 3 times last summer. Not quite worth the $70/80 investment per short.

So now of course another summer rolls around and I still see everyone flaunting their shorts and backsides. And to be honest, the adult part of me was a bit envious that I was not as carefree as everyone else rocking the denim cutoffs trend and not giving a hoot about what other people think and just baring it all. So this season I decided to liberate the youthful me (while also redeeming the spend) and wearing these babies as much as I can before summer is out. That being said, if you’re like me – you’re on the fence, you want to do it but just can’t bring yourself to it – just do it! Try it, you might end up loving it. If you don’t, worst case you put them back in your closet. Or just have fun wearing them around the house.

While I’m still not completely comfortable wearing denim cutoffs on their own, I’ve opted to style them with longer layered pieces overtop to minimize exposure of the butt cleavage while being able to show off the front of the shorts. I really like how they look with a maxi side slit top (like here), or even with a longer loose tank. Like the coconut one I’m wearing here, where the hem of the tank covers my butt. You could even try a longer style vest (like here). In all cases, just beware when bending over.

Thoughts?


Free People Twofer Maxi

free people side slit maxi
free people side slit maxi
free people side slit maxi
free people side slit maxi
free people side slit maxi
free people side slit maxi
free people side slit maxi
free people side slit maxi

Dress, Free People. Shorts, Signature 8 (Nasty Gal). Shoes, Pink Martini. Purse, Rebecca Minkoff. Sunglasses, Gucci

Snagged this Free People sleeveless knit mini dress, (or is it a side slit maxi top?) from Saks Off 5th while on the hunt for a fringed bag. Wasn’t too sure at first how I would wear this side slit maxi top. But once I wrapped my head around the concept I realized you can get pretty creative with this piece.  starting with layering it over a pair of denim cutoffs.

What I especially love about this dress is the nomadic feel that this piece gives off. Makes me want to throw on a bikini bottom with doc marten boots and hit a desert somewhere…unfortunately for that dream I live in Canada and that is just not going to happen here. Although I might settle for a deserted beach if I can find one somewhere.

xo