This week's fashion find is a classic trench coat. It is a piece that should be in every woman and man's closet. The trench coat has always been a piece that stays in fashion. It is a timeless piece. You can wear it with a dressy outfit or a casual one. If you are looking for a versatile jacket that can be worn with nearly anything then this is a perfect purchase to make.
Click on the link below to find the trench coat and other pieces that I wore in this shoot
This day in age most of us are very busy people and we always seem to be pressed for time, especially living in a place like New York City. Just stop for a moment during your morning commute and you will quickly realize by simply looking at people's facial expressions that time is always scarce and never in their favor. Such is usually the case when going from one place to another that at times may take a little longer than anticipated. I have had some instances where I have been at work all day and have gotten out later than expected; meanwhile having previously made plans to be at another event later that evening and not having the sufficient amount of time to go back home and change my outfit. Hopefully, through this blog you are able to see that by just making small adjustments or minor changes to your outfit it will make a world of a difference. Having to transition from day to night is something working people often experience; whether going from a job to a night out with friends, dinner with family (or friends), and even at times making plans with a significant other. As you can see, in the first shot I am wearing a shirt dress, a sweater over the dress, and ankle boots (but one could also wear flats with the dress as displayed in the picture). Now, let's say that you went to work with a similar outfit and were planning on going out that evening, all you would need to do to is take off the sweater, and with that minor change alone your look is transformed. The outfit is now a nice solid dress for you to fashionably accessorize (necklace, earrings and bracelets) in the same way that a blank canvas is to an artist. With a dress like this you can add heels and a clutch, and instantly you have an outfit that is more fitting for an evening out. Giorgio Armani said it best, "To create something exceptional, our mindset must be relentlessly focused on the SMALLEST DETAIL." To accomplish a look similar to this one does not take much effort or thought; all it takes is small changes to the initial outfit; for it is in the tiny details that we are able to set ourselves apart from others and be the unique beings that we all are.
Click on any of the links below to find what I was wearing for this photo-shoot: Photography by R&D Photography, shirt dress, sweater and burgundy necklace by H&M, burgundy ankle boots by Call it Spring
It is funny how life comes full circle. This is so true of fashion. When I was 15 years old I loved the color brown; nearly all of my clothes and shoes were that color. One could say that I had a fascination with the color brown. As some time passed I lost interest in wearing anything brown. Perhaps subconsciously I had told myself that I had enough of it in my life so I decided to let it go and move on to other colors. Now that I am I older I have learned to include different colors; not giving one color more preference than another. With this particular photo shoot I had fun putting all these different shades of browns together. The colors complemented each other well, and adding a striped blue top to the outfit made it stand out even more. My advice to anyone playing with color schemes is to not be afraid of putting together different shades of the same color for fear of looking too "matchie." A person that is dear and close to my heart once expressed to me, "A possibility gone unexplored is a potentially wasted opportunity to deepen one's own growth." Learn what works and doesn't work for your style and look, which comes via trial and error. Start with the basics such as the neutral colors: black, brown, beige, white, blue, and gray; for you can never go wrong with these colors, and then add your pop of varied colors to draw the eyes in. Do not be afraid to take risks in life for one of our greatest teachers is experience.
Pants and Shoes by Zara , Jacket by H&M, Shirt and Purse and Jewelry by Forever21 Photography by R&D Photography
Pants and Shirt by H & M, Shoes by Steve Madden
Dress by Forever 21 and Shoes by H & M
Dress by H & M, Shoes by CALL IT SPRING
Last weekend I went to Albrightsville, PA with some family and friends with the purpose of going Skiing at Camelback Mountain, and I thought it would be the perfect time to have a small shoot. The best part of all was that the day we got to Albrightsville it had snowed a bit; I figured what better backdrop for my shoot than to have some snow as my background. I put together a couple of outfits that went perfectly with the feel of the day and the weather. It was a really cold weekend and I had to be extremely efficient with time being that temperatures were below freezing; this meant taking the right shot with a small window of time while quickly heading back into the house to warm up and changing into my next outfit. Overall, it was a fun (though very cold) experience, and a great weekend.