Dinner with friends

Marinière - Saint James
Jupe - American Apparel
Chaussures - Enzo Angiolini
Sac - DKNY

Red tights, stripes, and jeans

Marinière - Saint James
Jupe - Twenty-Four Seven
Collants - Asos
Bottes - Ralph Lauren
Sac - DKNY

Sunny day

Spent a wonderful day shopping and hanging out with my family



Top - French Connection
Skirt - ASOS
Belt - Nine West
Shoes - Marc Fisher
Watch - Geneva
Purse - Donna Karen

Easter and pleats

Today was a gorgeous day and we enjoyed magical half an hour on the balcony before going to Mass.



We did not actually make it to Mess due to our church being overcrowded. First time we cam there was not parking, second time we found parking but there were no places to sit and Alejandro didn't like us standing up and started crying, so we had to retreat very quickly.





It's been a great holiday weekend with homemade Easter bread, colored eggs, family visits and time outdoors. Especially I enjoyed being able to put away my warm clothes and put on my Zara striped boatneck and red ASOS skirt. It was also nice not to wear heavy winter boots for a change:)

Sailor theme

Gamine

Gamine by TheClassicChic featuring a mod coat

French Connection cap sleeve top
22 GBP - very.co.uk

Mod coat
$90 - modcloth.com

GAP stretch denim jeans
$70 - gap.com

Diane von Furstenberg platform shoes
$255 - nordstrom.com

Old Navy open toe shoes
$25 - oldnavy.gap.com

Strap bag
$35 - modcloth.com

Sterling silver jewelry
725 EUR - tiffany.com

The origin of the word is French, and it initially meant "urchin." Applied to style, it refers to the iconic look,
defined by a boyish, youthful, naive style; it is always somewhat playful and mischievous but never frilly.
When I think about Gamine, always Audrey Tautou comes to mind in "Coco before Chanel" - simple classic pieces that are functional rather then decorative, everything having its purpose, carrying essense of menswear
but is very feminine at the same time. It's all about finding balance between practicality of menswear, boyshness and coy femininity.

Key pieces:

Striped sailor bateau top
Classic trench
Quilted bag
Espadrilles
Capri pants
Baby doll dress
Boyfriend blazer
Wedge sandals
Cigarette pants

Wardrobe staple - striped top

I have an unhealthy passion for striped tops. It comes from the time when I was skinny with narrow shoulders and only benefitted from wearing them. Now, when my body suffered a temporarily setback caused by pregnancy, I need to be more careful and so I try to minimimize the negative effect of striped tops by "breaking" the horizontal stripes by wearing either a heavy pendant necklace (like on photos 7 and 8), or a scarf, or simply a blazer to create more slimming look

French striped sailor shirt

One of the must have in any wardrobe is a french naval striped shirt. I have a variety of striped shirts, most of them in classic cream/navy combination. Striped shirts are definitely one of my favorite wardrobe staples, in spite of its bad reputation due to its tendency to visually widen your silhuette but I cannot resist it's charm anyway!


French striped sailor shirt originated from French sailors' uniform, originally made by Saint-James, French company that started making striped sailor shirts. I also read somewhere that even before Saint-James stripes were worn by American prisoners, symbolizing prizon cell bars, therefore being considered embarrassing. Later, in 1917, Coco Chanel admired so much the shirt's simplicity and charm and made it part of her wardrobe. Chanel was the one who introduced the shirt into the world of fashion and thanks to her I am enjoying wearing it today.