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These vintage posters would soo nice framed and scattered throughout your home. I just find them adorable and nostalgic. Visit AllPosters.com to view and purchase many more.

Nijinsky, in the Ballet “Scheherazade” by Rimski-Korsakov, 1912

The culture-changing Charleston

Josephine Baker in her infamous banana skirt

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It seems that reed diffusers have been taking the home fragrancing world by storm these days. My friend Abby has told me how wonderful hers smells and my Aunt Grace is completely in awe about how they work. And me ? I was absolutely clueless as to what a reed diffuser was, how it worked […]

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Your job. Your kids. Your spouse. Bills. Gas prices. Deadlines. The economy. War. Hangnail. Lawn needs mowing. Forgot to pick up a gallon of milk. Need to make that appointment for Fido to go to the vet. Forgot Nancy’s birthday AGAIN.
There is a lot going on in our lives today that creates stress and anxiety […]

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One of my absolute favourite things to do every season is to scout out the latest eye shadow palettes. They are almost always drool worthy, making me want a piece of everything, even though I already have more make-up than I need.
This season the consensus for eye shadow seems to be bronze and blue hues. This look above from Sephora is the epitome of these two shades.
Smashbox calls it Desert Chic, with these Heat Wave (left) and Oasis (right) palettes.
Stila (left) just calls it their limited edition summer palette, while Lancome (right) calls it the Brazilian colors.
Shu Uemura has something similar with their Fleur de Rose (left) and Fleur de Source (right) palettes from their 25th Boutique Birthday Make-up Collection. I tried out the look for the Fleur de Rose palette, and besides bronze they also seem to favor a tinge of pink/red. The colors go on really strongly. The pink/red doesn’t exactly make me look like somebody punched me (I asked), but let’s just say that pink/red, dark purple and bronze (the suggested combo) is not exactly the most flattering colors for my fair skin tone. I think this Fleur de Rose palette has potential though, if you use only one or two colors at a time.
Other brands favouring the metallic bronze trend are Bobbi Brown and Laura Mercier. Bobbi Brown also has a pink tinge, with their Bronzed Pink Look using the Bronze Pink metallic shade above (left). Laura Mercier has these really cute eye color pots (right) for their Gold Digger collection (they come up with all sorts of names for bronze….), that has an eye shadow shade AND a complimenting shade of their loose powder. I tried it and combined together, they go on extremely strongly. This is not for the faint heart. As much as I liked the double decker combo, it was definitely not my style.

To be honest, none of these bronze and blue palettes are really my style. Perhaps with the exception of the Fleur de Rose, none of the colors in these palettes seem to go together really well. Maybe it is just me, but despite the “look” shown above from Sephora, I just cannot imagine what I would do with these colors. It is a sad day indeed when this season’s eye make-up palettes fail to excite me.

Image Source: Sephora , Shu Uemura , Bobbi Brown and Laura Mercier

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♥ Flowing, drapey jumpsuits
♥ Cognac colored platforms
♥ Black blazer
♥ Feather combs
♥ Black pencil skirt
♥ White jeans
♥ Bows for neck, wrist and hair
♥ Fringe anything
♥ Pretty caftans
♥ Tiaras

These are the items I still need in order for my wardrobe to be complete, I will look for some while I’m on vacation.

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While I was looking for more to blog for about the Resort 09 collections, I’ve suddenly come to realise that with so many collections a year, the whole ‘flipping through style.com’ thing really isn’t as fun or exciting as before now. While the clothes are still pretty, I just can’t get through all the looks for the very long Resort collections, like Chanel, Dior and DvF. And honestly, none of the collections completely grabbed my attention -that is until I saw Stella McCartney’s collection.

Admittedly, I was surprised I liked it so much since I usually feel so-and-so about her designs, but there’s just something I really liked about this collection. Maybe because her presentation was so refreshing -it wasn’t on a typical runway, and it was set outdoors without the usual overdone glam and setup. Everything looked so natural. You can really imagine through the park and in the city in these clothes. They have just the right touch of put-together casualness and stylishness.

The double-breasted jacket with skinny pants combo is nothing new but it looks young and super sleek here. And I’m usually not a fan of jumpsuits but it looks oddly cool and glamorous and again, sleek.

These two dresses are so cute and look so easy to wear. I like how the designs are special enough to make the person to look different but not too out-there. Plus the colours are so sharp.

One of the key elements to the effortless casual and sleek look: neutral colours. Ok, so most of us out here can’t actually fit into those tight Capri or carry off those loose, tight-at-the-ankles pants, but they look so cool on the models. And I love the androgynous of the tops.

Imagine walking in the city in these outfits next summer (or if you can replicate them, this summer) -uber-stylishness! I’ve got to figure out a way to imitate the outfit on the right -it’s such an amazing combination of girliness -the loose, bow tie blouse -and androgynous -the long blazer.

What did you think of the Stella McCartney collection? Which Resort collection was your favourite?

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