Happy Holidays!

Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday! I'm going to spend time with my family in town, including my 4 (+1 on the way) nephews, 2 sisters, 2 brothers in law (who can beat me up or tickle torture me easily), parents, and grandmother. For now, I leave you with this...

Halleluia

Silent monks style.

How to Use What You've Got: Part III

Continuing on with the previous two weeks' themes (here and here), we now move to dresses. I love wearing dresses (and skirts... to be discussed later) to work and to play. They are more feminine and more comfortable than pants, in my opinion. I like mixing unpredictable things together, like this green polka dot blouse from Zara and the burgundy H&M shift dress, or the cowl neck navy sweater dress from Club Monaco with the fake leather skin light blue wide belt from Forever 21... Accessorizing with Forever 21 is my favorite thing ever!


So... How to Wear a Dress?


1. Pick a dress, any dress. Lots of dresses come in A-Line, lots in Pencil. I lean towards pencil if it is a stiff cotton, because I look like a bell or a cupcake in A-Line.
2. Make sure the dress is a flattering length. That means in can be on the shorter side, or on the longer side, but nothing in between. This is worth the cost to the tailor, or bartering for favors with your mom.
3. Get crazy and mix the dress with an unexpected cardi, a blouse underneath, accessories from Forever 21, or even something handmade.
4. Pair with shoes. Boots, pumps, t straps, or flats. Heels tend to improve my posture, which also makes you appear more graceful.
5. Voila! You look great!

What do you think? Helpful?

Next week...skirts!

Sneak Peak...

This is what I did this weekend...

New Soul

I'm a new soul

I came to this strange world

Hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take.

But since I came here,

Felt the joy and the fear

Finding myself making every possible mistake

la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...

I'm a young soul

In this very strange world

Hoping I could learn a bit bout what is true and fake

But why all this hate?

Try to communicate

Finding trust and love is not always easy to make

la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...

This is a happy end'

Cause you don't understand

Everything you have done

Why's everything so wrong?

This is a happy end

Come and give me your hand

I'll take you far away

I'm a new soulI came to this strange world

Hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take.

But since I came here,

Felt the joy and the fear

Finding myself making every possible mistake

I'm a new soul... (la, la, la, la,...)

In this very strange world...

Every possible mistake

Possible mistake

Every possible mistake

Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes...

Take take take take take...

take a mistake

Take, take a mistake

Take, take a mistake(oh oh oh oh...)