Jumping for good weather

We have been so lucky the past few weeks with great weather. Being in our nation's capital, on a Friday afternoon, made me jump with excitement. My buddy, M. Silber, captured me in this coral strapless dress and my cream multi stranded bib necklace. Muchas gracias to my sister, K. Pham, for letting me borrow this cute lil dress. I think I've worn it 3 times since she's purchased it. Too bad she hasn't worn it once. Score!

Photographer: M. Silber www.reblis.com

Top it off

Everyone is sweatin' the hat movement. For the record, I've always adored putting a hat on and calling it a day. It used to bug my mother so much for new hats ;-) Merci maman!

I have a good assortment of hats and recently found 2 snazzy hats on my NYC trip. Pictured here is not one of hats from my trip but this is getting you geared for what's to come. (Can you tell I still miss my Cancun vaca)? Enjoy the summer and keep the sun rays out by looking good while wearing something everyone will notice.

red vs. orange

On Me: 

Anthropologie jacket

Sometimes I feel like it’s scary to mix such bold colors but I have to remind myself that colors next to each other on the color wheel can easily be matched. Red and orange are right next to each other on the color wheel so in this outfit I took a step towards mix matching the two together. I love this jacket. It’s a little on the military style side but then made feminine by the ruffles and the bow in the back.

Bib necklace

I heard the bib necklace was the new trend so I dug deep into my jewelry closet and found this piece. It was a piece I found at a tribal jewelry store in South Beach, FL about 4 years ago. I have NEVER worn it. I guess I just never knew what to wear it with or how to wear it. Well now that I’ve seen some options of how to wear it I feel better about this piece of jewelry. I guess I always thought it had to go w/ a pretty open neck shirt or dress. A lot of the style options I’ve seen w/ the bib necklaces really have been w/ high necklines. So I thought I’d give it a whirl. I paired this long sleeved tee with the necklace and a floral knee length poofy skirt.

Jane in the jungle...or more like Cancun

Another sunny day in Cancun!

At every opportunity I had on vaca, I had my co-traveler, sister, take all the shots we could in our beach-y wear.

My forever21 hat was my fave this trip. It kept the sun out and kept me feeling so stylish! The important stuff in life, right? Ha!

Here I am, sportin’ my bohemian tunic and my big rimmed hat. On my way to the beach!

I'm not blue anymore

Island style

On me:

linen floral tunic from Thailand

wide rimmed hat: f21

shades: Burberry

Yay! I'm not blue anymore. The warmer weather is here and my vaca to Cancun helped me get out of my hermit winter shell. Don't worry I don't have the swine people! I left just in time before the dramatical cautions began.

On this hot day in Mexico, my sister and rookie traveler, K.Pham of Amuse Vintage, and I walked to the ferry station and took it to Isla Mujeres. It was a beautiful island where we sat and did nothing ALL day. So relaxing!

More Mexico pics to come!

I'm Blue

I am so sorry but I have been feeling SO BLUE over my wardrobe lately! GASP! Maybe it's a mix of the season's changing, the cold vs. warm on unpredictable days, where these different climates restrict me from really allowing myself to indulge in FASHION, whatever it is...it's taken over me. My style is feeling the bulk of this grim gloom so I haven't blogged much on what I've been wearing. Picture a lot of black ensembles with very little accessory. Basically, SAD. Feeling down about style doesn't help with showing off fashion [echoes faaaaaaaaaashion]. Maybe it's also because I haven't been shopping since the holidays. Wait. That will do it! But it's not all that either. 

So I realized this recently when I went to the mall with my cousins this past weekend and bought nothing. I can just hear the [whispers] now. I did try on a few items and nothing really made the cut. I drooled over this 3/4 length sleeved leopard jacket for a while and in the end the only result I got was amusing myself and my cousin, L.Pham of What I See Clicks, while she was just watching me and snapping pics. 

Forever21, leopard 3/4 lined jacket.

I wonder when my blues will go away....I guess I'll just have to be patient and find out. Ta ta lovelies, I'll blog soon when I'm feeling a lighter shade of blue!

xoxo, La Buu

Photography compliments of L.Pham of Bmore, MD