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Setting the Mood: Beach Blanket Bingo

By |May 14th, 2012|Setting the Mood|

iconic bikinis Next to being naked, there’s nothing I’d rather be wearing than a bikini.  Quite strange coming from someone who writes about clothes on a daily basis- the irony is not lost on me.  I don’t know what started it.  Perhaps that “Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” dance recital number?  I have more bathing suits than one probably should (and could) ever possibly wear.  I can’t stop my retail impulses when I spot a perfect two piece. And my love affair with swimwear doesn’t stop with string bikinis.

These ladies wearing some of the most iconic bathing suits prove that a bikini doesn’t necessarily have to be teeny and a bathing suit doesn’t have to be all T & A to be sexy.

retro bathing suitsLisa Marie Fernandez The Garance Glossed Swimsuit, $260, Chloe Lace-Up Bandeau Bikini, $460, Stella McCartney Cutout Printed Swimsuit, $665

xx,

WhyDid

Allons-y! Pourquoi pas?

By |August 9th, 2011|Setting the Mood|

Speaking of Paris, why not be inspired by the magnificent city?  I have never been, but in my  head it’s the only city that might rival New York.  There is just something, that je ne sais quoi if you will, that makes Paris so sexy, so chic.  Maybe it’s the French women and their no frills beauty or the French’s ability to be both self entitled and nonchalant at the same time.  Whatever it might be, I have always been intrigued by this magical city (the whole country to be quite honest) and some day I will “bon voyage” there.

Having studied French all through highschool (Spanish was full) and college, I still barely speak a lick (un petit peu).  I even got Rosetta Stone a couple of years ago and swore that when I finished I would pack a bag and head on over.  Somehow, that just didn’t happen, so I’m going to have to go with the “immersion theory” and just dive on in.  I do, however, know how to say “window shopping” (leche vitrine).  That’s gotta count for something, right?

xx (bisou bisou),

WhyDid

 

Shoes: Givenchy

Earrings: Marie Helen de Taillac

Jacket: Isabel Marant

Handbag: Chloe