Style Post: Vivid Blues and Sparkly Shoes!

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Another day, another dress! I strive to live a bold, beautiful life, where I do what makes me happy and bring more light and positivity to the world along the way.

I'm not saying how I dress does that. It doesn't. But it's a fun way to remind myself that life is lovely and, even when it tests you, you must keep your chin up! 

I also regularly make strangers smile with my colorful rainboots and bright pink umbrellas, and who doesn't want to inspire a smile on a dreary, rainy day in the city? We could all smile more and the world would be all the lovelier for it!

Like the late Kate Spade, who designed the sparkly pink flats I'm wearing in this post (which happen to also be my current favorite shoes) I wish to leave a little sparkle wherever I go.

People have been calling me 'Diana' a lot lately and I choose to believe that that's because they see a bit of her charm in me, and not just because they're lowkey dyslexic.

This is an outfit fit for a proper tea, with scones and jam and clotted cream. 

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Style Post: Summer Special Occasions

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Winter is full of fun dress up events, from work holiday parties to New Year's Eve celebrations. But summer can be just as fun for those of us who love dressing up!

While summer has holiday galas, summer has weddings, baby showers, and soirees galore! I love this elegant, but summery, dress from ASOS for any of the above except weddings. 

Don't wear white to a wedding and most certainly not an all white dress! If you're not going to a wedding, however, summer is the perfect time to dress up in white. I'm not sure what it is, but I love white dresses!

I think they just feel so much lighter and floater and twirlier (we'll pretend that's a word).

Another advantage of choosing an all-white dress for your event is that you can add a pop of color with fun accessories and don't have to worry about clashing colors or having too much going on at once. Though I'm a big fan of pink, I tend to favor a pop of classic blue or red for my accessory color accent!

As is often the case, a little goes a long way. With the embellished bodice of this dress, just the blue earrings and simple eyeliner is enough to finish the look. I'm not big on going overboard with the jewelry or makeup, especially not in the summer! It just weighs your airy summer look down.

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Style Post: Seeing Stars

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Do you remember that cute eShakti coat I posted about last year? eShakti doesn't just make custom fit and super chic outerwear. They also make really cute customized dresses!

I liked the original version of this dress when I saw it on their website, but it was still pretty chilly in NYC, so I swapped to long from short sleeves. 

I also swapped the scoop neck for a high neck, because I think they look so nice on mini dresses. 

I love that you can start with a design that you like and adjust it to get exactly the dress that you want!

The dresses can also be customized for skirt length, so you can go mini, midi, or maxi, depending on your preferences. 

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Style Post: Springing Towards Summer

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The temperatures are warming up and our wardrobes are switching from wintertime drab to springy fun! I love dresses and I love feeling free and light, with swishy skirts for twirling and bare arms for cartwheeling.

I'm spending this summer in Boston and I can't wait! I had a trip out to Boston a week ago for a fun shoot and we stumbled upon this fun hot pink scaffolding in Chinatown. It was the cutest scaffolding I've ever seen in my life and paired wonderfully with this gingham and daisy dress from ASOS!

With a bright, happy welcome like that, I can't wait to return to Boston in just a few short weeks and make it, once again, my warm weather home!

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My Style: Neon

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It's been a while since I've done a style post so it's time for another one to celebrate the return of spring (after that freak temperature drop and strange cold precipitation on Thursday - you know you're in Boston when it's not abnormal to drop 35 degrees almost overnight)!

Photographer: Kaylan Tran

Makeup Artist: Leslie Ives

Hair Stylist: Teri Stylez

Model: Danai Kadzere

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My Style: Fashion Risks - Animal Print

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As a college student, i often find myself falling into style ruts/comfort zones. Even though my wardrobe is fairly expansive (I'm not complaining!) I often find myself wearing and re-wearing just a small section of my wardrobe for period at a time.

Maybe I'm wearing skirts day in and day out, or little dresses with cute cardigans or sweaters. Maybe it's exams and I'm doing the whole yoga-/sweatpants look with a thermal tee and boots. Maybe I'm just doing the jeans and a sweatshirt thing that's been my generation's comfortable fallback.

Whatever it is, it's fun to shake things up a little by breaking out of those ruts. A great way to break out of a rut is to go a little further - instead of just reaching into the other parts of your fashion reportoire, going for something that's always been out of your comfort zone.

For me, that's always been animal print.

Photography by Adam Sisler. Make-up by Molly Leahy. Wardrobe and Styling by Tatiana Zimkus.

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There's nothing that you can't pull of with confidence! Even animal prints and pleather don't have to look tacky - it's all about how you pull the look together and, even more so, how you rock it.

Go out with moxy!

What's your fashion fear?

What's your go-to look?

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Happy (retro) Valentine's Day!

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Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Holidays are a great time to dress out of the box - like this fun retro style!

Halter dress from ModCloth, petticoat from Miss Brache.

Photography by Katy Silverstein of Bowker House Photography.
Makeup by Maria Cristina Ochoa.

Have a wonderful Valentine's Day and spread the love!

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My Style: Boston Harbor

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Here are some photos from a lovely shoot by the Boston Harbor earlier this winter. Enjoy!

The main takeaways? 

1) A cropped sweater over a skirt makes for a chic but quick and comfortable outfit. It also lets you transition your warm weather favorites into the winter.

2) Color accents make an outfit pop. All black can be grim, especially when the weather is gray, but one or two strong colors can make a real impact.

3) Matching either lip color or eyeshadow to that accent color ties a look together seamlessly, without taking it overboard (as would be the case if your whole face matched your accent piece).

4) A bold accessory, like my earrings (best seen in the second to last photograph) is enough. You don't need to be dripping in bling (please don't)!

5) Check out the hidden gems in your neighborhood! Can you believe that I hadn't been to Boston Harbor, though it was right across the river, during all of my time at Harvard? I'm a senior, guys *facepalm*. 

This shoot finally brought me there and it's a wonderful place for an afternoon of exploring!

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