A Shorts Weekend

I have been wearing shorts non-stop this past weekend. It was sooo hot and I wanted to be 100% comfortable so I didn't wear dresses.

I really liked my Saturday outfit. I think that it looks quite pulled together for an outfit with shorts:




I am wearing the space-dyed grey tee from JCrew that I scored on final sale. I really loved this tee until my husband on Saturday night made me notice that I had a hole under my underarm. I am pretty sure that it wasn't there when I bought the tee (it wasn't in the sale section but well folded in its pile), so I think that I am a new victim of the "tee that develops a hole after a day of wearing" plague. It's a first for me and when I read on the JCA blog about it I thought that people were exaggerating things. Seriously, this is a $58 tee even if I didn't pay that price, how can it be possible? I will never look at JCrew tees the same way as before.

Unfortunately I had just bought another tee, the vintage cotton v-neck in black (that is on promo in store for $19.50). I love how the black here is not a solid black (not sure if it makes sense if you haven't seen this tee) and I think that the low v-neck of this one (which is an update of last year boyfriend tee) is kind of sexy. So I would probably buy it again, at the risk of developing holes (which hasn't happened with this one).
I wore it with boyfriend shorts and the studded pyramid belt to an outing to the Bronx zoo on Sunday (BTW, we had a blast and if you happen to go there don't miss the Wild Asia Monorail ride. It's the only way to see the elephants and it's totally worth the money):



As if I hadn't enough shorts, I bought a new pair on Saturday. This wasn't a impulsive buy though: I waited forever for these to go on sale and when they finally did this week I almost missed them (I have to thank my daughter who, while we were on our way to the post office on Saturday afternoon and we walked past the Gap, asked me "Mommy, aren't we going inside today?"). Anyway, I am talking about the Chambray boyfriend cutoffs and I just love the light denim color for summer shorts (they are chambray, so extremely soft). These are really casual shorts, to wear to the beach (when they are not rolled-up they are almost a bermuda lenght):




What are your favorite shorts this season?

Packing for LA (and feeling like Jennifer Aniston)

I have been procrastinating the packing until this morning, when I decided to try some outfits on and take pics for the blog to motivate myself. I'm travelling alone with my daughter (my husband is already in LA and will pick us up at the airport) so I am trying to not overpack. I have imposed myself the rule that for each item that I bring I must be able to create two outfits, except for the dresses for the party.

The first item that I'm going to bring is the striped sequin henley, that I'm going to pair with a purchase from the new arrivals that many of you got right (special mention to casual-crew who picked this one out of all of them in my new arrivals post): I couldn't leave the cropped matchstick jeans in the store (see shopping rule number 5) and as a matter of fact a pair of cropped jeans where on my wishlist this year as I didn't have any. These aren't THAT cropped on me but I really like the supersoft and the summery "dream" wash.
Mrs. anketell, if you are reading, this outfit is for you:




I love the henley paired with the ruffled knit vest, but if it turns out that I don't have enough room in the suitcase this one is going to stay home (as it's kind of voluminous and I don't "need it").
The second outfit with the henley is very casual and I'm planning to wear it to hang out in Santa Monica, Abbott Kinley Bd. or have breakfast on Melrose (although it may be a little bit too far from the villa):



The second item is the tulle fountain top. I really love this top. I'm going to pair it with my white jeans to go out in the evening:



Ok, maybe I am not going to wear the ON neon pink flip-flops to go out but I wanted to show them to you as they are identical to the Jcrew ones (they are more "neon" than in this pic and they only they cost $9.50):



I know that this will sound weird but because I own the hatch print bikini I also plan on wearing it over the bikini to hang out around the pool.
Speaking of pool, we are going to have a pool barbecue on Sunday and I am going to wear one of these:



Yes, that's the Target Teagan tunic. Thanks to Sweet Tea in Seattle who posted the link to purchase it on the Target website in this post, so I could get one (as I never go to Target and I thought that it was in-store only). For $26 it is a stunning print and perfect to wear around the pool (less the jeans).
The other option is my loyal DVF wrap dress from a few years ago, that I am going to take anyway to hang around the house:



That's more or less it. I will throw in a few basic tees and maybe another top if I have enough room (wishful thinking). The question is how much time we are going to spend at the house and how much out in LA. Because our daughter is coming with us and the house is kind of remote, I bet that we are not going to take the car much but our best friends are staying in Santa Monica and they are coming with their son, so I think that at least we are up for a stroll in Santa Monica.

I almost forgot: you must wonder what all this has to do with Jennifer Aniston. Well, besides the fact that she is the image of California to me, a tanned and blonde version of the French Marianne, I had an appointment with my hairdresser this morning and my hair really, really remind me of Jennifer's (pardon my modesty, it must be the excitement of the trip):



Have a great Memorial Day weekend, I will take plenty of pics of the house and the party to share with you (BTW someone asked if we have hired a parsonal photographer for the party. We didn't, but I hope that this little gadget that I bought along with my new camera will take the pictures for us while we sip cocktails).

Two OOTD (Crisp and Tough)

So much to blog about and so little time this week. I'm going to post very quickly two very different outfits that I wore earlier this week but I drank a little bit of Crewlade recently so I have quite a few new (and not so new) arrivals to blog about when I find the time!

The first is the "crisp" outfit that the title of this post refers to. I wore this on Tuesday to school and do errands. It's very simple but everything is in the accessories (the belt and the pearl layering necklace) and I got tons of compliments from the other moms:





The pants are the summerweight cocktail chinos from last summer, the shirt is the white popover currently on sale (in-store only in this color I think), and the blazer is from the Gap. I really like the popover, even if I think that I am going to wear it more like a shirt (tucked in) than like a tunic (too short to be belted in my opinion and otherwise shapeless). It's actually better than a shirt because it stays tucked in and I highly reccomend it.

I can't believe that I wore the following outfit yesterday and I was sweating in it (it felt like end of July):



Once again, I could have looked like I had just jumped out of the bed and picked the first tee and shorts on hand, but the accessories make it an "outfit", especially the studded belt (BTW, you are free to think that I STILL look like I jumped out of the bed):



I recently re-arranged that mess called my shoes closet so all my shoes are now easy to reach (while before I could only reach the newest that kept piling one over the other one). These are from many years ago, when I still lived in Paris and I used to buy almost all my shoes from Free Lance (for those who know). Unlike the JCrew sandals, they are padded and extremely comfortable. Now, do you think that I really need those Reese studded gladiators?
I felt tough in this outfit and even tougher when I added my new Marc Jacobs bag:



Today is the last day of "summer": tomorrow it is supposed to be much cooler, down to more seasonal temperatures. It was good until it lasted, I guess!

Stay tuned for some new arrival reviews!