SPRING ACCENT

Hello everyone!

You know how sometimes you have a glass of wine and you get unstoppable inspiration and flow of ideas. And other time, you have the same wine, in the same glass and in the same quantity, and all you get is a blank stare into the computer screen for 30 minutes. That is the way I feel tonight so I will keep it short and sweet. I can't help it.

With this outfit I feel like I am half way into the spring. While the boots keep it chilly, the shirt screams spring. I have wanted the same shirt for a while in white and black version but I find this one works perfectly. What do you think is the color? I can't put myfinger on it.

I hope you had the chance to enter my GIVEAWAY. If not, you can find more information at the end of the post. Good Luck and till then, style it up!

xoxo, Teodora

Skinny Jeans - Guess

Shirt - Marshalls

Leather Boots - ZARA

Eyeglasses - Gucci

DON'T FORGET TO PARTICIPATE IN MY GIVEAWAY

Grey leopard print - Style #2

Leopard Shirt - Express

Sleeveless Cardigan - Ann Taylor Loft

Jeans - Guess

Leather Boots - Zara

Jewelry - Betsey Johnson, Banana Republic

Grey leopard print - Style #1

Hello my lovely ladies. I wish you an amazing week ahead of you!

I love the material, design and detail of this little shirt from Express. What I have been doing more  is layering pieces made of silk and thinner materials. This way I can wear articles from the summer into the winter season.  In this case I am wearing black silk dress shirt from BEBE underneath the leopard print top. I prefer to keep it single or in other words - one animal print per outfit. I have also paired the top with a skirt in the same color family of grays and blues. Although the skirt is not a solid print, the print is so small that the human eyes accepts it as a solid.

Nothing new here. As the quote says it best: "Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas!"


xoxo,

Teodora

Leopard Print Silk Top - Express

Black Silk Dress Shirt - BEBE

Gray Miniskirt - Target

Black Booties - Guess

Leather Jewelry - Charming Charlie

   

Atlanta Fashion Bloggers

This past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting five wonderful ladies with the Atlanta Meetup group "Atlanta Fashion Bloggers". We had wonderful time over lunch sharing experiences about blogging, shopping and entrepreneurship. Here is why I believe these ladies will be in my circle for a while:

1) They are all confident, driven and willing to take risks to be successful
2) They embrace challenges and enjoy learning new things
3) They love to travel and use every opportunity to do so
4) And last but not the least, they appreciate fashion, beauty and shopping deals

I look forward to our next meetup.

 

next to me - Mariana

Iris with 20minutemakeover.com

Lola with Curvysocialite.tumblr.com and 2curvychicks.blogspot.com

Lynn with lalynnsshoppe.blogspot.com/ 

Shakira (not pictured) with shakirahightower.blogspot.com and shakirahightower2.blogspot.com

 

Skirt -ASOS

Top - Cache

Belt - Armani Exchange

Shoes - Guess

Jewelry - Betsey Johnson, Banana Republic

Gloves - Warmen from ebay
Sunglasses - Kate Spade

Crabby

Hello there,

I am not sure if you believe in horoscopes or not. I have never read a horoscope that predicts anything bad but I have read quite a few that don't predict anything good either. So this time of the year and around my birthday I skim through Cancer horoscopes in search of something positive and inspirational. Luckily for Crabs, it seems like it is going to be a good year (yaaay) but I truly enjoyed one specific prediction. And the reason is that it coincides with something that has been on my mind for a while and something I have really tried to work on. I am sure they say it for all the signs :) but they say it very well:

"You are called upon to rid yourself of guilt about under-performing, and to develop faith and trust in a larger more spiritual plan. It's time to let go of some of your fears that you are not doing enough, to develop more compassion and understanding of others, and to be humble, feeling safe in the knowledge that you (and others) are not perfect. It's time to let go of some of your obsessions with rules, details, and fears of not doing things perfectly."

I am really hard on myself when things don't work out perfectly and it just leads to more problems and lower self-confidence. I hope this year I can let my soul fly free and enjoy life to the fullest!

Teodora

Jacket - Fab'rik

Jeggings - Guess

Shoes - Kelly and Katie from DSW

Sunglasses - Kate Spade

Scarf - the Grand Bazaar in Turkey

Top - Dillards

Hello, leopard!

I was looking online for ideas how to wear animal print and I got a little confused. Generally, they recommend pairing animal prints with minimal jewelry and solid colors (usually black). More fashion forward looks feature pairing with denim, stripes, and and different color animal prints. I felt most comfortable somewhere in the middle. I can't wait to play more with this skirt from ASOS. How do you style animal prints?

Skirt - ASOS

Shirt -bebe

Sweater - BCBG

Sunglasses - Kate Spade

Shoes - Guess

Jewelry - Talbots, Betsey Johnson

Holiday Party

Last night, my friend Maria had a holiday partaayyy at her lovely home. We had a great time, exchanged some presents and took some awesome pictures. I wore a very old Arden B. (worn here and here) dress which keeps reinventing itself.

Dress - Arden B, top - Guess, Shoes - Jean-Michel Cazabat, Clutch - Cache

After two healthy portions of home-made mash potatoes, creamy mac & cheese, sumptuous meatballs,  delicious devil eggs, I could not button up my black Guess top from above.

My girlfriends rocked the house with BEBE outfits. Maria, I hope you don't like your blue jumper too much in case it goes missing!

And finally, what the guys wore. Or not! This is what makes secret Santa so much fun!

Back to Normal

I am not sure how four vacation days flew by but we are back to normal. This year we beat our own record and ate Thanksgiving food for four days. Today is the first day I ate something different - Starbucks sandwiches for breakfast and lunch. I know, not very exciting but cooking seems to be the last priority on my list right now. Don't get me wrong - I love and enjoy good food and I wish I had more time to learn. I hope you had a wonderful start of the week.

xoxo,

Teodora

P.S. Please excuse the disheveled hair and scarf - the wind was just not cooperating :)

Jacket -unknown from Bulgaria

Sunglasses - Kate Spade

Booties - Guess

Purse - Coach

Dress -Rachel Pally

Mix and Match

Decided to do something different with my outfit photos - a little collage of angles and views. I hope you like it. I am glad the color "red" is in vogue this season because I could pull an old red evening dress out (see here) and dress it down to a day outfit! The top is made of jersey material and looks great both buttoned up or more relaxed by the end of the day. Can't wait to pair it with a nice pair of fall shorts!
Has fall arrived at your doorsteps? Or are you still in a summer climate?

xoxo

Teodora

Dress - Arden B, Top - Peppe Peluso, Purse - Coach, Shoes - Guess

Casual Monday

I headed for Express this weekend to purchase the top below in the typical colors of brown, white and beige. They were sold out so I ended up with the blue and black version. What do you think? Was it a good decision?

Blouse from Express

Jeans - Guess

Purse - Coach

Bracelets - Talbots, Ann Taylor