{runway inspiration: no. 21, new york}

. . . sheer dresses with ruffles and delicately beaded hemlines, luxurious kelly green lace & pretty golden heels, chic belted blazers and elegantly crisp pantsuits and a million perfectly wearable pieces that will easily take one from a dash to the office and after work cocktails and back again . . .













{p.s.} quite adore all the pantsuits recently



{images: no. 21 resort collection via style.com}

{runway inspiration: fendi, resort 2012}

. . . sunglasses and ponytails and easy, breezy dresses with pockets, beribboned ballerinas and pretty v-neck sweaters, ruffly trenches and cropped trousers -- the fendi resort collection is perfect for traipsing around & about all summer long . . .













{fendi resort 2012 collection via style.com}

{runway inspiration: chloé, new york}

. . . intermingled with the more casual pieces of chambray and cotton, there were black sequins and whispery floral dresses, pretty bow blouses and deep coral pantsuits, fitted jackets, sheer skirts, impossibly elegant capelets, and all with that ever-present, always perfect sophisticated seventies air . . .











{chloé resort 2012 collection via style.com}

{a new week & bright days ahead}

. . . it's monday, monday and don't these pretty pleated tops and perfectly pink pantsuits make you want to dash out the door every day this week in vibrant shades of cerise and coral?

happy monday! hope your week is off to a perfect start,
xo

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{p.s.} have been falling in love with long, long skirts lately

{also:} more summery, vibrant hues here & here & here


{preen resort 2012 via style.com & vogue.com; more of this collection at the side project}

{day & night: badgley mischka}

. . . bare shoulders and a sexy little white halter dress for traipsing about by day, and dazzling silver sequins in the moonlight by night . . .

{p.s.} of course, the latter could just as easily be worn by day as well, for what could be more fun than sequins in the afternoon?

{also:} more day & night here & here


{images: badgley mischka resort 2012 via style.com}

{runway inspiration: monique lhuillier, new york}

. . . this past week, it has been all pretty skirts, lacy blouses and billowy dresses, and so, could not help but fall for these impossibly elegant summer whites . . .

{p.s.} also from this collection: deep coral & ombré


{monique lhuillier resort 2012 collection via style.com}

{style inspiration: day & night}

. . . perfectly pretty in lace for day, and dramatically strapless and floor-length for night, still quite smitten with deep coral for the shops and flower markets in the afternoon, and the ballet in the evening . . .

{p.s.} more day & night


{monique lhuillier resort 2012 collection via style.com}

{runway inspiration: jenni kayne, new york}

. . . and while we're on the topic of golden coral & evening sky, jenni kayne's current collection is a breeze of dreamy shades and easy shapes, a sprinkling of sequins and perfect coral lipstick . . .


{images: jenni kayne resort 2012 collection via style.com}