Hot White

Over the Father's Day weekend my family ,  my close friends and I went to Ochi Rios (Jamaica) for an activity packed weekend but the weather was so bad we had to stay inside most of the time.On Sunday we finally got a chance to leave our rooms and we took the man of the day out for his Father's day treat.

I wore this orange and white combination which wasn't exactly what I had in mind but the rain turned my swimsuit rap into a head tie and that somehow influenced me to wear a pair of orange shoes which didn't even match. I love a head to toe white ensemble , it evokes such a fresh , clean feeling that is so effortless. When I put on that orange scarf  I was thinking about what color shoes and jewellery would match , that is not so effortless and that's sometimes the problem we have with wearing outfits that have different colors. I suppose we'll have the entire Summer to get it right in all white.

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Dressed Down Saturdays

Today my cousin/best friend and I went looking for father's day gifts , after the hunt was over we met up with our good friend Eddie to get some lunch and catch up.

   I wore this cool , light weight baby doll-esque dress with simple silver jewellery. 
      The pretty light , almost pastel  ,colors of this dress makes it perfect for any  
Summer soiree.

The wind blew my jacket out my hand and I was running to get it lol

            Happy Father's day to all the fathers out there and all the mothers who've had to be father's too.

                                          Photos by Edward Massias   http://www.emassiasphotography.com/

May's Inpsiration

TLC - Fanmail was the first CD I ever bought as a teenager and then it was Aaliyah and to this day I still listen to those albums. I am greatly influenced by 70's , 80's and 90's art , movies ,music and fashion and it reflects in the way I dress and even the way I think. Before it was known as "athletic chic" the likes of Aaliyah , TLC and Salt and Pepper was donning baggy jeans , sneakers , jersey dresses and over-sized bomber jackets. It was trendy for women to dress masculine back in the 90's, however , sportswear as a fashion trend has been evolving over the past few years with cleaner lines and more feminine shapes and colors. There is no doubt about though that athletic wear is one of those tricky trends to master as you may run the risk of looking as if you are about to head on to a basketball court. I'm not a huge fan of sneakers so I say avoid sneakers all together and instead wear jersey dresses with sexy , delicate heels , bright colored bomber jackets/windbreakers with a little mini dress and sweat shirts and jersey Tee's with sequined shorts/skirts or knee length skirts that are flattering to the silhouette . The direction is sleek and minimal and the idea is to combine fashionable elements with functional ones without getting all D.Wade about it.

May's Dopery

                                     Move apples and pears , work pots and pans just to cop some Airs.

May's Favorite

When ever I'm looking for stylish people to feature on my blog the first place I look is in Jamaica and the Caribbean , however , I noticed that no one here was doing the athletic inspired trend. I'm not sure if Caribbean people haven't caught on to the trend as yet or they are just not fond of it but this month I had to go overseas to find what I was looking for. Meet Jasmine Furelid ; a  freelance stylist that reigns from London , UK. This beauty has been on my Facebook page for a few years now and she was so excited when I told her that I was going to do a feature on her. Jasmine is the embodiment of casual chic with outfits that consists mostly of loose fitting pants,  slouchy t-shirts and interesting bomber jackets and skull caps, for overall looks very much nodding towards the boy in tomboy. The masculine influence is indeed obvious with  on trend outfits replicating nearly all sports uniforms from football and baseball, all the way to the fitness gear.  Her immaculate and unapologetic styling definitely makes her someone worth noticing in the fashion world.

    Styling done by Jasmine Furelid.

                                                               Hijack the flyness.



                         

ZYON 35

I spent the weekend of mother's day in St.Ann ( Jamaica) with my family. On mother's day my sisters and I took our mother out for lunch in the town and the photographer at the hotel was kind enough to take these pictures of me before we left out.

My sweat shirt was thigh length and could probably be worn as a mini dress but I decided to cut it into a cute little cropped top that would compliment my skirt better.

Took this picture by the hotel's pool later that day.

                                                                                   Crazy , sexy , cool.
                                                                         
                                                                         Photos by: Joe's Photo Studios
                             
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Patch Work

It was time to go home and my face was puffy , my eyes were puffy , my nose was stuffy and I was sneezing , coughing and wheezing. I was so sick and I just wanted to be comfortable so I threw on this 80's inspired bright blue sweat suit and a white cap to hide my messy uncombed hair. 

The sweat suit features a colourful patchwork design and side pockets which is reminiscent of todays trendy bomber jackets but this particular suit has a retro feel which reminds me more of  TLC and Run DMC back in the day.

My brother loved the jacket and tried it and if it was his size I would'nt have been able to leave Atlanta with it, I love the fact that this look is unisex.

                                     They trying to bring the 80's back , thats cool with me thats where they made me at.
                               
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