Here's a list (you're going to come to notice that I love list! It keeps me oraganized, well at least I'd like to think they do) of the things I'm so ready to try.
1. The Turban
This is much more stylish or "sexed" as I just read a second ago. Personally I'm all for it! Honestly it reminds me when my sisters and cousins (and mom) wear a scarf around their head to lay down their edges. This will be something that I will be trying this summer and if I like it I will be wearing it into the fall and I think I will try it both ways....Covering the whole head and just the edges? I find this look ethnic in a way and it is just another way to wear a scarf! Before I cut my hair I was a hat girl and Natural Belle raised the question is this the alternative to a hat.....Hmmmm well I have to say possibly. A hat blocks the sun (sometimes) and well wait it may just be an alternative! I haven't really wore many hats since I cut my hair but it looks like I might have just found an alternative. I love collegefashion.net and a lot of my post will link to them and yes the girls there have organized the "challenge". (Oh and the freckled girl is beautiful!!)
2. Biker Shorts
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I vividly recall wearing biker shorts as a kid. I'm not sure I rememer wearing them by themselves but I do remember wearing them under my dresses and skirts. I was the only way I could still swing on the monkey bars and ride my bike and still wear my sundresses. So now this is back but I don't think it went away I just went to middle school and then the leggings came back! At least for me that's what happened. I find this as a way better alternative then leggings under dresses and tunics (YES I SAID DRESSES AND TUNICS! LEGGINGS ARE FOR DRESSES AND LEGGINGS ARE NOT FOR YOU TO JUST WALK AROUND IN A SHIRT THAT HITS THE TOP OF LEGGINGS!!!!) .bmp)
Pheww now that that is out back to what I was saying. I'm really really getting tired of leggings (because they aren't being used for their purpose but I'll leave that for another post) I find biker shorts a great atlernative especially for the summer because I can still show my legs but my fear this summer is that people are going to turn these into the new and improved version of leggings. I plan on wearing them with a dress that is a little to short to be worn by its self. During the winter I wore it with tights and boots but that's not going to work for the summer so I will be trading the tights and boots with bikers and sandals. I come to realize that the bikers are often worn under denim shorts ummmmmmm yeah I'm not sure I like it for myself . Oh, and the first picture on the left right under biker shorts I think she's pushing it but it's just there to show the overall concept!
3. Sandals and Socks
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This too reminds me of when I was a child. I remember always wearing the ruffled socks with my "church shoes". Wearing socks, knee highs and even thigh highs with sandals/heel is often looked at as taboo. It's funny how things change because once upon a time I would probably see someone with this and think ARE YOU SERIOUS? but no since it's becoming a little more popular I'm starting to like it....that's when it's done right. I did this once and I don't think I got it right but after seeing it done more and more I think I can do it better now, and what better way then to do it this summer. I bought two pairs of like knee length socks (they're like the material of tights) and they're purple but I think it would be better to do this in like a darker color but I'm not going to I'm going to do the purple and I hope I get this right! .jpg)
So it's not just wearing them with open toes but it's incorpating socks (knee and thigh highs) into my outfits. Now this may be the challenge!
4. Cropped Tops
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So (I use this word waaaaay to much), once again I use to always wear cropped shirts haha I remember those days. When I was younger (I'm still young though) I would always wear extreme bare midriffs tops. For some reason I found much enjoyment in showing my belly! Since then I have changed my style I guess you can say and I no longer walk around showing the stomach. I find the cropped look sophisticatedly sexy in a way because they're are showing just a tiny bit of skin and this can be worn just like any other shirt. I think I like it more with the skirt like it's pictured above......The picture below I also love (and no not because she's wearing a skirt), I love it because she's wearing a long sleeve. I remember Margherita Missoni saying in an interview that don't have all your skin showing show one body part, if you're going to have your legs out then don't show your back and all your arms and in the picture below she's showing off your legs and its AMAZING!
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I bought a dress a while ago and I've worn it a bunch but it's more of a tunic and I'm so over it being a tunic and I got a dreaded stain on it so I'm going to cut it and re-hem it and make it cropped top and while I'm at it I might be cut up my pliad dress too and do an Amber Rose (below)! Well not that extreme my top will be buttoned but I'll try thr tying aspect and might even put on a pair of jeans. I would love to try this with my favorite maxi skirts!
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So those are the four things that I will be trying this summer and I'll post what happens and I'll also post the outfit. I'm actually excited to try these things. If I find something else that I want to try I will be adding to this list of four but four that's enough to work on for now at least.
So what do you want to try this summer or just try?
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