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Colours of Christmas










Just a few more weeks before Christmas! Whilst I am seeing many of my fellow bloggers highlighting Christmas outfits and backdrops of Christmas decorations in their IG pictures, so here is an outfit post on Christmas colours particularly of red and green. 

As we will be flying out to Florida shortly to spend Christmas this year, I decided not to decorate the home seeing we won't be around to enjoy it. Instead here is a  post to inspire for your Christmas gift shopping.

This lovely vest from #LaurelBlooms could be worn as a top / dress/ or outerwear. As we are in the tropics and it is so warm over this festive season, I styled this top with black shorts under (just to maintain some form of decency)  and wore it as a dress. At my age, wearing it on its own would have been a little too risque for my liking.

May I add, this was the perfect colour combination for me to trend even more lovely jewels and arm candy from #Blueirishandicrafts. I love the unique polygon shaped pendant with the matching drop earrings that accented the Christmas colours of red and green. Keeping the parisian feel to this outfit post, I wore the pendant on a double choker necklace. 

Similar to the purple stoned cuff I styled in a previous post ( check it out here), this time I styled the thinner and curvier emerald green cuff with this look.

If you like to get some of these very reasonably priced jewellery from Blue Iris, please check out their range of products on Instagram and on their Facebook page and place your order directly with them. All sales go towards supporting the tradesmen making such lovely handmade jewellery.

Watch this space as I bring you more lovely  year end festive looks from USA shortly!

Dress / Top / Vest :  Laurel Blooms ( get it here)
Clutch : Chanel ( get the look for less & here)
Jewellery :  Blue Iris ( get it here)
Heels : Zara, old ( similar here & here)

Love,
Simone xoxo

Cami-Soul :: Cami Top with Green Accent

Hi everyone and happy Sunday to you!

Been seeing the trend of cami-tops over t-shirt for awhile in Fall. Not truly buying into this trend although I have seen pretty lace camis over plain t-shirts and it does look kinda sultry sexy. Especially if it's a black and white monochrome ensemble.

Anyway, I decided not to invest into this trend as it isn't quite my style, however for the fun of it - mix and match old favourites in my closet just to play with this style trend ( well at least for once!). Went with a floral layered style cami to style this look just for that change as most of these trends you will find seem to work with bold colour or lace camis.



A casual weekend look introducing the lovely Saint Laurent Classic Monogram Quilted Shoulder Bag in green. I simply love how this emerald green is so easy to mix and match with my outfits and a nice Fall colour to work with too.



Since we're trending all the latest 90s fashion style all over again, this leather choker necklace with an infinity pendant was ideal to pair with this outfit.



My lovely Daniel Wellington birthday gift and ASOS Double knot cuff bangle was the perfect accessory to complete this look - tying in with the brown leather choker necklace.




Let me know what you think about Cami-Tops? Will it be a trend you would follow?

Cami-Top & Jeans : ZARA ( similar here)
T-Shirt : H&M
Choker : Shein.com ( get it here)
Bag : Saint Laurent ( get it here)
Shoes : Chanel 
Watch : Daniel Wellington Watch ( get it here)
Cuff Bangle : ASOS ( similar here)


Love,
Simone xoxo

Summer 2016 - Most Popular Necklace Trend!

Happy last August weekend to all of you.

As you noticed, my hair seems to be getting shorter and shorter with each passing month ( well, once you go short from long it seems to get lots easier to trim it further down!).

So I am certainly working on accessorizing my neck and ears much more seeing that without all that hair covering my neck and shoulders, it will allow a good showcasing of those lovely necklaces and earrings.

Choker necklaces, especially those black velvet ones were something I recall trending in the 90s and early 2000s. But like with everything else, fashion trend keeps going in circles. So I started going through every possible jewelry box and drawer to search for those choker necklaces I used to own but alas.... it was just not meant to be. Probably threw them all out in the move to Hong Kong - so off I went to Stradivarius and ended up purchasing a set pack of 4 which had a good assortment of a simple black leather choker with a moon pendant, a pearl choker necklace, a red velvet choker necklace with a embellished star pendant and a silver chain link necklace. All perfect for mix and matching and even bringing some oomph to what would be a simple outfit.


Restyling old favourites from the closet, I was out and about town for shopping and so threw on my current favourite pair of comfy culottes from ZARA and matched it with a very old Burgundy H&M tee.


As I had mentioned before, malls and supermarkets in Hong Kong tend to blast their air conditioning to the max during these hot summer months and sometimes, the temperature difference is so great, I am literally shivering just after being in the mall or supermarket for 10 mins. Whilst, playing with texture and contrast, I chose to pair this pair of geometric print culottes with a floral print bomber jacket ( another summer favourite clothing item) !




Had this Burgundy ZARA clutch for awhile, and it was perfect to pair with this whole look. And of course, the highlight of the day was my velvet choker necklace with it's embellished star pendant.


This pretty bracelet was a lovely gift for my birthday from an old friend. Love it's delicate detailing of a little tulip flower.




So, here are some of my favourite styles of choker necklaces that would be perfect for your pairings this summer to fall 2016.

From top left to right : Bauble Bar Abella Choker //ASOS Love Rocks Flower Lace Necklace //
Bauble Bar Stevie Ribbon Choker // Bauble Bar Lasso Choker
From left to right : ASOS Ribbon Rose Choker Necklace // ASOS Velvet Pack of 2 Choker Necklace
Tee : H&M 
Jacket : Foster Bay ( old, similar here)
Culottes : ZARA ( similar here)
Clutch : ZARA ( similar here)
Necklace : Stradivarius ( get it here)
Bracelet : Les Nereides ( get it here)
Heels : Charles David ( similar here & here)


Do leave a comment below with which is your favourite choker style necklace. I would love to hear from you and be inspired with your suggestions.

Love,
Simone xoxo