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Heads Up :: Utility Skirt & Head Scarf for Summer 2019














Top : Louis London ( similar here)
Skirt : Nordstrom Signature Collection ( get it here)
Bangle : old ( similar here & here)
Mules : Cotton On ( similar here)
Tote : H&M ( get it here)
Headscarf : H&M ( similar here & here)
Sunglasses : Diane Von Furstenberg & Cotton On ( get it here & here)
Earrings : Lovisa ( get it here)

Hello everyone from what is now Sunny Florida ( which was not the case when we first arrived a week and a half ago).

I could not get out of the house to take any pictures when we first arrived for at least 5 days and it was such a damper on our holiday plans. Nonetheless, spending time indoors was nice too to catch up on much needed rest especially without the doggies with me and also after travelling over 2 days and flying basically round the world from Singapore to UK to Florida.

Of course, the first opportunity we got to go out - I headed to the shops for much needed retail therapy. I always love shopping in the states especially at Nordstrom and Saks. This time we headed to the outlets in the hope of great bargains at Saks Off 5th and Nordstrom Rackj, and it was fantastic. At least for my husband, who can hardly shop in Asia due to the asian cut and sizing, he always shops like crazy when we return to USA as the clothes fit him much better here. I of course got some great bargains which I will showcase to you in the following posts.

In the meantime, this Summer 2019, I wanted to highlight trending summer head scarfs as a great summer accessory aside from the usual hats as thanks to my dear friend Angella back in Singapore who hails from Venezuela, she has been trending lots of bandana and headscarfs and after spending an afternoon with her learning the different ways of tying head scarfs, I wanted to start trending them whilst on holiday. Never knew how I would look trending headscarfs but I am certainly liking them a lot these days.

I had this scarf from H&M for awhile and usually use it to accessorise my bags but this time I decided to tie a simple knot style as a head scarf and kinda enjoyed the fact that now without my long hair I can finally have some change to my look aside from styling my fringe up or down which was getting boring for me.

I love the colour combination of Olive and Black and so this utility style skirt from Nordstrom Signature collection was the perfect summer outfit to pair with my rather huge circular straw H&M tote - totally exuding the typical holiday vacation feel and look.

I will be showcasing more of head scarf wearing in my next few posts in the meantime, I hope you enjoyed this look!!

Love,
Simone xoxo

5 Ways To Wear The Trench Trend














Hi everyone. This week, I would like to highlight the trench style which I personally love and which is so perfect for Spring / Summer 2019. If you have been following my blog, I recently styled this trench dress in this post ( check it out here) and to be honest since then, I started gravitating more and more towards this style.

I for one love styling trench coats during the autumn or spring months when a lighter outerwear would be nice to give some warmth but yet also to keep oneself dry from those occasional rain. However in Asia, we do not often have the chance to style trenches as much as I would love to, therefore one other way to chic up this look in a summer wardrobe is to play it with various items of your clothing.


 Top : Cubic Original 
Pants : M&S
Bag, Slippers & Sunnies : Cotton On
Earrings : Lovisa
Rings : H&M

1) Trench Dress 

In my earlier post here , the off shoulder element of this trench dress made it a dress style that is comfortable to wear, sexy in its own right and yet very fashionable - Parisian chic style. 

Marissa Webb Trench Dress


2) Trench Top

In today's post, you can see me taking this in a totally different direction and wearing the trench look in a top. This versatile number which can be matched with jeans ( as you see here) or a skirt can still remain a pretty feminine look with it's shoulder straps and blush pink tone.


Check out my blog post on this look here

Monographaphie One Shoulder Trench Top 

3) Trench Skirt

Shop these skirts on Rakuten.com

Shop this look on Formationboutique.com
4) Outerwear

Photo courtesy of glowsly.com
Nasty Gal Crop Trench Jacket

5) Trench Jumpsuit

Lavish Alice Trench Jumpsuit
Chic Trench Jumpsuit
I hope you enjoyed trending the trench and wishing you a great week ahead leading up to Easter!

Love,
Simone xoxo

Welcome Year of the Dog!













Another year has come and gone and welcome, welcome the Year of the Dog! As many of you would have known, I am a big dog lover and have rescued dogs in Hong Kong whilst we were living there recently. We even adopted and brought one back with me. Good news - out of the 4 that we had rescued, 3 have found permanent and loving homes as of today! So you see, it just takes a little patience and effort.

So in line with tradition, I got this pretty cheongsam ( chinese dress) from .... ( drumroll)... you won't believe it... my favourite supermarket! Seriously it's your run of the mill supermarket pretty much like Costco and Publix in the states or Tesco and Asda in the UK and I chanced upon this beautiful maroon number at a great deal! I had to rock it for the new year!

Fashion need not be expensive designer wear - it's how you style and wear it.
So here's wishing all of you Gong Xi Fa Cai // Gong Hei Fatt Choy// Happy Chinese New Year!

Cheongsam : Giant Superstore ( similar here & here)
Earrings : Rumah Bebe 
Diamond Ring & Bracelet : TAKA Jewellers 
Shoes : Stradivarius 



Love,
Simone xoxo

The Color Purple










Happy Weekend everyone! Now that I managed to get the boy back to school after being away for a week nursing a bad viral flu cum infection, I could finally squeeze some time to bring  you more beautiful Indian jewellery from Blue Iris.

This handcrafted, brass single stone cuff is so exquisite with it's coloured stone and intricate floral design. I love how this one statement piece totally brightened up my purple dress from Emilio Pucci.

I had this dress for years in my wardrobe and hardly wore it, but all it took was this beautiful jewellery piece to bring it out of the closet for me!

With blush/ pink being the rage at the moment, I paired my favourite pink bucket bag with blush suede heels to complete this look.

Start your Christmas gift shopping early with beautiful jewels and home decor pieces from Blue Iris's collection. You can view their products on their Instagram feed @blueirishandicrafts, Facebook page : www.facebook.com/handicratsindia/ or visit their newly launched Etsy store : https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/shop/BlueIrisHandicrafts

Prachi Malhotra,  the beauty behind this label runs her business on a non-profit scale simply to help build the awareness of this beautiful craft back in India and to help push sales to feed these families.

Have fun shopping!

Dress : Emilio Pucci 
Cuff : c/o Blue Iris ( enquiries welcome via FB or IG messaging)
Heels : Stradivarius ( similar here & here)
Bag : TopFeeling ( similar here)
Earrings : Lovisa 


Love,
Simone xoxo