It has turned into spring here in California! The birds are chirping, the sun is soothing and flowers are smelling sweet, which means of course, it is time make the closet switcheroo. The furs, heavy coats and flannels can be stored away and the lightweight knits, gingham prints and sherbet colors can make their way into my closet doors.
With all this change and sunshine I am craving a few new things – the basics to a great look for spring. Number one on my list is the Chancery Lane Tank from Quiksilver Women’s spring collection. I love it’s loose fit and the cropped front with an exaggerated shirttail. The shredding at the back just make it all the more appealing.
Getting my hands on this tank will mean wearing it with bell bottom jeans and sandals for day time or with a bandage skirt and booties for a night on the town. Spring is so easy and effortless.. I can’t help but love the change.
Over the weekend Quiksilver Women was happy to attend Hi-Fructose magazine’s 5th Anniversary Art Exhibition in Santa Monica, CA. Dressed in our favorite Quiksilver styles, we enjoyed beverages, snacks, and live music. We enjoyed seeing serveral pieces by featured artists Michael Page, Jeff Soto along with many more. If you missed the art galleries opening reception, the exhibit will stay open in the CoproGallery from March 13-April 3.
Hi-Fructose is not a lifestyle magazine. The magazines’ sole focus is on art that breaks the traditional mold, similar to Juxtapose Magazine.
Art and fashion tend to go hand in hand so head on up there and get inspired!
Quiksilver Women Correspondent in the Gardening Club Top(Chain mail) & Memory Jacket (Fatigue, sold out!)
Yesterday High Snobette blogged that our Quiksilver Women’s Soundcheck Button-up is one of thetop 3 shirt styles on Karmaloop.com. We’re loving it too (if you remember from here, here and here). Guess we aren’t the only ones…
Remember when we first met? We warned you back then of the randomness of things that we get inspired by. More often than not, its non-fashion ideas and images that get the wheels turning the fastest … there’s nothing like seeing someone else doing something incredible to kick start the creative process. And then, just like magic, these tidbits somehow get spun into some new design that you might be wearing now — or next year. Music and dance are two biggies for us in QSW design — both are forms of expression that are so pure and direct at communicating a feeling, idea, or moment. And its just cool to see others out there making things happen, pushing forward, motivating, innovating, and evolving.
Amazing.
Oh, and if you haven’t checked out the TED Talks series, go now — ideas worth spreading for real.
Happy weekend.
Another day in New York City and though I am here to find fashion for a friend and client.. I can’t help but splurge on a few things myself! Enter, shopping in Soho, where finding treasures becomes addicting and spending becomes the norm.
The weather has been amazingly warm and has made walking the streets oh-so-pleasant – but today it turned cold and blistery. It was the perfect chance to wear my Quiksilver Women’s Vagabond jeans and pair them with lace up boots, a denim shirt and tweed blazer. Since it is New York.. I added a little more drama with a workman’s hat, printed neck scarf and fingerless gloves.
A few more places to hit up, and then jetting back to sunny California…
So.. I am in New York City! As a personal stylist, I get to take some of the women I dress to the shopping capital of the world and gallivant around the city in search of statement pieces and must-haves for the new season. Not something I complain about – I love this city.
Based on the client, I tailor the trip toward her needs and wants and we hit up every possible place – from Soho to the East Village to Brooklyn – we do it all. Making the most of our time is essential, so taking a red eye flight was the best way to get from the City of Angels to the Big Apple.
The key to a red eye flight? Looking fab.. but feeling comfortable. For me, this meant wearing my Quiksilver Women’s Day Tripper dress layered over comfy leggings and paired with slip on oxfords, a knit beanie and glasses (since I am a contacts girl.. and those suckers dry out on an airplane).
Quiksilver Women has found one of the coolest ways to showcase your statement jewelry: frame it!
Accessories show off your unique style similar to the clothing you have piled in your closets. So here’s an idea…why not display them in an equally unique way? Showcase your beautiful accessories by decorating your living space in statement pieces. Take some old frames, paint them all the same color, and hang them up on a wall in either your bathroom or bedroom. Then grab some small hooks to hang the jewelry up inside the framing! Your favorite pieces just became your favorite artwork…now enjoy your beautiful creation.
A part of what I do when I am styling my clients is to help them look outside themselves and the little world that they live in, and spot inspiration in different forms that will help them define their own iconic style. We can’t develop and grow without getting outside our comfort zone and current reality, and a great place to look is the movies. Movies allow a character to prance around for a few hours wearing great costumes from a different era, a different world or a different closet.
So with this in mind if you have a bit of the rock-n-roller in your blood, you must look to the movie “The Runaways” for a dive into the 70’s rebel vibe. You soon may be cutting your tresses into a cool flyaway fancy, tying on a scarf at the neck, mixing in western-gets-punk, or adopting a tomboy devil-may-care attitude.
The girls from E.P.I.C. are at it again! They just re-launched their website and also created this stunning video - explaining their organization, past efforts and what they aim to accomplish in the future – including the 3 wells they hope to build this year with Quiksilver’s help.
Check it out and see what you can do to make a difference. (Shopping counts too… 3% of sales from Quiksilver graphic tees and tanks goes directly toward the completion of the wells.)
Shop the Chancery Lane Tank!
