Très Chic Style Bits #21 | blue and green.....

We had the luck to have a day of sunshine last week, when I took these pictures, seeming that Spring could stay, but then the weather returned to the cold and rainy Winter…

It was a tough week for me, because I have been sick of my eyes. Well you know, I use contact lenses and with that conjunctivitis I had to stop wearing them and spent the less time on computer.

I’m feeling a bit better and so here we are for our weekly Link Up Party.

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Every time I wear blue (yes, I can sure you, the pants are navy blue) with green I always remember my Mom who used to say that one of the fashion rules was not to mix blue with green.

And here I am wearing them together……

Très Chic Style Bits #20 | What is a good blogger?

As I’m writing this, the weather outside is foggy, cold, gray and humid.

It’s supposed to be Spring. But here at the Island of Haze, Spring hasn’t sprung. Yet….

All week I’ve been living in pants and boots and heavy coats, but I made an attempt to get into the Spring spirit, wearing one of the SS/2014 trends, pastels, with my pink pastel cardigan.

But if Spring hasn’t come, our Link Up Party is here again. So have fun with us and link your post at the bottom of this.

I thought of starting this post with this phrase “I haven’t been a good blogger”. Then I questioned “But what’s a good blogger?”

Très Chic Style Bits #9 | the leopard jacket

Hello my dear readers and blogging friends!

Hope you entered 2014 in the best possible way and may it be full of blessings for all.

And with the New Year our Link Up Party “Très Chic Style Bits” returns to its normal. 

As you know, link ups are a great way to meet new friends, and gain exposure for whatever you've been working on.

In our Linky your post doesn’t have to be just Fashion related, but it can also be Lifestyle connected, how to do something with style (a decoration, a way to exhibit a recipe, how to present a table for guests, etc….), anything and everything that makes your life stylish.

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This is what I wore yesterday.

The New Year brought some bad weather, cold and wind. So I dug in my closet for a jacket that could make me feel warm.

I found this leopard jacket that in fact I didn’t wear from more than a year. Don’t ask me why, I don’t have a logic reason for that.

But wearing it yesterday allows me to join with Anne at Spy Girl for 52 Pickup which theme this week is “You haven't worn for a year”.

Hubby was not very fond of this outfit. “You look too dark” he said.

And he is right, I use to play more with colours. In fact when I started this blog I could manage four colours in an outfit. But we all change… and some events which I passed made me change.

But with this look, if I didn’t play with colours, I played with textures, I added suede, pleather and faux fur. And I also break a rule that I grow up hearing “Don’t mix black with brown”, remember that?

brown suede boots - La Redoute

black pleather pants - La Redoute

black turtleneck - Zara

animal print jacket - Zara

necklace - Parfois

I´m linking up with The Pleated Poppy’s what i wore, and Long Distance Loving’s Friday’s Fancies

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Très Chic Style Bits #7 | pleather pants and pearls......

Once again time for our Link Up Party “Très Chic Style Bits”.

I want to publicly give thanks to two sweet and lovely ladies, Celia from Living My High Heeled Life and Jan from Fort Smith Stylista, for all the support they have been giving me about the Linky and for the encouragement to not give up.

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We have been under such a bad weather, (photos above were taken during the week by some FB friends) with lots of wind and rain, that it was impossible to me to take some photos outdoors, all the week. And we haven’t any forecasts when it will stop. Storms in the Island can be tough.

Despite I started this blog with indoors pictures, I’m not very fond of them. The lights, the brightness, the shadows….. there are some factors that can ruin a good look with a bad photo.

But well, we must live with what we have….. if we can’t have it then let’s find another solution. So here I am with some indoors photos.

This is what I dressed (minus the rain coat) to go with Hubby in some kind of a date, dinner out, last night.

I tried to balance the pleather pants and booties’ rock vibes with the femininity of the pearls.

I always have been a hat’s lover and I have a few hats. However, living in a small conservative city, I usually felt weird when I wore a hat and most of the people stared at me. But lately I guess I feel more confident in wearing them.

As I’m wearing a hat maybe I’ll be in time to link to Style Crone's December Hat Attack, where Judith shows her amazing feathered hat.

Also since I’m wearing a few layers (does the inside cami also counts Anne? ;) ) I’m joining with Anne at Spy Girl for 52 Pickup which theme this week is Get Layered.

black booties - Seaside
black pleather pants - La Redoute
burgundy sweater - Mango
black blazer - Romwe
faux fur vest - Tally Weijl
bordeaux and black hat - mainland store
white pearl necklaces - mainland store

I´m linking up with The Pleated Poppy’s what i wore, Isabelle Thornton’s Le chateau des fleurs , Glamamom’s Monday Mingle and Long Distance Loving’s Friday’s Fancies 

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Très Chic Style Bits #6 | faux fur vest and plaid shirt....

Time for our Link Up Party “Très Chic Style Bits”.

Once again I want to thank very much to all the lovely bloggers who linked up last week and I hope you will show in this week and that some other bloggers will join us.

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The temperature dropped down and I thought Friday was a good day to wear my faux fur vest. I throw under it a plaid shirt and this is the result.

Of course I wore an overcoat, because vests and I, we don’t have a good relation. I love them, but I always feel cold in my arms.

I semi tucked the shirt and add up a nice necklace (not very well seen in the pictures) to give the look a more polished vibe, since it is a bit casual.

It was windy when Hubby took the photos, as you can see in my last picture, so my hair was a mess.

Today is the anniversary of my Father’s loss.
He was always there for me through both the good times and the bad
He was always there to laugh with, or to help me when I was sad
I remember his arms around me, loved the way they always felt warm
With him by my side I completely felt no harm
I remember all the things he did to make my life worthwhile
I guess I’m missing him more than I usually do with this heart of mine

Thanks for being the best dad a girl could ever find
I still miss your smile, Dad…..

May the light be with you!!!

burgundy booties - La Redoute

black jacquard pants - Toronto store

faux fur vest - Tally Weijl

plaid button down shirt - Jenifer

necklace - gift from Sister
cat eyes sunnies - Mango

I´m linking up with The Pleated Poppy’s what i wore, Long Distance Loving’s Friday’s Fancies , Isabelle Thornton’s Le chateau des fleurs and Visible Monday

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Très Chic Style Bits #4 | the ethnic scarf….

Considering that our Link Up Party “Très Chic Style Bits” have just begun, I’m so happy and proud of our last one. And it’s all because of you, the lovely and stylish bloggers who linked up. So I thank you very much to all and I hope you will show in this week and that some other bloggers will join us.

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This is how I went to work last Friday. Despite being a grey day it had some luminosity, which was harming my eyes, so the weird expression.

Looking at these pictures, I also saw that I could have done a few things to improve my look. Like putting a thin golden belt, some bracelets……

So why did I publish them, you may ask.

Well, because I’m just a woman taking photos of what I wear to go to work or to do something on weekends.

You know, I don’t dress for the picture.

My outfits can be elaborated, creative or very simple, because my choices are according to my moods and the time I have in the morning.

I’m just a simple and normal working woman…

And like everyone I have good days and not so good ones. I guess this wasn’t that good.

(Note to self: next visit to hairdresser must do something new to my hair.)

But I really like my scarf which I think has an ethnic vibe.

camel booties - Seaside

gray jacquard pants - Toronto store

burgundy top - Mango

black blazer - Romwe

ethnic scarf - La Redoute

I´m linking up with The Pleated Poppy’s what i wore, BonBon Rose Girls’ Monday Mingle

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three colours and one print....

Hello my dear readers and blogging friends.

I hope everything is great with you.

I miss you all!!!

I haven’t been a good blogger… I know.

However life has those things and we must set some priorities even if they are just our very own priorities.

But I would like to share with you my last shoots for a challenge made by Sylvia from 40+ Style, in which I participated. The challenge was to wear three colours and one print in the same outfit.

Here you can see all the participations and the lovely and stylish looks the other ladies showed us.