A Summer Dress in Fall

 

Days are going by so fast I can't believe we are more than halfway through the year. It is bittersweet because the Holidays are my favorite part of the year, but the older I grow the more melancholy I get from memories. Sometimes I wish I could freeze moments in life when I feel so much joy in my heart. I had a couple of those moments this weekend. Over the weekend, I spent a lot of quality time with friends and family close to my heart. 

Although it is Fall, I am still able to wear pretty summer dresses in October thanks to this California heat that does't seem to be leaving us yet. I recently purchased this all over flower print midi dress from H&M. Although you can't see it in these pictures it has a shorter cut on the sides which gives this dress a little sexy edge to its girly silhouette. I loved how this dress just was perfectly fitted for my petite body frame. I find it really difficult to dress myself due to my small body and when I find something that fits like a glove I don't let it go! 

I hope everyone had a blessed weekend with friends and family. 

Sheila

Catching up with Barbie

     

       

         

On recent fashion news, Barbie has made its biggest comeback since I was a child (in my opinion). I have many fond memories of my childhood playing with Barbies. I remember every Christmas Eve my cousin and I would play Barbies until it was midnight and time to open presents. Over the Summer, news started circulating on the web that Barbie had join Instagram under BarbieStyle, I immediately followed her.

I grew up with Barbie, she was who I would play with every day after school until I reached the age when it was no longer cool. A lot of my childhood memories are with this doll. She is the epitome of American culture. This doll is an illusion and depiction of the "Perfect Woman" - flawless, classy and stylish. She does everything and she is perfect! Our culture can pick at this doll and mention everything that is wrong with her cultural meaning, but I love how Jeremy Scott put it, "When people want to dissect her and her cultural meaning- it's a doll, it's meant to have fun, it's fashion, its just meant to be fun."

Whoever is running her Instagram page must be having a blast living that Barbie life. She is now a renowned fashion blogger who has been to many major fashion shows and most recently, she became the face of Moschino Spring 2015 Ready-to-Wear collection which debuted in Milan. Nonetheless, bubble gum pink was the primary color of this collection featuring other fun colors such as orange, blue and green. The collection was obviously not meant to be so serious, it was nothing less of fun. The very Barbie-esque props brought Barbie to life and that's what I loved the most about this collection, Scott made every girl's dream who played with Barbie come to life. Above are some of my favorite pieces from the collection.

Sheila