THE QUEEN"S DIAMOND JUBILEE

Let's just say, it has been a very royal weekend! The royals were out in force to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee (60 years on the throne!). And of course, we had hats galore. It's so strange that we're not a part of the whole hat extravaganza in the States. We're wondering who are the crazy ones...us or them? Regardless, we thought Kate's hats looked great with both of her Alexander McQueen looks. We guess that if a designer like Sarah Burton (who also designed her wedding dress) happens to be working out for you, you might as well keep them! And seriously, isn't it amazing that even the guys get in on the top hat action? Sadly, we couldn't find a good enough picture of Prince William in his. 

Wish we could have been there this weekend. It sounds like it was quite the royal party!

THE YELLOW SKIRT

As you've seen before, we love pairing our brights with neutrals. This outfit was really easy. We're guessing that many of you have denim shirts (luckily this one is short sleeve so it works under the looser fitting shirt without making me too hot). The skirt and denim speak for the color where the shoes, bag and over-shirt are merely compliments to them. We're kind of thinking Gucci resort here. So go ahead and try it!

ERDEM RESORT 2013

 

Erdem is fast becoming such a favorite of ours. One of us saw this resort collection and immediately went to her closet to see if she had any small but similar florals that could be paired together. Sadly the consensus was that she didn't. So we will definitely be on the look out. We love how the florals are almost the same but different, making for such interesting looks. And although we wouldn't show up in the head to toe floral pant looks, we just love the other looks in the photo. But we have to admit that the top photo is our favorite....

HAIR

OK guys. Melody's going to do it. It's not a terribly drastic change, but it's still a change. She's cutting some locks before she takes off to Mexico next week. It will be the cut of Alexa Chung up top, with the length of Rose Byrne down below. If anyone thinks she shouldn't do it, speak now or forever hold your peace....

ANJA RUBIK FOR VOGUE JAPAN

All right, you guys saw bits of the Dior Couture collection here, and now you can see some of these beautiful creations in print. Keep in mind the hats are crazy, but we love the full skirts nipped in at the waist. And we have to admit, those sleeves in the looks up top are pretty wonderful. We always love to see when runway looks show up in magazine shoots....

LOOSE WHITE BUTTON DOWN

This look was definitely inspired by one of our favorite street style bloggers Hanneli. We just love how accessible our favorite blogs are for inspiration. We loved the look here so much that we had to recreate it in our own way.  And we're telling you, the looser fitting button down is a must with skinny jeans right now (just check out some of our most recent pins on pinterest). On that note, in case some of you guys missed our tweet and facebook post, we were saying that having something loose on top with something tighter on bottom is a must in our book. If you go tight on bottom (with skirts or pants) and tight on top, you're just too tight. But then the same doesn't necessarily work for the opposite (which we talked about in our trouser post). Right now, loose trousers or a maxi skirt look best with loose on top as well. The key there is to ALWAYS have definition at the waist (whether slightly tucked, belted, etc.). This way you're hopefully always looking effortless and cool (think Zina). So in other words, don't do the skinny skinny....:)

(Forever 21 button down, Forever 21 chanel-inspired sweater, Urban Outfitters jeans, and Chinese Laundry platforms)