ESHAKTI 50% DISCOUNT TO OUR READERS

OK ladies, now is your chance to get this mustard dress (which we still like the best) or anything in their sale (like this one) for 50% off! This isn't a giveaway, this is better because EVERYONE can participate (not just one lucky reader), but only through July 31. Eshakti is having a 40% off sale and they're offering our readers an additional 10% discount on those sale items listed. That takes this dress down from almost $90 (with shipping) to about $45 even (that's including the shipping and adding sleeves costs...we always hate extra costs so we're disclosing the actual amount). But on top of all that, we've got a major secret. So if you follow us via Google Friend Connect (the "Join this Site" button on the right of our blog) and then shoot us an email at DesiandMel at gmail dot com, we'll give you the additional code. Or if you wanna know the secret to get even more off, ask for it in your email and you'll be getting this dress for cheeeeap (and we mean cheap... sorry this one we can't disclose). Happy shopping!

STACKED JEWELRY

It's about time somebody addressed this. Vogue has finally made mention of the "stacking jewelry" trend I'm sure many of you have been seeing lately. And we're here to bring their perceptions to you guys. I love how they talk about Coco's age old rule of looking in the mirror before leaving the house and removing one piece of jewelry. Well, that seems to fly out the window in this regard. But if you want to try this, we suggest you go classy with it. Choose, like they say, to focus in on one part of the body...hands, wrist or neck. Don't go crazy and do all of those. Remember our mantra of Poppy Delevigne and keeping accessories minimal? Well still keep that in mind. On that note of overly accessorizing, you shouldn't be pairing shrugs over tank tops, t-shirts under tank tops, leggings under skirts (dresses are better, but we think leggings, may be losing steam), scarves, big earrings, hair accessories, necklaces, belts etc. You're going to look like a gypsy just walked through the door. The more pieces you have on, the more gypsy you become. We modest dressers need to keep the pieces minimal. Just buy clothing that covers, don't try and make it cover. And when you wanna have fun with accessories, pick an arm. Let's keep it classy! We like how Rachel (from pinkpeonies) does her arms here....

CHRISTIAN DIOR RESORT 2013

So Christian Dior finally got a new designer after the John Galliano anti-semitic scandal last spring. The house has been under flux ever since, not knowing who would take over. Finally the creator of these fabulous things (here and here) from Jil Sander (his name is Raf Simons) has taken over Dior. So farewell to Bill Gaytten. We loved your final collection above! (To see the full  final beautiful collection definitely check it out here...tooklookbook.com.) Someone made mention in our Valentino Couture post that some of the dresses looked like bags over the models. And we must admit that much that is coming off the runway in evening wear is more loose (see the last look). Which is actually great for we modest dressers who don't want all of our dresses to fit like gloves and show every imperfection in our bodies. But overall, we think these looks are very wearable. One of us is going to be on the look out for a floral print blouse (totally copying this and the Kate Lanphear look under a cardigan come fall). And totally pairing our 50's length skirts with belted jackets.

BLACK WHITE AND YELLOW

It may be confusing to you, but we both have yellow skirts and we both wear them differently. They look almost like the same skirt, since each of us liked a similar more casual fit and look, but they are slightly different. The reason we both gravitated towards this type of skirt was because we liked how the cut allowed us to either dress it down or up more easily. Its loose fit is also nice for the summer heat. Besides all of that, we are proud to admit that this whole outfit is H&M and Forever 21. Desirae really wanted a neutral platform for all of her walking in the city (heels alone just wear you out) and found an awesome deal on these. Also, we know it's a totally different style of yellow skirt, but this one is pretty cute and super affordable. The top is H&M (which you've seen before) and the necklace is Forever 21. We kinda like the simple combo. So there you go!

NIKKI REED (aka Rosalie)

Nikki Reed (or Rosalie from Twilight) was at an event the other day promoting the upcoming release of the final Twilight installment, and we happened to like what she was wearing. It seemed pretty simple and oh so chic. You may notice that it's very similar to Leelee's look we posted a couple of months ago, but Nikki's here is a little more amped. She's got a bit of an edgier pencil in what appears to be leather (by Robert Rodriguez) paired with a basic striped tee. We thought in general that it was some good, simple inspiration.

BASEBALL

While Desirae stayed home after our barbecue the evening of the 4th, Melody went out with family to a baseball game that so perfectly ended with fireworks.  She thought about going obvious and wearing a baseball tee like this, but settled for stripes after searching her closet to no avail. Maybe it was best since the reference would have been pretty strong anyway. (But now you can bet that she'll be looking for one....) 

     Overall, sometimes you just wanna to keep life easy and casual. This is not an "I'm attending fashion week" type of outfit. It's not meant to look impeccable. Gold and khaki accessories jazzed things up a bit while the fedora was thrown on when the sun was overwhelming (what a lifesaver hats can be! No wonder humanity has worn them in every age. It's actually strange that we women rarely wear them any more.) But really, fashion aside, sometimes it's fun just to have the camera around to pick up some extra shots of life along the way.  And you know what? How fun are summer night baseball games?!