Spring Break Bathing Suits

Spring Break is just around the corner (who else is counting down) and if you're lucky enough to go anywhere warm, I'm pretty jealous. If I was spending Spring Break on a private beach in Hawaii, these are a few of the suits I would purchase and pack for myself:

                                                         'Luna Lux' High Neck Bikini Top

O'Neill Maui Crochet Bikini Top

The Wrap Halter Top

LA Hearts Open Crochet Cropped Bikini Top

I love the trendy high neck, "strappy" look of the bikinis this year, but it kind of makes me wonder about the interesting tan lines anyone wearing them would get. Oh well, I'm not going anywhere for Spring Break so I'll only have to worry about being pale.

At least staying in the cold will give me more time to diet and work out for the summer. 

Pantone Color of the Year

Each year, Pantone, the leading authority on color for graphic design, home interiors, design and fashion, selects one or a few colors of the year. 

According to Pantone, the Color of the Year is "A symbolic color selection; a color snapshot of what we see taking place in our culture that serves as an expression of a mood and an attitude." 

This year's color of the year is a first for Pantone: a combination of two colors: Serenity and Rose Quartz. 

Consumers will definitely see these colors, together or separate, more often. Fashion, home design, beauty, and advertisement industries have already implemented these colors in their Spring and Summer campaigns. 

Here are a few new items for sale now that center around Rose Quartz and Serenity: 

What do you think of Pantone's selection for Color of the Year? 

How to Wear New York Fashion Week's Top Trends

              New York Fashion week runs from February 11-18 and showcases the top fashion designers, from  Reem Acra to Rachel Zoe. 

             The runway style at fashion week is Obviously too much for everyday, casual fashion. Most people aren't going to wear a fully netted shirt without undergarments like runway models do at Fashion Week, but one can take the trends and incorporate them in their everyday wear.  

Here are some of New York Fashion Week's biggest trends for Spring and Summer 2016, and how you can incorporate them in your everyday attire: 

70's-Inspired Suede: 

  

Forever 21 Suede: 

Victorian Inspiration:
Puffy sleeves, high collars, floral and lace

H&M and Forever 21 Inspiration:

The X-Out Top

Forever 21 X-Out Top

White Sneaker Trend

If you listen to seasonal forecasts that are predicted by animals, you've probably heard that according to Punxsutawney Phil Spring is around the corner. Once the snow melts and its no longer cold enough for Uggs, the most common shoe you will see this Spring and Summer will most likely be white Converse. 

For the past year, white Converse have made a huge comeback. They're neutral, go with almost anything and are extremely comfortable. Girls wear them with anything: shorts, jeans, leggings and even skirts and dresses. 

I love cute, comfortable shoes but I also didn't want to buy the same pair of white gym shoes that every girl has. 

For Christmas this year, I asked my mom Santa to bring me Adidas Originals. 

I had seen some girls on Instagram styling outfits with Adidas Originals and I was obsessed. I felt like I had heard some amazing style secret, since most girls still were wearing white Converse. I figured I would look so "cool" and "on trend" wearing these and that not many people would know about them. 

I found out I was wrong when my mom Santa could only find them in a size too big for me because they were sold out everywhere. I didn't care the size and got them anyway, so you will probably see me clunking around with them on at some point during the semester. 

These other shoes and outfits are what I would buy if I won the lottery. These are on trend for Spring and will work into Summer, but different than the sea of white Converse and Adidas Originals you'll end up seeing this year. Time to go buy my lottery ticket and hope that Illinois can afford to pay when I win!