FEMININE PRINTS THAT WONT MAKE YOU LOOK MATRONLY

Lately I've been talking a lot about my new found girlie side. A few posts ago I gave you 5 easy tips on how to include girlie elements to your wardrobe. One of them was to experiment with prints. The great news is that in order to look feminine or girlie you don't have to wear matronly floral prints (Laura Ashley style), In fact there are many fun and beautiful prints you can experiment with that will also help you achieve girlieness without looking like a casting member from Little House on the Prairie. Here's an outfit I put together yesterday that made me feel very feminine but also modern with a quirky touch. I paired it up with neon pink flats, a statement necklace and neon pink scarf in case it got chilly at night. Take a look.

Anthropologie jumpsuit and Chat'e necklace

J.Crew scarf

J.Crew flats

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INSPIRATION OF THE DAY: SAILOR STRIPES AND NEONS

Doesn't this look beautiful together? I think it does. I have a peculiar obsession for the following: neons, sailor stripes, little black dresses, and button down denim shirts. Those are the things I just realized I kind of have a little collection of my own. Now maybe I'll even add to the list J.Crew cigarette leg printed pants. I've never in my life owned a pair of printed pants until now, and I'm loving it! I'm wearing the one's I bought (with my neon pumps and denim shirt of course) for tomorrow's Saúl E. Méndez fashion show. I'll show you pictures next week. 

Anyhow back to the image. What would you wear this with? I'm missing a bottom. 

Acaso no se ve hermoso esto? Yo pienso que si. Tengo una peculiar obsesión por lo siguiente: cualquier cosa en color neon, las rayas marineras, vestiditos negros y camisas de lona. Me acabo de dar cuenta que tengo una pequeña colección de esas cosas en mi closet. Quizás añada a la lista los pantalones estampados de pierna recta de J.Crew. Nunca en mi vida había comprado unos pantalones estampados sino hasta ahora y los amo! Me voy a poner los que compré (con mis tacones neon y camisa de lona por supuesto) este sábado para el show de Saúl E. Méndez. La próxima semana les muestro algunas fotografías. 

En fin, de regreso a la imagen. Con qué lo combinarían? Me hace falta la parte de abajo. 

SHOES (ZAPATOS): J.Crew

SWEATER (SUÉTER): Forever 21

NECKLACE (COLLAR): Studio MAS for their Cósmica Collection

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LITTLE MISS RED AND THE LEMON TREE

This Past Friday Shanila and I went to our friend Fernanda Gomar's house to have our Little Miss Red Fashion Adventures monthly photo shoot session. Due to our busy schedules we always try to take advantage of the whole afternoon to shoot enough material for an entire month, that is if the weather allows us. This past couple of months have been quite challenging because of the weather in Guatemala. Most of the time it rains and so we find ourselves forced to either cancel the shoot earlier than planned or change locations. No matter what we always try to be as creative as we can possibly be considering the circumstances. However I don't know why every time we go to Fernanda's house we always get the best weather. The first time shooting there we came up with Little Miss Vintage Traveler, Little Miss Red Pitaya and Little Mis red Tropicalisima, until now those have been my 3 favorite posts since we started, except for the very first one Mademoiselle Red which is my all time favorite one.  This time I think we came up with some pretty cool material as well. Today I give you LITTLE MISS RED AND THE LEMON TREE. How gorgeous are those lemons in the pictures!!! And how gorgeous is my fro too of course lol!!! Expect more 80's inspired frizzy hair in future LMR posts. 

PHOTOGRAPHY- Shanila Menendez shanilaphoto@gmail.com

HAIR & MAKEUP- Fernanda Gomar mus_hus12@yahoo.com

STYLING- María Cristina Acquaroni info@mcacquaroni.com

CARDIGAN- J.Crew

SKIRT- Romeo & Juliet Couture

BANANA TOP- Bershka

NECKLACE- Vintage

WATCHES- Vintage

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PREVIEW OF... LMR AT THE LEMON TREE

I just decided that LMR is THE new short term for Little Miss Red. As you all know every Tuesday we have a LMS Fashion Adventures post. Here's a preview of tomorrow's post LITTLE MISS RED AND THE LEMON TREE or maybe I should call it LITTLE MISS RED AND HER RED FRO lol!!! Stay tuned for more coming tomorrow on Style by Red. 

PHOTOGRAPHY- Shanila Menendez shanilaphoto@gmail.com

HAIR & MAKE UP- Fernanda Gomar mus_hus12@yahoo.com

STYLING- María Cristina Acquaroni info@mcacquaroni.com

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TODAY'S OUTFIT: SAILOR STRIPES AND NEON

This morning I was rushing to get to a meeting not so near where I work just to find out they had stood me up! Fantastic Guatemalan formality. I can't tell you how many times I've been stood up? Why is this? Is this a Guatemalan thing? Tell me is it like this where you live.

Anyhow I was running so fast I just grabbed whatever I saw in handy. I'm not sure it's such a great mix but it did the job. Why not wear your sailor stripes with neons?

PANTS: J.Crew

T-SHIRT: J.Crew

CARDIGAN: Mango

NECKLACE: Anthropologie

SHOES: Zara

RING: C'Santos

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OUTFIT DETAILS: MIXED PRINTS AND NEONS

Like I promised here are the details of my mixed prints and neons outfit.

CARDIGAN: J.Crew Italian cashmere

SKIRT: Zara

TOP: La Feé Verte

CLUTCH BAG: Vintage

NECKLACE: Vintage

STATEMENT RING: C'Santos

SHOES: Pelle Moda

PERFUME: Bond No. 9 Nuits de Noho

NAIL POLISH: Face Stockholm (cardinal rule)

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OUTFIT POST: MIXED PRINTS AND NEONS

Last week I read on Refinery29 an article about 29 trends every woman should try once in her life (I think I already told you this). Out of 29 I've tried merely 17 trends. One trend I thought I still hadn't try was mixed prints. Quite frankly I don't remember ever doing it (perhaps in my early adulthood years, who knows), so yesterday I thought why not go for it. Truth is I don't have many printed separates in my closet because I seldom ever buy prints but I did find something that I thought could work,  to spice it up I added a little bit of neon which we all know is quite the craze right now. 

Here are a few tips on wearing mixed prints:

1. Stripes and Florals. Mix florals with stripes.

2. Bi-Color Patterns. Choose patterns that have only two colors and make sure that both patterns relate with each other in at least one of their colors. 

3. Large Scale with Small Scale. Pair small muted patterns with large scale patterns.

4. Mix Neutral Patterns with Neutral Patterns. 

5. Color Matching Mixed Prints. If you're daring you can match any kind of print as long as they share most of their colors. 

When it comes to mixing prints the most important thing is not to take things to seriously, just go for it! Worst case scenario you'll en up looking like a fashion disaster lol! But that too shall pass. Meanwhile I hope you like my look and maybe it will even inspire you to try something at home. Good luck!

Stay tuned for my next post on OUTFIT DETAILS.

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BLUE ON BLUE AND NEONS

I bought this scarf at J.Crew last year in the month of January and it's one of those things I'm so glad I bought, it turns any outfit into something fun, like today for example I wore my MNG dark denim skinny jeans, MNG jean shirt, Massimo Dutti vest, MNG neon scarf, purple converse sneakers, Massimo Dutti cross body satchel bag, and of course my J.Crew scarf. 

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TODAY I'M FELLING FESTIVE

Ok, I admit it I might've just broken the rules of color blocking. In theory I'm not supposed to mix more than three colors in one single outfit (unless it's a print) and here I'm mixing 4 colors and I'm not counting the necklace, but you know what, I like it, I think it looks pretty darn fun.  Sometimes it gets a little bit gloomy here in Guatemala so it's good to wear color to make yourself and the one's around you feel a little bit more festive. 

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