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Let's Go on an Adventure

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What You Do with One Outfit and A Lot of Scarves

3:42 PM

It's Monday, so you know what that means...today's "My Outfits Monday!" :D I hope I'm not the only this excited, because then that would be awkward...

Okay let's start talking about this week's outfit! You may be telling yourself that this outfit looks quite familiar. And it actually is. The striped shirt on top of the maxi is from the first outfit I posted, but this time I changed the patterns that I "blocked" together and changed the style of the purse. I've been quite crazy about aztec print for quite a while and have actually had my eye on this scarf for some time as well; thanks to a friend of mine and her "sixth sense" of just seeing a scarf and knowing I'd like it, I finally got it! And so I thought, hey I'll do this week's outfit with it!
Now in the beginning, I wasn't sure if these two prints would work together because I thought aztec had lines that looked similar to stripes, but really they are more zig-zags, triangles, and diamonds all meshed into a rather different, not so subtle (but not too loud) pattern that mixes great with stripes (I just love stripes, they work with everything). What I love most about this outfit and why I feel it would be appropriate for the summer (and since it's almost over unfortunately) is because it's simple yet has the perfect pop of color with the bright orange bringing the orange of the scarf and the bag together and basically putting the "icing on top of the cake" when it comes to this outfit. I was given this bag as a gift as well and at first I had no idea how I was going to use it, but this scarf is just one of the many things it actually matches with and I feel it's the perfect accessory when you want to go simple yet stand out.

Hope you guys liked this week's outfit! Let me know what you think and feel free to share the idea! :)
Also, comment on what you think about doing cheetah print with Aztec. I'm a little confused and would love for some input:)
Also, in my last post I mentioned entering in a H&M competition across the nation and you're still allowed to vote but only for a few days! So please help a hijabi out and click on this link and vote!:) >>> http://50statesoffashion.com/start?i=7563 <<<<

Thank you so much for the support so far and don't forget you can forget you can vote more than once!:)

combat boots

This Outfit Needed to Come Out of the Closet

1:44 PM

Hello fashion lovers! Today's outfit is a very special one. Not only because it contains my favorite pair of shoes, but because I decided to YOLO and enter into a H&M competition across the nation! But we'll talk about that later. Yes, I know what you're thinking, "is she wearing a leather jacket and combat boots in the summer?" And the answer is yes, why yes I am! You can never get ready for fall too early:)

I know I'm repeating my green skinny jeans again, but let's just say this outfit wouldn't be what it is without them. Let's start with the dress; it's a mint high-low that is made of a slightly sheer but soft linen material giving it the right the "flowiness" especially being cinched at the waist-line giving it loose pleats throughout the dress. It gives the outfit a sweet, chique look,but by adding the leather jacket and combat boots give it just the right amount of edge. What I like most about the leather jacket (which is also another necessary essential in your closet) is that it's not one of those biker/ punk leather jackets,but still gives you a 'bad' look, which is of course topped off with the aviators and boots. The scarf has the appropriate shade of green leaves and collage of light pink, yellow, and purple flowers, blending well with both the green skinny jeans and mint dress. This scarf does not clash but correlates with the braided belt (turned into a head band) giving a whole Grecian ("Greek") look to this scarf style. Not only that, but the light shades help match the nude pink color of the bag, which if you ask me, nude pink (with rose gold) and mint is great pastel combination. I know I said that this outfit would be incomplete without the green skinny jeans, and well that's not a lie, but what truly wraps up this outfit and just makes me love it so much are my boots. When I saw these combat boots on overstock.com, it was like love at first click; that's when I knew, they were the one for me. They make any outfit from plain, to giving an edgy-vintage look, and I absolutely love that. Do get used to these boots because they will reappear very often as the fall/winter season come in. I just hope you love them as much as I do:)

My favorite boots

As I had mentioned earlier, this outfit was a special one because I also submitted this outfit for the H&M fan fashion competition across the nation and the picture with the most votes gets a reward that any H&M lover (like myself) would greatly appreciate! So please go to 50statesoffashion.com go under "sort by states" and click on Florida and click my picture! It would be greatly appreciated and let's just say I'm representing all us hijabis and showing them we got style;)

Hope you enjoyed today's (rather long if you ask me) post and don't forget to dress it with style, because life's too short to not to!

cardigan

My Hijabi Essentials!

2:01 PM

Jasmine Pants (Icing Claire's)

Plain Black Maxi (Old Navy)

Safety Pins (Walmart)

Hello my hijabi stylers!
Every girl has that one cardigan which her closet is not complete without. Well just like that cardigan (which I do in fact have that completes my closet), these three items are essential to my closet, especially as a hijabi. To start off, the plain black maxi. Why would you need something so plain, with not much to it? Because, you just do. You mine as well call this black maxi a transformer (shape shifter may be more appropriate) because it can go from being a regular maxi to a maxi dress! It's honestly buying two essentials (because yes every hijabi needs a maxi dress) in one, so for the price that I spent on it, which was around $30, it was worth it. You can go from putting a cardigan with a belt and a nice scarf, to putting a striped long sleeves shirt that's too short to wear as is but perfect length to make it look like a maxi skirt outfit without even buying (or making) a skirt. You can refer to my first outfit post to get an idea of the shape-shifting maxi dress!
My next essential, which is extremely important yet the cheapest, are safety pins. In order for me to wrap my scarf the way I like to, to get the proper coverage and good "volume" (yes, scarves need volume too), I need four safety pins. It may seem like a lot, but in the future when you see how I wear my scarf (yay hijab tutorial!) then you'll understand why four are necessary.
I've just realized how essential this is to my closet because I recently got them, but my last basic essential to my closet is jasmine pants. There are other words for it in other languages, but to be safe with spelling and proper labeling, we're just going to call them jasmine pants. You know when you go to the mall and you see a shirt which is so cute and you already thought of a scarf that matches it and everything!..but then you realize that it just may be too short. Well not to worry, jasmine pants are here to the rescue! Because of their loose fit from the top to bottom, it does not show your shape so it makes making a little shorter shirts easier. And because they have pleats/folds they still give some sort of shape to the pants, just not a fitting one. Also, once you realize how comfortable these pants are (really feels like you're wearing pajamas), you'll want to wear them on regular tops like high-lows, which surprisingly enough, still make a pretty cute outfit.

So what essentials do you have in your closet? Share and comment and let me know if there's more than just these essentials I need in my closet (because trust me, I don't mind shopping for more clothes)! :)

~Dress well and with style, because life is too short not to~