Absolutely enamored with Alexander McQueen’s take on the recent skull trend. In honor of the upcoming Halloween holiday, I’ve assembled a frighteningly fashionable sampling of pieces from this lust-worthy collection…
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Today marks day one of The Girl Effect, a global campaign to spread awareness about the plight and potential of over 250 million adolescent girls living in poverty worldwide. The movement is built on the following premise: When girls have access to education, health care, legal protection and career training, they will succeed. And this success creates a ripple effect of positive change for their families, communities, and the world at large.
The movement is about starting a conversation, so please spread the word. Show these videos to the people you love. Tweet. Digg. Share on Facebook. Liberating girls from the shackles of poverty has the power to change the world.
This cause is very close to my heart. I encourage you to take a moment today (as I will be) to express gratitude for the MANY luxuries and liberties you enjoy. Consider giving a donation or micro loan to this very worthy cause and have a happy Tuesday evening 🙂
xoxo
Rebecca
Highlights from last week…
* Penning fall goals and indulging in restorative yoga at the Urban Women’s Yoga Retreat led by Kimberly Wilson at Tranquil Space + attending 2 additional yoga classes
* Learning more about Google AdWords at the Google Engage annual conference in NYC
* Downing far too many Pumpkin Spice and Chai Tea lattes (it’s actually liquid crack)
* Dining at Black Market Bistro for my mommy’s birthday dinner…absolutely delish!
* Mingling with family and friends at a Rosh Hashanah party
* Getting a great annual review at work…cannot believe it has been a year, where does time go?!
* Donning boots and sweaters (YAY FALL!)
* Mini soiree at the boyfriend’s apartment (I sipped chai tea while all the big kids drank beer)
* Obsessively checking Gawker
* Teaching yoga to a lively bunch of middle and high school girls at PALS
* Chick flick + heart to heart with my beloved sister who was visiting from NYC
* Fall shopping with said sister…we did some damage…
* Reading Jivamukti Yoga by Sharon Gannon and David Life
* Free pizza lunch at work on Friday (plus getting videotaped for the company website #awkwardbutsecretlyfun)
* Cuddling and watching Mad Men with Le Beau 🙂
* Watching The Vampire Diaries (OMG OMG so good. I am way too obsessed with this show– someone please intervene)
*Munching on candy corn while hanging a string of silver glittery skulls in preparation for Halloween–so festive!
*AND laundry, errands, getting my car repaired and a few other similarly dreary tasks…
Have a wonderful week and stay sparkly!
xoxo
“Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.”
-Claude Monet
Photo: Pinterest
I recently came across this beautiful and empowering poem by Patricia Lynne Reilly called “Imagine A Woman”. I hope you find it as inspiring as I do 🙂
Imagine a woman who is interested in her own life.
A woman who embraces her life as teacher, healer, and challenge.
Who is grateful for the ordinary moments of beauty and grace.
Imagine a woman who participates in her own life.
A woman who meets each challenge with creativity.
Who takes action on her own behalf with clarity and strength.
Imagine a woman who has crafted a fully-formed solitude.
A woman who is available to herself.
Who chooses friends and lovers with the capacity to respect her solitude.
Imagine a woman who acknowledges the full range of human emotion.
A woman who expresses her feelings clearly and directly.
Who allows them to pass through her as naturally as the breath.
Imagine a woman who tells the truth.
A woman who trusts her experience of the world and expresses it.
Who refuses to defer to the perceptions, thoughts, and responses of others.
Imagine a woman who follows her creative impulses.
A woman who produces original creations.
Who refuses to color inside someone else’s lines.
Imagine a woman who has relinquished the desire for intellectual approval.
A woman who makes a powerful statement with every action she takes.
Who asserts to herself the right to reorder the world.
Imagine a woman who has grown in knowledge and love of herself.
A woman who has vowed faithfulness to her own life.
Who remains loyal to herself. Regardless.
Imagine yourself as this woman.
Both girly and exotic, luxurious and mod, Wes Gordon’s NYFW Spring 2012 Ready to Wear collection is stunning. Here are my top picks courtesy of Style.com.
A roundup of trends I can’t wait to try out this season (as seen on a few of my favorite fashion bloggers)…
Ladylike silhouettes: The Glamourai
Hot red lips: Sea of Shoes
Chunky heel Mary Janes: Cupcakes and Cashmere
Adding glitter to your manicure: Cupcakes and Cashmere
Arm Parties: Atlantic-Pacific
What’s on your radar for fall?
Photos: Pinterist
“Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.”
—Anaïs Nin
I’ve recently become obsessed with Debra Ollivier’s fabulous and oh so french literary creation, Entre Nous: A Woman’s Guide to Finding Her Inner French Girl. Full of french fashion advice, recipes, film recommendations, and mini bios of great french women of history, I love the book’s inspirational and empowering tone, demonstrated in her description of the quintessential french woman:
“She is an essence, a way of being, a mindset—and she exists in us all. She is that part of us that is free—and not bound up by the joyless strings of morality or guilt. She’s that part of us that has a sense of continuity in life, that doesn’t rush, that feels sexy for no apparent reason. She is, more fundamentally, that part of us that does not want to live according to what others think she should be. She is her own woman. Entirely.”
I highly recommend this book to any girl who loves being both fearless and feminine (and who secretly wishes she lived in Paris!).
Au revior and happy reading!
Photo: Pinterest
A few tips for making the most of this stormy weather….
*Stock up on necessities like a flashlight, batteries, wine & scented candles
*Make a hurricane mix CD
*Read the September issue of Vogue in bed
*Sip hot Coco
*Re-organize your closet
*Write snail mail to your closest gal pals
*Cuddle with your significant other/pet/unsuspecting roommate
*Hope that work/school/general adult obligations get cancelled on Monday
*Spend the day in your PJs
*Start baking cookies but end up just eating the batter (what are you supposed to do without power?)
*Journal
*Begin a craft project
*Take pictures of the rain drops on your window
*Do Yoga
Happy Hurricane!