Rerun: Travel Packing Cluster

While I'm traveling I thought you might enjoy some of my favorite past posts.  This is also a little preview of what I have planned for when I return.

'au revoir for now,

Reachel

PS: Feel free to post one of your favorite past posts in the comments.

(2 Long Layers, 1 Vest, 1 Blouse, 2 Knit Tops, 1 Skirt, 3 Pants, 1 Bracelet, 1 Necklace, 2 Earrings, 3 Shoes)

1. Deco Darling Hoodie
2. Protean Pretty Vest
3. Shellseeker Cardigan
4. Budding Romance Skirt
5. AG Party Capri
6. Puckered Scoopneck
7. Brambling Blouse
8. Odette V-Neck
9. Sunset Park Pants
10. Seaside Trousers
11. Yesterday's News Cuff
12. Bubblegum Necklace
13. Little Larsen Posts14. Toe The Line Earrings
15. Keds Taffy Mini A-Line Skimmer16. Apepazza Malesia Sandal
17. BC Footwear Cocktail Hour Pump

Ten Day Forecast
Planes, Trains, & Layovers: Deco Darling Hoodie + Sunset Park Pants + Keds Taffy Mini A-Line Skimmer

Sunset Sights: Shellseeker Cardigan + Brambling Blouse + AG Party Capri + Apepazza Malesia Sandal + Little Larsen Posts

Act I Opera: Odette V-Neck + Budding Romance Skirt + Apepazza Malesia Sandal + Toe The Line Earring

Cooking Class:Protean Pretty Vest + Puckered Scoopneck + Seaside Trousers + BC Footwear Cocktail Hour Pump + Yesterday's News Cuff

Honey & Milk Facial: Odette V-Neck + Sunset Park Pants + Bubblegum Necklace + Apepazza Malesia Sandal

Melting Wax & Tablecloths: Protean Pretty Vest + Puckered Scoopneck +Bubblegum Necklace + Budding Romance Skirt + BC Footwear Cocktail Hour Pump

Farmers Market: Odette V-Neck + Protean Pretty Vest + AG Party Capri + Yesterday's News Cuff + Keds Taffy Mini A-Line Skimmer

Shore Skipping: Deco Darling Hoodie + Puckered Scoopneck + AG Party Capri + Keds Taffy Mini A-Line Skimmer + Little Larsen Posts

Museum Installations: Brambling Blouse + Odette V-Neck + Toe The Line Earring + Seaside Trousers + BC Footwear Cocktail Hour Pump

Last Hurrah: Shellseeker Cardigan + Puckered Scoopneck + Budding Romance Skirt + BC Footwear Cocktail Hour Pump + Little Larsen Posts

Grand Return: Puckered Scoopneck + Protean Pretty Vest + Sunset Park Pants + Apepazza Malesia Sandal

Clustering Commendations

When assembling a wardrobe cluster select approximately three colors as the basis of your color palette. In our example cluster we selected red, yellow, and blue. Using the hues of a favored garment print can be a lovely point of inspiration.

When embarking, try to pack by this formula: rather than one outfit per day, aim for one garment per 24 hours of adventure.

If you're not going to wear the item at least twice, don't add it to your knapsack.

There's never a good excuse for more than three pairs of shoes, and usually you can subsist on two.

Don't forget accessories, they take up a small amount of room and can significantly extend the variety of your traveling closet.

Folding in a few layers (sweaters, hoodies) may seem like a waste of carry-on space, but in reality these threads are mode multipliers. Wear your bulkiest overlay as you enplane. It will be a cozy friend in the chilly cabin as well as at the windy beach cafe.


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Entertainment Fashion: Lois Lane (Superman Returns)

Entertainment Recommendation Four:
Lois Lane of Superman Returns

 
 

High-waisted trousers, draped silk blouses, and forties inspired, feminine menswear. Superman Returns robes the iconic Lois Lane in a classic Katherine Hepburn wardrobe.  The stills honestly don't do the art-deco-dent costume design justice, I can only say, if skirts from a four-year-old movie, are still embedded in my frontal cortex, you should rent it this weekend. 

 

Which character embodies your paradisaical panache on the televised or silver screen? Leave your style icons in the comments.

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Entertainment Fashion: Charlotte "Chuck" Charles (Pushing Daisies)

Entertainment Recommendation Three:
Charlotte "Chuck" Charles of Pushing Daisies 

Quixotic and intoxicating as the opening scenes of Amelie, the costume design adds to the fairy tale characterization.  Indulge in the first season's full skirts and head scarves then devour the second season's pedal pushers and mod minis

Although this program met an untimely fate due to the writer's strike, you can still procure the complete First and Second Season of Pushing Daisies

 

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Entertainment Fashion: Betty Draper & Joanie Harris (Mad Men)

Entertainment Recommendation Two:
Betty Draper & Joan Harris of Mad Men

Betty Draper: Grace Kelly on Park Avenue
Dior silhouettes in muted summer shades


Joan Holloway Harris: Secretarial Siren
Fitted Hourglass in Cool & Brights

Get more mad about Mad Men at the Mad Men Fashion Blog:

 

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Entertainment Fashion: Emma Pillsbury (Glee)

The programs watched for character development, dramatic plot, or comedic delivery have seceded for summertide.  Now its time to discover moving picture reruns which I recommend solely on their fashion content.  Enact your muter if you must, but don't miss a stitch or button.

Entertainment Recommendation One:
Emma Pillsbury of Glee

3 words: cardigans, pencil skirts, and brooches 

3 synonyms: sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows

Get your Emma Fix at What Would Emma Wear:

 

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Pregnancy Inspiration: Baby Pictures

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Doesn't baby have a darling central nervous system?  

We're not yet sure whether Baby Billie will accessorize with bowties or gardenias, but let's all pray that Make my Baby's FBI Grade Face Mashing Technology Predictions aren't infallible.

Pregnancy Inspiration: Cool Names for Babies

Juliet was wrong, names are of unequivocal import.  

I've used Cool Names for Babies (please ignore the pedantic title) to name all my dozens upon dozens of imaginary babies and to refine the name of my one really, real baby.  Andrew wanted to name our cherub Koko...disaster narrowly averted.

Pregnancy Inspiration: Bleubird

Aspiring for a little something like this:

More fertile style at Bleubird Vintage

Shabby Apple: Sheepies & Secrets

Hebrew Reachel translates baby lamb "ewe."  And I love me some lambs, regardless of whether or not petting them at the State Fair caused me to break out into lamb lice.  

In any case, I consider Shabby Apple's Sheep Meadow frock  aptly named. I love it like my own bottle-fed lambkin.  If the pictures don't tell story enough for you, let me elaborate in letters: 

1.  Sleeves:  Even though I have a sweater collection fit for every imaginable scenario, Satan's hot windy breath has already reached Arizona's borders.  I extol the flexibility to remove my cardi thereby circumventing unnecessary visits to my dry cleaner.

2.  Color: Green, love child of blue and yellow, obediently compliments its parents, while flaring fiery contrasted romances with red, magenta, and orange. 

3.  Pattern:  Stripes, nautically charismatic in their own right, and a naturally blending secondary pattern for florals and other fussier breeds.

4. Waist:  The a-line skirt flaring from a defined empire waist defines my figure while shrouding 12 week old Baby Billie.  I was curiously tempted to see how far into my second trimester I could selfishly cloister my favorite secret, using only the magic of fashion.  But proud Monsieur Bagley's secret keeper is about to rupture.  He's only been waiting six years to sire a flock.

Swimwear Confidence: Long Torso

Whether your all-inclusive figure ranges long or just stretches from shoulder to hip, these swimmers are designed to suit. 

Delia's Long Torso Triangle Halter One Piece

Plus a whole category dedicated to your lengthy swimwear needs.

Hapari GNO Butterfly Tankini

Top and bottom segregation creates natural flexibility, while the lengthy top ne'er dreams of exposing a shy midriff.

Land's End Long Torso All-over Control Uneven Squares Grecian Slender Swimsuit

Modern, long, and lean.

Delia's Longer Torso Solid Boy Short One Piece

The boy short styling will visually widen the hip line while the square neckline broadens the shoulder, all resulting in a definitely narrow waist.  Just be sure your legs run as long as your torso so the low legline doesn't compromise petite stems.

 Land's End Long Torso All-over Control Solid Carmela Slender Swimsuit

Flattering from every angle.


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Swimwear Confidence: Maternity

(Greeting Card available for sale at Sindy Store)

Fashionably enclosing both you and your slow-cooking biscuit in suits worthy of snow cones, boardwalks, and even swimming. 

Maternal America Josie Tankini

Adjustable halter tie with plenty of length for you and your little one.

 A Pea in the Pod Pleated Tankini

Wrapping each delightful curve of your fertile silhouette.

Olian Ruched Side Tie Halter

Adorning your gestation.

Maternal America Coco O-Ring Tankini

Glamorous green with wooden rings.

Prego Wild Rose Retro Halter

Almost as rosy as your complexion


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Swimwear Confidence: Hourglass Figure

(Image discovered through Domestic Bliss)

Find a flawless fit for each of your "va's" and definitely your "voom". 

Tommy Hilfiger One-Piece Swimsuit

Tie an alert flag around your tiny waist.

Kenneth Cole New York " South Beach Solids" Faux-Wrap Swimsuit

The faux-wrap creates a really, real slimming effect.

Gottex Reflection Swimsuit

A pattern drawn to paradisiacal proportions.

Spanx Colorblock One-Piece

Centering in on your narrowest feature.

Lime Ricki Sally One-Piece

The pattern camouflages any secondary curves so your primary curves can enjoy all the glory.

Want more ideas, use your mouse to poke the link below and visit the
Cardigan Empire Recommended Hourglass Swim Shop. 

1 hundred 98 cents = your own Super Suit fashion look book cheat sheet.

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