if you don't love tulle, you're a fulle

sigh...to be french. i'm pretty sure they just dance around all day, lauding their own beauty and whimsicality, smoking and drinking coffee, and never ever getting fat.

found this editorial on karla's closet...just another reminder of why i long to be parisian.







i love all the tulle in this editorial. and the magnificent poses...so, "here i am, hanging out, wearing tulle, with athletic paraphernalia just chillin' next to me." you know, a typical afternoon dressed in haute couture ballet-inspired ensembles.

i've been seeing some summer looks incorporating tulle, and i'm kind of jonesin' to concoct a look of my own. preferably as something to wear to the grocery store, or maybe out for sushi...places that don't require tulle, but that i'm sure would appreciate my vibrant spirit.

vogue paris 2003

sizzlin' summer style

look how fabulous karla -- from karla's closet -- looks in the striped babooshka harems:



(can you tell that i'm a bit overobsessed with these pants. waiting, waiting, waiting). she also brings up the summer staple that i'm looking to add to my wardrobe...the bodysuit. although scary for someone like me, who stays far far away from anything even resembling body con. it's just so versatile, i feel like it would ultimately end up being the most worn piece in my closet.

like this one from american apparel:

although i also really love the long-sleeved one...i love really really form-fitting long sleeves. i always feel like my arms look so dainty, which is not an adjective that i usually attribute to any aspect of myself.

and then, i'd probably get all obsessed and start getting ones with different patterns! oh my, bodysuit heaven.

this one is a real gem, too.


although in chicago, you can never be sure, it seems like summer is FINALLY here. i'm really excited for the outdoors aspects of summer...already yesterday, i rollerbladed the lake shore path down to navy pier and sat outside on our patio with some dear friends enjoying lots of vino and some wonderful conversation. i plan on making this summer a magical one, sartorially and otherwise.