Summer to Fall Transition Outfits | LookBook

Bonjour, my friends!

WELCOME BACK to my Style series, where I share my favourite looks for you to be inspired by. It’s Monday yet again but fear not, I will help you have one less problem in the morning (that’s choosing an outfit). By now you’ve probably noticed that autumn is at it’s peak and everything is in warm “comfy” colours (well, except the endless rain himself)  so I thought it would be just the right time to transition from your light summer outfits to chunky and warm autumn ones. Bare with me, I’m doing this post in a different format and I hope you’ll like it. 

For today we have a list of tips on how to transition from one season to another without having to change your whole wardrobe and pack “summer” clothes in a suitcase until next year. I’m also really happy to introduce accessories back on my blog which we haven’t seen for a while.  We’re taking a step back to the basics and  looking at minimalism, specifically in jewellery. That’s probably one of my fav themes to talk about. Using small simple things to spice up your outfit and add emotions and colours to it is surely an art. I’ve been a fan of AUrate’s jewellery for quite some time and I think it’s the right time to share them with you. Their jewellery is handmade in New York City from ethically sourced materials and they give back to economically disadvantaged school children. Well, isn’t that what a great brand should be. I included one pair of their stunning earrings for each outfit just so that you can see how complementary a right accessory can be.

Enough of me rambling, let’s begin. 

HEels

Something old, something new… how it goes? It doesn’t really matter because that’s all you need for this look. I’m starting with a top trend and it’s wearing socks with heels. Yep, you heard me right, get your summer heels and put your socks on. Get them, girl. It’s no secret that I have an obsession with socks and probably have collected more pairs than there’re days in a year so trust a sock-expert. Wearing sandals with socks may seem like an obscure idea to you at first but don’t judge it so fast. It all depends on how you style it together. Of course for each pair of heels there’re some pairs of socks that’ll work the best but I can’t imagine all them at once and give you specific instructions. However, there’s a general pattern that you can use when choosing what to wear. First of, go simple or go overboard. These two ways are trendy as well. For example if your shoes are monotone then you pair them with a similar coloured socks (they can be plain of glittery like mine) and on the other hand if they have a pattern than you can go even further and wear socks with some kind of print on them (very popular: famous paintings or cartoon characters). Moreover, you can try and balance the two opposites (just do it the other way round).  

wearing: shirt - Clips; turtleneck - Wolford; pants - Zara; socks - here; heels - Zara; earrings - AUrate

Also, while we’re on this topic, look at my blouse and pants. This blouse is definitely more of a summer staple and pants are chunky and warm but they work together because they both express the same idea. In my case it’s flowy and comfy “lounge wear” (remember the pyjama trend?).

Staple denim skirt 

Moving on to something that probably most of you, my babes, have. Denim skirt. There’s not much to say about it really, just wear tights and you’re done. Of course you can go for classic black ones but why not wear something colourful and fun for autumn?

wearing: jacket - DIY; bodysuit - Wolford; skirt - Topshop; heels - Zara; earrings - AUrate

Notice how my skirt has tiny dots all over it, I’ve used this opportunity and choose a cute pair of geometric pearl earring to match the print but also keep the slender elongated look of this outfit. That’s how you can use accessories to your advantage without too much hustle.

inside out

Ah, all the fashion kids out there, this one is for you. I should admit that this look is more on the weird side (meaning not everyone would wear it) but probably my favourite or should I say my most worn one. You’ve heard of tees over long-sleeves, now get ready for tees over summer silk blouses. 

wearing: coat - Zara; t-shirt - merch; blouse - Apriori; jeans - James Jeans; platforms - Zara; earrings - AUrate 

I’m emphasising on silk just because it works best for my look in particular but you can choose any light and flowy summer blouse you have. The point here is the clash of two opposites. (That’s why I wanted to go big and chose a pair of circle earrings to emphasise how structured yet fluid this whole look is.) A big oversized t-shirt looks very rough and manly while a delicate shirt underneath is really intricate and feminine. I think that’s the case where this type of mixing really balances things out. Just in general, mixing fabrics and prints is really fun so I recommend trying it out. This can also apply to a short sleeved button up just wear it over a turtle neck (I recommend dark neutral colours). Also, I could’ve worn this blouse on top of a tee (more fitted of course) and just tuck it in without buttoning it up (this is definitely a k-pop influence). 

to suitfinity and beyond 

Finally, suits are here. I mean this wouldn't be Ivana’s post without some layering and suits. Am I right? You cannot deny the power of suits anymore so come on, get on that train I promise you’ll never regret it. Suits can be worn at any time of the year. Summer suit with a bralette underneath, autumn and spring with a warmer shirt or a “jacket under a jacket” and wintery one with a coat on top. No jokes, this one is that versatile. Looking at my outfit, I have a warm sweatshirt paired with a leather jacket for extra warmth but you wear only one of those if it’s warm outside. 

wearing: jacket - Bréal; leather jacket - Episode; sweatshirt - Gosha; pants - Zara; socks - H&M; shoes - Dr. Martens; earrings - AUrate

Again, the most simple basic rule of transitioning from summer to fall is just layering and maybe mixing in other colours. Nothing too groundbreaking, I know. On that note, I want to mention once more that you don’t need to rework your whole wardrobe, just change the little things and you’ll rock every outfit you choose to wear. 

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Ivana

Easy looks for Autumn & Styling Tips | OOTW

Bonjour, my friends!

WELCOME BACK to my Style (ootd) series, where I share my favourite looks for you to be inspired by. This time I decided to try something new and so today we’re going to talk about easy way look stylish and cool with minimum effort. I’ve prepared a few looks to show you. 

I will list all of the tips at the end of the post for you, my lovely creatures. 

Now, let’s start our journey.

School gal in Uni. 

First stop is the most basic outfit ever. I call it “teenage movie school girl”and you can probably guess why.  There’s that one girl in a denim skirt, colourful shirt and of course a staple pair of Converse. 

I choose a pencil skirt from Topshop because I think most of you have something similar and paired it with a bright yellow shirt (I’ve seen a lot of yellow and orange in street style during ss18 so keep that in mind). I would advise you to go with a monotone colour instead of a graphic tee tho. 

As great as it is on it’s own we gotta add a twist ‘cause that’s what true fashionistas do, right? My two personal additions are a pair of glitter socks (remember fw17-18 had a lot of them?) and a nice long coat. 

I always say that There’s nothing a good coat can’t fix and this look is not an exception. Depending on weather of course you change socks for tights and some knee-high boots (slay queen!) and you coat for a duster if it’s to hot outside. There’s also a way to layer up this outfit for those who live in a colder climate which we’ll talk about later. 

It’s all about colours

Look numero duo (dos??? I can’t, sorry). Let’s give some attention to colour coordination. It literally is one of the easiest ways to look put together. You don’t have to do anything just match some colours. It can be clothes, shoes, accessories, your makeup (like gurrlll those eyeshadow and lip colours can be as bold as you can imagine). I think your typical win-win combo would be a red lip with red sweater (it’ll never let you down) but since colours are so in right now why not experiment with it? I’m matching a vintage oversized (no, just in XXL) Yonex puffer jacket and a pale pink OldSkool Vans. They’re in different shades but it’s still pink so they of together pretty well. 

A quick tip: start with a basic plain outfit. Like I have an H&M (thrifted) milky cashmere sweater and mom jeans (from Pull&Bear).  *Go for neutral tones.

Also, another thing about using colours that I’ve spoken a lot before is adding a pop of colour somewhere. Again, it can by literally anything. As you can see I’m wearing this dusty pumpkin socks that not only represent my love for autumn (again orange,yellow,red are so in atm)   but also go really well with pinks of my kicks and simple mom jeans.  

Gramma chic

For third look I’m expressing my gratitude for fashion brining in sweatshirts and  the whole “lazy airport look” trend. Nowadays you can buy a bunch of oversized comfy hoodies and no one will dear to say that your looks are bad. Girl, that’s high fashion. I think I’m now wearing all of my sweatshirts and hoodies that I collected throughout my whole life. In this particular look I’m rocking the Gosha sweatshirt  which I actually bought at OC (I live in Russia so you can understand the irony here). It’s truly fascinating how a few words can take your clothes from basic target chic to high fashion cool kid.

Ah, that thing about collecting old clothes, vintage is popping. That’s why I’m wearing that jacket that is my gram-ma’s. Firstly, it’s oversized and warm (big trendy plus). Secondly, it’s vintage and therefore great quality (no need to spend money). Third, it’s real life gramma style (tumblr kids aesthetic). And Finally, it’s plaid, guys, plaid is the it print of these last two season, I’ve literally seen everyone wearing some kind of plaid (especially grey blazer variation). I’m sure I’ll be able to find something similar in your own closet and at the local thrift shop.  

Again, you can add something else to your look like in my case ripped straight jeans (diy from old Armani) and some super cool socks.

 You guys know how cray I’m with socks, it’s my crazy side collecting endless amounts of weird socks. TBH right now, this pair is like everyone’s favourite and I wouldn’t argue really. 

Suit up & puff up

If I were take away one thing from past two fashion week seasons it would be SUITS. Really, suiting up isn’t just Barney’s thing anymore (although it’ll always be his signature look). I’ve seen tones of gals rocking all types of suits. Honestly, it’s undestable, you buy yourself (I thrifted mine) one nice two-piece and you never have to worry again. You can wear it during any season (remember I wore mine with bralette in the summer), with any other clothes, makeup and accessories. 

Because it’s autumn outside I went for a nice knitted sweater from Stradivarius and pair of nice pumpkin spice socks.

Now for that layering tip I promised in the first outfit. Groundbreaking news everyone! Puffer jackets are in and you wear them both under and on top of your blazers, jackets, coats and etc. I’ve already styled a puffer jacket under a coat for extra warmth so this time I’m showing you a way to wear it on top. There’s definitely no wrong way to this really but I would recommend going for something short and oversized with structure. Because you’re wearing it on top it acts as a centre piece of your outfit so keep that in mind. My jacket is from some random Chinese street shop so I can’t tell you the brand, however, it means you can find something similar that’ll be kinda cheap and affordable as well as some high end brands (if you want to). 

Tips:

• Coats save the situation
• Remember about those colours 
• Be a hoodie queen 
• Start basic and dress it up
• Gramma chic
• Oversized is a great thing
• Suit up
• Layer up with puffer jackets
• Rework classic looks
• Socks are your best friends 

P.S. - idek if you guys noticed but I have barely any makeup and no hair style at all for these looks because the main idea of this post is to show you that you don’t need expensive fence clothes and a lot of effort to look nice and stylish 

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XoXo

Ivana

Plan with Me #7 | October + weekly spreads

Bonjour, my friends! 

Well, isn't it finally autumn outside! I'm so excited to start a new chapter in my life this season (aka new uni and restarting this blog). My bullet journal (or planner) is still mostly the same tho. You can see I have my usual monthly greed here with finally added timelines for uni schedule and important events, as well as future log (aka next month) with some space to fill. Along the way, I discovered that using that free space on the right like a weekly plans overview is better than just putting some random notes there. However, we still have a place for notes on this spread as well as on the next one.
Speaking of it, next spread houses a habit tracker and a free page for random stuff I need to remember . Finally, we're left with a two weekly spreads. I've tried different styles because I'm not sure which one I prefer but I think they're both pretty cute ehehe.

Materials used:

~ pigma micron 02

~ pigma graphic 1

~ edding 01; 005

~ faber-castell grip colour markers (various colours)

~ copic sketch markers in B04; E04; E35; R02; YR02

~ sponsor gel pen in orange 

~ stickers: sailor moon; girl&penguin

~ washi tape: japanese; autumn print; mushrooms 

Also, check out my spreads, trackers, art and more for other months:

• April

• May

• June

• July 

You can follow my journey on  Instagram

Plan if you want to 

Stay true 

XoXo

Ivana

Fresh talk. Big update (aka what's new?)

Hello, you internet creatures, haven't seen you for a long time. I know that no one needs my explanation on why and where and when and what happened as when we last met I'm pretty sure the spring was on the calendar (maybe not) but what matters is that I'm here so let's have a talk.

No philosophical deep thoughts or crazy theories these time, just some news and things I've loved recently and hopefully something interesting for you.

Sooo ... let's go

I'll break it in parts starting with
cinematic news

First, Will's (aka Will Darbyshire) short series called Watercooler is out. Yay. So many amazing people (such as Adrian Bliss, Harry Hitchens, Arden Rose,  Ewan McIntosh, Olly Craig, Tom Rosenthal and others) worked on this project and it's truly a piece of art in it's peacefulness, veracity, philosophy and  craziness in a nutshell. I advise you to set off some time and go watch it

here's a trailer for you but beware the spoilers 

go watch the series on their channel called vanilla


Now, it woudn't be me without talking about Bertie Gilbert, right? Right you are. Despite the fact that  ya boy is now verified on twitter it's not the most important part of my report today but an upcoming movie that he directed is. It's called PLAYGROUND and if you follow Bert on any social media you probably know what kind of aesthetics to expect (needless to say Chris Kendall stars in it).

before I move on to the next topic, let's just take a moment to appreciate first: Bertie's new haircut and second, most important, how Savannah just slayed it with her fabulous look at buffer festival

Going back to mr. Chris Kendall who has a new series coming out now (like omfg)
I don't think it needs any comments, it's just a different type of humour out there

here, watch the pilot episode of WHIPPED (and yeah it's set in a sex shop ya all)

Dunno if that can be still called new but in case you missed or never heard of it or just maybe wanna rewatch it, here's a reminder of Pj's (aka kickthepj) last short film which is super hilarious and cool as per usual

Hair and Brimstone

full here

Also maybe check Ewan's short film RUBIX
let me just say, it has my heart so I strongly recommend it to anyone who has't seen it yet
 just watch the trailer and you'll understand

full film here


Btw, speaking of Dan Stokes (whom you've probably just seen in the trailer), he's got some deep and cool stuff too, like these

Following the philosophical artsy theme I offer to you a video that is so alluring and sexy and beautiful and all cool things in the world, that is Enter The Game by 

i-D 

I dunno how to explain it but I can't stop watching it because everything looks so perfect in it almost like a dream, something mystical and nearly out this world, something so smooth and tasty yet spiky and raw 

So, how is it? Can you relate to what I was saying earlier?
Well, anyways, sit down or maybe lay down as I'm going to present to you what I regard as one of the most motivational and brilliantly executed videos that I've ever seen
You may object saying something along the lines of "how can I relate to a skating video when I can't even ollie/ have no skateboard/ think skateboarding is stupid and so on..." Stop right there because that's not the point of this video (although let's admit his pro skating gives my life every time I watch it 'cause it's really freaking cool, damn son, it just is) the important thing is the message and that is to follow you dream and do what you love
from one of my fav humans Chris Chann a motivational video "The DREAM"

"if you don't have a deadline you have no excuse but to succeed"



Finally, now when you're inspired to get up and do something there's a short series just for you where Camille Rowe (read my little post about her here) explores wellness (aka how to make your life better) so you have a starting point

What on Earth is wellness ft Camille Rowe (trailer)

 full series on vogue's channel



Yo, there is definitely a lot more that I want to tell you about and I will, soon, but for now go enjoy your life and just relax
Pursue your dream because you can

until next time

XoXo