Rave Onwards

Ok, you are not a college student on Frat Lane and you admittedly had to Google what Molly was last summer when it was buzzing around the town. But what-the-fuck-ever, you're still cool. Sorta. How to be cooler? Dress like the high-fashion incarnate of a ravegoer. While these chix are known for skimpy clothing, ridiculously fuzzy boots and the ever-so-often pacifier (see this inappropriately-titled Tumblr to help you decipher what the hell I'm talking about), you can bring the rave to your cubicle. Just keep blastin' Steve Aoki from your Frends headphones as you skip through midtown. After salivating over the recent spring shows which were floraly, ginghamy, stripy and fringy (read all about it at the good ole' Refinery), I found my favorite trend which was no trend whatsoever was the habberdashery styling and joie de vivre of some of the collections. DKNY was a moshpit of cool shapes and wild colors, Coach was all fuzzy-wuzzy pastel pretty, but then things just climaxed at Burberry Prorsum in London. I clicked-through the show and shed one or two tears. It may have even been three.

When a collection is good, it's gooooood. And while the critics weren't the biggest fans of Burberry this season, I loved its hyper-eccentric take on the classics. Christopher Bailey is a god amongst men and I should bow down but am currently wearing white jeans so therefore I won't. Anywhoo, his Burberry collection was all punch and pizazz with no holds barred. At times, I felt like my Iced Latte with Almond Milk that I had been guzzling was laced with LSD. Yup, that good.

Pailette sequin skirts? Check. Denim jackets that looked like mutated chickens? Double-check. Trench coats that looked like they had been painted by someone actually on LSD? YUP! Anywhoo, I was inspired by the rave-y and colorful world he had spun this season. It was a happy collection and cheerfulness is something we could all use in our daily grind! This look was inspired by that carte-blanche approach to dressing: the color, the spark, the quirk, the use of denim as a neutral when getting wild. Shop it here:

Jacket by GAP, $22  / Skirt by Cynthia Rowley, $275  / Clutch by Need Supply Co., $51  /  Lipstick by MAC x Proenza Schouler, $22 /  Shoes by Sophia Webster, $695

Olive Oil

And then it happened. This purveyor of cheery prints and eye-burning color (I'm talking about me! me! me!) has gone to the dark side. Well, not the dark side. But the olive side, if such a side existed in the side of sides out there. After a binge eating session that doubled as a Spring runway private viewing (eating Chinese in bed and clicking through the Ralph Lauren slideshow > actually going to the show, don't it!?), I found myself craving all things olive. Perhaps it was the elegant take on safari style that Ralph Lauren sent down the laminated runway. Or maybe it was the beaded-and-bewilderingly-bejeweled Marc Jacobs mossy looks that tugged on my heart strings (see my Insta from today!). Could it have been this little crickled number from J. Crew that is the perfect throw-and-go dress on those mornings you look like a drunk raccoon - come on, don't act like that isn't every Monday morning for you!? 

Anywhoo, the evergreen shades providing me some springspiration (ooh la la, see what I did there?!) are also providing me with ideas for fabulous fall looks. Pair a borrowed-from-the-boys cargo-inspired olive jacket with the most perfect pair of jeans (cuffed twice for a look with quirk!) and muted brown pumps that look much more expensive than they actually are (Zara, you are a godsend and I worship at your altar from here on in). Add a pop of color in the form of this beautiful Celine bag you should sell your unborn child for + add a vivid lip and you've got the perfect outfit in my humble but supa biased opinion!

Jacket by Zara, $99  /  Jeans by Zara, $50  /  Lipstick by MAC, $16  /  Bag by Celine, $1980 (a cool alternative under $300 here)  /  Heels by Zara, $90

Sequins and Snakeskin

Sequins and snakeskin are an unlikely duo for the fashion-fervent and one that makes absolutely no sense at all on paper. It’s as if Batman and the Joker have teamed up to take-down a shared nemesis (one particularly nerdy friend of mine has pointed out that this has happened but for the purposes of making a point of how polar opposite a sequin-speckled cami and lizard-skin sandals are, let’s pretend otherwise). It’s as if Tara Reid was nominated for an Oscar for her starring role in Sharknado, that brilliant work of cinema. It’s as if Taco Bell nixed the Beefy 5-Layers and rebranded to offer a strictly-vegan, all-organic, and totally-gluten-free menu. Okay, the last one sounds like an absolute nightmare but you get the point. Sequinand snakeskin makes no sense . But yet, rest be assured, they may just be the very spark that gets you out of your style rut.

Tibi’s sequin cami – now on sale for $59! – is a sparkly statement-making piece sure to make a grand entrance worn with virtually anything in your closet. But pair it with Club Monaco’s killer-cool snakeskin sandals and Eureka! You’ve got a look. A look that merits a right-swipe on Tinder. A look that demands it’s own comped Uber ride to Timbuktu. Whatever, enough, you get the point – it’s a great look. Mix in a dangling liquid-silver Tory Burch minauderie, boyfriend jeans that I already am in a seriously unhealthy relationship with, and some type of dope lip and get ready to strut as if your first name was Gisele and your last night was Bundchen. Because, let's be honest, how easy would life be if that was your nomenclature?

Top by Tibi, $59 (and selling fast so get a move on!)  /   Jeans by Current / Elliott, $240 / Minauderie by Tory Burch, $262  /  Sandals by Club Monaco, $269  / Lipstick by MAC, $16