SUPER CHIC: TAKING A LEAF OUT OF OLIVIA PALERMO'S STYLE BIBLE

Happy Monday lovelies, I hope you all had a super weekend!
As it's Monday, I thought I'd leave you with some super chic style from Olivia Palermo, who does fall style effortlessly. You know, just in case you woke up this morning and had an 'I hate everything in my wardrobe' moment.

The Upper East side Socialite has been frequently spotted cleverly layering her favourite wardrobe pieces; shirts and poncho/boxy style jumpers, and an oversized fur gilet thrown over blazers & tweed jackets.
Since we know she always gets photographed styled to perfection (this girl just can't help it), I guess we ought to take note that the key essentials for this Winter's wardrobe is a handful of basics that you can re-work with other items in your wardrobe already finished off with a great bag.

Key OP Winter Pieces: Leather mix jacket, Tweed jacket, leather leggings (by Daryl K), Skinny jeans, Skinny flares, Over the knee boots in leather and suede, Black jumpers (Zadig & Voltaire). This girl has so many bags that I simply cannot keep up!

Love this cape/pocho shaped knitted jumper by Vince, with a shorter sleeve, there's room for layering over shirts or lighter pieces. I got really distracted & started oogling every bit of knitwear on Vince's site... so many gorgeous pieces!

OP at the Milk Studios in Tweed jacket and oversized Gilet and denim kick flares - What's not to love about this outfit. Love the play on textures!

Queen of black with an eclectic twist; leopard lace up booties & gorgeous bag. Adoring this leather contrast jacket.

Undeniably chic and total winner of an outfit. Everything about it rocks! A great coat and bag covers a multitude of sins and  looks great even if what you're wearing underneath is your PJ top! ;)

Hello chunky gold bracelet & khaki skinnies? I've seen you before many times and hello mega shopper! Looks familiar doesn't it??? I'll tell you where it's from if you don't know already. Olivia does highstreet and designer outfit mixes like no other.

Ok, I pulled some simple pieces off a few sites, paying homage to Miss Palermo - these are truly bargainous of course!

Buy it here.

Buy it Topshop pair here, River Island here & MMM pair here.

You can get some really fantastic faux leather leggings and trousers at the moment, the Maison Martin Margiela at H& M pair are a real leather though. As much as I'd love to rock a pair, sadly I don't they'd look good on me, oh well a girl can dream!

images of Olivia Palermo via various sources from: here, to Pinterest & Zimbio

You can buy the Zara jumper here & shopper here

If you don't quite fancy the Zara price tag, I found an alternate structured shopper by Boohoo at £25 here. I'm still obsessing over Accessorize's Winter collection of day bags too - all of which don't cost an arm or a leg, via here.

So, how do you feel about your Winter wardrobe pieces now, bet there's a few killer items that you can layer, mix with different textures/print, just remember to get the proportions right. It's all about re-purposing your wardrobe staples loves!

What are your go-to items that you wear and re-wear with different pieces all the time? 

Have a brilliant week! Καλή εβδομάδα!

x.o.x.o

Celebrity Blog Reads

With our celeb obsessed culture it's not surprising just how many celebs had jumped on the blogging bandwagon or had their style websites... really, as if there aren't enough blogs popping up every minute to devour?

Anyhoos, in case you're lacking in the reading or inspirational department I've picked out a few favourites:

Lauren Conrad's Beauty site - The Beauty Department and also her lifestyle, fashion & beauty website - is there anything this girl can't do?

What's not to love about a little education - the layout, graphics and info are all straightforward & fab. My personal faves are the nail posts.

 via The BeautyDepartment.com

Zooey Deschanel - I just love this lady, her site Hellogiggles.com set up with two other friends is sheer brilliance, a site that literally covers everything from how-to's, fashion, beauty, cuteness, books, interiors, entertainment, food... See, everything! Zooey's personal tumblr blog is super fun too.

via Zooey's tumblr blog

My fave Upper East Side socialite, Olivia Palermo has a fab lifestyle, fashion & travel blog, here. I don't think i'll ever get sick of her style - she totally owns it & is the epitome of chic.

image via here

For a bit of style, I love Ashley Madekwe from my fave show, Revenge has a personal style & beauty blog - Ring my Bell.

She may be the perfect super-mum, love her or hate her, Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle website Goop always dishes out some informative articles/newsletters too based on 'make, go, see, do, get & be'.

I also love the queen of cray-cray glam fashion - Anna Dello Russo, her website is just spectacular spectacular.

Are there any other faves who inspire you guys? The IFB has the down-low on 'The Business of  celebrity blogging' including how some of these celeb sites are produced here.

Celebs I didn't know had their own site/blog:
Kim Kardashian - all you KK lovers, her blog is here.
Another reality TV star & now fashion designer, Whitney Port's website

Images sourced via mentioned sites unless stated otherwise.

Socialite Chic: Olivia Palermo

I have long admired this young Park Avenue Princess' style before she graced us with her presence on MTV's 'The City'. Despite being called atrocious things, having a so-called (really bad) reputation, poor work ethics and being a wee bit on the whisper-thin side, this girl knows how to work It-Girl Chic.

Her wardrobe may be littered with designer dash but that doesn't stop the New York's budding style icon from picking up key pieces from high street brands such as Zara, American Apparel, Aldo, Kurt Geiger & Topshop.


I'm amazed at how incredibly & impeccably sophisticated she dresses for someone so young, (she is a socialite after all...so I wouldn't really expect anything less) but it's cool that she mixes this grown up elegance with a bit of a downtown edge.
I suppose anyone growing up on the 'New York state of mind' diet can only exude confidence, look strikingly polished & groomed, with not a hair out of place.

Olivia's Key wardrobe pieces:

• Jewelled or sequin jackets (Do I spot Zara here?)
  
• Blazers - all kinds
• Khaki military jacket
• LBD's galore
  
• Sky scraper heels (favouring YSL Tribute)/shoe boots/metallic brogues (-Sergio Rossi)
  
• Leather pull on leggings (Daryl K) & the shiny Nylon American Apparel style
• Silk harem style trousers (Zara)
  
• Cute Shorts
• Vintage finds
  
• Bold accessories/chunky necklaces/large cocktail ring, belts cinched at the waist
• Oversized bag (Birkin)/Clutch
• Colours: Nude tones, pops of yellow, monochrome & grey

Somehow, I can't help but think that she reminds me a little of Blair Waldorf's character in Gossip Girls in the first two pictures above...

I do wonder though, had she not had the privileged upbringing and not lived in New York, would her style be more playful and fun? What would she do on a different kinda budget? Imagine...

images via: Hot Cake Fashion, Elle UK, Olivia Palermo fashion, Style.com

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