Saturday, September 8, 2012

F/W '12 - '13 Trend Report: Peplum

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1st row (from left to right):
  1. Bottega Veneta
  2. Antonio Berardi
  3. Burberry Prorsum

2nd row (from left to right):
  1. Elie Saab
  2. Mary Katrantzou
  3. Alice + Olivia
The peplum trend made its appearence again after years and years only to bring back a purely feminin, sexy, ladylike silhouette to the modern era. We saw it loom the catwalk during Spring/Summer 2012 and it definitely found its way into the Fall collections, and came to life through coats, skirts, dresses, tops, even pants.  It's nice to see a trend more woman-friendly, taking as back in a different time but in a still fashion-forward approach. And to those being afraid it might add more volume to the hips, I say that might not actually be a bad thing. It creates an hourglass-like  figure, complementing every female body and accentuating all the right areas.

Below I have created a little set for you fashionistas, to show you how I would incorporate the trend into an outfit for work, shopping, a night out etc. Take a look and hopefully you'll get a few ideas!

Peplum: how to wear it



Dorothy Perkins purple dress
€70 - dorothyperkins.com

River Island nude dress
€63 - riverisland.com

Elizabeth and James metallic top
€260 - net-a-porter.com

Sleeveless shirt
€49 - topshop.com

Alexander Wang panel legging
€390 - barneys.com

Mini skirt
€40 - topshop.com

Madewell flat shoes
€105 - madewell.com

Zara leather shoes
€71 - zara.com

Mango spike shoes
€94 - mango.com

Jane Norman platform sandals
€44 - janenorman.co.uk

Mark cross handbag
€1.545 - barneys.com

Chain bag
€32 - indressme.com

ASOS clutch handbag
€24 - asos.com

Marni flower jewelry
€380 - net-a-porter.com

Jennifer Fisher stud earrings
€200 - barneys.com

Grayce long necklace
€49 - charmandchain.com

Forever 21 jewelry
€10 - forever21.com

Forever 21 dangle earrings
€4,59 - forever21.com

Thank you darlings!
Hope I helped!
xx
Athena

PS: Did you enjoy this trend report? Let me know in the comments below!

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

It's time to begin, isn't it?

So, we all have welcome September and its lighter, still hot, but more bearable weather - I know I'm grateful for that 'cause July and August have been excessively hot here in Greece. And the funny thing is, this time each year, I feel kinda sad and nostalgic, you know, I have that post-summer melancoly but honestly right now, I just don't care. This is my senior year and I'm actually okay with it. I mean, this year will be like a band-aid. You just have to get it over with. The finals are a bit scary but I'll do it like millions of other kids have.

And when this year's over, there are AWESOME things ahead of me. The most significant of all: September 2013, I am going to NYC for the first time ever. It's gonna be like a graduation gift. I can't wait for that. In fact I'm thinking about creating a vlog channel on youtube to describe my growing anticipation week by week.Yes, I am THAT excited.

The photos below are taken during the last days of my vacation. I thought they'd fit 'cause the setting gives you an autumn-like feel. This outfit is one of my favorites, seriously I thought I was wearing shorts throughout the whole summer. Summer has been so hot, it was only until recently that I started wearing jeans again. But this pair has been my favorite, I bought it from Pull & Bear - that store has really improved their stuff - and I just love that grunge vibe it has (although I'm not always the one to jump right into anything grunge/goth/rock/edgy that comes out)

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Shirt: H&M
Shorts: Pull&Bear
Wedges: Zara (old)

xoxo
Athena