This year has been quite a journey both personally and style wise. If you have been following me for some time I was initially known for wearing lots of color and this year I’ve embraced neutrals full force.
Don’t get me wrong, I love color. I still wear it and very much attracted to it all but there is just something about a monochromatic neutral look that I cannot resist.
A few weeks back while I was in Utah I manage to wear this cozy multi textured monochrome fit to Tunnel Springs Park and not get anything on it.
Can I get a round of applause?!
I love this outfit because it’s not only giving ranch owner vibes but I genuinely got to enjoy wearing it without dying of heat because Utah’s weather was just parfait.
Needless to say, wear what you little fashion heart desires and you can love color and neutrals simultaneous, don’t fight me on this. You’ll lose.
Am I standing outside my Italian lakeside villa or am I on the side of the street in Avondale…
I’ll never tell.
Okay, maybe I will. Truth is, I’m definitely not in Italy but thought this was the prettiest little setting for this colorful fall look from Anthropologie.
I love wearing knits in different unexpected ways and this colorful, pleated knit midi is definitely giving. I paired it with this twist front shimmer tank and major platforms (that are currently on sale by the way, majorly).
I’m having major FOMO right now with everyone enjoying their best Fall lives; so I’m thinking of planning a trip somewhere to escape the southern heat.
Where do you think I should go and where this darling knit ‘fit?
I see you all in your sweaters and boots, frolicking in pumpkin patches and kicking up golden foliage and I get it – we’re in Fall.
But I can’t fake the funk. It’s still so hot!
Living in Florida, I won’t have the chance to enjoy cooler weather for a few more months. So today’s look is a spin on typical autumnal fashion featuring pieces that with a little bit of styling, make the perfect warm weather Fall look.
The Shirt Dress
This shirt dress is made of a thick non stretch woven Oxford that gives this A line dress a bit more structures while remaining easy to wear.
The Bootie
Booties are an all season style of footwear that makes it simple to style a Fall look. These suede booties were a great investment I got last year but here are plenty similar styles currently available.
The Hat
A hat is essential to give you Fall vibes in steamy weather.
My favorites are from Lack of Color and I recently added a new one to my collection. The Benson Tri in Beige is classically constructed with a tall triangular crown with a beautiful velvet trim at the base.
The neutral color is light enough to not give your winter vibes but the wool material is textured enough where it works for Fall.
Hope these featured pieces help you get a little creative with your warm weathered Fall.
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So I know it’s been awhile since you’ve heard from me and honestly I didn’t know how to jump right into creating content again.
Current world events on top of what was already happening in my world sent me over the edge.
I have good days and bad days. I’m always thankful for the good days.
I’m sharing in today’s post a caption that I wrote on Instagram. So even though I may be smiling, laughing or have it together, know that I am not.
My name is Thamarr and I feel things intensely. 𝘈𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦.
So much so that when all these different feelings would flood into me, the only way to sort through and understand them was to write it out in the pages of my journal.
There I was, in my room, with all my intense, mountainous feelings spilling over onto the lined pages of my composition notebook.
Along with my feelings in written form, these pages were often soaked with my tears.
Sometimes I wish I didn’t feel so intensely.
It would save me a lot of energy, if I didn’t love so much. Save me a lot of sleepless nights, if I didn’t care so much. And overall, have a better sense of general well being if I didn’t have to live with the lingering chronic unease I have in my chest when I see racism, injustice, corruption, discrimination, and inequality.
Recent events have sent my intense feelings into overdrive.
I’m flooded with images of lifeless Black bodies and so many layered emotions that trigger more trauma and emotions. It makes sorting through it all so very complicated, to the point I feel as if I’m literally drowning.
𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺?
The feelings becoming visceral, spilling over into my dreams when I sleep and ready to crash and consume me when I wake.
Past traumas, once blurry and unhealed, comes right into focus and made crystal clear. I can’t look away. I can’t feel it away.
The funny thing is, just like that, I will have a moment of peace, of hope and feel really light.
I honestly don’t know why it happens the way it does was but I thanked God for the moment of respite. It happened to me yesterday morning towards the end of my shift at the hospital.
It honestly felt as if God was like, “Girl, just give it all to me. Give me all of your burning hurt, the rage, the doubt and hopelessness you’re feeling so intensely right now. 𝘐 can take it.”
Because yesterday was the first day in a long time where I didn’t have that intense feeling of unease in my chest (and the first time l felt inspired to write.)
With this extra time in quarantine I’m learning a lot about myself – the good and the bad. How about you?
I’m learning what I want and don’t in a potential partner, what irritates me for no reason at all, what sparks light and joy and skills I never knew I had.
I’m also learning of the things I’ve taken for granted like making plans and keeping them.
As much as I am a social butterfly I’d relish the time I have by myself and often times wouldn’t be hung up over plans that ended up getting cancelled. We’d always make plans for another time, right?
“I’d rather be by myself,” I would say.
Oh, how the tables have turned.
I can’t even believe that was once true. I wish I wasn’t by myself at this point.
I miss social interaction much like everyone else right now and I plan on not taking it for granted once we’re past this thing.
Things changed so quickly and honestly my mood and emotions do to. Day by day.
So I totally get it, universe. Major lesson learned.
What have you been doing with your extra time?
In the meantime I’m learning how to mix cocktails. I think I getting pretty good. Maybe I will share some tips and tricks in another post. Would you be interested in that? Let me know in the comments below.
This look was one from my last photoshoots pre-quaratine life. Can’t wait to wear it again for a IRL get together with friends.
It’s crazy to think that the photos in today’s post were taken just a few short weeks ago while on a mini girls’ Day Trip in Orlando.
My friends and I wanted to get out of Jacksonville and just see something different. So we hit the road and made good use of a full day.
We ventured to the cutest coffee shops, local eateries and did a little shopping.
It was such a good day. It wasn’t a big to-do. Just got my girls together and hopped in the car. It was just so much fun driving around and getting lost.
We found the most amazing vine wall near the Rifle Paper Co. and it proceeded to then be the location for a mini photoshoot.
Shortly after this trip, our world changed. Social distancing has become our new normal with many states under a “stay-at-home” executive orders.
Schools are closed, proms and graduations canceled. People are losing their jobs and people are hoarding toilet paper. I never would have thought this would be our new reality just a few short weeks after this trip.
I can’t help but miss my old problems in a pre-Covid-19 world. But I am thankful for my health, family and my job (even though it’s super scary right now to be a nurse on the front lines.)
When this is all over I won’t take for granted getting to hug my mom, or meet together to study the Bible or go on a day trip for a change of scenery with my girlfriends.
I never been able to shop at the same places as my girlfriends that were smaller than me and I think it’s attributed to why I don’t like shopping in brick and mortar establishments.
Over the years, the phrases, “We can order it for you online at no charge.” or “We only carry our main range in store.” I’ve been groomed to become an online only shopper. How could I love the in store experience when I was constantly denied it.
I’ve become accustomed to shopping online because it’s “easier” for me and subsequently every brand that decided to dip their toes in the plus size fashion world.
It’s as if brands are saying ‘we want your fat money just not your fat bodies in our stores.’ It’s better for everyone involved (mostly for the brand, not us, the fat consumer) to be kept out of the view and sequestered to the internets.
I have yet to experience a full on fabulous shopping experience when shopping till I went into a an Anthropologie that carried their plus range. When you walk into an Anthropologie with plus sizes — the shopping experience is elevated because for once you feel catered to rather than neglected.
I’ve been a lover of @Anthropologie for the longest time but this past year it’s been especially nice to be able to shop one of my favorite brands in styles and designs I wished at one time were made for me.
Anthropologie launched their extended size range last March online and a few select locations across the country. I only hope it will expand to all of their retail stores. I want every fat girl to feel the way I did when I shopped there.
As a fat consumer I’m cautious where I spend my money.Are brands extending their sizing really invested in me as a consumer?
Is the brand really giving it a fair go when producing plus size designs?
Is the content and production quality equal to their main size range?
Are the measures to promote their extended sizes evident that they truly want fat consumers shopping their brand?
For me, it’s so key to be able to see bodies like mine in brand campaigns.
Ever since launching #APlusAnthropologie last March @anthropologie in my opinion has done a phenomenal job in not only creating beautiful designs with campaigns featuring plus size models but using visibly plus size influencers in partnerships and featuring bigger bodies on their Instagram feed.I Stan!
I hope you’re inspired to dress fearlessly regardless of your size because happy and confident girls of all sizes) are the prettiest.
As I am sure you all have seen, I’ve recently been raving about Macy’s on my Instagram Stories and how it’s my go-to department store for the latest styles in plus. This summer I’m staying cool in this City Chic dress! Not only is the heat and humidity rising outside, but the brand’s styles that are available at Macy’s are fire (insert flame emoji!) Continue reading “Summer in City Chic”
