STYLE HAWKING

Hawking: The act of hunting down the perfect article of clothing or accessory to complete your outfit.

New Year, new dress and new resolutions

· NYE

When I started writing this post, I was going to list all the cute dresses you could buy for New Year’s Eve. Instead, I wanted to highlight this one dress and talk about the year ahead. This time of the year is so overwhelming with shopping, sales and gifts. It’s nice to just keep things simple. The perfect little black dress (LBD) is something so timeless and effortless and will fit right into whatever NYE plans I have (or don’t have). This past year has had some very high points and extremely low ones too. I am looking forward to resetting my intentions for 2018 and starting the new year.

First things first, this LBD. Paper Crown has such a feminine and sophisticated style when it comes to their clothes. I was fortunate enough to work with them again this year and selected this little black number to wear to some upcoming holiday celebrations. To be honest, I don’t exactly have any “official” plans, but even if that means I will be staying at home and drinking Champaign with my neighbor at midnight, I am dressing up and doing it right!

The theme of the moment that I keep coming back to is, keeping things simple. Maybe I am getting older, but it is also a reflection on how so many things have changed this past year and forced me to simplify my life.

Which brings me to my second part of this post. I have had what seems like the craziest year of my life. Getting laid off, taking time to not work and do yoga every day, and decide that I was willing to pursue blogging full-time and take a waitressing job to pay the bills. Was all this transition easy? No. There was a constant feeling of anxiety and stress about what was going to happen next. Things have mellowed out a bit and I have settled into somewhat of a routine. However, I still find myself searching for something bigger that will bring me into the next chapter of my life. I took the second half of this year to decompress and figure this out, but still haven’t found what that thing is.

Well, the end of the year is her, so I am forced to start fresh and set some intentions for how I want 2018 to look. I have set some amazing resolutions in 2018 to detox and help me pave a path to what will hopefully lead to what I should do with my life. For now, I am going to put on my LBD and celebrate the good, the bad, and ring in the new year!

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Photography by Buffett Photography

Keeping things simple this holiday

· simple style

This holiday season, I am trying to keep things simple. For once, my family is actually going to follow the “no gift” rule… We will see how that goes. This time of the year can be so rushed, busy and cramped with events, but it goes by so fast and I tend to get so stressed about everything going perfectly, that I stop to actually enjoy it. The holidays are about family and giving thanks. So I decided that this year, I wanted to keep things simple with gifts and family, but also with my life and my closet.

A few months ago I cleared out my entire closet and gave away half of everything I owned. Was it hard? Absolutely. How did I feel after? Completely lost and anxious. After the anxiety faded away, I felt a huge sense of relief! Relief from all my stuff that I though I needed. All the stuff that I thought defined me. I learned that you can simplify and still be yourself. Keeping things easy and simple allowed me to clear all the clutter from my head and my closet and give space to those things that truly mean something to me.

I don’t have a beautiful walk-in closet, so actually being able to see all my clothing that I “hand picked” and decided to keep, can be seen and worn! Now, that does’t mean I will totally give up shopping. I mean, I am a fashion blogger and I truly have a passion for clothing. But it does help me to sort out what I need verses what I want.

To bring this back to fashion, which is why you come and visit my site. Sometimes you have to keep things simple when getting dressed and picking out your outfits. Wearing all black or shades of black can make the perfect outfit. I bet you already have some of these items in your closet that you can pick out, so no need to go purchase more black (although, you can never have too much black).

With that I invite you to try simplifying your life and taking some time this holiday season to stop and smell the cookies, enjoy your family and not focus too much on your outfit. Just keep it simple.

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Photography by Buffett Photography

 

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