spring is (it really is) here skirt

a sure sign of my accepting that spring has at long last arrived is my bringing out the cotton garments.

i am wearing the tahiti top (a/w 2013), the outside shirt (s/s barcelona collection) and the fab skirt (s/s sorrento collection) by kaliyana. my boots are the rectangle boot (closed collection) by trippen.

spring cleaning dress

here is my secret to a successful spring wardrobe cleaning: no thinking. if i start thinking (any amount) about all the marvelous ways that i might wear an item of clothing that i haven't worn in at least a year (if not two ... or, in some cases, never), the item will never leave my closet. so ... no thinking. i act on gut instinct alone.

i am wearing the alpen top (a/w helsinki collection), a jumper dress and the tokyo hat (a/w nagano collection) by kaliyana.  my cardi is by lauren vidal (a/w 2013) via kaliyana. i am wearing the rectangle boot (closed collection) by trippen.

inspirations no. 3

can i please (pretty please) be her too! this could be the spring me (whereas the other her could be the winter me).

photo source: kaliyana facebook page (photo by patty maher photography).

inspirations no. 2

can i please (pretty please) be her? winter has returned. winter is horning in on my precious time with spring. come back spring. wherever you are, i could have a bag packed, ready to join you, lickety-split.

photo source: kaliyana facebook page (photo by patty maher photography).

practising what i preach skirt

i am wearing the alpen top (a/w helsinki collection), the pelican top (a/w 2013), the 3d skirt (a/w nagano collection) and the tokyo hat (a/w nagano collection) by kaliyana. my boots are the pluto boot (closed collection) by trippen.

bearer of bad news boots

i never thought of these boots as a perfect (or at least a good or suitable) rain boot. but they are (perfect, good and suitable). the rubber box platform sole ensures that your foot sits above the waterline of some pretty deep puddles!

i am wearing the alpen top (a/w helsinki collection), the hood jacket (s/s 2014), the honolulu skirt (a/w 2013), the sarouel pant (s/s corfu collection) and the tokyo hat (a/w nagano collection) by kaliyana. my boots are the cylinder boot (box collection) by trippen.

jockeying for position skirt

i am wearing the focus jacket (a/w helsinki collection), the 3d skirt (a/w helsinki collection), the aha jacket (s/s barcelona collection), the circle scarf (a/w nagano collection) and the tokyo hat (a/w nagano collection) by kaliyana. my boots are the pluto boot (closed collection) by trippen.