Nothing is more chic than traveling! What better way to have a great trip than helping others along the way. I shall be traveling and helping others this summer in Santiago, Chile. As many of you know, recently a devastating earthquake hit Chile. Although the city’s buildings were built to withstand such acts of nature and the Chilean people are resilient, any helping hand is greatly appreciated. This week’s blog is about all of the wonderful thing that you can do in Chile. While next week’s posting shall describe some of the occurrences of the earthquake and the various ways that you can help.
Great things to do in Santiago, Chile and surrounding areas are: copper mine tours, tours of the Valparaíso port, the many wineries, Chilean universities, and wondering through the town to see what else you can find! Here darlings, I’ll give you a preview of each of these wonderful places!
Bonjour friends! I know I could never attempt to even bother you lazy lizards with another fashion lesson, so I shall keep this week’s post light-hearted and merely an idea that you may incorporate into your life! I hope to inspire you today to partake in something I have recently started: Decorating with vintage album covers! Now, please do not let your mind get too carried away, and think that I am about to convince you to cover every wall of a room in album covers! Oh that would be much too busy to relax in! (But what an accomplishment!) But sprinkling a vintage album cover here and there can add the most delightful splash of color, and even essence of nostalgia!
I came upon this idea when I became totally bored with my iPhone backgrounds. I was tired of the previously-uploaded ones that the phone came with, and the pictures that I had taken myself were becoming less and less interesting. I needed a change, and I somehow though that the colors and feelings of an old record would really brighten my day each time I needed to use my phone (A.K.A. all the time!) But some of you may not be interested in this, so other great places to use old record covers, or even just the print artwork of these would be: on billboards with other photos or knick-knacks, placed on the wall in groups as artwork, inside coffee or other decorative tables that can display objects, or even just placed within a stack of magazines to surprise a house guest looking for something to read!
Here are a few examples of vintage albums that I have used for decoration:
I find that I love album covers even more when I love the band. Steppenwolf, the Who, and Led Zeppelin are a few of my favorite classic rock bands. (Classic rock is chic by the way! Not too main stream! It’s only un-chic when riding on the back of a Harley Davidson in too-tight leather apparel. Dreadful!)
If you are not much of a music person or do not even know where to start, a great place would be to search the 60’s era through 70’s era artwork, or even visit the Fort Worth Modern Museum of Art! What another delightful and chic activity that compliments this fresh idea! Remember living chicly is always about keeping things fresh, lively, and always fun!
You could also look to album covers of today’s artists if you have even more of a modern flare! Surprisingly, even though there is so much distasteful music playing today, there are many great album covers! (Although today, these are compact discs, and are exactly that, much more compact and do not provide as large or significant of artwork as in the past.) But this can be worked around as artists are selling their own posters with their artwork as well! Here are a few example of modern album covers:
Last week, I offered a few delightful suggestions for exercising without sweating. You might have noticed on my last picture that the chic-erblader was wearing a head scarf. How divine! These head scarves have not only been in style for decades, but are still a hot trend right now! Loves, I will show you how great scarves looked decades ago, but also how great they look today! Scarves can be worn around the neck, around the head, or even woven into your hair as an accessory. All are equally delightful, but I will focus on head scarves since this is the epitome of chic and takes some courage to wear! But they just look so fierce once you do!
Look here’s the founder of Chic – Audrey Hepburn in a gorgeous head scarf!
As you can see they look fabulous paired with sunglasses and bold lipstick. (Although both these items should always be worn!) Also, scarves are great for very windy or rainy days to help guard against tousled hair. The video below, which will show you how to construct this great look (do not fret, it is easy!) also gives a great idea of using a scarf to hide less than clean hair. This is great for times when a shower may not be available such as very secluded vacations, camping (heaven forbid), or a mission trip. All great things to be participating in anyways! Go ahead love, watch and learn!
I just love that look! Don’t you? I hope you can try it yourself! Here I’ll show you how I usually wrap my scarves as a headband and also use it to secure my bun. This is a great example for those of you with shorter hair like me, especially since the video focused on longer hair.
See if I can do that with a scarf so can you! Here is a picture of some of my favorite scarves! I think it’s great to have bold, plain, solid, patterned, big, and small scarves! I also have not even touched on winter scarves!
Oh they are just delightful too, but I would much rather prepare you for the summer and having a great beach scarf! In addition to the beach, great places to wear scarves would be shopping, to a brunch, or even to dinner parties. I will warn though like I shared with you earlier about the differences in occasions for chic leisure attire compared to professional attire. I would advise against wearing bright head scarves in a professional setting because they are very stylish for everyday activities, but not dressy enough for weddings or meetings. These sort of events require more professional attire as I addressed earlier (if you missed this posting, be sure to go back and dive right in!)
That is all for this week loves! Go get wrapped up in a scarf! Ciao!
