Fashion Trends - Beach Fashion

Good Morning my friends!!!

 Friday is already here and soon it will be weekend…yeah! It is really hot here in Greece and tomorrow will be 1^stof June so officially Summer is here! The usual problem we have to face with is how ready we are for summer period! And here comes the panic! We have just realised that we have gained a few pounds, gotten out of shape, maybe lost our summer tan. And so what? Keep calm and enjoy the best season of the year with less stress and better mood!

In the warmer, longer, lazier days of summer, the living may not be easy, but your life probably feels less chaotic. Even adults tend to adopt a "school's out!" attitude in summer. And this is what I am suggesting today! Plan your first weekend break by the sea and relax!  Do not think about do’s and don’ts yet!

 I do not know if this also happened to you, but sometimes on my vacation I was enjoying the sea so much that I didn’t go to the house to change clothes and then go to the beach party with my friends. Most of the times I was lucky enough to wear clothes that were perfect matched for such an occasion and of course I could even wear them going out for a drink… without the salt from the sea of course (hahaha).

 A wonderful minimal shirt with a beautiful short pants in summer colors. Combine them with a small handbag in the same colors and simple, adorable accessories in the same shades and you will “rock”. Floral ballerina shoes are always in fashion, trendy and of course comfortable!

1.Shirt/pants 2.Earrings 3.Shoes 4.Handbag

Open your wardrobe and grab your favorite pieces from last years. The trends, the latest fashions may only add a few jazzy colors, few logos and few statements. The trends change, but the base always remain, so do not worry if you haven’t the time yet for upgrading your wardrobe.

Use your creativity to mix up things to get what you want. Use natural tones for a secure result

1.Sandals 2.Beach Bag 3.Beach Towel

or just search for nautical pieces, which are always on trend.

1.Swimmsuit 2.Beach Bag 3.Hat 4.SunGlasses 4.Ring

Just do not forget to always have with you SunGlasses, big towels and of course sun screen lotion!  Stay tuned with Efzin for more summer trend reports and great tips for this summer!

Enjoy your weekend!

P.S. Check more Friday outfits in Estella's blog!!!!


mats mouts

Fashion Trends - Stripes No 2

Last week, Efzin reported on stripe trend, which seems to be in full force this

summer! On a recent walk I spotted so many women wearing black and white stripes,

that I really lost count!

If you still hesitate to follow our tips and wear stripes, you can always become a

prisoner of fashion –in a good way! So, you love the idea of bringing the trend into

your wardrobe in a safer way, and as every budget fashionista knows (especially with

this crisis!!!), trendy accessories are a less expensive and secure choice to add a little

style to what you’ve already got.

Add a graphic note to your outfit simply choosing accessories with multi-colored

or black and white stripes. A scarf, a handbag or a headband is a great way to sport

the striped trend. Moreover, if your fetish is shoes, you can choose a pair of fabric

espadrilles, loafers, or ballet flats with stripe designs.

Finally, the best way to get the striped look is to search for trendy, handmade and

unique jewelry pieces! Delicate post earrings, fabric bangles and statement rings can

complete your wardrobe’s precious collection.

Here are my proposals so as to convince you that we can always stay on trend! I chose

a favorite jumpsuit that can be worn day and night and combined it with handmade

striped accessories from etsy.

Look for an unexpected color combination, like bright green and yellow or orange and

pink 

 Mix them with polka dots and you will be surprised with the result! 

Have fun!

Monday MoodBoard - My Favorite Greece

1. alekaki 2. pergamondo 3. tenderblue  4. polixeni19

My mood today? in blue and white! Today here in Greece we have a national holiday and we celebrate it with parades. The most usual colors in the students' appearance is blue and white, like the sea, the sky and the wind of Greece. 

I live in a beautiful country, with amazing people and great weather! I love having trips all over Greece and especially on Summer. In great islands with gold beaches or in amazing mountains with unique sprouting! I love every single place of my country.

 Agios Nikolaos Crete

 Elounda Crete

 Aigina

 Antipaxi

Santorini

A few of my favorites places and of course my beloved Crete the place I was born. I feel myself lucky to live in such a beauty :)

If you want to check more moodboards, please click on Estella's blog! 

Have a great week!

Fashion Trends – Stripes

Stripes, the most classical and timeless trend and style in fashion for the past years.  Whether horizontal, vertical, diagonal, thin, thick, black and white or in beautiful colors, stripes make a graphic statement, day or night.  Every year of course the use of the stripes is different. For this Spring and Summer chose them in red and black for a nautical style or in white and black but with different accessories depending on the occasion.  You will see showing up in dresses, skirts, blouses, cropped pants, oversized high waist trousers, knit casual tops... and of course in handbags and  shoes!

Use your imagination and create a stripped appearance with beautiful accessories and you will always be in fashion! Unfortunately stripes can look disastrous if not worn in the right way. So who and how can wear stripes?

Tips

-  Horizontal stripes

Perfect for the slim woman that would like to look a bit heavier or more curvy, especially the bold stripes. Horizontal are perfect to add tension to your smallest parts of your body. For example a woman smaller on the bottom can  use a horizontal striped skirt with a monochrome shirt. if you’re heavier on the hips, wear stripes on tops.

- Vertical stripes

 The petite woman can elongate her figure with vertical stripes. If you are petite in height, but on the heavier keep the stripe vertical, and choose a smaller stripe, don't use bold stripes. If your petite and on the thin side a bolder stripe will make you look a bit bigger. 

 - Diagonal stripes
Perfect for all figure types, but are especially wonderful for the plus size women, as well as tall women with boyish figures. The thin figured woman that loves to look even thinner than thin, the diagonal stripe will make you look even thinner than you are. Use clothes with diagonal stripes and “transform” your thin parts to look more curvy. Because of their schema they create an illusion, think of the direction of the stripe as arrow to your best assets.  emphasize  the best!

And now that we have chosen the correct stripes for our figure, let’s see how can we combine them with accessories or colors.

For a day casual but still unobserved appearance use stripes on shirts with monocrhome pants or skirts or shorts and  chain accessories.

1. Necklace  2.Ring  3.Earrings  4.Purse

A beautiful 60’s fashion midi dress with horizontal bold stripes combined with pastel shoes and topcoat will be just adorable for your cocktail appearance, for a coffee or a short walk in the afternoon.  Put the finishing touch with minimal girly accessories in pastel colors , while a floral handbag will make your appearance more girly, romantic and unique! 

1.Hair comb 2.Earrings 3.Bracelet 4.Ring

And for the night… just use a stretched  dress in black and white and use accessories in deep colors like passion red or cobalt blue. You will be definitely the  focal point!

1.Blue ring 2.Blue earrings 3.Blue bracelet 

4.Red earrings 5.Red bracelet 6.Red ring

Stripes are forever...