Boho Threads & the grace of Yellow Tulips

Last week, it was warm. WARM, I tell you!! I seized the day, truly, and wore a new dress by Stella McCartney via Bergdorf Goodman. My favorite designer and my favorite store. How can this be? You know I am a thrifty girl. Later on that.

This is a dress that beckons the wind and says "Take me to the Beach!".

Well I wanted to comply, but real life sometimes gets in the way of the conversation( between me and my wardrobe). I did find a quiet spot, so rare in Manhattan, and enjoyed two resplendent patches of yellow tulips.

My raffia bag by Mar Y Sol is the perfect beach companion. It is also good for shopping outings and picking flowers. Did you know tulips are my very favorite flower?

I find the perfect flower and what happens? The wind kicks up, puffing up my sleeves and waistband. My skirt is held still by the beach bag. My hair gets tossed, and I feel as if I am near the beach, while I am just on an island. The island of Manhattan!

Summer is so close I can almost smell the salt in the air. And yet last night it snowed and today was windy and frigid.

The spinning carousel of weather, it turns and whirls.

Outfit details: embroidered dress via Bergdorf Goodman, sold out, but available here. Mar Y Sol Capri bag via eBay, available here. T strap sequined sandals here. Note: my dress is a children's 12, which is why it looks small in the link. It goes up to a 14 which will fit a size 2-4. Emerald Bracelets via KC Signatures.

By shopping in the children's department, I saved a mint!

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I realize that many can not or will not wear children's clothes. Here are some picks of other embroidered peasant dresses that I love.

From FarFetch:

Also from FarFetch :

From Zulily.com

This last dress would look gorgeous with my Capri bag by Mar Y Sol !

Happy Wednesday Loves! Sending hugs from Manhattan! XX, Elle

Ladies in Red // Blog Love

Happy weekend friends! For this grey and cold weekend I am featuring bright RED, and sending a shout to YourStyleUnzipped.com for including me in their Top Blogger's Valentine's Day feature. I found myself in some rather amazing company! I want to feature two bloggers that were also selected. I hope you find their looks as compelling as I do.

From DressedupDeniz.com. -an amazing red dress . I love the cold shoulder, and Grecian vibe. Oh, and her hair! Check out her post!

Here is Christine Andrew from HelloFashionblog.com in her great, off-the-shoulder red dress. Love the back detail and clean lines., and her heels! How Romantic is this shot! Her site is so well done and she is gorgeous!

And you might remember this shot, which is the one that they featured. How good it was to sit down in such an elegant chair! :)

Please see the whole feature for divine red inspiration!. There were other great bloggers that I could not include, that you should check out. Guaranteed to brighten your weekend! Remember to wear red year-round, anytime you want to feel festive, romantic, and stand out. Maybe tonight? :)

Do you wear bright colors when it is dreary outside? What are your weekend plans? Hugs!

xx, Elle @theellediariesnyc

To A Peaceful New Year

This has been a tumultuous, headline driven year. It is easy to forget the million upon millions of individual acts of kindness that weave our societies into strong places. It is my wish that this year bring a more peaceful sensibility, and that we, as individuals, do not get so mesmerized by our devices that we lose perspective.

I plan to celebrate quietly in a festive dress -just a date night with hubby. My jeweled tone dress is In part influenced by a recent reading of Glenda Harrison's first novel, A place Called Peace. This well written book put me in the best possible emotional space to celebrate the New Year. Below, in the photo collage of the book, you will see that I inadvertently - ?- dressed in the color scheme and theme, even, of Glenda's book cover.

From my Amazon review of A Place called Peace:

This is a compelling and insightful novel, written in a frank and moving way. Glenda K. Harrison takes on difficult subject matter with a deft hand. She explores the relationship between siblings, children, and parents. I do not want to give much away, but Glenda also delves into the the hot button issue of what is like to feel "less than".

Glenda paints her story in the stages of a butterfly's metamorphosis, and does so so assiduously , that you feel like you have taken the journey with her. She travels from stage to stage, accepting some hurtful memories, and uses them, at last, to achieve her true potential.

A metaphor like this could be trite in the hands of someone not as gifted as Glenda, but Glenda dazzles, as the story culminates in a blissful moment of clarity and transformation. This is the way to start a New Year!

A collage of her book cover:

Can you see it now? I am all set to embark upon this New Year decked out in festive colors, hopeful that this coming year brings inner peace and worldwide harmony, or at least a shift in the wind, that leads towards a change in that direction.

Read and follow Glenda's inspiring and one a kind blog, So What to Twenty . Many of you may know and follow Glenda already, but if you do not, treat yourself to a brilliant stylist, with a one of a kind approach to fashion. On her blog you can find a prompt to buy her book!

Photo Credit: Tahj Snow