Christmas & New Year is coming! WOW! I can’t believe that one year is almost passed! On the other hand, I am so happy for the festival season too! A lot of gatherings, a lot of parties, a lot of great food… hmmm… these all means a lot of occasions to show off how beautiful we are, isn’t it?

Have you figured out your Christmas wardrobe yet? It is also a GREAT opportunity to step up in terms of womens fashion. Our editor picked a few examples to show different personalities or occasions -

Black Halo Off the Shoulder Jackie O Dress

Classic black beauty! This off-shoulder plissé dress gives you a draped, asymmetrical neckline. Sexy slit at front.  Together with a slim high heels, you are confident to walk into any lively parties.

findersKEEPERS Magic Bus Dress

Want something more casual & lively? Try this Lobster Splash Print chiffon dress — single-button keyhole at the scoop neck.  Highlighted with the elastic banding at waist.  Peek-a-boo, contrast slip lining.  Get your hair done, with a bit dramatic jewelry, and cool wedges, you will definitely turn heads!

Monrow Cap Sleeve Scooped Back Dress
Something more eclectic? — With very contrast colors, this formfitting print jersey dress will add much more personalities to any gathering that you are attending.  Great with single color high heels.

Get excited! Get warmed up! For the Christmas 2012, we are enjoying the fashion galore!

Last time in Europe was end of summer, from end of Aug to end of September for a month. All the hotels we booked were over $100 per night as an average rate since we didn’t want to be too faraway from city center.

This time we planned to stay in Europe for about 3 months and drive around, which put quite some pressure to find accommodation. One positive thing is we drive, so we have no need to stay in the center of the city, which opens more windows for further options. I tried to search websites to book hotels, but the result was not so appealing. From a TV program, we found out AirBnB, which provides a platform for people who list their own properties to travelers as B & B to earn extra cash, and for travelers to stay in local people’s home – can be private apartment, shared house or even boats… the price sometimes can be half price of the hotel in the same area. The most fascinating thing is you got to see the real local style, where local people live, where they eat, where they talk gossips.

The booking process is not that complicated, we just browsed the well designed website, like you booking hotels, you put in your travel destination, dates, etc. then you can browse the list. See the description, see the host profile and importantly, other guests’ reviews, which proved to be helpful for our decision making. Then you can send some request to the host, confirm the dates, get rid of your doubts then pay.

So far we have been travelling for almost 2 months, 80% of time we stayed at homes from AirBnB hosts & we had great experiences. Although from time to time, we might encounter some problems, such as the address was not too clear, etc. but I could testify the pros are definitely much bigger than cons. Over the time, we also learned a lot how to deal with the hosts, what questions to ask, what should prepare before arrival.

Check out some of the places we stayed –

Paris, France

View from the Balcony, Paris

Rested well allowed us to enjoy the beautiful views in Paris

Munich, Germany

Our stay in Landshut, not far from Munich

Beautiful View from the hill in Landshut, Germany

Of course we had time to visit Munich for Oktoberfest!!!

Switzerland

The beautiful apartment we stayed in Switzerland

Beautiful Lucerne, Switzerland

Belgrade, Serbia

One of my favorites in Belgrade, Serbia

Lovely View from our Balcony in Balgrade, Serbia

Amalfi Coast, Italy

We stayed at an older style unit in Minori, Amalfi Coast

Mesmerized in the amazing View of Amalfi Coast

Rome, Italy

We stayed in the slick unit with lovely view outside Rome - 15 mins train ride to the center

Roman Forum - beautiful beautiful weather

Our travel is continuing, and we already booked some more accommodations with AirBnB hosts. Can’t wait to see more areas and taste of local culture.

If you are planning your next trip, why not give AirBnb a go? You can also be a wonderful host to rend out your unit or room! A of of fun, for sure!

I always feel that it’s a blessing that we live in such a beautiful world with so much colors… blue sky, white cloud, red cherries, green leaves, yellow lemons… and we human can make even more colors… for everything around us…

Inspired by this thought, I started collecting colorful items around us… to celebrate the wonderful creation…

Full Color Necklace

Blueberry Jelly & Strawberry Jelly Cup Cakes

Colorful Yummy Sugar Cookies

French Cancan Dancing

Colorful Platform Heels

Colorful Scarf + Makeup

this post will be updated regularly once I find other great images… please come back from time to time…

Let me know what you think and share your great image with us too…

Juicy couture has been always loved by young girls or women with a younger heart, the brand is gaining popularity each year.  People are checking out each other to see if their bags or pants has the crown logo printed on them.

Juicy Couture resort 2013 collection is pushing the brand to a higher level and a bit different direction – The colors are not just various different combination anymore.  Juicy Couture girl is growing up as we see her – you can see from the images below that the new president of the label decided to push Juicy girl over the limit, still fun, still lovely, still playful – but add in more flirty femininity to the design.

From reduced color combination, using the romantic material, to the big contrast of the long maxi dress with leather jacket, and the beautiful print and accessories… Juicy Couture has brought us the ultimate chicness and you can’t decide which one to choose because so many options.

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Scorching summer, on the beach… playing with waves & sipping cocktail… what a life!  Apart from sexy bikini, swimwear, another must have is the cover up. 

IF you are not 100% confident about your body shape, cover-up can help you easily… you only need to expose your body when you jump into the water.

If you are 120% confident about your body, but sometimes try to cover some & be ‘illusive’, cover-up is the best choice. Easy to put on and take off, sometimes you look even with some cover on and flash off your beautiful body from time to time.

There are millions of designs for cover ups and they are so easy to wear and also compliment to your body.

Vix Swimwear Macau Lina Caftan Cover Up

Most common cover ups as caftan. This print silk cover up features a V neck, thin strap at the back with Gold beads at drawstring waist ties.  Simple & straight forward.

Mara Hoffman Macrame Dress

This Ivory color scoop-neck macramé cover-up dress features fringe at the scalloped bottom hem.  If you like the mermaid look, get this one!

Shoshanna blue and white striped jersey cover-up romper

Another popular style for cover up – the romper.  easy to put on and go anywhere with ease.

Marc by Marc Jacobs Merida Striped Cover Up Dress

Cover ups can be quite romantic. his striped Marc by Marc Jacobs trapeze dress features metallic banding at the scoop neck, racer back, and armholes. Asymmetrical hem adds more sexy appeal

Diane von Furstenberg New Krystle Cover Up

Maxi dress or long cover up are quite in at the moment, especially if you want to cover more or show off you height.  This linen cover-up features a metal V inset at the bust. Topstitching at waist and inverted pleat at front.  You can even wear it to the evening party on the beach or at the resort… Enjoy!

Browse and buy beach cover ups at summerme.com

Like summer – summer means millions of beautiful summer dresses, sandals, beach, water,  eating ice cream without feeling guilty, olive colored skin and so many cool things… 

Although the heat sometimes is unbearable, we can still find way to escape and have fun in summer! It’s Sunday today, we decided to go out to the aquarium for a spin then have afternoon tea.  What should I wear?

Here is the final mix & match – based on the summer color and a bit vintage feel:

Summer Weekend Outfit Suggestion

1. Mint Floral Vest Dress
Sleeveless mint floral print vest dress – the pretty print is vintage modern feel, body hugging cut add even more feminine flavour into it.

2.Royal Blue Quilt Bracelet
This unique bracelet is one of my favorite –  Cool quilted Lucite with diamond-shaped charms and crystals, it’s an ultra-chic addition to any outfit.

3. Joie Let’s Go Crazy Woven Wedges
These leather slides feature a woven upper and stud details at the footbed. The color nicely match the floral dress.  Wooden platform & wedge heel give you height but not discomfort.
4. Rachel Zoe Charlotte Envelope Clutch
Similar color with the wedges, this snake-embossed leather clutch features a logo plate at the front flap and metal accents at the corners. Just to add a little bit of wildness to the entire outfit.

I feel so good and hope you have a lovely Sunday too!  Ciao!

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Hi all, hope you had a wonderful weekend… anything exciting? I bet you must have had a lot of fun.  Bought any new dresses?  LOL

It was scorching hot last weekend… one girl friend ask me to go afternoon tea with her plus some ‘bonus’ shopping.  I was not sure if I would call that a ‘bonus’, spending money on drinks, taxi and potential goods in the hot hot hot afternoon… hmmm.  At least there was air-con everywhere, so not too bad.

We had a great time.  And you know what? My girl friend and a lot of passerby  kinda of gave me heaps of compliment on my outfit, which made me quite happpppy.

I will show you what outfit I worn last weekend and show you where to get them.

Dress – French Connection Harmony Beaded Dress

French Connection Harmony Beaded Dress

Hot weather, so the dress was Mini & white color dress. There is beading to the chest and back,  which is the best part that I love about this mini dress.

Sandals – ASOS FREESTYLE Leather Sandals with Toe Post

Freestyle Leather Sandals

Walk around shopping should wear flat sandals, to compliment with my white dress and pearl color bag, I chose this pair of brownish leather sandals with twisted main & a toe post design.  Very comfortable, simple and stylish.

T0te Bag – Ri2K Kingsley Leather Bag

Ri2K - Kingsley Leather Bag

I like this tote bag. Soft grainy leather with  two rolled handles,  easy to carry and big enough to put in all my ‘rubbish’.  haha.

I got them all on ASOS.  all together about $200 ish, so quite nice.

Get more summer styles, refer to summeme.com, more brands and more options.

One of my dear gal friends whinged to me today – “how should I pick the swimsuit? my bottom is getting bigger… but not the nice big, it’s big big…” My advice to her is “if you don’t want to show to others, just cover it”.

Simply put – wear the skirted swimsuits.

Seafolly Skirted One Piece Swim Suit

Seafolly Skirted One Piece Swimsuit

Seafolly swimwear features a sweetheart neckline with moulded cups and adjustable, spaghetti style straps, and a skirted, ruffle detail – simple, clean, fun and sexy

ASOS Skirted Swimsuit

Swim Skirt - ASOS

Ruched detail swimsuit skirt features a plunge neckline and a deep scoop back, with wide shoulder straps, ruching to the body, and a low waisted frill skirt to the hips – covers everything that you don’t want others to see, only leaving the beauty.

Red Or Dead Scallop Skirted Turquoise Swimsuit

Scallop Skirted Swimsuit - Red or Dead

Tired of dark color? How about this lovely skirted swimsuit – featuring a contrast print design, scoop neckline with braided trim, self-tie halterneck straps, and a flared skirt design from the waist.  Be careful not to be burnt by all the men!

Freya Bardot Skirted Brief

Freya Bardot Skirted Brief

If you think what you have seen don’t cover enough, how about this skirted bikini briefs? It features an all over graphic floral pattern in a single colourway, drawstring ruching to the sides, and a skirted panel to the front and back – big enough to cover your so-called ‘big bottom’, but full of femininity…

Look for more swim skirts for women, click HERE.

If you need Skirtini,  can also take a look of the broad selection from theswimwearblog.com.

From Red or Dead, you can see what eclectic British Design is.  Oh yeah, trust me. 

Red or Dead

A unique, daring and accessible British brand with a healthy attitude, whose cutting edge design and innovative approach set a great standard for the industry. And No, not everything from Red or Dead is red.

Red or Dead started by couple Wayne Andrew Hemingway and Gerardine Hemingway in 1982. They emptied their wardrobes and sold them on market and by the end of the year, they had 16 stalls.  With shipments of second-hand clothing and footwear being brought in from all over the world.

Footwear becomes a major force at Red or Dead – firstly old stock of 1950s and 1960s canvas, then canvas sourced from the Far East.  They stared opening shops across the UK, like the bamboo sprouts after the rain — Red or Dead won the British Fashion Council’s inaugural Street Style Designer of the Year Award in 1995, their design are bold, sassy, unique, individulistic, desinger’s inspiration came from everywhere - controversial reality, certain era, pop culture.  In Year 2010, Red or Dead consolidated all its products– clothing, footwear, bags, swimwear, sunglasses and hosiery in one advertising campaign with the inspiration by Vladimir Tretchikoff’s Chinese Girl.  Last year, 2011, Red or Dead launched two more product categories in the guise of printilicious fashion bicycles with iconic Brit brand Raleigh and launched its first ever fragrance ‘Release Me’ with ‘lost in a maze’ inspired campaign.

Among all, I personally prefer Red or Dead swimwear.  They look simple, but you feel they have a lot to say.  This summer, they proudly released Rescue Me cheekily printed retro inspired swimwear, featured by many fashion magazines. Glamorous figure shaping styles and splashing colour to flatter everybody…

Touristy Bandeau Swimsuit

Scallop Swimsuit

Scallop Triangle Bikini Set

Bridge Cut Out Swimsuit

Find more Red or Dead, browse through summer collections.

So excited about what we found today -  purple always represent mysterious, illusive and sexy…

Purple Fever - dress, heels, purse

Purple Strap Back Dress
Ribbed ponti strap back bodycon  purple dress – Give your body a nice hug, the straps add more layers to the design, not complex, but sophisticated.

ASOS HAMPTON Platform Colour Blocked Heeled Sandals
This platform sandals features a colour block main, multi strap design, a peep toe, an ankle strap, with a pin buckle fastening, a platform sole, and a chunky block heel, in a suede effect finish.  Dynamic colors can suit multiple occasions, easy to go with different mix & match.

ASOS Mini Metallic Quilted Cross Body Bag
Want extreme purple?  Go with this purple mini cross body bag… sexy, agile like bond girls.

Gold Glitter Valorie Clutch
Want something more classic? Try this Luxe clutch which in fine, pure gold leather and cotton/PVC – A covetable cocktail essential – elegant and go with the sandals smooth.

Find more cool and passionate summer dresses, explore summerme!