Fashion Show, Shopping, Tennis, and Champagne

Today I will be enjoying a Mother/Daughter outing here:

PERFECT for Pink & Green Thursday, oui?

Details and a full recap to come... kisses!

Cocktail Culture

What a fabulous weekend it was, and we have lots of catching up to do! To give me time to upload photos from our July 4th festivities, I'll distract you with photos from another fabulous event we attended in June.

Do you all remember the exhibit I told you about at the RIDS museum featuring couture cocktail dresses from Chanel, Dior, and even Lilly Pulitzer? This was such a fabulous exhibit, I simply have to share photos with you! (As many photos as I could snap before politely being asked to refrain from photography... tee hee.)

Arriving at the RISD museum on a gorgeous June day.

At the entrance of the exhibit... I want these prints for the walls of my wardrobing room, pretty please!

First peek into the room... let the swooning begin!

Cocktail Culture. Now this is what I call art!

Vintage couture.

A Lilly shift circa 1969!

The rise of the little black dress... j'adore!

Designer cocktail dresses galore! Oscar de la Renta, Dior, and Chanel, oh my!

Here is the description from the RISD site:

Cocktail Culture: Ritual and Invention in American Fashion, 1920-1980 is the first multi-disciplinary exhibition to explore the social ritual of the cocktail hour through the lens of fashion and design.

Organized by the RISD Museum of Art’s Department of Costume and Textiles, Cocktail Culture features stunning fashion apparel from Balenciaga to Schiaparelli, jewelry, textiles, decorative and fine art, film, photographs, and more. More than 220 objects are included, drawn from the Museum’s vast holdings and loans from other museums and private collections.

Ah-mazing. If you are in the Providence area before July 31st, this is a must-see event!

Play along with Daphne for Semi-Wordless Wednesday too! XOXO

Fireworks, Boats, Barbeques, & Wedding Bells

The long weekend is here, and I am ready for some F-U-N! We have another jam-packed weekend filled with boat trips, fireworks, wedding festivities, and a lobster bake at my in-laws'.

(I saved these photos awhile ago specifically for this holiday weekend, and now I cannot remember where I found them! Photo credits to the fabulous Dust Jacket Attic, perhaps???) Enjoy!

Oh-so glam in red, white, and blue!

Wishing you all the most fabulous July 4th weekend! XOXO

Pink & Green Pondering...

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How is a girl to choose?! I think I NEED both. Kate Spade, you are killing me...

Celebrate Pink & Green Thursday with the gorgeous Trish! XO

Murfee for ME!

Lilly and In the Pink collaborated to create this fabulous custom Lilly toile print filled with everything there is to love about summer in New England!

One word: NEED.

Monday Mania

Happy Monday, darlin's! It has been a whirlwind weekend, and I am finally catching my breath. Husband and I had out-of-town guests staying with us for a wedding Thursday night through Sunday, and we had such fun! Friday, we took them to Martha's Vineyard on our boat to meet friends for lunch. We walked around the island, rode the Flying Horses, indulged in some fudge, and had a lovely boat trip home. After a delicious seafood dinner, we celebrated the night before the big day with the soon-to-be Mr. & Mrs. with some cocktails.

On Saturday, we enjoyed crepes for breakfast and a long walk in town. It was the day of the Homecoming Fair and the streets were packed with tents and booths of vendors. We got some ice cream on the wharf before heading home to get dolled up in our wedding best. The wedding was absolutely gorgeous, and I promise to share photos with you all! We ended the weekend relaxing in one of our favorite harbors where I went swimming for the first time this season... summer is HERE!

Looking forward to catching up with you all soon! XOXO

National Pink Day

Happy National Pink Day, lovelies! Could it be that this may be the happiest day of the year? Let's celebrate my favorite color with some fabulous ladies!

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"I believe in PINK. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles." - Audrey Hepburn

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 "Wear PINK and make the boys wink!" - Lilly Pulitzer

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"Whoever said orange was the new PINK was seriously disturbed." - Elle Woods

Is it a coincidence that National Pink Day happens to fall on Pink & Green Thursday? I think not!

Link up, play along with Trishy, and share the PINK & green love! XOXO

Summer is HERE!

The first day of summer has finally arrived! Yippee! For all you Lilly lovers out there, you know what that means... today is National Wear Your Lilly Day! Look at all the lovelies at Lilly headquarters looking summer-perfect in their fun frocks.

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I can picture myself standing in that sea of Lilly in my new seersucker Bowen dress... if you're reading this and hiring, Lilly, I would be quite the addition to your team! Tee hee. Are you celebrating and wearing your Lilly today? Share your outfits, pretties!

Wishing you all a sun-shiny, summery day! XOXO

Wedding Bells

 My senior year of college, I lived with five other girls. 3 of us were cheerleaders, 3 of us were on the dance team, 3 of us had the same name, and we ALL loved weddings. Our apartment overlooked the chapel on campus and every Saturday when we heard those bells ring, we would all sprint to the windows and peer through the glass trying to take in every detail in sight. We analyzed the bride's dress, flowers, bridesmaid dresses, hair, color scheme... we were obsessed.

(We were even a wedding party for Halloween that year... it took a little convincing for the boys to agree to dress up as groomsmen, but we were adorable.)

Tomorrow, the girl with whom I shared a bedroom, a name, and a cheerleading team is walking down the aisle in that very chapel on campus that we admired so many years ago. Sending big congratulations hugs to the Mr. & Mrs. to be!

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PS: the dress, the flowers, the colors, and the bridesmaid dresses will be just lovely.  

Newest Pink & Green

We are one day away from the weekend, I have a birthday dinner to attend tonight, and it's time to celebrate my two favorite colors! Three cheers for Pink & Green Thursday!

Today, I wanted to share my latest Lilly additions with you, my fellow Lilly lovers. Don't you just adore new clothes and accessories?

Remember when I was drooling over this lovely number? The seersucker, the pink embroidery, the perfection of it?! This lovely is now hanging in my closet and made it's debut at my 5 year college reunion - squeee!

Husband insisted on adding this darling necklace to our purchase while at the register... who was I to object???

I'm a tad bit obsessed with this blouse - the print is one of my faves and that ruffled neckline is divine.

Bright pink printed Callahan shorts for summer? Yes please! And could the name get any cuter? "Hotty Pink Skinny Dippin"!

(Cool Gal, you're right... I L-O-V-E these shorts!)

Play along and link up with Trishy too, pretty please!