Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is a good movie about a homeless woman in London, who becomes a socialite's assistant and is introduced to a world of wealth, lies, affairs, love, fashion, and parties for only one day. What I love about this film is the fashion, it is 1940s inpsired, glamorous, elegant, ladylike, and femenine. The socialite played by the great Amy Adams has an incredible taste for fashion, and during a period of a day she changed about ten times. My favorite part of the movie was the lingerie fashion show, I just wanted to go back in the forties and buy every piece of clothing.

How to Steal a Million

Audrey Hepburn. Only with her name she evokes timeless beauty, class, elegance, and simplicity. Her most memorable performance was Breakfast at Tiffany's, playing Holly Golightly, but many forget or do not know about another of her great films, How to Steal a Million. This film is about Audrey's character's father, who forges masterpieces in Paris, and his daughter hires a professional to steal a fake sculpture her father created.

Audrey's wardrobe in this film was created by her good friend and elegant designer, Givenchy. The film is set in Paris, it obviously has amazing fashion. Hepburn looks beautiful in Givenchy designs, very elegant, very French, and gorgeous 1960s eye make up.

Coach Poppy

Coach introduced their Poppy Collection a few seasons back and it has become a great success. The Coach Company knew they had to market their product to a younger audience, and they did it by creating Poppy, a fun, bold, colorful, youthful collection. The Coach bags, shoes, umbrellas, accessories are very traditional, mature, neutral colors, so Poppy is perfect for young women who love color and pop art. I see Poppy as the little sister of all the other Coach collections.

I feel that Poppy really defines me because it's just as colorful, preppy, girly, fun, bright, and candy sweet as am I. Poppy has a great variety of bags and accessories from jewelry, umbrellas, wallets, shirts, ballet flats, boots, tote bags, bookbags, clutches, small messenger bags, to my favorites big messenger bags. I think it would be hard for a person to leave a Coach store without buying something from the Poppy collection or leaving the store thinking about buying a Poppy bag in the future, I know I am.

Aldo Summer Bags

Summer Bag

I think I have an obsession with Aldo, I love their shoes, their bags, their accessories, pretty much everything. This summer there is a variety of bags, from daytime at the beach to classy night at the theatre. My favorite bag has been the Birkin Bag inspired, a bag that Princess Grace Kelly and Jackie Onassis Kennedy would own .  Another bag that I fell in love with and own is a white bag with a gorgeous floral scarf, very Chanel inspired.



My new gorgeous bag



Summer Platforms

 

The platforms of this season from Aldo remind me of the 1970s summers, very bright, bold, disco fever, Studio 54, and teen Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver. These shoes look as if the child prostitute from this amazing film would buy to walk around in New York City.

Love the lace

Jodie Foster as a child prostitute in Taxi Driver

Factory Girl

Factory Girl is one of my favorite films because it has everything I love, the Swinging Sixties, New York City, pop art, socialites, and the one and only Andy Warhol. I absolutely love how the Sixties is portrayed in this film, it is so sexy, mod, and ultra chic, still very glam even though showing the downfall of drugs and alcohol. Andy Warhol's Factory was filled with art, films, drugs, sex, and expectations.

This film is mostly about Edie Sedgwick's rise and downfall during her time at the Factory. Everyone at the Factory expected so much from her, especially Andy. The movie reflects the jealousy and rivalry between Andy and Bob Dylan. They were both in love with her, but they pressured her to choose between them, the artsy cool kids, or the music entourage. Poor little rich girl.

The artsy cool kids

I always say that I was born during the 1940s and lived my youth during the Swinging Sixties, so I get very excited when I see any Sixties inspired films, I feel like I'm relieving my past. The wardrobe in Factory was incredible, I loved Edie's clothes, hair, eye makeup, short hair, big earrings, leopard coat, everything was just mod and chic.

Aldo Summer Collection

Aldo is my favorite shoe store, every pair of shoe I own is from Aldo. I love this store because first of all is from my favorite country, Italy, but mainly because when you put on Aldo shoes you feel so sexy, elegant, chic, glamorous, and classy. These shoes are made from excellent material, they look very expensive, and most of all what I love about their shoes is that they are simple. These shoes don't need bells and whistles or exaggerated details to look sexy or make a fashion statement.

The summer collection includes a variety of shoes and bags. The basic necessity for summer are sandals, you can wear them to the beach, the mall, a date, during the day or evening. Most of the sandals are thong sandals in every color, but it's great to have simple, neutral colored sandals. For me this summer I've been obsessed with turqouise, it just reminds me of the ocean, and the other color has been peach, which I can pair with anything. I don't buy sandals with a lot of detail, but it is good to have at least one or two pairs of sandals with a unique detail.



Simple Detail



Espadrilla

Cork Wedge



Cork Wedge



Espadrillas and cork wedges are another great options for summer days and nights. They can play up a day dress or with the right accessories you can wear them at night. Also they're perfect with shorts, which makes them girlie and flirty. I love these shoes in black, nude, and brown colors.






I have them in brown

 

I own this shoe

Ballet flat is the perfect shoe to pair with everything from shorts, dresses, leggings, and jeans. This summer there's obsession with preppy, ivy league inspired shoes, such as the boat shoes, the best colors to buy are red, blue, and brown.

Low pumps are for girls like me who can barely walk with high pumps. While wearing low pumps, you can enjoy the time out better because you are not worried about the pain, and they look so chic.

The greatest investment in a woman's closet is a pair or a couple of pairs of classic pumps. Pumps are sexy and elegant, and every woman should have black and nude pumps.