Let Your Spirit Take Flight: Coachella Styling

All of the talk about Coachella and all of the fabulous weather has inspired my look. I love music and I love spring and summer's easy fashion and styling. All I'm missing is a summer glow! 

So take me to Coachella, I long to dance in fields and sing badly.

 I adore muscle tanks especially with the feminine tie, this one is from Forever 21

 Maxi skirts & dresses Coachella must. Grass Collection ombre skirt is breezy with great colors and patterns. Usually I would add my rope belt but seemed to have run off without it!

 My beautiful and amazeballs sister lent me her awesome hair piece from Charming Charlie's 

 Sunglasses are a must for day-to-day and Coachella. Mine from Target 

Life and Coachella is too short to not have fun, be silly, and dress fearlessly.
Special Thanks to my favorite sister for these awesome photos and check her blog and DIY's on Climer Photography
Check Wednesday for more posts! 

xoxo,
Madison

Coachella or Bust

coachella or die





Its music festival season and this week starts Coachella... I am dying to go, one day I will make it. I love Coachella and all of the style and interesting ways people decided to use pieces. Its all about kicking off summer and spring and celebration of music and appreciation of fashion and music. I am predicting a lot of similar looks to last years, lots of crop tops, dusters, booty shorts, macrame, fringe, round lenses, layers of jewelry, boots, booties, maxi skirts, maxi dresses, leather, lace, floral prints and head gear, hats, and as always feathers and tie-dye.   

So if I were heading to Coachella or any music festival this would be in my wardrobe: 

From head to toe
- hats: big and floppy
- headbands: feathers, tie-dye, turbans, flowers, floral, etc.
- sunglasses: oval, Lennon, cat eye, buggy, colorful
- jewelry: necklaces different lengths light weight, bracelets; wraps in particular, and always natural stone rings. 
- dresses: baby doll dresses, maxi dresses, open back dresses
- tops: all sorts of sleeveless dusters,  crop tops, macrame, tie up, tank tops, flowy, crochet, bikini tops, bralettes, bra tops, eyelet lace, ombre, tie-dye(tasteful), fringe tops, fringe dusters.
- bottoms: booty shorts: denim, tribal, leather, striped, dyed, waxed. maxi skirts.     
- cut out booties 
- tribal print booties
- fringe or cowboy booties
- sandals 
- and for the brave souls, wedges


Hope everyone attending music festivals can enjoy and find something awesome to wear! If you do go please share your music festival style with me! 

Check back tomorrow! 
xoxo,
Madison 

Wishful Thinking

Lately the weather has been less warm causing me to dig into my more fall pieces. Warm weather has been such a tease lately... So instead I will just stare at my Spring pieces until its warm again! I was also blessed to work with the beautiful so sweet and talented Kate on this post and featured on her blog!! My beautiful and talented sister Amanda took these wonderful photos, please also check out her blog Climer Photography


 Army Jacket: Forever 21

 Shirt: Urban Outfitters: Day Dreamer

Short Necklace: Karma from Target 
Long Necklace: Homemade from knick knacks

 Bracelet: Super cool find at The Flower Merchant

 My Sister is the best and made my hairdo but creating sweet knots.
Also love the zippers on the sleeves and synched in waist. 

 Army jackets are here for a while especially in Spring 2013. 

Really trying hard not to laugh.

 Jeans: Current/Elliott Boyfriend Roller Daredevil wash 


Most comfortable heels I own, Nine West beige heels. 

Check this Saturday for my next post! 

xoxo,
Madison

ACM's: Hitting High Notes?


Like any fashionista, I look forward to all award shows. Many people however over look some of the fashion choices made at any of the country music award shows. I however love all award shows and would like to present some of countries finest and fiercest dressers with best and worst dressed awards. 

Starting with Carrie Underwood, I love her voice but bless her heart some of her dresses just are not memorable for good reasons, such as this one. After her floral creation at the CMA's this dress is a floral miss. Maybe if she were to wear it without the bridal sash like the runway version by Naeem Khan, it would have been more of a hit. I wish she would dress more like she does on stage.
 

Shania Twain finally is back on the country music scene after her battle with stage fright, but her appearance at the ACM's gave me a fashion fright. It reminded me of her mid 90's music videos, and was just not appropriate for an award show even though she was not up for an award. Thigh high boots in spring? By the way whose bed have your boots been under? Not something I would ever suggest. In closing Shania, that don't impress me much.

My third worst dressed of the night was Sheryl Crow. I love everything about this woman and how courageous she is and how she has Missouri Pride. I am glad one of the country music women also decided to take a risk and go with a jumpsuit instead of the typical gown or cocktail dress. However, this look is just not my favorite, she is a gorgeous woman as all of them are and has a killer body, I just think this look is not right for her or the evening.


Jewel, thank you for remembering it is Spring! She looked stunning in this Georges Chakra spring 2012 couture. Easy hair and makeup looking effortlessly pretty! *claps for you!*

Kacey Musgraves, you may be fairly new to the celeb and music scene but you are hitting high notes! I am so glad to see a young girl having fun with fashion while staying classic! This white Alice + Olivia dress is a breath of fresh air! Simply divine! Love!

Kimberly Perry, second favorite white dress of the evening, interesting cutout and always love her beachy country hair! In fact the entire Perry crew looked quite nice!

Finally the moment we have all been waiting for... Just Kidding! My best dressed list and my winner for the best dressed of the night!

Kicking off my best dressed list, Thompson Squares, Shawna Thompson! Yes, her look was dark and not at all spring, but I loved it, very black swan meets 30's movie star! LOVE!

Ending with the battle of the GOLD.

My homegirl, Jana Kramer kicking some major fashion butt is second best dressed in my opinion. I wrestled back and forth on who I would choose as my best dressed and she missed it by a hair. Beautiful glowing skin, no accessories (other than her gorgeous new engagement ring) and cute but sleek high pony, Jana hit all the right notes off and on stage in this beautiful dress by, Badgley Mischka fall 2013 look. *mwah* so perfect!

FINALLY BEST DRESSED AWARD. Drum roll please! 

Taylor Swift rocking the beautiful gold Dolce & Gabbana gown, Jimmy Choo shoes, Norman Silverman earrings, and Le Vian ring. I loved her nude and natural face with her fringed bangs out and blonde locks slicked back. Stunning, girl looked amazeballs.

Gorge open back

Check back Thursday for my next post!! 
xoxo,
Madison

White On.

Power Color White:

White before Memorial Day, shame on you? Such a thing of the past!! I am loving the incredible amounts of white from winter and taking it right into this Spring and in Summer previews. I am so glad that the weather is finally warming up and we all can bring out our fabulous white and not fear if it is too soon. Wear your white head to toe and wear it proud.

White On!
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My favorite celebrities rocking the white trend recently have included: Jessica Stroup, Blake Lively, Adriana Lima, Miley Cyrus, Jessica Szohr,  The Kardashian and Jenner Sisters!










Stay fabulous and rock your white! 
xoxo,
Madison

I do not claim any rights to these images nor am I taking credit for these photographs. All rights remain with the authors or subjects. 



Ode to Carrie Bradshaw

My ode to Carrie Bradshaw
fictional character yes, but her style was iconic. 
I paired my tea length (midi) spring skirt from Forever 21 
along with my braided leather brown skinny belt knotted 
with one of their chambray denim shirts from, Life in Progress 
and finished my look with studded bow heels for a feminine edge from Gianni Bini. 









Special thanks to my beautiful and talented sister, Climer Photography, for taking these photos and helping me set up my blog most of the day! 


xoxo, 
Madison