Baby it is hot outside

When it is so hot outside I still need something to wear to cover up in the air conditioning. I found this wrap at Kohls and it is perfect. The weave is so loose that I don't feel it in the heat but I am warm in the indoors..

Finding the perfect summer dress that is the bare essential for a Flamboyant Natural.

I have many dresses but none are casual. Most of them are not even my style. I bought them for occasions that required I wear a dress. I have three little black dresses even though I have decided that I don't look good in black. So I am turning over a new leaf and editing out my dresses that don't reflect my true style. I needed a knit dress that has a simple line long enough to reach my knees and in a color that looks good on me. 
So this dress will be the first one that fits these requirements, and the best part is it only cost $12.99.
The hat adds the interest.

Breaking my rules:Missoni knitwear

I love Missoni knitwear. There is something that speaks to me in those horizontal zig-zags!

I never wear horizontal stripes because I am already horizontally challenged in my upper half of my body, but fashion sometimes requires me to break my rules so I bought a Missoni inspired knitwear top. Here it is with denim clam-digger length  jeans.

Here I am wearing it with my new denim knee length shorts and caramel colored sandals. Although I know it makes me look bigger on top I just love this pattern and had to break my rules once. Some times fashion doesn't look good on our body type but maybe that doesn't matter because I feel good wearing something so lively. Do you make exceptions to your fashion rules and break then once in a while??

Cool on the hot side: details that dont heat you up

I am trying to stay cool in the 95+ heat here on the East coast. At the same time I am trying to look seasonable 'cool'. I have on a cowl neck sleeveless top in a grass green color. I have a coordinating necklace that was made by some individuals that live in Uganda. I feel that these beads are very natural looking and unfussy which is what I want just to polish up a simple top and capri outfit.

In the bottom photograph I am wearing white cotton capri and white sleeveless tank top and a brown linen loose shirt.(the top is brown not purple) The linen shirt keeps me protected from the sun but covered up and because it is linen it breathes. I added the Jasper necklace because it really picks up the color of the shirt and my hair.

My world is not black and white!!

The little black dress, black dress pants, the black blazer, black pumps, black ballet flats. I don't look good in black so I wonder would I be able to survive if I remove all black items from my wardrobe?

Stay tuned  The no black wardrobe plan: Staying with my Flamboyant Natural wardrobe I am going to substitute olive green for black this summer as my staple. So I will be looking for the LGD (little green dress)instead of the LBG dress. Lets see what I come up with. Do any of you think that Black doesn't look good on you???