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Book of the Month (…of the year, really)

12 Apr

 

I was rooting around one of my many book piles looking for something worthwhile to read when I came across my copy of Camilla Morton’s A Year in High Heels. This book, coupled with How to Walk in High Heels (also from the same author), made me realize just how empowering it is to be a womanly woman who is self-sufficient at the same time.

I must have read the books thrice but I always learn something new every time. So, I thought I’d share what I will be reading in the next few months. This is not an overly long book but as the title suggests, it contains a yearlong supply of how-to’s, quotes, poems, suggested books, and snippets from diaries or letters written by noted individuals from the fashion industry.

I know that it is already April but I’ve finished reading the chapter for January and I’m now in the middle of February. I’ll keep reading until I’m up to date.

If you’ve read the books, please share your thoughts! Take care 🙂

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. – Mohandas K. Gandhi

5 Apr
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. - Mohandas K. Gandhi

Reiss top
£16 – reissonline.com

Paul Smith pants
$605 – stylebop.com

Givenchy handbag
€630 – lindestore.com

Necklace
dia-boutique.com

We are always getting ready to live but never living. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

28 Mar
We are always getting ready to live but never living. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Navy blue dress
$95 – topshop.com

Miss Me flat heels
$15 – delias.com

River Island tassel jewelry
£12 – riverisland.com

Monica Vinader purple jewelry
£180 – matchesfashion.com

ASOS floral hair accessory
$11 – asos.com

Christian Dior sun care
£24 – johnlewis.com

Essie sparkly nail polish
$8 – zappos.com

Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. – Hannah More

28 Mar
Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. - Hannah More

Jason Wu neon dress
$1,100 – net-a-porter.com

The Cambridge Satchel Company satchel handbag
£5 – cambridgesatchel.co.uk

ASOS drop earrings
$18 – asos.com

Beauty product
$22 – lushusa.com

Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander. – Holocaust Museum, Washington, DC

28 Mar
Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander. - Holocaust Museum, Washington, DC

Cotton dress
£30 – warehouse.co.uk

Steve Madden mary jane heels
$90 – stevemadden.com

Missoni woven handbag
$860 – forzieri.com

Yellow jewelry
£4 – debenhams.com

Annick goutal fragrance
$80 – saksfifthavenue.com

True religion is real living; living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness. – Albert Einstein

28 Mar
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness. - Albert Einstein

3 1 Phillip Lim stripe tunic
$263 – lagarconne.com

Toast chunky cardigan
£84 – toast.co.uk

7 for all mankind jeans
$264 – coggles.com

H&M wedge heel boots
£30 – hm.com

H m bag
hm.com

Forever 21 dot jewelry
$7.80 – forever21.com

Danielle stevens jewelry
$42 – couturecandy.com

Forever 21 straw hat
$11 – forever21.com

J.Crew plastic sunglasses
$128 – jcrew.com

I’m not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You’re as old as you feel. – Elizabeth Arden

28 Mar
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel. - Elizabeth Arden

Oversized knit sweater
£35 – houseoffraser.co.uk

Boyfriend jacket
$130 – topshop.com

Corduroy skinny jeans
stylebymarina.com

Qupid green platform pumps
$34 – lulus.com

DKNY flap handbag
$355 – dkny.com

Multi chain necklace
$40 – maxandchloe.com

Miss Selfridge stone jewelry
$9 – missselfridge.com

Alexander McQueen sheer scarve
£285 – net-a-porter.com

Sparkle sunglasses
ocshades.com

Beauty product
$100 – lushusa.com

I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. – Eleanor Roosevelt

28 Mar
I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Scoop neck top
$85 – reissonline.com

Nobody Denim loose jeans
$69 – my-wardrobe.com

Old Navy zips shoes
$19 – oldnavy.gap.com

Travel handbag
$50 – dsw.com

Miu Miu stone jewelry
$505 – mytheresa.com

Sisley Paris sun care
$160 – bloomingdales.com

Lancôme beauty product
$50 – lordandtaylor.com

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back: a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. – Anais Nin

28 Mar
Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back: a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. - Anais Nin

Karen Walker ruffle top
£47 – farfetch.com

Theory jacket
£675 – net-a-porter.com

Alexander McQueen embroidery jeans
$227 – theoutnet.com

Magid tote hand bag
$42 – lorisshoes.com

Old Navy tri color jewelry
$11 – oldnavy.gap.com

Longs jewelry
$95 – alexisbittar.com

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27 Mar
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