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Flares for winter into spring 2016

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Pictured: Sunglasses: Chanel / Earrings: Ippolita / Lipstick: c/o Dolce Gabbana Dolce Rosa / Blouse: Express / Tank Top: Mossimo / Jeans: Gap (on sale!) / Handbag: Chloe / Bracelet: Kendra Scott / Nail Polish: Dior Bleuette / Booties: Sam Edelman

Spring 2016 is coming! The cherry blossoms are in full bloom, the Magnolia trees are blossoming, and flowering trees around the Bay Area are displaying their wares. It is such a beautiful time of year!

In addition to natural beauty, spring in the Bay Area also means implementing some serious layering skills when it comes to get dressed in the morning. The fog will roll in and out, and the temperatures will swing thirty degrees.

Transitioning a wardrobe from winter into spring in the Bay Area is fairly easy. We don’t have to worry about snow, or any sort of crazy weather; just the occasional spring shower. The main thing to think about is staying warm in the morning, and early evening, when fog is present on the bay, and rolling in from the ocean.

The high temperature tends to hover between 65-75, and the lows hover around 45-55, during the spring months in the San Francisco Bay Area. This means warm afternoons, and cool mornings and evenings. The easiest way to combat these temperatures is to wear layers.

On casual days, jeans are a great bottom to wear since they are comfortable in both warm, and cool weather. This means layering your top is the only thing you have to do in spring weather. Placing a tank top under a spring blouse, and then topping with a light jacket, is the perfect way to warm up, or cool down, on a Bay Area spring day.

I wore a tank top underneath this spring blouse in order to add a little bit of warmth to the blouse. We took these pictures in the early afternoon hours, so my jacket was already off. In the morning I wore a jacket to keep warm, and I put it back on in the early evening hours. It was the perfect layering piece to combat the fog.

Other ways to layer for spring include cardigan sweaters, flannel shirts or denim shirts (both of which can be tied around your waist or stuffed in a purse for easy transport), blanket scarf, or a long sleeve tee underneath a blouse; although with a long sleeve tee you will need to find a way to remove it during the day, and then put it back on in the evening.

What are some ways you layer in order to transition from winter into spring in the Bay Area?

Floral moto jacket for spring

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Pictured: Earrings: Kendra Scott / Sunglasses: Chanel / Lipstick: Chanel Mighty / Jacket: Express / Skirt: Express / Handbag: Givenchy / Ring: Kendra Scott / Nail Polish: Dior Bleuette / Booties: Sam Edelman

Floral blazers and floral moto jackets are all the rage for spring 2016. While florals aren’t groundbreaking for spring, floral blazers, and floral moto jackets, are a fresh take on the otherwise timeless spring trend.

Since I am not much of a floral pattern person, I usually bypass floral dresses, skirts, and the like every spring season. For spring 2016, floral blazers, and floral moto jackets, caught my eye and I actually could see myself wearing them!

Out of the two styles, I decided to go with a floral moto jacket, as it seemed a bit edgier, and more “me.” I love this floral moto jacket since it offers a bold floral pattern which is spaced out; I don’t like crowed florals. I also love the black background.

Of course, finding the perfect floral moto jacket for spring at Express was a godsend! Who doesn’t love their prices?! In addition to a fabulous pattern, and great price, the jacket is comfortable! Sounds too good to be true, but it is! How often is a form fitting jacket comfy? This jacket fits like a glove, and the fabric has give; allowing me to reach up for things, and go about my day without feeling constricted or fussy. Love that!

I paired my new floral moto jacket for spring with a long, black skirt for church recently. I like how it gives the jacket a conservative look. For an edgier look, this moto jacket looks fabulous with faux leather legging, black jeans, blue jeans, and if you have the legs, a short skirt! (I don’t have the legs haha)

My beautiful nine-year-old daughter fell in love with this jacket the moment she laid eyes on it, so when I wanted to snap a few pictures before we left the house, she wanted to be the photographer. I think she did a pretty good job!

If you love this floral moto jacket for spring as much as I do, you can snap it up online here.

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

Cathy

Travel outfit to New York Fashion Week

 in Bay Area Fashion / Travel  tagged nyfw fw16 / nyfw outfits / outfits / travel style / travel tips / winter 2016 by

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Pictured: Sunglasses: Chanel / Earrings: Kendra Scott (new for spring!) / Lipstick: Chanel Mighty / Sweater: Banana Repubic (on sale!!) / Coat: Topshop (under $200!!) / Jeans: Gap / Rings: Kendra Scott / Nail Polish: Dior Bleuette / Booties: Sam Edelman / Handbag: Fendi / Suitcases: Samsonite (on sale!)

I wore this travel outfit on the airplane from San Francisco to New York for fashion week. I have a formula for my travel outfits. I always wear jeans on an airplane because they are a thick fabric, and also comfortable. There is nothing worse than fussy clothing on an airplane! Jeans are anything but fussy.

When it comes to my outerwear, I prefer to wear a dark colored coat when I travel in the winter. When you are traveling, you touch, and sit, in public places, so wearing dark colors is always a safe bet. It is also easier to wear a thick coat when traveling on a airplane, then trying to stuff it into precious suitcase space! I try to travel light.

For footwear, I like to wear my bulkiest pair of shoes on the airplane; as long as they are comfortable. This frees up suitcase space for more clothing, and smaller shoes.

Layers are key when traveling on an airplane during the winter months. Since San Francisco has a much more mild climate than New York, my outfit is essentially San Francisco weather-ready, and with the coat, it turns into a New York weather-ready outfit. I also keep my gloves, and beanie, in my handbag so I can easily reach for them when I get off the plane, and head outside for my ground transportation.

I try to wear little jewelry when traveling on an airplane. There is no reason to wear fussy, and noisy, bangles. There is also no reason to wear a large ring which may hit into things, or people. One pair of comfortable earrings, and a small ring, if any, is plenty of jewelry for an airplane outfit.

This is my formula for traveling from the west coast, to the east coast, during the winter! What is your formula for an airplane outfit during the winter months?

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