Summer is here...Wear Your Whites

Happy Memorial Day everyone!! Today is especially happy because my party was just delightful last night and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.  It was dramaless and so much fun!  I hope your weekend has been just as pleasant as mine.  Today my roommate and her boyfriend as well as my boyfriend and I are planning a hike for later this afternoon with a packed lunch and a couple of beers and wine coolers to celebrate National R&R Day.  My roommate thinks I'm crazy for even thinking about what I'm going to wear.   But.... As I surf the Internet my cyber wave takes me home to my all time favorite fashion site - Vogue.com.  Today there is an article welcoming the Summer season as an opportunity to take full advantage of the fact that it is now perfectly acceptable to wear all white...

"Memorial Day is here, and while an extra day of R&R is certainly appreciated, what we're even more excited about is the return of a head-to-toe white wardrobe. Yes, we’re all for stylishly defying tradition (even Emily Post revised the age-old rule decreeing that bright white cannot be worn before Memorial Day or after Labor Day), but we have to admit, we love the idea that etiquette plays a role in dictating dressing. So today, the official start of summer, we finally put away those dark winter clothes and bring our palest eyelet dresses, peasant tops, and capri pants to light."- Vogue Daily Blog

Now this can make a girl nervous especially if she hasn't tanned and her skin is anything but  All White Wear quality.  Still, it's my day off I don't HAVE to wear black, so I think I'm going to take their word for it and welcome the Summer with hints of white in my hiking gear. 

I just love outdoorsy pictures, especially the ones from Vogue, they always look so refreshing and natural and for a city girl who doesn't really 'do' the Great Outdoors -thing too often, it can be a great inspiration on how to dress appropriately for outside and looking chic at the same time.

So try something different today, why not? It's Summer, there's a like this unwritten law that it's okay to let loose because once the Fall hits it's back to the drawing boards...

Photo taken by Arthur Elgort - Vogue 2011

Penelope Cruz in this month's issue of Vogue Photo taken by Mario Testino

Arizona Muse Photo taken by Peter Lindbergh Vogue 2011

Blake Lively Photo Taken by Mario Testino

Blake Lively in ABW - sorry I had to.  Photo Taken by Mario Testino

Photo taken by Hilary Walsh - Vogue 2011

Photo taken by Arthur Elgort-Vogue 2011

All photos in the post were taken directly from Vogue.com