This Mixed Media Cutout High/Low Dress by Trixxi has a strapless chambray bodice with a flirty, banded back. It meets a modern faux-wrap skirt to make a trendy high/low dress. The color contrast of the dress goes together extremely well.
Hot Fashion Trends for Late Summer
There are a few fashion trends in summer acccessories that are likely to stick around all through late summer and into the fall.
All year there has been a retro leean towards the kind of feathered and beaded earrings, necklaces and belts that Cher might have worn on her television show in the seventies. Corded bracelets with big aqua and orange opaque beads are in fashion as are thong leather sandals with braided straps.d This is also a nod to the Idle No More movement which is generating a minor trend in fashion towards indigenou styles. However whether or not it is politically correct to wear these stylses is another matter
Bib necklaces are also very hot this season. These are collars like chokers that then have reams of jewels or crochet draping about the neck like a kerchief. The V shape usually hangs around the neck and below the breasts. The thing that makes the 2013 version different than the ones made of metal we have seen the past few years is that the bauble or beads tend to be of different sizes.
Multi-strand necklaces are a carryover from the last couple of seasons and they are still going to be in style. Whether they are made out of chains or multi-colored these necklaces look great on everyone.
There was a trend a few years ago towards wearing you belt just under the breasts to give your long flowing dresses more of an empire waist. You are going to see this revived for this fall. Think of using a wide or shirred belt as a bodice. The coolest ones will be made of leather with a tiered or double buckle in black and for summer white, lime or hot pink colors.
In terms of purses the smaller the better. The latest trend is towards little purses, the size of change purses that hang on long braided leather straps and that are molded to look like the faces of animals. A little less childish are the large, elegant fabric bags with big wooden beads and handles that have forties and fifties styles kitch prints on it.
When it comes to keeping the rain off of your clear umbrellas are back in style especially if they have that big bubble shape. A true mod umbrella with a clear plastic bubble and black and white color design is not cheap! They usually cost about thirty dollars or more. However that is the price you pay to look as elegant as a Mary Quant model from the sixties.
Edgy Floral Overall Dress
This Edgy Floral Overall Dress by Forever 21 is an overall dress featuring a faux leather bodice and a floral print chiffon skirt. Crisscross back and snap closure. Crazy combination that works and will have you looking edgy hot.
Is Your Purse Causing Pain?
The human shoulder and back is a very complicated, interrelated mechanism that can reflect pain from one area to the other. So many muscles also wrap around the torso and when stretched at trigger points in the shoulder and the neck cause pain at the front of the body.
Women who carry large heavy purses that are more than ten percent of their body weight are also prone to such health problems as –
Lower Back Pain – This is caused by the bag being too heavy. The pain can be transferred from one side of the lower back to the other. This is usually due to muscles straining to compensate for the weight on one side of the lumbar disc of the spine.
Shoulder Pain – This is caused by a heavy purse cutting into the ligaments of the shoulder and causing burning, numbness and aches
Neck Pain – A stiff and sore neck is also often caused by carrying a bag that weighs too much especially if the purse strap is rubbing up the side of the shoulder and inching it’s way to the neck area while you walk
Hip Pain – A heavy bag carried against one hip can cause compression of lower spinal disks
Knee pain – A purse that is too heavy can affect your gait and this can cause your knees to slip forward and out of rhythm. It is very common for women who carry heavy purses to experience pain at the side of the knees.
Ankle pain – An out of aligned lower spine can cause the sides of the ankles just above the ankle bone to become sore and painful. If you feel pressure, swelling or pain here the culprit might be your purse.
Pain in front ribs – There are muscles that attach to the shoulder blades and spine and attach to the front ribs that can become traumatized too tight. This is especially common in women with large breasts or who are carrying extra belly weight
Pain in the scalp – This is also caused by irritated or immobilized neck and shoulder muscles irritating nerves in the neck
Leg cramps – The body can be thrown forward by the weight of the purse, causing the hamstrings to shorten. The result is distressing and painful leg cramps that strike without warning in the middle of the night. These types of leg cramps are also sometimes called “Charlie Horses.”
Unfortunately many women suffer more than one of these symptoms and all because they are refusing to put the heavy fashionable tote down.