LABOR DAY WEEKEND

Hey guys!! Hope you're all doing something fun this Labor Day Weekend!  Labor Day signals the end of summer...but it doesn't have to signal the end of fun as the season closes. As I reflect back on this past summer, I like to think about all the fun I got into, which has kept me young with childlike wonder. It's important to always connect with the child in you, to nurture it.  Sometimes we get so bogged up by the responsibilities and worries of daily life, that we forget to just let loose and be silly. So go to the beach, do some handstands, fall and laugh about it.  Go to the trampoline park and jump until you can't anymore. Eat some ice cream on a hot day and have no regrets.

Be silly, love fully, and laugh all year round and it will always feel like summer!

xo

KAREN

  

All photos but the talented Miss Kelly Brooke, who had a birthday this past month!!! Happy Birthday, Kel! Luv ya my Leo sista!  Follow her IG @kellybrookephoto or check out her site here.

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(Just an FYI...the top I could not find online..nor the necklace.  I purchased the top at Luna Boutique and it's by Honey Punch.  The necklace I purchased at the top of the summer season from Topshop.  I have included similar items for you guys to check out to help recreate, if you want to!;)

White After Labor Day?

There's that silly time honored fashion rule that one shouldn't wear white after Labor Day.  This dates back as early as the 1900's, when the affluent would return from vacation and retire their white clothes once summer was over.  There was no real practical reason for the rich to follow this, but they continued following this "rule" to remain acceptable.

Of course with rules, there is always a rule breaker.  Coco Chanel famously wore white year round despite this rule,  and at a time when pale creamy skin was lauded as the epitome of beautiful skin, she would come back from vacation tanned and sun-kissed (also starting that trend too, by the way;)

I sort of understand why people would retire their white clothes after summer in places that actually have FOUR seasons.  Rain and winter slush would not be a good compliment to the otherwise perennial pair of white skinnies you can wear in say, sunny southern Cali.  If you live in a place that is constantly sunny and rarely rains, I say why let that silly (outdated) fashion rule dictate what you wear?  If you love white and you feel fabulous in it, then by all means wear it year round!

 Here I am wearing white before Labor Day just so I can wear white again after Labor Day! Ha!

Hope everyone is having a great Labor Day weekend!!

xo KAREN

 All photos shot by the amazing Kelly Brooke.   She wears white whenever she wants to too. Follow her on instagram @kellybrookephoto to see her work or you can check out her site here.

"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. "

                                           ---Coco Chanel

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