Dose Market was a big hit all around .  Beautiful venue, plenty of amazing wares & food to be had and from our vantage point, really fabulous market shoppers which makes for {my favorite} some great people watching!  Mark your calendars…the next one is July 10.  Here are a few snaps I just could not resist snapping!

how cute is she in her printed silk onesie...shopping our Surface to Air printed silk onesie!

the fabulous, Erica, costume designer in from NYC

Woah...check out this canvas tote!

great vintage handbag...branded with the previous owners initials

Someone actually snapped our pics THANKS EMMA!

many many thanks to the Dosettes, April, Emily, Heather & Jessica for inviting us to be part of this amazing event!  We had a fantastic time!!!  You guys ROCK!!

many thanks to Emma of Tres Awesome!!

Happy Memorial Day everyone! On this day of remembering and saluting our veterans and troops, I thought it would be appropriate to just celebrate all things red, white and blue.

Does this mean it’s almost Summer? Here’s hoping! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday.

{image sources: Lauren Hutton via Style Essentials; collage 1 top to bottom: Style Essentials, If Only You Wanted via Ribbon Lips, Style Essentials; collage 2: white shoes via Ribbon Lips, red shoes from Calivintage Tumblr via Heart City Vintage, red pants via Mademoiselle Robot Tumblr; collage 3 left to right: AltamiraNYC, We Heart It, Style Essentials; Gene Tierney via Scarlett Shaney; blue maxi and bottom image via Garance Dore for Chopard.}

I’m really a girly girl at heart and so I’m really loving all the skirt variations that have been popping up recently. I’ve already talked about my love for the difficult-to-wear “new” skirt length; now there’s another seemingly impossible-to-wear skirt trend: the pleated skirt. Who would ever believe that multiple pleats adding volume around the hips and mid-section could actually be flattering? Well believe it, baby! Maxi, mini, knee length or mid-calf, with the right fabric and the right styling, this is a look to rock all summer long and right on into fall and winter.

{image sources: Chloe S11 via Style.com, Marc Jacobs S11 via Style.com, Rachel Comey F11 via Rachel Comey, Vanessa Jackman, Vanessa Jackman, Jeremy Laing via Style.com, Rodarte for Opening Ceremony via Opening Ceremony, Milin via Style Bubble, Milin via Style Bubble}

Yep, you read  it right…the crop top.  Not my piece du jour so, all the more reason to surf this little number!  I love that many embrace this piece so effortlessly and fashion blogger, Mimi Jung of Brook&Lyn, keeps this could-be-tricky-item in heavy rotation in her wardrobe.  This week in streetstyle…the crop top.

Here's Mimi...as well as above & below images rocking out her crop top!

oh now here's an idea...and all you need are scissors & a button up! Instant crop top!

image 1 - found thanks to Coffee & Cognac, loveatart.tumblr

image 2 - via Vanessa Jackman

image 3, 4 & 5 - via BROOK&LYN

image 6 & 7 - via TURNED OUT

image 8 - via The Sartorialist

I’m completely obsessed with orange lately. All shades and in all forms.

And if you’re looking for the perfect orangey red lip, look no further than Red Square form Nars…

Bought the Nars lipstick Easter weekend and can’t stop wearing it. Maybe it’s just the Spring weather, but I can’t get enough!

{image sources: Vogue UK via pinterest; All The Pretty Birds; Modern Hepburn; Modern Hepburn; Tommy Ton for Style.com; design is for living via pinterest; Elle Decor; Pretty Mommy; hiding and seeking via pinterest}

Packing for a trip can be a little overwhelming especially when packing for places you’ve never been {for me, that would be Savannah }.  I like to peruse the many streetstyle sites as a tool for inspiration and to help edit my wardrobe down to one suitcase {what ever did I do before the internet??!  Overpack, I guess!}.  So I’ve narrowed it down to this….pretty dresses, pretty shoes, shorts with blazers or blouses and lots of flats!

LOVE Phillip Lim dresses...I've packed ALL of mine!

Pretty midheel stilettos seem so Savannah to me... Packed? Check!

I now know better.....lots of flats

and I threw in an anorak for good measure. Perfect piece of outerwear for pretty dresses or shorts!

Savannah on Flickr soon!!

image 1 & 6- via Vanessa Jackman

image 2 - via streetFSN

image 3 & 5 - via style.com, Rachel Comey S11

image 4 - via The Sartorialist

I just love the versatility of a good skirt. Paired back to a dressy blouse, a chunky knit, a leather jacket, a blazer or a good old-fashioned tee, a skirt can work for pretty much any occasion from a job interview to a music festival. What I’m really excited about right now is this “new” skirt length we’ve been seeing lately. You know the one — that seemingly impossible to wear mid-calf length. Well if done right, it’s actually pretty awesome.

Images: Rachel Comey F11 and Rodarte F11 via Style.com; Kristina and Vika via Trendycrew; Streetfsn; Stylebubble; and Vanessa Jackman

Not a lot of words are needed to describe streetstyle photographer & blogger, Rei Shito’s, style.  Frequently caught in front of the camera as often as she is behind and with good {obvious} reason…..she’s just as cool & chic as her subjects from her fashionably coiffed head down to her Martin Margiela Tabi decked toes!

images 1, 2 & 5 via The Sartorialist

image 3 & 6 via La Mode Outre

image 4 via All The Pretty Birds

I can’t believe I haven’t heard about this before, but I just came across the fantastic blog Advanced Style via Nowness. Photographer Ari Seth Cohen launched the blog in 2008 and spends his time scouring the streets of New York for the stylish set you’re not likely to see anywhere else.

While the images are delightful, I think the message is even better. These are women who get dressed up every single day simply because they want to. They don’t follow trends (although there is no doubt that they are educated about what’s happening in fashion) and they don’t care what anyone thinks of them.

Linda, who cites Myrna Loy and other stars of the 30s as her style icons

Head to toe attention to detail. And to top it all off, she was on a bike.

Marilyn. This day she was "trying to channel Vivenne Westwood."

Alice, who "likes to wear men's clothes"

Cohen and filmmaker Lina Plioplyte put together this awesome short film exclusively for Nowness featuring a few of Advanced Style’s regulars. Just a little wisdom from Iris Apfel, Ilona Royce Smithkin and other fashionable ladies: dress for yourself, not to impress; be brave and take risks; don’t give a shit what anyone has to say about it. Ladies after my own heart.

If you aren’t yet familiar with Advanced Style, check it out, because these ladies are the real trendsetters. And it’s true: we’re all going to be old someday.

all material taken from Advanced Style

Bummer….under the weather again  BUT anywho’s on a brighter note, here are some pretty pics {for the last day of March!} of my favorite lipstick color.  Done up right when sprinkled just a little bit here & a little bit there.

I think it's time for another Giovanna post...her style is just killing me!!

thought I'd throw in my favorite red....my Loeffler Belinda's. This one's for you Donna!

first & second to last image via The Sartorialist

image 2 - chairs via decoratualma

image 3 & 7 - via Park & Cube

image 4 - red ceiling via loveology

image 5 - shoes via streetfsn

image 6 - Giovanna Battaglia via Jak & Jil

image 7 - faucet via design shimmer