Style Bubble

I'm a creature of habit and routine. While I'd love to say that I'm impulsive and go with the flow, I really live by efficiency and planning. I tend to read the same magazines and blogs regularly, I see many of the same people from week to week and event to event, I go to my favorite stores and shopping sites whenever I need something. After a while I find myself in a style bubble where everything starts looking and feeling the same...including myself! So it's always a great feeling when I get style inspiration from a new and unexpected source. Most recently, over the holidays, my unexpected source was my 7-year-old niece.

A "character" from the start, Parker Gorton was born with a strong independence, outspokenness, and sense of style.  When most little girls are decked in colorful palettes of pinks, purples, and reds, Parker wanted to wear black. As she grows up and her personality continues to evolve, so does her own little style. My favorite fashion statement of hers this Christmas? Neon green fishnet fingerless gloves. So fun! I instantly flashed on my early Madonna phase complete with an off the shoulder top (bra strap showing) worn with a flirty skirt over leggings. This is a girl who doesn't read fashion magazines. She simply knows what she likes and wants to have fun.

While I didn't go so far as to rock my own pair of fishnet fingerless gloves, I vowed to loosen up a little and have a little more fun with my own fashion. And wouldn't you know, Parker helped me get started on Christmas morning. After days of squirming and brimming with excitement over what she had proudly hand-picked for me for Christmas, she surprised me with a fabulous green bangle with a pucci-esque print and extra sparkles from a local boutique in Scituate Harbor called Joye. I haven't gotten so many compliments on anything else in quite a while! Maybe there is something to this "having fun" idea with fashion. Who knows, you may see me wearing a tiara on New Years!

- Cindy

Comments

[nora]

beautiful niece and gorgeous bangle- i like that it has extra sparkles.

[Vanessa Simmons]

Nice story you shared here... Very cute and thoughtful niece you have there. I wish you both well :)

[Cindy]

Thanks so much! It always amazes me how much I learn from my nieces and nephews. They're a nice reminder that sometimes you just have to stop taking everything so seriously and have a little fun!