Snow and Satin

I’m coming up on my one year anniversary of my collaborative partnership with FemmeLuxe.  I have so enjoyed our work together and I hope we will partner for many more posts to come.  It occurred to me as I went out to do my pics this week that in the past year, I think this is the first time I have ever snowy backdrop photos for FemmeLuxe.  

I know it has been cold more than once on my early morning photo shoots, but I don’t recall any other time where my backdrop has been woodlands covered in white, not to mention that it is still actively snowing.  I am not tired of the snow yet, I think it has made all my pics this week look even more lovely and ethereal to be surrounded by the glow of sunrise on freshly fallen snow, which is why I’m so pleased to bring you today’s outfit.

I know what you may be thinking about today’s post and you’re definitely right, you have seen me wear this skirt before.  If you’ve been reading the blog for longer than a few months, then of course you have.  It was quite a prize to find it, I managed to get the very last one on a random re-stock, and I’ve been wearing it as much as possible since that fortuitous day as I think it is one of the loveliest skirts I own.  The search for the perfect top to accompany this skirt has been ongoing which is why you have seen me wear it with so many different tops.  I think, at long last, I have found the perfect top and the search may be over for good.  When I look at this skirt my fashionista heart skips a beat and I immediately think of words like “sweet” and “dreamy.”  A puff sleeve top in dusty pink satin just sounds like it would perfectly fit the bill as the mate for this skirt and the Pink Puff Sleeve Cuffed Crop Top-Halima top did not disappoint.

FemmeLuxe has some wonderful Mesh Sleeve Dresses and Pink Bodysuits, but today’s post is about their crop tops, more specifically the Halima Satin crop top inPink.  The Halima top comes in three colors—green, black, and pink.  I love this style so much I wouldn’t mind having it in all the colors available, but I chose pink first because I so badly wanted to wear it with my bubble skirt.  Halima is a puffed sleeve top with lovely button details at the wrists, and a fitted bodice cropped at the rib cage, and a scoop neckline.   Everything about this top has that old world ear romance to it that I so adore, a touch of the Pre-Raphaelite and the Victorian elegance that I want everything I own to have in it.

I know what you’re thinking right now, she must be freezing with that exposed middle.  Not at all, actually, but while we’re on the subject let’s talk about it for a minute.  For crop tops, I recommend midi waists and high waists to bring a little balance to the outfit.  Do a quick search on midi and high waist outfits in the search bar at the side to see examples of this in past outfits too.  A little midriff showing is sexy and tasteful.  Too much is a big No-No in my book.  A small amount of exposed skin is tastefully suggestive where as a lot of exposed skin is more like a slap in the face.  And for an outfit like this, it’s all about class and tact.  Let the Halima top do the work; your body doesn’t have to.

Satin has always been a luxe fabric.  It originated in China around 1000 years ago and it was once made of silk.  Part of the trade that happened along the so called Silk Road, it was, of course, very rare.  Now it mainly is made of synthetic fibers,  which means that it is more readily available, but the creamy smoothness of this fabric combined with rich colors like this dusty pink Halima top and you know it still has all the glam of the original fabric from nearly a millennia ago.  

We know this is true by the way that it is still widely considered a “special occasion” fabric.  I’m not really the type to save things for that far off someday special occasion.  I’m more of an embrace life and wear your best everyday kind of person, so while I might save my satin for a special outfit, I think just about every day is occasion enough.

Shopping Info: Pink Satin Puff Sleeve Cuffed Crop Top – Halima from FemmeLuxeFinery.co.uk, Bubble skirt from ChicWish, Heels are old.