Summer Chic - your summer essentials

'Here comes the sun'!!! We show you how to stay chic this Spring/Summer in sun soaked days and balmy evenings.

Summer is the time to flaunt your fab figure and to go playful with all the bright hues. And girls with a generous side need not sulk, as smart summer styling will hide your flaws and accentuate your strenghts.


Shorts Style
Effortlessly stylish - simply pull-on a pair of denim shorts and an easy tank. Team it with smart slingbag, comfy flat sandals or wedges and a pair of summer sunglasses and you're ready to rock.

Wear your shorts to a party by dressing them up like Eva with a nice pair of heels and a clutch or keep it casual with basic white tee or nautical stripes for some fun look. What ever way you wear, it's definitely going to be stylish and keep you comfy in the heat.
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Eva Longoria, Halle Berry and Ashley Tisdale

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Your choice of accessories will be the key to your shorty look so make sure you pick the best. You can wear your shorts with a white silk shirt (tucked in) for a more feminine look. You can wear this look from outdoor soirees to pool parties and just look perfect.
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Our Picks

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Kain Washed tank top for $155, Joe's Jeans The Destroyed Short in Brigitte for $143, Aldo Otega sunglasses for $12, Aubin & WillsWellingham Straw Panama Hat for £54 (Aldo Mallinger hat for $20) and Aldo Wyatta Beaded Gladiator Sandals for £45.

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White Wash
Nothing says summer like a white ensemble. Replace your LBDs with LWD (little whote dress) or team white separates to create a chic head-to-toe white look like Blake Lively. A summery white dress can be worn from day-to-night with the right accessories. And the best part is, a white dress will complement that tan you’ve been working on over the last few weeks.
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Kirsten Dunst, Blake Lively and Taylow Swift

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Work minimalism with a elegant white blouse teamed with white pants, add statement gold jewelry for a sophisticated evening look. And if you've watched the Royal Wedding, you know lace is this season's hot fav. And what can be a better way to work the lace than wearing it in white (like Taylor Swift). A nice short white lace dress styled with an elegant belt can be worn for the day and teamed with a white jacket (Stella McCartney) for the evening look.

Girls if you're worried that 'white will make you look fat', pick a different hue to white like cream, ivory, beige to flaunt the style. Absolutely anyone can work this trend perfectly with ease. And just like black, white works with almost everything.
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Stripes
Add fun to your summer wardrobe with stripes - they are versatile and can be worn by everyone and with everything. Team a striped tee with your jeans, shorts or a skirt, pick a stylish striped dress, pair your stripes with other prints (abstract, geometric) - there's no dearth of options.
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Taylor Swift, Eva Longoria and Victoria Justice

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We think the best way to wear the stripe trend is to wear a stripe tee under a blazer and team it with smart trousers or jeans.

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Flower Power
Bring your summer look into full bloom with all things floral. Floral prints are an epitome of spring/summer chic. Read Botanical Love - Florals for Spring and Winter for how to wear the floral look.

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Trend Watch: Plaited Hairstyle

Braids, or plaits, are a huge trend this season and are a great way to update your look in an instant. They're seen everywhere from red carpets to streets and even Oscars and on everyone - Blake Lively, Nicole Richie, Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Lowndes, Emma Watson and Jessica Stam.

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Who's wearing the trend

Jessica Stam wears her plaits in a very interesting style with her straight hair. We love the look.

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Blake Lively wears braided hair at Emmy Awards. Super sleek and chic this style perfectly complemented her red Versace gown giving it a modernity and elegance.

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Messy, slightly undone side braids and fishtail plaits are the most popular and easiest way to updo your look whether it is casual or dressy.

Tamsin Egerton

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Nicole Richie

Emma Watson at Glastonbury Festival 2010

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Jessica Lowndes

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Whose messy plaited-do you like most? We super like Tamsin Egerton’s fishtale plaited style.

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And the plaits trend is not restricted to the west. Even Bollywood celebs are catching up the trend and donning it on the red carpets. Dia Mirza and Prachi Desai were spotted in side swept messy plaits and came up with but lovely results.
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Diya Mirza ant Panasonic Event

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Prachi Desai at Filfare Awards in Messy Plaits

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There are many diffferent ways in which you can wear your plaits, click here to check out different styles.

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Trend Watch - Summer Booties

When the temperature soars, even the most style conscious ladies prefer their flip flops and sandals, but not this season. Summer 2009 has the all new and stylish 'Summer Booties'.

Booties in various forms are popular this Summer/Spring - from sandal booties, peed-toe booties to studded and zipped ones. Their vesatility allows them to be worn from casual to dressy events. And their ubiquity is apparent with the celebs wearing them just about everywhere whether it is the red carpet or on the streets.

Come Fall, these become Fall booties and so they are not going out of style. And the ankle booties are even going to be in style during this winter, looking at their popularity on the runways.

So grab your pair today!!!

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Rihanna in black ankle booties (left) and Cassie in Christian Louboutin Booties (right)

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Blake Lively in Marc Jacobs grey booties and Kim Kardashian in flat sandal booties
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Celebrity Bootie Spotting

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Christian Louboutin Robot 120 Boots: Doing the
rounds

These Golden Christian Louboutin Robot 120 Ankle Boots have become quite popular with celebrities. Seen on Megan Fox, Lady Gaga, Nicole Richie and Cassie. These gold patent booties with Louboutin's famous red sole are 4.5 inch high and are definitely a bold choice.

They surely suit Lady Gaga's jazzy taste. You like?
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Christian Louboutin Robot 120 Ankle Boots for £804

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Blake Lively is loving the Booties

Booties have becme an obsession with Blake Lively. From Chloe to Marc Jacobs to Christian Louboutins, she has a pair to flaunt.

Blake Lively in Chloe Suede Booties (left)

and Marc by Marc Jacobs Peep Toe Ankle Bootie (right), click here to buy

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Blake Lively in Christian Louboutin Armadillo Pleated Ankle Booties

available in sale for $520, click here to buy

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How to wear them?
Booties are tough to wear, as they visually shorten your legs. So its best suited for women with long, lean legs. If you really want to wear booties, pair them with a short skirt or shorts to elongate your legs as much as possible.

For the summer, sandal bootie would work best as they are perfect to show off your toes while still wearing the boot style. As the name suggests, a sandal bootie is a hybrid between an ankle boot and a sandal. This style allows your toes to breathe in the soaring temperature and is also a great transition piece for the fall.

On the lright is Givenchy's Lace open toe Sandal Bootie, available at 50% discount, click here to buy.

Pair slightly tough, open-toe booties with a floral or mini dress to get a modern yet feminine look. Black Booties gives a tough look while neutrals and metallics would lend a lighter touch. Greys have become quite popular.

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