living by the beach and working at cityplace should make me appreciate the gorgeous sunny weather we had today, but seeing facebook photos of my friends up north and over seas still has me itching to go back to the slopes (yes, i just pulled a humblebrag).
a lot of it started with this pic of one of my best friends, tracy, who i haven't seen since last summer...when she moved to prague! besides being jealous of that intensely beautiful backdrop that looks like scene from a postcard, she had on the most fun pants that we girls just can't get away with in florida.
she said she got them for 120kc from a stand at the kacerov metro station, and even though i have no idea what the hell that means and it will soon be 95 degrees here, i want them.
they remind me of these snowy chic leggings i saw in the burton winter 2013 lookbook before we took a mini ski trip to beech mountain and appalachian ski mountain in north carolina last month. sadly, i didn't buy them because again, what does a (north) palm beacher need with snowflake-printed legs in post-vacation springtime?
so, for the south floridians like me who want to get their patterned legging fix but aren't "snowed in," i recommend something slightly different. while scoping out the shops at cityplace during a video shoot today, a few of us noticed these on-trend tribal-ish yoga leggings by pink at victoria's secret.
i love the wide band at the top and may have to get a pair of my own soon...as soon as they go on sale, anyway.
until then, stay tuned for more european trends from tracy, as we've asked her to send us the top looks (or funny finds) from the czech republic and beyond. because, let's face it, they knew about skinny pants, ballet flats and the converse comeback before we did, and we want to know what's up next.
if you're not already on twitter, you probably should be. besides the addicting process of posting what you're wearing today in 140 characters and digitally stalking @heyismeashley or @officialchace, a handful of retailers, designers, daily newspapers and others are now announcing some fantastic giveaways through the site. some ask followers to retweet something or answer a question to win movie tickets or a free sample, but there are a few others that are really worth your time.
take @rachelnasvik for example. through her twitter account and her simple, yet eye-catching "thrill of the chase" blog - http://www.wherethenighttakesyou.blogspot.com/ - the designer staged a pretty inventive campaign to put her name and handbags on the style map. over the course of a couple weeks in june, more than 90 of her limited edition, hand-printed alice bond bags were "lost" somewhere in nyc and clues on their whereabouts were then tweeted and blogged. bags were left in abandoned shopping carts at dean and deluca, on a hot dog cart, in club restrooms, on a subway car and even hanging in my nyc lodging of choice, the hudson hotel.
any lucky wanderer to engage in the bag hunt, whether on purpose or by accident, also found a note that read: "you did not find this bag; this bag found you," and became the rightful owner of the purse. the bags were stocked to prepare the "finder-keeper" for more than just a night on the town: a mix of tunes, bobby pins, tarot cards, lip gloss, matches and other - some unmentionable here - accessories added to the already-exciting find.
since we were not able to get our hands on the bags in palm beach county, @cityplacewpb is giving away some sizzling summer swag closer to home. launched last week, cityplace is tweeting every wednesday between noon and 2 p.m. until july 22 with instructions for locals to win prizes from some of the area's hottest retailers. the first lucky follower to check in at the day's selected store and repeat the tweet will go home with something sweet.
last week's winner - who happened to be my friend chrissy! - arrived within six minutes of the tweet to receive $300 worth of laura mercier and issey miyake products from sephora, including a new summer fragrance and a nude color palette of bronzer, waterproof mascara, light mineral shadows and other makeup perfect for the sunny weather.
i hear that today's prize will be a victoria's secret bathing suit of choice, just in time for the fourth of july. but who will be today's winner...will it be you?
