Summer has always been about being natural. All natural from your head down to your toes. I’m sure I’m not the only one who loves the summer tousled hair, summer glow, fresh nail polish, natural accessories, and the pale summer shoes, plus many other summer wonders. To me, summer screams fresh, and nothing is fresher than natural beauty… in all areas.
Starting at the head… of course summer hair is always the fresh, free flowing beach hair. Beyond that are the accessories you wear. Natural beauties have always been seen in treasures from the sea such as luxe pearls, bright coral, lustrous mother-of-pearl and exotic shells. It can’t get any more beautiful than that. We are also seeing that big is beautiful. Of course there are times for those simple, elegant pieces, but right now we are seeing a lot of big funky beautiful stuff.

Giambattista Valli

Marni
On the lighter side we are being swept away by the small delicate shells, fish, sea horses and coral that encrust small,, pretty summer bags. Sure big bags are still in, but nothing says ‘summer bag’ more than a small little clutch. Going from a large fall bag to a small cute one is hard, I know, but it’s well worth it. Nobody wants to carry around a big bulky bag while taking a stroll on the beach.

Roberto Cavalli
We can’t forget summer shoes. This is the time when we can show off our legs, and of course OUR AMAZING SUMMER SHOES! If you haven’t noticed, starting now in the summer and going throughout the fall we have some real beauties. Throughout the summer we have seen many pale beauties with ash-hued soles and heels. These are marked as distant cousins to clogs, but… they only come out to play in the summer. Your feet can’t be any more natural than pale hues, and wooden textured soles.

Marni

Marc Jacobs
These are great when the mood is casual and the living is easy.