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Pernille Teisbaek of Look De Pernille is one of my favorite fashion bloggers and I love her creative and cool personal style. She is fond of mixing casual and formal (think tennis shoes + pencil skirts) and brings innovation to seemingly simple pieces.

Get inspired by one of her most recent chic looks–perfect for the transitioning weather!

What do you think of Pernille's style? Who are your favorite personal style bloggers?

Grace Hartzel (image via styledumonde.com)

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Stella McCartney Bag | Miu Miu Sunglasses | Pixie Market Matching Set | Jeffrey Campbell Heels | Marc by Marc Jacobs Denim Skirt | Equipment Blouse

Nicole (Audrey Hepburn) back from a drive in a chic all-white ensemble

A perfect pink coat and glorious eye makeup, even when she's in her pajamas underneath

Getting ready for a night on the town

Dining with high society in dazzling diamonds (Holly Golightly would have loved it)

A bright yellow skirt suit, white fishnets, and a bouffant? So swingin' sixties

Nicole's idea of the perfect outfit for a clandestine meeting is stunning, though it may not be the best "undercover" outfit

Ever since I bought this cargo jacket from Anthropologie this past December I cannot get enough of it! The cargo jacket is as comfy as it is cool, as high-impact as it is laid-back. A paradox of sorts, maybe, but a welcome one.

Under the umbrella term of "cargo jacket" there lies a wide variety of options. Oversized, fitted, embroidered or embellished, olive green, beige, long, short...there are so many types of cargo jackets it almost makes it difficult to find just one!

I love that mine has little lace decals and a burgundy velvet trim that adds a touch of girliness, and the detachable hood is a perfect addition for a California girl who doesn't need to be too concerned with rain -though the hood is very handy in the rare occasion when we do get rain.



How to Style It
There are two ways I love to wear my cargo jacket. Usually I will either:
1. play with proportions and mix my oversized cargo jacket with slim leggings and a lightweight  T-shirt

Olivia Palermo; source unknown; stockholm-streetstyle.com

2. clash pretty with tough and throw my jacket over a gauzy floral-print dress or fun, bright colors

All Blair Eadie from atlantic-pacific.blogspot.com

Left: my tanning + reading accessories Right: inspired by my outfit

Just last week it was 80 degrees and sunny. I was wearing mini skirts and reading for classes under the Southern California sun. Now I am in an oversized knit sweater (with elbow patches, no less), leggings, and boots. Sure, I'm comfy and cozy, but watching movies in oversized sweaters while the rain pours down outside just doesn't compare to soaking up sun rays while reading about the American television industry in to-die-for neon sea foam J. Crew ballet flats.

Oh well. Rain this weekend, but I'm hopeful for the week to come. And can I really complain too much about California weather?

Elbow patches -which used to be reserved for stern-looking collegiate professors prone to donning easy-fraying tweed jackets at lectures- have made a stylish resurgence as of late, and everyone is getting their hands (or should I say elbows) all over this trend. 

When donning revamped elbow patches, there appear to be two schools of style thought:

1. The Literal Bunch. This group is doing the full-on tweed jacket with suede patches, Ivy League Prepster look. There will be plaid, leather briefcases, and other smart-looking cliches.

Copenhagen Street Style

untitled by tweexcore on flickr

2. The Rethinkers. This group has taken the elbow patch out of its traditional school teacher blazer setting and placed it into a more modern environment. Think sweatshirts and knits with elbow patches, patches decorated with sequins or in crazy prints, a more urban edge.

Tommy Ton for GQ

Chinti & Parker Fall 2012 ad campain

Personally, I'm in love with both schools of style thought, so I'll take inspiration from everyone! In case you are still wary of being tempted to lean on your elbows too much or don't know how to quite pull this off, I've taken the liberty of creating two possible outfits for your new patched-up sweaters! 

The two outfits mix preppy poise with urban cool, so feel free to channel both Greenwich, Connecticut, and Greenwich Village when testing out your new elbow patches!

 

Everyone has been raving about someone on Mad Men singing the song "Zou Bisou Bisou" and so while on iTunes yesterday I checked out the song and fell in love with Gillian Hills and then I promptly went on a 60s French pop music spree. The music just rocks, you know? and it makes you want to get on your feet and dance, let your hair loose, and dream of looking like Brigitte Bardot. Even the French version of "These Boots are Made for Walking" sounds better because, you know, it's in French.

Brigitte Bardot

The French in the 60s were just so stylin' and they really had a great mix of classic early 60s styles (small waists and the whole 'bombshell' look) and mod fashions not to mention timeless French chic classiness. So break out the records, tie a scarf haphazardly around your neck, and celebrate all that is 60s French pop music!


LINDSEY'S FRENCH POP PLAYLIST

1. "Zou Bisou Bisou" -Gillian Hills
2. "Ca Plane Pour Moi" Plastic Bertrand
3. "Ces Bottes Sont Faites Pour Marcher" -Eileen
4. "Je T'aime Moi Non Plus" -Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin
5. "Rentre Sans Moi" -Gillian Hills
6. "Ca Pourrait Changer" -Brigitte Bardot
7. "Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi" -Jacques Dutronc
8. "C'est Si Bon" -Yves Montand
9. "Une Petite Tasse D'anxiete" -Serge Gainsbourg & Gillian Hills
10. "Moi Je Joue" -Brigitte Bardot

Jane Birkin and Gillian Hills

Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg

Femmes de Paris record

Francoise Hardy

...you can still enjoy the idea of Coachella. I myself have never actually been (though I came extremely close to going this year) but I almost like it that way, like I have this idea of what a three-day music festival in Indio should be like and that's kind of enough to satisfy my eagerness to actually go. A lot of people have told me that while the music is great and the festival is so much fun there are a lot of things that detract, like running out of water and finding parking and turning into a puddle of sweat in the heat- you know, real things. So for now I have this perfect image in my head of all the wonderful things and I can ignore everything else.

It doesn't matter if you are making the pilgrimage out to the desert this year, because there's one thing we can all learn from the festivities in the valley: how to dress for the summer. Seriously, dudes, the girls at Coachella always impress me. Maybe they are fairies that don't sweat and can therefore manage to look adorable in 100-degree weather, but somehow these chicks always rock the festival like they are on the main stage.

Everything is very eclectic and yet you secretly know those girls spent hours curating the contents of their hemp suitcases before making their way to the desert. The Coachella goer almost always packs the following:

1. Denim Cutoffs- shorts are necessary to stay cool in desert heat, preferably if they are unraveling at the hems, full of rips, and stone-washed to a pulp
2. Cross-body Bag- you want a bag that can function when you are moving around, something small enough that it won't weigh you down, but also something that can hold all your necessities
3. Maxi Dress- embrace the "New Age Woodstock" vibes and make like a hippie in a light, flowy dress
4. Sweet Shades-When you are out all day in the bright sun, your eyes need some stylin' sunglasses to keep your eyes protected. Ray-Bans are always a hit
5. Gladiator Sandals- You want sandals that will stay on your feet even when you are rocking out to the Black Keys, so straps and buckles are your new best friends

And some more of the essentials: