Spring Trends Guide 2013: Printed tees and oversized jackets

I have gone crazy over simple printed tees. they are so easy to dress up (think boyfriend jeans, pumps and a blazer) or dress down (think boyfriend jeans, a leather jacket and wedged sneakers). I have collected a ton of them and it seems its a trend that wont die anytime soon. this is also another monochrome look! huge for Spring and right now too! Check out the rest of the Spring Trends Guide posts HERE, HERE, and HERE.

 

Top: Zara | Oversized Blazer: Zara | Skirt: Missoni | Sandals: Boutique 9

AWESOME PRINTED TEES

there are tons of Spring Trends happening with this outfit: oversized blazer, printed tee, stripes and a quilted skirt. Somehow it all works. I was stalking this blazer at Zara and finally broke down and got it (after visiting 3 different Zara's to find it!). The 5th Ave Zara (the most amazing Zara in New York City and possibly the USA) but it doesn't hold a candle to the flagship in Barcelona. this blazer is also linen so its lightweight. can't wait to rock this blazer with everything including denim cutoffs and sky high sandals. I couldn't resist the gaped tooth smile top.

 

xx

Monroe

 

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Photography by Tiona D.



My imperfect Gap Teeth

 

I had no intention on writing a post like this until I got an email from one of my younger readers a few days ago. She pointed out that she also has a gap in her two front teeth (Diastema) and that she gets picked on a lot about it but her seeing my blog and that we both shared that gap toothed smile made her feel better about herself. I was also picked on a lot about my gap. Mostly in middle school which were some of the toughest years of my life. I remember crying in the bathroom seeing things on the bathroom stalls that girls had written about me in permanent marker. I usually had a weekly breakdown in the principles office about repainting the stalls every week.

 

When I was younger my gap was relatively small. I couldn't even fit a toothpick in it. But as I got older it widened more and more. I can fit my tongue through it now (sideways of course). I suspect the older I get it will continue to widen. I had never tried to hide it. I smiled all the time. I was never ashamed of it. It was just another part of me but it did hurt to be called bucked teeth for some reason. In high school I did a few pageants and it was at that time that I considered getting my gap closed and getting braces. I went with my mom and dad to an orthodontist and had some xrays of my jaw done and had a consultation. I was told that I have an overbite, my teeth don't line up, i'm a tongue thruster and they would have to break and reset (wire my jaw shut) for my teeth to be realigned (and touch) and then I'd need braces for 2 years to close my gap. I was horrified. I decided I'd rather live with my gap than go through all of that.

 It wasn't until I was in college that I really started to love my gap and not resent it for getting me picked on. For some reason guys really dig it and all the French people that I met love it. Then having a gap became a "thing". Think Madonna, Michael Strahan, Georgia May Jagger, Vanessa Paradis. People are even going to the dentist and requesting "imperfect" teeth now. I feel kinda special that I was just naturally born this way. I also love that its a very strong family trait and all the women in my family have one including my mother, aunts and cousins.

I hope when I one day have a daughter that she will come to love her gap too. I think my gap is just perfect!

 

xx

Monroe