I found out about Totême a little while ago. Elin Kling of The Wall is behind this line of clothing. Too pricey for me. Unfortunately I think it’s fabulous. Look at this dress:
Totême dress
Need I say anything else?!
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Totême and that dress
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At last, swimwear
I hate neon colours.
I want to be sure you understand that. They look awful on pale skin and worse on tanned skin.
I don’t much like the seaside either. I did go though, for a week. It’s apparently very good for skin problems and I have a son who seems to need it. I am also going soon on an enlarged family holiday, near the seaside. There’s going to be a pool. Last piece of info, it’s so hot I am spending time at a place with lots of pools.
Now, since I love clothes, especially winter ones, it comes really difficult to me talking swimming wear. But I do like to be up to scratch, whatever the occasion. So, it looks like I have to consider it.
I don’t like bright, too busy, too sexy, too revealing, topless, g-strings…
I have a friend, she is a very nice person, only, she wears neon bikinis, matches them with neon flip-flops, and she even manages matching nail polish…. it’s disarming…
SIMPLE. IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO GO. Plain bikinis or an always very chic one-piece. Nicely cut, nice shades. If you can’t refrain from being a bit more “visible”, add some fine jewellery, a hat and a pair of sunglasses, no more. Ah, don’t trot down to the beach wearing cheap flip-flops or worse, heels!!
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- Miss Selfridge FLOPPY – Hat – black
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- Orelia Necklace – pale gold
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- Marc By Marc Jacobs Sunglasses – pinkcry rut
This colour and style is great, nice both with or without tan:
J.Crew HALTER WRAP ONE-PIECE SWIMSUIT cognac
Dark and loose in the right place is always good:
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- J.Crew RUCHED FEMME ONE-PIECE SWIMSUIT navy
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- J.Crew RUCHED FEMME ONE-PIECE SWIMSUIT charcoal
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- J.Crew RUCHED FEMME ONE-PIECE SWIMSUIT black
and the halter neck versions:
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- J.Crew RUCHED HALTER ONE-PIECE SWIMSUIT black
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- J.Crew HALTER WRAP ONE-PIECE SWIMSUIT navy
WARNING: the following two swimsuits are to be used only with pale skin, NO accessories, possibly lighter hair or at least tied back, if not short:
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- J.Crew RUCHED FEMME ONE-PIECE SWIMSUIT yellow
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- J.Crew RUCHED FEMME ONE-PIECE SWIMSUIT red
Now bikinis. A classic one:
Violet Lake London Paris bikini top + Carver bottom
something black
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- Seafolly Bikini top – black
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- Violet Lake London Loti bikini bottom
something a little trendy
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- & Other Stories V-NECK TRIANGLE BRA black
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- & Other Stories CUT-OUT BIKINI BOTTOMS black
something more trendy, to be used only with a flat tummy, with the addition of a second top, to be used in order to avoid marks:
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- Solid & Striped The Miranda Top and The Bridget Bottoms
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- Violet Lake London Plenty bikini top
This is it.
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Only for your eyes…
I can’t even think about wearing clothes these days. The heat is unbearable, has been for a while and is going (apparently) to get worse….Make-up is a definite NO, it would melt. Heels? No way, my feet are a size bigger, just flat sandals and VERY open. No jewellery, makes me too hot too. 
So, unless I want to walk around in knickers, I suppose I must wear something. I think it’s going to be a bikini and since I don’t want to talk bikinis, I only have sunglasses left! There’s nothing else one wears with a swimming costume, is there?!
A very long introduction I suppose…nevertheless, one I had to do, in order to explain why I am going to speak about sunglasses!!!!
I have a thing for pinkish/beige/neutral “shades” right now. Actually, I started thinking about them last year, after I saw a friend of mine wearing them and thought they are very kind on complexion. They are also feminine, gentle, chic, understated. I guess I am over the black, hard looking type of glasses.
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- Marc By Marc Jacobs Sunglasses – pinkcry rut
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- Vogue Sunglasses – red
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- Ray-Ban ERIKA – Sunglasses – dark rubber sand
But, If you really want to play the celebrity/mysterious woman, or you simply have one of those days you want to hide from the world, here are some chic black pairs:
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- Prada Sunglasses – black
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- Burberry Sunglasses – black
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- Polaroid Sunglasses – havana
Otherwise, a pair of grey ones are a good medium between the two:
Guess Sunglasses – grey
ALDO LARILIMA – Sunglasses – light pink
And finally, if you want a pair of fun shades, inexpensive, you are just going to wear twice (mind your eyes!), here they are:
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