Welcome to 2016

This past year went by really fast.  It’s hard to believe a new year has begun.

My trend for January is boots, more specifically “Over The Knee” boots. While boots are always in style for necessity and warmth, this year the “OTK” are really big.  This months post is later than usual partly because the weather here in Texas has been warm and it was hard to get into the spirit of boots sooner. But the cooler temperatures have arrived (no snow) yeah.

I bought a pair to see if I would like them and I definitely do! You think of wearing boots with jeans, pants, etc. but, I see a lot of OTK with skirts and dresses like the photo above. While I cannot see myself in shorter skirt styles pairing my boots with this coat-type dress works really well.

(These boots are Bucco from – Rue La La $59)

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If you stick with the darker colors, adding a bright color as an accessory is fun, for example this colorful scarf (gifted).

 Of course with a new year beginning Pantone, the global color expert, has their color of the year. This year they decided to go with two.  They have chosen pastel colors a shade of pink – Rose Quartz and light blue – Serenity. Both were seen on the runways for spring.

Right now these shades seem kind of spring-like but I like that they are taken from natural occurrences of nature for example:

(taken from my vacation at Lake Tahoe)

It will definitely  be fun to see what styles emerge from this new choice of color.

Happy Shopping!