The Holidays I: Dress Your Best

Believe it or not, the holidays are upon us. The days of sipping hot cocoa by the fireplace, watching marathons of Christmas movies (Home Alone anyone?) and best of all spending time with family and friends (although eating (a lot of) good food comes in a very close second). So, to start out the holidays I thought I would begin by discussing holiday dresses. Dresses do not come in petites unless noted, but a smaller size and a little hem could work in most cases.

Gap Side-zip dress

Very simple; a blank canvas for accessorizing.

Comes in petite S-XL

Madewell Leather- Trim Dress

Immediately fell in love with this dress. I love the leather detailing on the collar.

Jcrew Factory Ponte Dress in velvet dot

For maybe a dressier affair; very classic silhouette

Jcrew Factory Peplum Dress

If you haven't noticed, I love red around the holiday season and this is no exception. This dress could be made extra special with accessories.

H&M Sleeveless Dress

The decorative neckline on this dress is something unexpected and new.

Which dress do you like? Do you know of any holiday dresses?

Comment below!

With love,

Samantha

Disaster in The Philippines

I was saddened to hear about the recent disaster in the Philippines. This beautiful group of islands was hit pretty hard by Typhoon Haiyan, a category 5 super typhoon which stuck on Nov. 8. The city of Tacloban was the hardest hit. Out of the many stories I have read, one really stood out. It was about a baby girl, born five days after Haiyan hit Tacloban who was unable to breathe on her own. Because of the loss of electricity, incubators which would have kept her alive did not work. Her own parents manually pumped oxygen into her lungs for 3 days before she died. My heart goes out to those affected by the typhoon and I will be praying for the Filipino people. Hopefully, they will have the strength and perseverance to carry on in this difficult time.

Here is the link if you would like to donate to the American red cross:

https://www.redcross.org/donate/index.jsp?donateStep=2&itemId=prod4650031&campname=donatetyphoon&campmedium=aspot_unassigned

With love, 

Samantha