Mix, Match and Color Blocking

I have been falling in love with mixing, matching and color blocking, and all in a very subtle "cocorosa" way of course. A simple add of a bright color like red, green, yellow or fuchsia in accessories adds such a spark of contrast and color to pastel and soft white looks. A bright red tote can complete a look into perfection as I found out. 

My whole introduction to my single accessory color splashes came when I received an email from Boden and I found myself pleasantly surprised by continually peeking into the site loving the soft pink with red combinations in looks, mint colors set against bold stripes and splashes of yellow that started to grow on me. Now, I'm much more of a soft dreamy pastel girl and less of a color blocking queen like Gary Pepper's Nicole or Atlantic Pacific's Blair but a bright accessory here and there, bold stripes in voluminous silhouettes or bright jumpers set against my pastel looks...hmmmm I'm more than willing to try.
xoxo

in the collage: Light Blue Jumper, Red Trousers, Pink Jumper, Yellow Jumper, Mint Trousers, Striped Slingbacks, Striped Cardigan, Mint Bowling Bag, Green Tote, Red Coat, Color Block Flats, Striped Skirt, Yellow Coat, Silver Tote, Yellow Bowling Bag, Fuchsia Tote

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Swirling

photos by Suz

It's no secret I feel right at home in pastels, ice cream colors and whipped-up, swirling feminine silhouettes. I really love big theatrical volumes in knits, skirts and dresses and the red tote has become such a wardrobe gem because it's adds a strong color to any soft pastel look! The Josefina flats are just perfect in color and beautifully made and came in the most gorgeous box ever. Ballet flats are an ultra feminine must have flat shoe in my opinion, they add some nonchalance and sophistication to skinny jeans and big knits (and even leggings if you want to pull a "Audrey Hepburn" look) I normally don't wear ballet flats with swirling looks like this but I think I will make it my new habit because I just felt so comfortable and me! 

xoxo

H&M Trend cropped sweater, Zara dress, Guess Tote, Josefinas ballet flats in serenity green

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Top 10 Fashion Bloggers Crop Tops

photo via Gary Pepper


Today's Top 10 is all about the crop top and the midriff bearing bloggers styling the cropped tops, t-shirts, sweaters and cut-out crops perfectly in all possible ways. We love how these Fashion Bloggers mixed and matched lengths and volumes with skater, midi, pencil and maxi skirts or layered the crops over shirts and dresses. Inspiration galore to keep on crop topping this coming Spring and Summer! 
xoxo

Check out today's Top 10 Fashion Bloggers Crop Tops.

1) Gary Pepper

Nicole's cropped looks are picture perfect and we adore how she wears them with high waisted pencil, midi and maxi skirts and wide legged trousers!

http://garypeppergirl.com/





2) Hanneli

Hanneli looks gorgeous in a crop top and midi skirt and we adore the cropped top bikini top!

http://www.hanneli.com/





3) the Blonde Salad

Chiara's cropped top look is just amazingly perfect put together!

http://www.theblondesalad.com/





4) Fashion Toast

We love Rumi's cut-out crop and adore her cropped top with the striped midi styling!

http://www.fashiontoast.com/





5) Karla's Closet

All of Karla's midriff bearing looks are perfect, it's hard to name a favorite but we keep on gushing over her cropped turtle neck and shorts!

http://www.karlascloset.com/





6) Fashion Vibe

A queen of cropped tops, Zina styles the tops effortlessly in amazing well put together looks.

http://www.fashionvibe.net/





7) Style Scrapbook

Andy styles the crop top into perfection by layering it over t-shirts and blouses or wearing it with high waisted skirts.

http://stylescrapbook.com/





8) Kenzas

We love Kenza's cropped fluffy jumper and love the idea of adding cropped tops/shirts to lingerie!

http://kenzas.se/





9) Nini Style

Nini's cropped top look is one of our favorites! The heavy knitted crop adds perfection to the the midi/pencil skirt.

http://ninistyle.net/





10) Peace Love Shea

Going mini with midi, Shea Marie styled her see-through lace top beautifully with a pencil skirt.

http://peaceloveshea.com/





11) Neon Blush

Jenny styles the crop tops with ease and we love how she keeps the skin bearing at a minimum by styling the tops with high waisted mini skirts.

http://www.neonblush.com/





12) Style Heroine

Evangelie's styling and use of lengths is more than perfect.

http://www.styleheroine.com/





13) Raspberry Rouge

Rebecca styles the cropped tops perfectly with trousers, skater and midi skirts. We especially love the crop top, midi skirt and ankle boot combination! 

http://raspberry-rouge.com/





14) Dulceida

We love how Aida sports the crop top with a high waisted skater skirt and ultra high platforms. 

http://www.dulceida.com/





15) the Haute Pursuit

Vanessa is another queen of cropped tops, we love how she styles the tops with baggy trousers or in heavy layered looks.

http://thehautepursuit.com/





16) We the People Style

Jessie's modern styling of the cropped top with the asymmetrical skirt couldn't be more perfect! 

http://wethepeoplestyle.com/