Candy Strike Beautiful Creatures

Recently I received a marvelous surprise in the mail from the lovely and talented Elizabeth Denneau of Candy Strike. Elizabeth sent me a sneak peek of one of the items in her upcoming collection called Beautiful Creatures. If you're not a frequent shopper of Candy Strike let me give you the run down. Elizabeth Denneau is a bad ace artist who has been designing fashion for woman of all shapes and sizes for over a decade. When you creep the Candy Strike website you will find a quote from Elizabeth that says "I believe in fearless fashion, in smirks, in unapologetic displays of style, in happy-sassy girls strutting their stuff causing mischief and fun wherever they go. I believe in being nice, but fierce. I believe in owning your presence though fashion. If you wear my designs you have to own your presence - and baby's it's beautiful." This quote by Denneau is everything to me, and one of the many reasons I shop Candy Strike and will continue to support Elizabeth's indie designs. If you're looking for unique, edgy and fun fashion creep Candy Strike. You will not be let down. 

My beautiful Death Moth dress below is a hint of what is to come in the new collection Beautiful Creatures that drops for pre-order on July 1st. Beautiful Creatures is a limited edition collection so make sure you get in on the pre-order if you see any pieces you love. If an item is super popular it may not make its way back on the Candy Strike website for purchase after the pre-order period. I will say, you are going to NEED this super soft and stretchy skater dress to run around town in this summer. I wore my dress for the second time this past weekend to a faery festival with my family and I received lots of compliments; not only does the graphic look amazing, the dress itself is light and cool. I'm wearing a size 3X at a 24/26 and it fits great with lots of room to spare. This dress could easily fit a larger size due to the stretch in the fabric. I should also note the length of the dress; I'm 5'6" tall and this piece is the perfect length on me. I like when a skirt hits me just above me knees and this is exactly where this dress hits on me. I also recently placed an order with Candy Strike for some crop tops and a skater skirt. I can't wait to receive them and share details on those as well with you.

If you have any question about any of the other pieces I am wearing in this post please leave me a comment below. 


 Stina
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Forever 21+: En Plein Air

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This month the theme for the Ahead of the Curve collective is Nature's Palette. The Spring 2015 cooler and softer color choices with subtle warm tones follow a minimalistic en plein air theme, taking a cue from nature. I must admit I'm in love with this color palette. Never in my 40 years of living on this planet have I considered wearing any of these colors. A few weeks ago on a whim  I colored my hair Lucite Green and suddenly it all made sense! All of these beautiful, soft, cool tones looked so fantastic on my skin. I'm getting to fall in love with makeup and clothing all over again. While this color bliss is wonderful, it makes me not want to wear my go to colors in my closet either. My staple bright reds, dark purples and charcoals have none of the light dreaminess of the en plein air theme. This means it's time for some purging and shopping. This past weekend I was out poking around Forever21 and I came across this dress. This was the first piece of clothing I saw when I got to the store; my eyes were instantly drawn to it. The soft floral print in Strawberry Ice and Lucite Green looked so lovely next to the Off White, lace trim. This nightgown style dress gave me a big 90's, Courtney Love, heroin-chic vibe, and I was living!  In addition to loving the way this dress looks, I also love the way it fits. I bought the dress in a size 3X and there is plenty of room in it despite not having any stretch. Thank you Forever21 for cutting this dress a little bit bigger than usual. Dresses at Forever21 can be hit or miss for me at a size 26. This dress is not tight through my chest, and is very light and flowy though my hips. I'm 5'6" tall and it hits me just slightly above my knees. Unfortunately, I can not link you to this dress because it is not listed online. I have a feeling it is too new and you will see it in the upcoming weeks. You may have more luck going into your local store and buying it directly.

UPDATE: I'm told this dress was in fact online in the US, but sold out very fast. In Canada we only get a small percentage of what the American site gets so I'm doubtful it will ever be online in Canada. 

Sandals:(Thrifted) Value Village

Size 10

Sunglasses: Forever 21

Currently out of stock, but I linked to similar.

  Hair Colour: Ion Brand

Shade: Mint

Lipstick: Lime Crime

Shade: Riot (Marsala)

Stina

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