Legacy of Pearl

Hello Home and Adios Vuvuzelas!

LegacyOfPearl — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:20:53 PDT

After more than five weeks of traveling, I'm finally home! It was a great trip, but I'm happy to be home and enjoy my beautiful city again. I was told that it's been cloudy and drizzly in San Diego since I left so I was happy to see the sun shine last Saturday. We walked around Balboa Park all day.

On Sunday, came the end of an exciting World Cup. We were all dressed up in Orange. It didn't help unfortunately. The Orange team ended up losing and my little son was sad in his uniform. "So sad and too cute!" a friend said.

Hope you're all doing well. I wasn't up for blogging for many reasons during my trip mainly due to lack of down time and choppy internet connection. I hope to update and comment more often when I'm back on schedule.

Blending In

LegacyOfPearl — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:17:02 PDT

This is a bad picture after a whole day and maybe the pants make my hips wider than they are, but I was pretty happy with the blend colors. It was a hot and humid day. I love linens for such days!

Linen Suits to Beat the Heat

LegacyOfPearl — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:00:02 PDT

A pretty important meeting on a hot day. Linen pants and jacket was to my rescue! I felt cool and appropriate all day.

How do you like linens in summer for business wear? Sure they get wrinkled more than other fabrics, but nothing beats the comfort of them for me. This is a different white blazer than the one I wore on the flight yesterday. I try to keep some of the formal wear clean for meetings so wouldn't wear it while traveling.

Amsterdam to Marseille and Aix en Provence

LegacyOfPearl — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:58:20 PDT

This was my flying outfit today. Short flight so the heels were perfectly comfortable and they saved me some luggage space in my carry on. I have a few days of meetings around here this week. It was cool in Amsterdam and hot in here which caused me major dilemma when packing. I was able to solve it with packing some layer-able linen clothes.

Another week started! This is my last hardworking week before a semi-vacation starts. Wish you all a great week!

Red Dress Sunday

LegacyOfPearl — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:59:07 PDT

This is a dress that I bought to wear around the house, but then I thought it was too cute just to wear at home. I had facial and massage treatment data with a skin therapist friend in Amsterdam followed dinner and movies. My skin felt great, the food was yummy, the movie was fun (SATC-2) and I felt actually stylish and warm in a simple dress and sandals combo on a rainy day.

I doubled on the animal print accessories to add visual interest and fun! ;-)

Leggings and Sandal Booties

LegacyOfPearl — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:50:59 PDT

Another working from home day followed by a great dinner party and company. So happy to be back in The Netherlands.

Leggings and sandals are my summer casual formula. I wouldn't wear them to work, but love the comfort of them in everyday life.

I'm going to Antwerp in Belgium to see my friend Inge. We met on the YLF Forum last year and became good friends. Another reason why YLF is the best fashion forum to be on. You meet great friends and Angie is a delight always! Get yourself there if you like meeting interesting ladies from all walks of life, cultures and interests in addition to learning about timeless style and current fashion. The geek in me has to mention the unbeatable and wonderful forum interface that only keeps improving.

Have a wonderful weekend!

On the Houseboat

LegacyOfPearl — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:16:29 PDT

My Brother-In-Law lives in a houseboat and his little boat is always docked in front of his house. With the famous De Gooyer Windmill in the view, it lends itself to great photos of ducks, swans, Ollie the dog, and of course family. As expected, I have my camera handy at all times! This time he helped me to get some blog pictures. I needed his help because I'm too scared to set up a tripod on top of the canal! :-)

The weather is so good today and I'm working at home watching all kinds of boats go by, feeding neighboring ducks families some old bread and enjoying the best day since I've been here. Life is amazing when the sun shines, isn't it?

Thanks to the good weather, I was able to wear my sandal booties, one of my summer favorites since last year. Pants and dress are the one that I linked on the side. They had these pants in the light khaki color alternative last fall so I got it then. Now they only have it in black and white. I like the fit and comfort so I recommend it. And the dress is a lot of fun with the adjustable ruching on the sides.

Belted Sweater Vest

LegacyOfPearl — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:33:15 PDT

Belting this sweater vest and wearing it on top of a button down shirt gave it structure and made it workshop appropriate. I put an unbelted shot next to it to show the difference. Do you agree?

It is not as strong as the blazer look for such an event, but I only had room for one blazer in my luggage and I opted for a white one. I find it too risky to wear white for a rainy day so changed the outfit idea in my mind to this more practical one. It also gave me warmth all day in the cool meeting room temperatures. I was happy with it in the end.

On the Road Again!

LegacyOfPearl — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:49:32 PDT

My five week long trip to Europe started already. This trip was a packing nightmare. I have a cool weather conference that I have to present in, then a semi-formal hot weather meeting where I will present something daily for four days, then we are going to a hot weather conference for hubby, then a hot weather beach vacation and finally a cool weather active vacation. I was only allowed for one bag and I'm not a fan of big luggage fees. So I decided I will take only one suitcase with me and stop where it fills up. After all, with some smart decisions and a regular size carry-on, I was able to pack a vacation lot that I was happy with. Layering will be my friend and a lot of wearing same shoes over and over. Limited shoes is definitely not my thing, but I had to. :)

For the trip, I went for the legging look again. It's been very busy two weeks prior to this and will be like this for another two. I was looking forward to some comfortable traveling clothes. What's better than leggings and knits for that!

I got this shirt and soft cascading vest at New York and Company recently. I'm really happy with the quality of the vest. Strongly recommend it if you like cascading vest look. Everything I'm wearing are the exact links on the right to NY&Co.

I have a conference talk tomorrow. It's a bit cold here in Amsterdam. I'm even considering wearing this vest with my black pants, white shirt and pearls. Hope I get a chance to photograph.

Have a great vacation day if you're in the United States!

White and Purple

LegacyOfPearl — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:16:25 PDT

I love the freshness of the white jackets in Spring and Summer months, but always with bright colors and sometimes black. This purple shell made me think about the white jacket to pair it with on the sunny day after a month of "May Gray".

I have to leave right when it is good weather again in San Diego... See you from the other side of the Atlantic!