All You Need is LOVE!

With Valentines Day around the corner, lets get over "wearing our heart on our sleeve" and start wearing it on our neck, our finger, our ears.
I've scoured my favourite stores to showcase for you some not so tacky heart adorned jewels.

If you're SO in love this Valentine's Day and keen to let the whole world know, I suggest a massive heart necklace...


Rosita Bonita Hands Holding Heart necklace from Boticca

 

Pixel Heart necklace from TopShop

 


Rosita Bonita Sacred Heart Pendant in black from Boticca



 


Rosita Bonita Sweet Black Heart Pendant from Boticca

 

However, if you like to wear your heart close to your heart, but prefer something a little more understated, here are a few more simple necklaces you may enjoy...


Wear a secret message about the one you love - www.boticca.com

 

Gogo Philip Red Heart Necklace

 

Or try a Gogo Philip Initial Necklace, I chose an L for me...

Mini Heart Necklace pack from TopShop

If necklaces aren't your thing...

Add a heart to you current stack of bracelets
 


 Tuleste Market Heart Chain Bracelet from Charm & Chain

 


Larissa Landinez Heart Bracelet from Boticca - Flying the Ozzy flag so show your support!



 
 

Pieces Heart Bracelet and Earring Set

Or if your not into hearts, show us your beat...

Beat Bracelet from Boticca

Sarah Chloe Diamonte Beat Bracelet

Showing your love on your hand is easy this year, with an array of stackable heart rings, you can easily add to your current ring stacks, or try a tasty pretzel heart ring!

Pretzel Heart Rings via Asos, yumyum

 

Vera Meat Heart Ring

And a little love on the ear can last all year... you can go extreme...

Regina Spektor has been photographed in these gorgeous earrings from www.boticca.com

 
 
 

Or my fave... skulls and hearts... LOVE! River Island doorknock earrings from www.asos.com

 


















Or try something subtle for lovely ear adronements all year round...

River Island Love Tattoo earrings

 


Manolo - Heart and Anchor Studs from Boticca



 

River Island Heart Stud Multipack

 

ASOS Heart Squiggle earrings - also in rose gold!

For those of you, that love a little accessorising but don't necessarily want to jewel it up, why not see the world through heart shaped glasses...


ASOS Heart Glasses

Or wrap up in a cosy scarf, good for a movie date, or a relaxed night out...

Warehouse Graduated Heart scarf

 


Metallic Heart scarf from Oasis

 
A bit anti-love this Valentines Day?  Share a little love with your nearest and dearest friends, who will revel in the V Day hate with you.



Broken Heart Ring Set from TopShop

 

Fallon BFF Charm Necklace Set

Finally, I thought I'd give you a few outfit suggestions for whatever your date may be this Valentine's Day...
If you need to dress to impress, all I can say is RED!
 
 

ASOS Swing dress with dipped hem

Or if your out looking for love on V day....

Gestuz Luxe dress from ASOS

For something a little bit more causal, espesh if you haven't yet "defined the relationship" try...

Pepe Jeans via www.asos.com

Or just protesting all that V Day bull on a night with the girls...

Featuring warehouse scarf from above...

I hope you're not all too love sick after that, but there's nothing like a bit of love saturation in the lead up to Valentines...

Have a wonderful day on Thursday, whatever it is you do...

Love Elle Effe

 

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Introducing Iris

A friend recently posted a picture of the adorable Iris Apfel on my Facebook page with the tagline "This will be you in 50years" little did she know that I was already wishing I had Iris' excessive style (or more likely access to her jewellery collection) I'd fallen in love with her, and I've actually had this half written blog sitting in my inbox waiting to show the world how stylish this woman is! I hope you fall in love with her as I did.

 

 

This 91 year old treasure once worked for Women's Wear Daily, and as an interior designer.  She worked in textiles with her husband during which she was involved in decorating the White House a number of times over.

Over her life she cultivated a much loved witty and individual style, never being afraid to mix high and low end fashion, combining vintage and flee market finds! And god knows how many pairs of round framed spectacles she had.

 

 

 

 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Showcased 60 objects from her collection of styled outfits and jewels in 2005/2006 named Rara Avis: Selections from the Iris Barrel Apfel Collection.

In Iris' book, more is most definitely more! 
If you are not afraid to make a statement try wearing more than one necklace.
I layer mine by matching metal shades or colours, they don't have to be exactly the same, but as long as there is a similar shade between them it will work.
Also working with differing lengths helps. And for best layering, try for minimum of three necklaces.

 As for the rest, cuffs on both wrists work, matching or not, otherwise stack a bunch on one arm.  And for rings I like to wear two on my right hand and and one on the index/middle finger on the left

How's the similarity! 

I will follow up shortly with a blog on excessively styling jewels with my own collection, so keep an eye out.

Finally, in answer to my dear friend, this will most definitely be my grandma style, as it is currently!  "Grand-darlings, careful of the necklace!"

Love
Elle Effe x

Designer Feature: Suzanna Dai

A friend of mine recently asked me to help her choose earrings for her wedding.  She was after sparkles but not white crystal rubbish, something with a bit more colour and a lot more elegance.
My internet trawlings led me to come across Suzanna Dai, via Boticca.com
Her pieces are so utterly amaze-balls that I just had to share them with you all.

Suzanna Dai's pieces are inspired by her travel and have a glamourous"old-world" appeal.  She uses beautiful stones and metallic thread to create these intricately embroided pieces.
 

Worn by Blake Lively on GG

But if wedding earrings aren't really your thing just yet, she also embroiders with our favourite, turqouise!

 

 

 

More amazing earrings in an array of colours...

 

 

 And AH-MAH-ZING necklaces...

 

Worn by Rachel Rae

 

Worn by Sarah-Michelle Gellar

 

The sad news, pieces via Boticca.com start at $150, however you can jag some sale items from $50 at the artists page www.suzannadai.com (which is awesome for unique designer pieces)
To check out her full range (and we all should, just be careful with the budget) visit...
www.suzannadai.com or http://boticca.com/suzannadai/all/#pieces

Don't drool too much.
Until next time,
Enjoy.
Love Elle Effe