[Fashion] What to wear for Graduation Day

Hello there dearies! 

I've been waiting a long long time for this day come. Since December 2012 to be somewhat more precise. I officially took all the exams I needed to take to get my Business Degree and waited almost a year for this Graduation Ceremony to arrive. 

How my university infuriates me to hell, I don't know how I've and the entire student body pulled through, but I am happy to be almost done with it once and for all. 

A month ago, when the graduation date was officially announced, I literally freaked out and started thinking of what I can wear. My sister, my good friend Sasha and I, made a date to go dress shopping, and oh boy was it frustrating. All three of us couldn't find the perfect one. 

It's really funny because when we all separately went shopping a few weeks after that day, we all found our ideal graduation dress.  But before that, trust me, I was completely blank and irritated because I had absolutely no idea what type of dress I wanted to get. I spent days thinking about it and I've even had dreams about it because I was so anxious.

So I made it easier for myself and made a pinterest board filled with all university graduation type dresses that I thought suitable for the event. Graduation Dresses

Now before we get into what type of dress to wear, we need to consider a few things:

Location

Where exactly is the ceremony going to be held? 

In a hall at a hotel

In the middle of field

In the school gym

In the school auditorium

It's not only the dress I'm worried about, it's the shoes. If it's a field with grass or sand, expect your stilettos to sink. Try out some flats, a chunky heel, wedges, or heeled boots. Otherwise, any other type of heels/flats will do well on tiled or carpeted floors. :3 

Weather

Is it going to be cold? Is it going to be raining? Is it going to be hot and humid? 

Now we don't want to be sweating inside and probably through our togas for a couple of hours, nor do we want to freeze. Unless there will be proper air conditioning or cool but not freezing weather, then your good. 

Check your weather forecast on the week of your Grad day and hope for the best. Dress your best for yourself and the weather! xD 

Your Purse

Now ladies, the dilemma of leaving your phone, wallet, etc. with your family or keeping them with you for the entire ceremony. 

If you want to bring your things with you, keep them to a minimum - phone, wallet, lip balm, tissue. 

You don't want to be carrying around a huge bag of your things on top of your toga, so just have a clutch with a thin strap or a chain strap to go inside your toga. (sneaky sneaky) Or if you're lucky enough, you'll find your ideal dress with pockets! Don't we all love dresses with pockets, because I know I do! xD

Okay okay, on to the dresses. 

What to wear

So here are a bunch of dresses that I found Graduation Day appropriate. xD

Body-cons

Be them sleeveless, or long sleeved

They are the perfect choice if you want to show off your curvy slender body and give out that intellectual and professional look. It's perfect for the office too.   

Peach Body-con

Now this lacy navy dress with a slight pleated skirt is perfect in my opinion. Basically anything with a slightly pleated or a basic pleated skirt is perfect for a graduation ceremony.

 

Navy Blue

Here we have a whole variety of dresses that can spike up your inspiration. 

Graduation Dresses by anglelight 

A tip: If your toga is black, keep your dress any other color besides black. Imagine you're dress and toga blending in together, if you're alright with that, then go for it!

With the perfect dress, comes the perfect pair of shoes!

High School or College/University graduation day. After this day it's time for you to go out into the real world and be who you've trained to become.

I hope this helped! :3 

Good Luck Ladies!

[Fashion] Love for Burgundy

Love for Burgundy by anglelight 

Oh waw.
Two fashion posts in a row! I'm saying this because it doesn't happen too often as it should xD

It's fall in most places of the world, and in the country I'm residing in unfortunately has only two seasons, Summer and Winter, of course it has the occasional rain and sandstorms every so often. Oh how I wish for Bahrain to have Spring and Autumn, but these things are what they are.

Ever since October struck, the colors, red, maroon and burgundy or basically any other shade of dark crimson red, has been catching my eye. And fortunate for me, I was hunting for the perfect graduation dress at the time, so what better way to feed my slight craving to buy something burgundy than a burgundy graduation dress. Oh how I love that dress, though I can't seem to find it anywhere on the internet. o.O

Burgundy would look great with warmer tones like beiges and browns, and of course black goes with everything. Also a splash of gold or rose gold will look tremendous for a fancy night time look. Burgundy always seems to look much better during the evening time, don't you all think so?

Hope you're all having a great November so far! xoxo

[Fashion] To Relax, To Convey, To Enjoy + OOTD

My good friend Sasha had this urge to go into a café to blow of some stress, so she called me up and asked if I wanted to come with, and for those of you who know me, you know that I love me my coffee!

It's been quite a while since I did a proper fashion post, It's been all about books these days , and since I've been wanted to really do a proper outfit of the day post, I finally got off my little patuti and went for it! 

I now realize; while carrying around my or my sisters DSLR camera, that it's really uncomfortable when people stare at me with curiosity in their eyes. But of course it's human nature to be curious so I forced myself not to care that people were staring because this was what I wanted to do after all. 

After months and maybe even years of seeing all these famous bloggers around the blogosphere, I've always wondered how they take all of their photos. Who takes it for them? I on the other hand usually have no one to take proper photos of me and/or my outfit. But today, I had Sasha! 

This is Sasha!

And of course, this is me.

The sky earlier today was very gloomy but the weather was nice. It felt so good to walk around with the small swooshes of the wind blowing through you. It felt like an instant stress relief. And when the clouds started to part ways, the sky looked so beautiful. It barely gets cloudy here in Bahrain. 

At first we couldn't decide which café to go to, but we eventually settled with our usual, Starbucks. "When in doubt, go to Starbucks." We were surprised to see that the Starbuck branch we went to was under renovation, and we were forced to sit outside. Thankfully for the great weather, it was all good. We both ordered the same drinks. Hazelnut Latte, it's my new favorite drink and I completely recommend it! 

Spending your afternoon talking and gossiping with one of your best friends over a cup of coffee is always a great stress relief in my opinion. You get to let it all out and enjoy your nice cup for coffee at the same time. 

Don't you just love those times when you get the urge to just get out of the house and do something fun! xD

My Outfit

My entire outfit is basically hand-me-downs (HMD) today. 

Oversized Flannel Shirt - China xD | Half Button Up Shirt - HMD | Black Tights - At a Bazaar | Studded Flats - New Look | Satchel Bag - Charles & Keith 

Sasha's Outfit

Simple, casual and comfortable

Shirt - Aeropostale | Jeans - H&M | Beige ballet flats

Have a great day everyone!

[Fashion] New York City, Times Square Look

It's a fashion post!!

New York City, Time Square Wear by anglelight 

While I was working, it's either I saw something or heard something that made me think of New York City and Time Square. I then closed my eyes and saw myself standing in the middle of Time Square, watching the New York traffic and people making their way to work on a busy morning or afternoon. And I just saw myself standing there, and then I started to picture my outfit.

I imagined myself wearing a long skirt with a slit on the side, with a pastel colored top with something over it, like a cardigan, and pairing it all with combat boots, some sunglasses and messenger bag.

I decided combat boots because they are comfortable and if I were to walk around all day, my feet wouldn't hurt as much. xD

It has somewhat of a gothic feel to it, but the pastels really brings it all out. Some gold jewelry would really finish up this outfit.

This is just one of the outfits I pictured myself wearing when I go to New York.

So here it is. I love it, and I hope you all like it too! ^^

xoxo