what to wear to Coachella 2018 music festival

What To Wear To Coachella 2018

Subscribe here so you don’t miss important updates! Music festival season is creeping up on us, and in this post I’m helping with what to wear to Coachella 2018. As it is one of the most exciting festivals for fashion, likely only second to Afropunk, what to wear to Coachella is as important as how to get there and where to stay. Coachella is in a desert and pulls every…

how to wear red

How To Wear Red for Spring and Summer

Today’s post is all about how to wear red and I thought I should start with a PSA. The key to wearing anything is confidence and a sense of ease in your own skin. It translates so clearly when your clothes don’t make you feel like yourself. I know I’ve sometimes worn things I wasn’t comfortable in, and gone on to have an awful time at whatever event I was…

straw basket bag for spring summer

Basket Bags and Where To Find Them

Spring trend or fantastic beast? With how they’re all over the place but also so difficult to find, they might as well be the same.   If you guys follow my Instagram, you’ll know that I’ve been on the hunt for the perfect basket bag. While I did find great ones here, here, and here , I just didn’t feel like I connected with them on the level I wanted to…

spring summer trends and how to wear them

Spring / Summer 2018 New In Pieces

With the new seasons just over the horizon, I felt it was time to lighten up my wardrobe with some fresh pieces for spring and summer. I show you everything I got in this video here.   You can also click on the image above to watch the video. I got some great crop tops because they are a spring/summer essential, and I also got some regular blouses- so weird for…

spring summer 2018 trends

A Broke Girl’s Guide to Spring/Summer 2018 Trends

This isn’t the first time I’ve talked about spring/summer trends. To be fully transparent, I am not much of a trend girl, although you definitely couldn’t tell if you watched this video where I bang on about trends for twenty odd minutes. I definitely believe in more classic style- I love timeless cuts and prints- and let’s be honest who has the money to trend hop season to season? Not…

Polka dot wrap dress for summer

Red Wrap Dress for Spring

I felt like a red wrap dress outfit was the best look to announce my new direction in. It’s daring, fun and elegant, and those are the things I want you to associate with theexpatmannequin. I have been wanting to do a blog revamp for a while now, but was always delaying taking the plunge. When I started this blog, I knew that I wanted it to be aspirational. I…