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My Best Looks of the Year

12/27/19 | cupcakes and cashmere, Fashion Friday, Gucci, Uniqlo, Year in Review

TGIF to the Nth degree! It is the last Friday of the month and thus my annual countdown of my best outfits of the year – not necessarily the ones you have love the most (by traffic, comments, or likes) but the ones I have enjoyed putting together the most.  I find it quite funny that in 6 of the 10 posts  I am wearing sunnies .- maybe becoming Blair or it is just easier, take your pick, lol.  

I also think it is worth noting a special thanks to my Mom who was the photographer behind half of these shots, thanks Mom!  (The other half were a combination of my boyfriend, my brother, and my tripod) Take a look my best looks of 2019: 

10 | Black and Red with Attitude  –  Going to Milan Fashion Week was arguably one of the craziest and most impulsive things I did in 2019 but it was also one of the most fun! 

Black and Red Midi Dress and Prada Bag in Milan

9 | Touring in a Tropical Print Dress –  One of my favorite every day looks I wore on a date day around London visiting both the North and South Bank. 

Fashion Blogger - Tropical Print Dress in London

8 | Winter Style in Bournemouth – This year I started posting more casual, every day looks for Fashion Friday – things you would actually see me out and about London wearing and this was simply a very “Kelly” outfit! 

Winter Style in Bournemouth 07

7 |  Baby Got Black  –  Everything about this look makes me happy – black and white combination, the movement of this dress, and these killer boots. This reminds me that I need to re-wear this exact same outfit soon. 

ENGLISH FACTORY Knit Combo Dress

6 | Twirling in a Pleated Croc Midi Skirt . – This post was quite recent but as number seven suggests, I love anything that has good movement and this skirt pretty much begs to be spun around, even though it is quite heavy! 

Pleated Croc Midi Skirt

5 |  Spring Neutrals –  A post of new meets old where  I added some of my top Spring 2019 finds; Le Spec sunnies, Endless Rose top, and Stuart Weitzman shoes, to a few of my stapes; Uniqlo jeggings, Gucci bag, and Michael Kors watch. 

Spring Neutrals 01

4 | Lightning Leopard –  Such a fun party / date night dress and it reminds me how much I love a red lip even if my family doesn’t quite agree!

cupcakes and cashmere Jola Dress 08

3 | Summer Whites in Brooklyn –  My favorite thing about this is not actually the look, it is the fact this dress fit again – it was a serious non scale victory.  Plus showing my boyfriend New York for the first time was pretty great. 

Free People Just Like Honey Lace Dress

2|   Posing on the Paris Pillars  – I would like to think that this post is proof that I really am getting better at using my tripod!  And proof that Paris is always a good idea!

Fashion Blogger at Les Deux Plateaux or Paris Pillars

1 | (1) Black and Red for Broadway –  I had such a good time going back to New York in August, sometimes I really do miss the city! I wore this look to dinner at one of my favorite spots and then to a Broadway show.  Oh, and this was the first Sparkles & Shoes appearance of my first pair of Louboutins  (the Pillage Plato 120 in Black Patent) – yeah, that did not hurt either!  

Date Night Look with Gucci

And in case you have an inclination to take a walk down memory lane here are some of the round ups of past years, my 10 best looks of 2018 and the best looks of 2017! 

Which of these best looks of 2019 is your favorite? 

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Comments

  1. Tammy says

    December 31, 2019 at 11:58 am

    Merry belated Christmas and Happy New Year to you. You looked great in all of the outfits. My favorites are all of the summer outfits. I am surprised that the dark florals outfit from July didn’t make the top 10 list.

  2. Valerie says

    December 29, 2019 at 12:48 am

    I like the black and white one. The white skirt and the black bottom. You look like you’re having so much fun wearing it.

  3. Charles says

    December 29, 2019 at 12:36 am

    Wow! so beautiful, I love all of them.

  4. Diedre says

    December 28, 2019 at 3:13 pm

    The Paris one for sure it gets my first choice.

    Such a great variety of choices and you look wonderful and everything.

  5. Deb says

    December 28, 2019 at 1:40 pm

    Oh my gosh it’s so hard to decide. I really like the last one and it looks like you’re in New York City. Of course the one in Paris I remember from the blog post is stunning. I also really like the one you put at number 10. You are so photogenic.

  6. shianne says

    December 27, 2019 at 1:30 pm

    LOVE all of them , makes me want to go through all my looks and see what were my favs! great LOOKS GIRL

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