Hello everyone! It's been just over a month since my last post and a lot has happened. End of school year, celebrated my 40th birthday, my husband and I went to Italy, lost our luggage, came back, continued without luggage, reunited with our children, packed up for the lake, moved out to the lake, hosted 6 tween/teens, boated, soaked up the sunshine, and now we are here. I am glad to be back and promise to be back on my Monday blogging schedule and of course with the ladies of Ageless Style every third Thursday of the month. Please follow along and link up at the end of this post.
This months theme is summer white! Today I am showing you an outfit I purchased in Rome at a store called OVS, reminds me a bit of H & M or Mark & Spencer when I was in London. My luggage was lost and by the 2nd day I knew I better find a top and bottom, and frankly some panties, because it didn't look like I was going to be getting it anytime soon. If you followed along, I didn't get it until a week after we returned home. Anyway, I love this light weight knit white top and the linen paper bag waist shorts. They were the perfect fit together and they are perfect for creating the Coastal Grandma Style everyone is talking about. Rome is HOT and we walked everywhere, so this little ensemble was the perfect way to stay stylish and cool, plus it's super breathable so it didn't stink up, making it possible for me to wear it from a long day of sight seeing and exploring the Colosseum to an evening out exploring the neighborhood of Trastevere and garbing some ice cream, all I had to do is switch out my cute Lulu Lemon belt bag for my Kate Spade crossbody purse. Day to night look without fuss.
Okay, I have a great appreciation for architects and engineers of our day BUT seriously the Colosseum is AMAZING and it's 1, 952 years old!!!!!! Let that sink in. I mean this structure was commissioned to be built by Emperor Vespasian between 70 -80 AD. It's the biggest amphitheater to date to be built. Historically it was used for gladiator combats and wild animal fighting and could house up to 50, 000 spectators. Although over the years much of this has had to be restored and upkept it is an incredible structure that makes you feel very tiny in it's presence. There is so many int3ercate layers, details from the gladiator area, to the cages for the wild animals, to the actual floor where the fighting was to occur and seating arrangements that would allow everyone to see. We choose to purchase an audio tour that we listened to before entering the Colosseum and it made us appreciate it's structure so much more, although it made me sick to think of all the prisoners and predominantly Jewish slaves that worked to build it over a decade and how difficult of a task that would have been. So many historical sights that we admire have a dark history.
More from Italy coming your way in upcoming posts. Until then please visit the other ladies of Ageless Style and link up below. Join us on Aug. 18th for Fashion on a Budget and Sept. 15th for Back to School Outfits.
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Knit Top
High-waist Bermuda Shorts (black, pattern, blue in color)
Lulu Lemon Everywhere Belt Bag
