Finally, the summer has arrived, after months of unusually chilly, wet weather, and now this Bird is in seasonal culture shock. I'll always have much love for Jaunty layering, but it's just not practical when the sun decides to peek out and warm up our days and nights. I found myself Inspired yet again, by our favorite lady of summer, Miss Carrie-B. I know the movie's come and gone, but I still find myself going back to that lovely and simple Halston white dress from the opening. So summery and perfect! Sadly, I have no Jaunty Halston summer dress, but I had a simple jersey knit dress and chose a few sparing accessories to make it sparkle. It's definitely been a change of pace to select items in the Jaunty Wardrobe with a much lighter hand, so I'm taking all the Inspiration I can get!

Selected from the Jaunty Wardrobe is a summery blue jersey knit dress from Macys, vintage gold lattice and shell earrings (converted to clips, as this Bird doesn't have pierced ears!), vintage jade ring, aviators from Banana Republic, faux snakeskin clutch (a gift), and gold peep-toe pumps from Steve Madden.


Jaunty Fine Print: image from Sex and the City 2

 

Without giving away any major spoilers, this Bird was taken over by a sparkly Mood after seeing Sex and the City 2. The long-awaited sequel was just what the doctor ordered to add a couture kick in this Jaunty one's step! I wasn't sure if the adventures of our favorite girlfriends would translate into another sparkling city so far away from NYC, but the faraway, exotic beauty of Abu Dhabi was amazing and really felt like a little virtual vacation for a couple of hours, minus the sinking of stilettos in sand dunes.

I don't know if it was intentional, but I got a distinct Wizard of Oz feeling -- Carrie with the sparkly heels and ruby-red Louboutin underside, the appearance of not just many Friends of Dorothy but the one and only daughter of Dorothy, Carrie's exclamation of their not being in Kansas anymore upon arrival to their amazing hotel, and the simple lesson that in the end, there truly is no place like home.

So SATC fans, did the movie deliver? Did you feel like they brought the L-O-V-E? This Bird was just glad they answered the biggest question left hanging from the first movie, which was What the heck happened to that amazing penthouse apartment??

Sparkly things that caught this Magpie's eye include: {1} smoky quartz ring from Buy.com, {2} Marchesa's beaded chiffon caftan from Neiman Marcus, {3} Kate Spade's Raffia bracelet from Piperlime, {4} M Missoni's painterly patchwork caftan from Bergdorf Goodman, {5} Paloma's Marrakesh tassel pendant from Tiffany & Co., {6} Moroccan tea glasses from Sheherazade, {7} Sergio Rossi grey fish scale sandals from Bluefly, {8} white Moroccan leather pouf from Serena and Lily, {9} Missoni floral silk scarf from Zappos, {10} Christian Louboutin glitter pump from Bergdorf Goodman


Jaunty Fine Print: photo collage by Denise Sakaki, images from sites noted