The Best Summer Inspirations from Forever 21

This styling at Forever 21 is just perfection!

Love the blue and white strips and dolman cut of the shirt, but I do not recommend buying these items from Forever 21 though since the description says made with 100% rayon. My advice is to avoid 100% rayon fabric because it will most likely be wrinkly and will become dingy or shrink horribly after one cycle of machine-washing. But I just adore the timeless look with the white shorts and summery accessories. I applaud the stylists at Forever 21 for putting together such great looks lately!  

For chillier summer days, this outfit is another favorite look....slouchy sweater, high-waisted wide-leg pants, and interesting stripe sandals...and those seashells earrings! Love!  

Balmy palmy cover-up

I've been on a roll in the men's department lately, discovering that men's t-shirts tend to be more sturdy and sometimes less expensive than women's. Since I prefer wearing loose fitting shirts in the summertime (no sweating here), men's tees are the perfect thing! I love the blog-popular leaf print on this one. The long length is also great for tucking in or wearing like a tunic/mini dress. If you're crafty with the sewing machine, this tee (in the larger sizes) can turn into wonderful feminine pieces (ie. Extra Petite's old diy shift dress, or this oversize tee turned dolman top from Trash to Couture...so cool!).

The tee would make a great cover-up with the recent swimwear collection from H&M too!

My past palm print ideas here....

Peaked by palm print decor from The Zhush: pillows (on instagram), wallpaper (from Martinique)
Atlantic-Pacific totally obsessed with the palms: bomber jacket, shift dress, Indochine wallpaper, skirt
And bounced off of I am Khatu's leafy outfits: romper, diy dress (also seen on Jean recently)

White shorts

Forever21 High-Waisted Pocketed Shorts

Egret size XS ($15.80)

(Also wearing Forever 21 Studded Faux Leather Flats size 6 - fits true to size.)

I added these shorts to my online shopping cart to reach the free shipping deal, and I'm glad I did. The size XS fits comfortably on me (with a little bit of gaping at back of waist). I like that it's not too thin or see-through as with most white shorts. The annoying thing is that it's dry-clean (the stretchy sateen-like material looks prone to shrinkage in the machine wash).

Unintentionally channeling Audrey Hepburn's style again....

Here's a more modern take on white shorts:

Inspiration from my scrapbook.

I'm also loving white Bermuda-length shorts like this one from ASOS:

ASOS City Shorts ($53.20)

 Do you own white shorts? What's your favorite style of shorts?