Major Stack-age (hashtag NEW RULES)

It has to have been at least a year ago when stacking rings became the fad. Unlike many things, I hope that this one is here to stay. I have been wanting midi rings for months and months, but everyone was charging more than I was willing to pay. The way I look at it is, if I don't even wear jewelry aside from earrings, why on earth would I sell a finger to get a ring. Of course solid gold, luxurious diamond rings sound great, but when they're going to sit on my night stand only to collect dust and tarnish, eh I'll pass. After saying all of this, you must understand my excitement when I was shopping in H&M for some last minute pieces to take with me to Paris, and I see a pack of these rings for about 8 bucks. 

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Leather Pencil Skirt x Denim Shirt

One of my favorite outfits, or at least impromptu mini shoots in Paris...

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Paris, Day 4

I'm going to be honest with you from the beginning...Day 4 not only went by the quickest, but I got the absolute worst pictures...go to TheMoniqueMichelle.com to find out why!

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Leather Pleated Skirt

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Paris, Day 3

As I sip my wine and write this...

          Unfortunately, I'm not in one of the many cute cafe's in Paris. I really just had to look through the pictures to remember this day, and it's crazy, this had to be one of the most eventful days of my entire stay. I'm seriously questioning how we packed so much into just a few hours, because I'm sure I slept in that day. Anyway, let me see here to start. Oh wait, it's all coming back to me. So we left the hotel this Monday afternoon planning to see Versailles. Once we got to the train station, we were alerted that the palace was closed on Mondays, so if you plan to visit one of the most beautiful palace's on earth, don't go on a Monday. Got it? Cool. Monday then became the perfect day to head the opposite way to the Louvre. After getting our wires crossed and missing a stop (? we still don't know for sure) we hopped off the train and walked back towards the Louvre...only to stumble on one of the most breathtaking sites we had planned to visit anyways... 

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Orchid in Winter

Ah, I've teased with the two previous posts so I guess it's outfit time, huh?

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Paris, Day 2 - Tradeshow Fever Pt. 2

 Capsule Capsule Capsule PARIS! We literally hopped in a cab - right after a brief, impromptu, mini-photoshoot of course - and jetted from Tranoi Homme Paris to the Capsule Show, and what we ran into was yet another beautiful venue to showcase fashion. I'll just slam you with a slideshow...

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In the mean time, here are a couple pics...

Paris, Day 2 - Tradeshow Fever Pt. 1

       

   Hmmmm, where to start, where to start? Well, how about here...

I knew well before I actually made it to Paris that playtime would involve a little "werk". It was Paris Fashion Week for christ's sake. Even though all fashion/tradeshows during that time were for menswear, I couldn't resist schmoozing with designers and attending previews of Autumn Wear 2014 all in the name of TheMoniqueMichelle.com. Uh, hello, you're welcome? Enjoy the following slideshow of pretty much everything *smize* You are about to enter...TRANOI HOMME

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Dressy Casual (1st Day in Paris)

EXCERPT!...

          I think that for my first day in Paris, I just wanted to be extra. It was one of the first couple days of Paris Fashion Week, and I wanted to be slightly over the top. Does that make sense? Slightly, over the top? Anyways, I decided to pack one of my favorite, dressiest, dresses that was still simple in a way. 

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Paris, Day 1

EXCERPT...

          Has it been forever? Nope, just almost a week. So...SURPRISE! I went to Paris *wide grin* and although I could have found time to blog, I chose not to. It didn't cost much to simply pay for an international phone plan to be able to stay connected, but I chose not to. It would have been nothing to take 3000 photos of every single thing, but, yep, you guessed it, I CHOSE NOT TO. Although I got several hundred (lol) it turned out to be way more than I wanted and even more than I needed. What I chose to do was enjoy the moment...each and every one. Yeah you'll still see everything through a camera lens, but I wanted to see it head on. I wanted to be in awe of something. I wanted my mental photos more than digital ones. I got them ;) So let's hop right into it...

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The Year of Traveling.

          As I am sure most of us have vowed, 2014 will be the year...MY YEAR...of travel. This is not just something I want to put out into the universe, but something I will make sure comes true. It is not up to the universe to put me on a plane, boat, train, or even bus every chance I get (or can afford it), it's up to me. So, during a recent shopping trip I picked up a few things to help me begin to document my journey, aside from my blogs and Facebook/Instagram albums.

          I am not one for pictures everywhere. In fact, when I was purchasing my decorations for my new apartment I purposely did not buy frames and things of that nature. I prefer art plastered all over my walls than a million and one photos. However, I could not resist this gorgeous, filagree textured photo album. I plan to document each trip I take by just using 1-2 pages per journey. I hope to fill it up sooner rather than later. This album is solely for my adventures so that if and when I have children, my kids are inspired to live out their dreams and explore the world if that's what they want to do. It would also be cool to have one location to look back on where I've been and see the blank pages and imagine where else I could go.

          The second item is a journal that will begin with my 2014 travels. Each day I am gone from home I want to take time and reflect. I want to go somewhere quiet, with nothing but a pen and this journal and just write. I can write my feelings, what I see, what I've don't that day, it doesn't matter, as long as I write something. The journal also happens to have "Paris" along with a picture of the eiffel tower on the front. This means so many things for me, some of which you will later see, but I will share something... I remember being on twitter once, and following one of my favorite queens (Mr. RuPaul Andre Charles herself) and she was interacting with fans and answering questions. One fan asked him where he thought we went when we die...RuPaul's response was quite simple....all he said was "Paris". That was everything to me. As if I wasn't already obsessed enough with the city I have never been to but always longed to visit, you're telling me that it's heaven? That's all I needed... 

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