Poolside & beach loving style: Cover ups

pool dress cover up

Well, summer's here. Okay, not officially, but summer weather hit us HARD this week in the Philadelphia region and, thankfully, so did an open pool and swim team practice. Which means afternoons of sun, sitting by the pool. This was previewed, for me, last week as a surprisingly warm Memorial Day weekend--when you sat in the sun on the deck and not on the beach (I am so not a beach person... I lasted 20 minutes in that breeze and walked back to the house.) Anyway. It's time. For real. Time to … [Read more...]

Cover ups as dresses

A few weeks ago, we met another couple for dinner and she apologized for wearing a cover-up to a restaurant. Apparently, her husband had been teasing her for it. The thing is? I never would have known it was a cover up and not a cute, summery sundress. Gone are the days that we cover-up in a zip-up terrycloth cover-all cover-up. No longer do our cover-ups depict a well-rounded bod. These days, cover ups are worn as dresses. In fact, the following weekend when we were all at a party together, … [Read more...]