Archive | February, 2012

Fashionable Feet: 70’s Inspired Shoes

29 Feb

Did you ever look at old photos of you mother or grandmother from the 70’s and lust after her free spirited style? Well, you are in luck this spring because 70’s retro inspired fashion is back. So, you may want to dig those photos out for inspiration.

This season’s trend of retro 70’s inspired shoes is taking your toes back in time to an era filled with platforms, chunky heels, laser cut detailing, oxfords, whip stitching and raw stacked wood/cork bottoms. Go ahead take a sigh of relief, because not only are these shoes completely comfortable, but they look great with everything!

So, question for all you fashionistas! Do you own a pair of 70’s inspired shoes and how do you wear them?

High on Style with Platform Heels

How about a super cute pair of cognac platform heels with whip stitch detail like the Cliff Hangar 02 from Gomax?  Match this retro chic platform heel with a pair of bell-bottoms and a blouse or a fun summer dress for a casual chic look.

Sling-back in Time with Stacked Cone Heels

Slightly scared by the high platforms and 4+ inch heels? No worries just go for a super cute pair of raw stacked cone heels like these from Gomax. The Ola 29 peep toe sling back is super 70’s chic with its laser cut detailing and zigzag trim. Wear this vintage inspired heel with tights and a bold dress.

Keepin it Clean with Lace Up Peep-Toes

Are you in love with the classically chic style that is the Oxford? Whether as a flat or heel, this clean shoe will makes it’s mark in you spring wardrobe. Fall for the cute cutout Gomax Ola 30. Have fun with all the many ways to style this super cute lace up peep-toe. Just slip on a loose fitted tee and a pair of tights, jeggings, or flowy skirt and your oxfords for a classic outfit this spring.

Put a Cork in it with Platform Heels

Another favorite is this cork platform heel from Gomax. The Lacy 44 is a super cute platform heel that can be styled with nearly anything and the best part of all is that it won’t break your bank account.  Coming in at under $40, this neutral colored cork bottom heel will pump up any pair of bell-bottoms, a maxi skirt, or spring dress.

Go back in time and have fun with fashion while playing up your own personal style in any of these retro inspired shoes. Get motivated by finding these and many more spring shoes at gliks.com or any Glik’s store location nearest you!

A Dress to Impress: Jack by BB Dakota

24 Feb

It’s time to thin out your closet! Get your heavy sweaters, thick socks, long underwear and snow boots consolidated into a small box labeled ‘Winter Storage’ and make room. Even though that silly sun keeps playing peek-a-boo with the seemingly constant overcast clouds and teasing us with warmer ‘ish’ temperatures, we all know; spring is coming.

So, get out your gardening tools, because BB Dakota and Jack by BB Dakota dresses are beginning to blossom at Glik’s in this Spring’s hottest trends; vivid colors, delicate laces, quirky prints and flirty stripes!

Walk the line:

 Whether Chevron, Missoni, Mitered, or Shadow, a hot print trending this spring is stripes. The Jack by BB Dakota Lund Dress is a wonderful example of fashion’s fun power when you pair a super trendy horizontal strip print with vivid island colors of medallion yellow & surf blue.  Then, put it on a feminine flirty fit-n-flare dress. A fashionista’s best friend is her cardigan, so have fun with this pleated dress while the weather is still slightly cool by pairing it with tights, a cute pair of flats and a cute skinny belt.

Seeing Spots:

 This spring you’ll see a refreshing take on a classic trend with polka dots. These playful circles are simple yet youthful.  Have fun with this quirky print like Jack by BB Dakota did when they introduced the Cruz Dress in all it’s brightly colored, chiffon glory. Pair this oh-so-sweet frock with cute socks, spring inspired wedges and your fav-cropped sweater or don a fun blazer.

Do You See Me Now:

It is all about COLOR!! I use all caps when saying this, because with paradise themed names like, Tangerine Tango, Margarita, Cabaret, Cockatoo and Solar Power who can’t help but grab for their sunglasses and hope for a bronzed tan! Can you feel the sun’s warmth yet? I bet you can when you’re in a vividly bright, body con dress like the Jemma Dress from Jack by BB Dakota’s Spring 2012 line.  Think bold when you’re in this BB Dakota dress, pair it with color block platform heels and a cropped jacket or blazer, but go minimal on the accessories since you don’t want to overload your look.

Everything’s Coming Up Roses:

Lilies, daisies, tulips, and daffodils…  you name it; if it is a flower then you will be seeing it. Fitting since it is spring, right?  We promise that you will be seeing head-to-toe floral this season along with feminine shapes and delicate accents. The Bardot Floral Dress from Jack by BB Dakota is a darling example of all things super girly. This super cute strappy dress embodies “female” with its bustier style top and pleated flare skirt! Wear this dress with a color ‘pop’ cardigan belted at you waist, tights and cute spring flats for a casual look or dress it up with a blazer and heels.

Spring 2012 trends are all abloom and we’re excited to see more apparel BB Dakota apparel! Come get your fashionista fix and see more of the fantastic spring dresses from Jack by BB Dakota at gliks.com or any Glik’s store location nearest to you!

Show a Little Leg: Silver Jeans Denim Shorts and Capris

22 Feb

Shorts; you know them, you love them, the word may conjure thoughts of warm weather, shaved legs, and sun-kissed skin, but for some of us, slight panic attacks might bubble up.  While any ‘model-skinny’ girl can throw on a pair of denim shorts without a second thought (lucky), the rest of us ‘normal’ girls can be a little insecure about baring so much skin. Don’t worry! There is another word that we are all familiar with, capris! You wore their denim jeans in winter. Now, you can enjoy all the various wash values, unique embroidery, and great fits that Silver Jeans Co. has to offer in denim shorts or denim capris for this Spring/Summer.

So, whatever your desired length, with warm weather on its way, denim shorts & capris are beginning to make public appearances more frequently. So besides working out, which is always a healthy hobby to have, here are some ideas that may prove helpful.

Still need a tan? Don’t harm your skin by fake-baking it. The higher powers have granted your sun seeking skin it’s wish!  They’re called, denim capris and Silver Jeans has an angel named Suki sent to your aid. She is the most popular fit, featuring a mid-rise, curvy fit that’s relaxed through the hip and thighs. The Suki capri is a perfect answer to you leg’s prayers when paired with the powers of tinted lotion. Let just a pop of skin out to play when you wear your denim capris with fun fashion flats and your choice of trendy tops.

A classic blazer can do wonders: Love them, dress them up with a quirky chiffon blouse or dress them down with a casual top. A trendy blazer will add so many more possibilities to a pair of women’s denim shorts. Try the Suki denim short from Silver Jeans, it’s super comfy feel, varied wash values and mid-rise, relaxed fit assures that you can spend more time worrying what to wear with that blazer than tugging at your bottom hem. Guess what, just in case you prefer a longer length, Silver Jeans also makes a Suki denim capri.

Step into a trendy pair of heels or wedges: Don’t’ worry about calling Harry Potter to ask if you can barrow his wand. Once you’ve slipped into your favorite pair of Silver Jeans Co denim shorts or denim capris, just go to your closet and pick out your favorite pair of cute heels or spring inspired wedges. Any height will do the trick. Voila! This works, because it creates the illusion of longer legs.

Tights: Love them! Tights are awesome! They come in varying colors, patterns and can be so versatile. Wear them with boots, heels, socks, a high waist hem, raw edge cut-offs or rolled cuffs and match them with dressy, casual and quirky tops, you name it, tights can do it.  An always-classic way to approach wearing them is by picking a chic black pair and rocking them under a pair of denim shorts. The styling options are endless.

What makes fashion so much fun is how adaptable it is.  So, don’t be afraid to have fun with it, chic shorts/capris are a wonderful complement to feminine tops and fab shoes! Feel oh-so-comfortable and love yourself in a pair denim shorts or capris from Silver Jeans Co. Come check out the latest Spring 2012 styles of Silver Jeans denim at gliks.com or come visit us at any Glik’s store location nearest to you.

Where is the Love? (Lucy Love)

16 Feb

Fashion starts oh-so simply with an idea.

In 1999, that idea was a fashion line geared toward the feminine, as well as, free-spirited twenty-something girl, and it was called Lucy Love. This family owned line found its roots in Newport Beach, California and remains there today. Lucy Love is owned and operated by the Sharp family, who has had their hands in the fashion industry since the early 1980’s. Fashion designer and mother, Holly Sharp took her years of knowledge in the fashion world and teamed up with her daughter, Amber to create a line “by girls, for girls”.

Lucy Love is for that girl who passionately lives her free- spirited lifestyle surrounding the beach, who doesn’t just dress for a day on the sand at the water’s edge.

 “The whole point is to dress the girl for her entire day,” explained by Holly Sharp. “When she buys into a brand, she wants it all. And she doesn’t live in board shorts and T-shirts. She’s much more intelligent than that.”

Lucy Love is a line that is designed to give girls confidence, it’s important to have that in ourselves ladies! What we choose to wear plays a HUGE role in the way we feel about ourselves, more often than not, what and how we wear our clothing conveys our very mood. There are many tools used in fashion. But, the most important tool it possesses is the illusion it gives!

The mother/daughter designer team that makes up Lucy Love recognizes this.  Amber Sharp has admitted that she designs the various pieces that make up a Lucy Love fashion collection to “mirror various moods” for particular days.  Her approach to designing Lucy Love clothing allows for each different fashion piece to “embody and empower” every girl’s mood, cool right?

If you’re feeling light-hearted slip into something like the ultra feminine, flirty striped Gabriel dress from Lucy Love. This SUPER chic dress is as unique as you are!

Embrace the ocean wind as it tickles your skin through the dainty, sheer material and lifts your heart! Let it play with the delicate layers of this stylish loose flowing dress from Lucy Love.  Seize the day in the Gabriel striped dress and a cute pair of strappy sandals.

Let your confidence shine as brightly as the sun and hold tight to your rare style in the Lucy Love Villa mini dress.  Feel your colorful emotions freely and wear them for the world to see in this belted dress.

Each person you meet will taste a different flavor of your colorful personality. Paired with strappy sandals and boho inspired jewelry, the Villa mini dress by Lucy Love, as well as, you are a colorful and daring work of art!

            The Gabriel dress doesn’t just come in Lucy Love’s uniquely striped design. It’s colors range like your style.  Going for a 60’s vintage look? Try the Lucy Love Gabriel dress in white.

You’re a free-spirited soul, born of the wind and wearing your heart where your head should be. Fly with confidence, little lady dove, letting the chiffon layers and billowing 3/4 sleeves of the Gabriel dress be your wings. Have peace in your mind and love in your heart for all who you come in contact with when you wear this ethereal white dress from Lucy Love. Your kind heart will be full of warmth and you will glow in this dress when you pair it with a dainty pair of sandals or espadrille detailed platform wedges and delicate jewelry.

            Let your personality blossom like a spring flower in this elegant Vineyard dress by Lucy Love. You are a vibrant and vivacious flower whose charisma smells as sweet as the dainty roses you are wearing.

Your graceful steps down the beach will turn heads and lift hearts when you pass by wearing the floral print Lucy Love dress. The Vineyard dress’s exaggerated high-low hem ruffles softly around your sun-kissed legs and your elasticized waist with adjustable self-tie creates a lovely blouson silhouette that flows as freely as your soul when the sea breeze licks by you. Pair this exquisite chiffon dress with a cute pair of sandals or spring inspired wedges and let your aura glimmer like dew drops on a flower’s petal in the sunlight.

Lucy Love doesn’t just create feminine, flirty, as well as, classically chic dresses. Their line ranges from undergarments to accessories, touching on every item a girl’s heart could possibly desire.  Here at Glik’s, fashion is our passion and we strive to provide clothing that makes your unique, one of a kind personality shine! For more Lucy Love, as well as, other chic fun fashions, please visit us at gliks.com or any of the Glik’s store locations nearest to you!

The Boardshort Breakdown. Billabong’s Style

14 Feb

Hey guys and gals, Spring is just around the corner, with Summer close behind. That means sunshine, warm weather, and most fun of all, water activities! Whether you live on a sandy beach, have a boat docked on your nearest local lake, or get your recreational water sport kicks on the mighty Mississippi river, a man’s best friend in the water is a pair of great performance boardshorts!

It’s quite evident that Billabong shares our love of the water as shown by their super cool “Life is Better in Boardshorts,” 2012 campaign!

Billabong’s humble beginning started when Gordon Merchant began producing handmade boardshorts with his wife Rena in 1973 from their house in Burleigh Point, Australia. This cherished tropical refuge of Gordon’s was a place where you could wear boardshorts all year round.  Merchant, also a surfer himself, as well as, a board shaper, wanted to develop boardshorts that not only provided the best fit and quality, but could also withstand the various elements that surfers encountered while out in the water.  His business found an instant following, the boardshorts being produced by the Merchants proved to possess amazing performance and resilience in the water, due to the triple-stitching technique developed by Gordon.

Now, fast-forward to 2012 where Billabong is an international company known and respected for its dealings in the boardsport industry.  But, even through all its growth since 1973, Billabong continues to “keep it real,” and maintain its roots by continuing to uphold its commitment to global boardsports through event hosting and sponsoring industry athletes.

So, for Billabong, life really is better in boardshorts! What better way to prove this than with their Platinum X and Recycler Series. The really cool thing about the Recycler series is that the boardshorts are made from recycled PET bottles. So like, Billabong says “Innovation through performance and conservation.”

So, let’s meet Billabong’s Influence boardshort. This men’s striped boardshort packs all of the high-performance details you need into one style punch!  And by style, we’re referencing the really cool screen print/color combo this short is donning!

The Billabong Men’s Influence boardshort features:

  • Zero Gravity fabric, which is an exclusive Billabong fabric that uses Quad X Stretch (four-way stretch) to boost flexibility in all directions.
  • H2 Repel, this technology forces water to bead off the surface of the fabric. This equals less rash/chaffing.
  • Ergonomic Panels, for maximum stretch, any yoga instructor can’t compete with.
  • Recycled ZG fabric, made with recycled PET bottles and saving the environment on pair of boardshorts at a time.
  • Welded Seams, stretch 100% with the fabric, creating smooth, comfortable seams.

Also from Billabong is the Men’s Striker boardshort.  This super functionally fun boardshort sports a horizontal multi stripe design, a solid contrast waistband, is scalloped and features side taping.  It looks really cool in this mint, black and white color combo!

The Billabong Men’s Striker boardshort features:

  • PX4- Hydrostretch
  • Quad X Stretch (4-way mechanical stretch)
  •  H2 Repel, a moisture wicking finish that reduces water absorption and friction
  • 100% Recycled Polyester
  • 20” Performance Fit
  • PX Infinity Weld, meaning less seams to maximize the fabric’s full stretch potential

Feel like “the Dude” in the Billabong Men’s Vantage Platinum X boardshort! The color combo of blue, aqua, yellow and black make the geometric print pattern really POP. The Billabong wave logo chilling on the left leg versus the horizontal striping on the right gives this boardshort it’s own style.

Not forgetting Billabong Men’s Vantage Platinum X boardshort’s awesome features:

  • Made of Recycler Zero Gravity fabric, that is lightweight and preferred by athletes, because of it’s extreme flexibility and stretch.
  • Part of the Recycler Series, boasting an 87% recycled polyester/ 13% spandex ratio, packing performance and conservation into each pair of boardshort.
  • H2 Repel, moisture wicking to prevent chafing.
  • Quad X Stretch (4-way stretch)

Love them like you love your dog, boardshorts are truly man’s best friend this summer. Glik’s is here to provide you with top-notch performance boardshorts for your active summer season! Be sure to visit us at gliks.com or any Glik’s store location nearest to you.

BB Dakota & Jack by BB Dakota

6 Feb

Hey ladies, spring is just around the corner!  So, bust out your boxes, start storing all of your heavy winter wear and make room in your closets for all the new spring 2012 fashion that’s arriving at Glik’s.

This just in, for all you fashionistas out there–spring 2012 trends that highlight your chic, edgy and playful sense of fashion humor! Be on the lookout for key trends that include neons, bling, boho inspired, animal prints and lace/crochet elements. Here at Glik’s, we’re constantly on the hunt for special cherry picked fashions just for you. One of our hot brands, BB Dakota and Jack by BB Dakota is really heating up the weather this spring 2012 season.

B.B Dakota clothing keeps fashionistas all over dressed in modern trends without hurting our bank accounts. BB Dakota’s ambition is to bring bright, brilliant designs to energetic women and to create clothing whose magnetism radiates from its subtlety and sense of humor. The BB Dakota girl is a splendid blend of free-spirited bohemian style and classic runway fashion. BB Dakota’s spring 2012 collection is developed by mother-daughter designer team, Gloria and Katharine Brandes, who really understand how to capture our feminine yet edgy fashion sense, while keeping that girl next door sense of humor.

Jack by BB Dakota was introduced in 2007 and designed by British born, Nikki Chapman. This line is about uniting our opposites– feminine and masculine, sweet yet edgy. The Jack by BB Dakota girl is effortless hip, strikingly unconventional but trendy.

Get excited, because here at Glik’s we are just bananas for BB Dakota and Jack by BB Dakota this spring 2012 season. Here is a taste of sweet fashion pie that we’ve been cooking just for you this spring 2012 season.

The Vera Dress is a great color block combination of poppy red, black and oyster. Make your fashion statement every time you enter into a crowded room when you wear the Vera Dress from Jack by BB Dakota. We just love pairing the Vera Dress with a bold accessories and black heels.

Highlight your girl next door charm in the Huron Dress . This darling eyelet dress from Jack by BB Dakota is the perfect blend of graceful femininity and simplistic style. We love pairing the Huron Dress with a belted boyfriend cardigan, understated accessories and a flirty pair of flats or sneaks.

One of the key details for fashion this spring 2012 season is asymmetrical hems, and Jack by BB Dakota has it covered with the Brant Top. This cute sheer slub knit jersey tank from Jack by BB Dakota features a lace trim detail and pairs perfectly with a flirty fun skirt. Hey fashionistas, rev up your style when you match the Brant Top with a daring pair of bright color pop shorts.

Let Glik’s help you make your bold fashion presence known with the Mia Jersey Dress by BB Dakota. This color splash dress is a hot item for the spring 2012 fashion season. Vibrant and vivacious, the Mia Jersey Dress is a vivid hue of yellow and will cement your bold fashion forward style this spring.

Here at Glik’s we’re excited to celebrate everyone’s inner fashionista with these fun and flirty spring 2012 fashion flavors from BB Dakota and Jack by BB Dakota. The spring 2012 fashion season has just begun and there is more to come! Get inspired by visiting us at gliks.com or any Glik’s store locations nearest to you.

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