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What You Will Look for This Summer

Kanquona Bhattacharjee
Summer is all about feeling cool and being comfortable. Be it wearing clothes, accessories, bags, belts, jewelleries, shoes or even donning the latest hairstyle. Summers are the days of fruits, grains, and flowers. During this season bee combs are over flown with honey. There is a scene of fullness and richness all around. Summer is about liberty, care-free days, relaxing, innocence and sensuality.

But with the onset of the season, the first thing that comes to one's mind is also to make a completely new wardrobe with summer cool clothing. This is especially true and applicable for your kids who are growing very fast. You always find that the last year's garments of your kids do not fit them anymore; they have all grown up. To your kids, summer also means a time for school vacation. With the commencement of the school holidays, your kids as well as you all too must look forward to spend the vacation elsewhere. But making a completely new wardrobe for your kids as well as your family is not only difficult but impossible also. It definitely takes a test of your wallet.

A simple yet refined look is in vogue this summer. The best texture in the summer is, that soaks your sweat and at the same time gives a cool feeling. So cotton clothes are no doubt the best thing this summer. Extremely light and water resistant nylon is also a good alternative. Linen can also be opted for, as it is light and comfortable to wear. You can also try some garments made out of polyester which are cheap and pocket friendly stuff.
All light and soothing color defines the season. Color like white, pastel, powder blues, baby pinks and light green will give a cool feeling. You can also try some selected vibrant colors like mint green, pretty pink, turquoise blue, citric yellow and sunset orange that give you a 'beach' feel for the summer. But one cannot shop oblivious of one's purse.

But that won't pose any big problem. Summer also means the time for yard sales. It is also known as rummage or garage sale. In this kind of sales either clothes at very low prices or used clothes, in good conditions, are found. Consignment stores, available in many countries, are of huge profit. They take your old clothes and in return they give you money or you can also store the credit for future purchase. You shop from these stores when they give attractive discount offers. So your stored credits and the discounted offer together is a winning combination because it will lower the price of any item from its original price to a great extent.

If you are unwilling to shop used products and are ready to cough up some more money, you can go for brand items. Brand items are always the best because they stand the test of time and are of good quality and fashionable too. But if you are neither ready to buy used products nor ready to spend an extra penny, you have to shop strategically to savior the fruit of profit. If you shop with a preplanning, you never have to spend more money. To save money, you shop at the end of the summer or at the beginning of the fall when the stores would much rather sell summer fashions at deeply discounted price rather than to incur the expense of shipping them back to warehouse. This is a great way to shop your favorite brand by spending pinching pennies. When you are purchasing for your kid you always buy a size bigger so that it will fit them the next summer.

Fashion and comfort cannot be sacrificed for the sake of price. So, what's cool this summer that keeps you looking hot? There is nothing to worry about. Different companies have brought a wide range of summer cool collection for the people. You can go for cargo pants, capris, sleeveless shirts, tank top, halter neck top, cowl neck top among the all the varieties. People who are a bit daring can opt for short skirts and minis that are abundant in style. The must have item in summer closet is clear bra straps.
The entire outfit can go in vain if you don't have proper footwear.
Don't forget to wear a pair of strappy sandals to complete your fashion statement.

Published by Kanquona Bhattacharjee

A post graduate degree holder (MA) in english from the University of Calcutta. Started career as a freelance author and journalist.  View profile

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  • Saraid8/18/2007

    It's good,I guess but there is NO pictures of clothes.I am a child and it is NOT very INTRESTING! Plus I don't think my parents would think it intresting either! Saraid xxx

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