This August get that sailor-inspired look without going over board!  This month pick up a pair of boat shoes to go with any Quiksilver Women outfit.  The pair effortlessly with the Sheath Leggings and Sirocco Jean Shorts for a laid-back, but stylish look.
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Our favorite style for August is Sperry’s Original, Angelfish Slip-On Boat Shoe.
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If you follow the Quiksilver Women blog at all.. you probably have noticed that I am continuously prancing around as the Style Ambassador for this fab-o brand. I get amazing opportunities to style at events, host styling webisodes and travel to amazing cities to see how women with style would rock out in the current collections. .

Last month, I was invited to jump the pond and take a whirlwind trip around Europe to show off the Quiksilver Women Fall Collection and along the way meet up with women with great style, amazing creativity and inspirational artistic souls. It was a trip made in heaven.

A whirlwind trip is nothing without someone to document the beauty, the adventure and the fashion.. right? Enter Laurel Dailey, a photographer and woman who exudes the Quiksilver Women spirit.. don’t believe me? Check this girl out!

Before I tell you about morning coffee with Alma and Louise, or dress up with Jen and Shini or prancing through city streets with Constance (and many more), I wanted to give you a peek into the wonderful world of Laurel - the woman who made this trip even more magical by capturing the beauty all around.

Stay tuned each week for new videos, photos and stories!

The Quiksilver fall 2010 collection celebrates the renegade soul of a modern vagabond. Tomboy button-ups, tuxedo tails, military-inspired outerwear and slick denim leggings are effortlessly combined with softly draped knits, cocooning sweaters, luxe silks, girly vintage bra tops and slouchy knit bottoms. Versatile constructions, tough hardware and architectural shapes are layered with raw edges, asymmetry and beautiful imperfections. Bold stripes and boyfriend plaids add undeniable coolness, while rich colors pop against the urban noise of black, white and gray.
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Take a peak into this season’s collection in the video below.
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Just back from the Relentless Boardmasters festival in Newquay, Cornwall and had a lot of fun! Boardmasters is held on a stunning cliff top location over looking Watergate Bay where 12,500 people attend the South West’s biggest live music event. Dave and I played on the view stage, which is their new acoustic stage.
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Good old English weather threatened to pour down until an hour before we played but then brightened up a little bit. Not quite the scorching hot day we were hoping for but lots of lovely people still came to see us and support us!
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Being non drinkers and non caffeine intakers we didn’t partake in the drinking of any Relentless drinks or vodka on offer but found a very cute little tent with free red current tea which was put-on by a lady who lives in Spain and self teaches her 3 kids in a house without an electricity generator which she has done for 15 years! She was very cool!
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For the rest of the evening we were loving the sets from Plan B, Xavier Rudd, Seasick Steve and Newton Faulkner.
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The beaches are gorgeous in Newquay so we made the most of it the following day by making sure to do some surfing with the Quiksilver surfing school and walking through the more quiet secluded beaches-avoiding the nuts magazine Bikini contests and the like where on 2 occasions I saw pink liquid coming out of some poor guys mouth! Oh the joys of alcohol- not!
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This weekend we met some really lovely people at this festival. So thanks to Katy for booking us, those on Facebook who came along to support me! Really appreciate it!! Hope you had an amazing time! Thank you to Ady Webb for the brilliant photos of us playing the gig and Jen White for the videoing and Stacey for recommending them to me. Video/audio to follow asap. Bye for now,
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Lots of love,
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Ellie xxx

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We have big dreams when we are kids. I, for example, dreamed of being a beauty queen. Miss Switzerland or something, which, yes, doesn’t really speak for me as a child. Today I blame this emotional fuddle on the black incisor that I got from a gross-motor incompetence incident. I managed to fall in a supermarket and hit my jaw right on a shopping trolley, which ended in a black milk incisor. My childhood friends took advantage of my clumsiness and made me take over the unpopular character of the ugly old lady in any role-playing. «Who’s playing the witch?» they would say, «Let’s have Ela be the witch, she’s got a black tooth…» Kids can be bastards, and you might want to call it a cheep excuse, but I do blame this black tooth and my mean childhood friends for my infantile beauty queen trauma.
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Luckily I got to reconsider my rather pathetic beauty queen dream when my second set of teeth brought me a new and shiny white incisor. My black-toothed ugly duckling days were over, and the beauty queen dream went out of focus. Looking back today makes me realize that I might have changed my dreaming to something – let’s call it – slightly more intellectual, but in its essential features it stayed the same. I dreamed of being an adult and I dreamed of being able to do what I wanted to do every day and all day (such as talking of world peace all day long in my beauty queen years… No need to understand!). No more orders from teachers, moms, dads, siblings or any other kind of person of authority… I remember I spent days fantasizing about this one moment that would stand for freedom, this one moment I would finish school, say good-bye to teachers and exams and tests of any kind. I dreamed of how great it would feel, of how much the world would belong to me, and of how much I would enjoy it…
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Now what if this moment comes and all that happens is nothing? No scales that fall of your eyes. No irreplaceable feeling of relief that clears all your unanswered questions at once. Nothing, that happens, but your clock ticking like it did for the past twenty something years? Well, I finished my studies a week ago. I said good-bye to my professors and tutors. I said good-bye to exams and tests of any kind. I said good-bye to the University building knowing I’d never enter it again. But all that happened was nothing… Tough cookies!
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I don’t know if it should have frustrated me that the day I had been looking forward to for most of my life went down my history as just another day, it sure was a little ironic. I had spent my days dreaming of this one moment and when I got to experience it, I forgot what exactly I thought would be so magic about it. Instead, I couldn’t help having my mind wander back to the moment all the dreaming started and thinking of how nice life was when all these authorities were taking care of any and all kinds of decisions for me…  I guess our perspectives on things change, and things we dream of might no longer be all that dreamful once we achieve them. But if it’s only for dreaming keeping us going, if we dream, we have to dream big!
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If we dream, we have to dream big! Ela in the San Felipe Creek Skirt and the Salt Creek Cami (photo: Timo Jarvinen)

It is already the end of July and we are headed into August.. soon summer will be over and fall will be here. I love the time when the weather is still warm, but your fall wardrobe cravings begin. It forces creativity to rock out wearing summer clothes with a fall spin.

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Erin Wasson shows us how it is done. Mix in fall boots with summer’s distressed denim shorts and worn-in tees. If the weather cools off throw on a vintage coat and hit the road.

Quiksilver and The Standard have teamed up once again to bring you custom boardshorts and a bikini! Sold exclusively in their poolside vending machines or online at shopthestandard.com and quiksilver.com, the reversible top and low-rise bottom are sure to turn heads whenever its worn.

Finish out your beach season with The Standard Bikini, the convertible bandeau top can be worn in three unique ways, perfect for any beach activity. The solid white top reverses to a hot yellow and is paired with a solid white low-rise bottom. Pick yours up today!

Check out the Quiksilver X Standard Miami Launch Party

Quiksilver and The Standard Hotel in Miami joined forces and threw a surf-style pool party! During Mercedes Benz Swim week, Quiksilver and The Standard launched Miami’s first poolside bikini/boardshort vending machine! DJ Wade was onsite setting the musical vibe, while over 250 people celebrated the new Standard swim line. Not only did the guests enjoy an amazing Brazilian BBQ, but also kept busy playing an assortment of pool games, ping-pong, took pictures in the photo booth, among tons more activities.
Check out these fun photos from the Miami Launch Party!



Get your Standard Bikini here!

After almost 3 years working closely with Quiksilver as a brand ambassador, Charlotte is now on the verge of releasing her debut single ‘Headrush’ through Columbia Records.
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Ahead of this, she is taking some time out from recording her debut album and will spend August travelling the surf towns of the UK with her acoustic band in a 1970’s VW campervan. Supported by Quiksilver, this tour will be an experience of a lifetime for Charlotte, as her band will be performing at a mixture of Quiksilver stores, music festivals and concert venues. She will be selling her debut EP entitled ‘The First Five’ exclusively at her shows, along with some t-shirts and limited edition necklace’s designed and produced together with Quiksilver. The tour will also be documented through weekly videos uploaded to her sites, daily tweets, and regular blogs, so make sure you stay tuned!
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Tour Dates :
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· 4th Aug Mary Mary, Loughborough
· 5th Aug Altered Egos, market Harborough
· 7th Aug Field View Festival, Wiltshire
· 10th Aug Quiksilver Store, Brighton
· 17th Aug Quiksilver Store, Bath
· 20th Aug Clotsworthy, St Ives
· 21st Aug Anns Cottage, Polzeath
· 23rd Aug Quiksilver Store, Newquay
· 24th Aug Ride Café, Plymouth
· 25th Aug Wig and Pen, Truro
· 26th Aug The Taphouse, St Agnes
· 27th Aug Café Irie, Newquay