Everyone needs to have some fun in the 213 Park Pants!

Life on tour is not always easy… break downs, smelly feet, dog poo etc are just part of the journey… and without them, the trip would simply never be as much fun!

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Quiksilver Women spent the day with stylist Beth Jones at The Standard Hollywood. She picked her favorite pieces from our Fall 2010 collection to create a look that is both dressy and casual.

Here at Quiksilver Women, we feel our favorite on-going trend is layering pieces to create a unique outfit! Right now we love layering a tank or tee over simple dress. It gives the illusion of wearing a skirt, but adds the layering element that we love. The perfect layering dress this upcoming season is the Countdown Tank dress!
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Also being shown from Left to Right:
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*Wall to Wall Cardigan
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*One More Time Tee
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*Two Moons Bandeau

One of my favorite things is to see other people’s personal style, how they wear something and put their own spin on it. As is the case with Rachel from That’s Chic. She took a one hot Quiksilver Womens swimsuit and turned it into one glamorous poolside get-up.
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The Warner Beach Swimsuit got the Rachel treatment this summer, and now I am dying to prance around the pool in my own little styled up look.

Quiksilver Women spent a day with stylist Beth Jones at The Standard Hollywood. She picked her favorite pieces from our Fall 2010 collection to create a preppy, tomboy chic look. Check out the video below.

Though we are all itching for fall layers, the summer sun continues to blaze on! Find some shade and keep cool in one of our summer favorites, the Seeley Dress. The ultra light-weight, silk fabric is perfect for beating the end of summer heat.
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Summer it HOT, and I mean blazing.. sweaty.. HOT! A perfect time for effortless, easy dressing. A simple jeans and tee.. but not your ordinary jeans and tee – the Iron Clad Skinny jeans get distressed and made to look worn in and wonderful and paired with The Gig Cropped Tee is makes that final “devil may care” statement.
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Don’t let the heat get you down – just simplify.

In the UK alone over 1.2 million tonnes of clothes are thrown away each year, with most items still in perfectly wearable condition - what a waste, don’t you think? And the planet thinks so too!
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A well-known way to reduce wardrobe waste is to donate unwanted clothes to charity shops, which are always a great place to pick up one-off items at a bargain price too – just ask my friend Holly, she’s the Queen of charity shops. However, India Knight’s “The Thrift Book”, which I also often refer to as ‘my bible’, is full of other great ideas for reducing, reusing and recycling unworn and unwanted fashion.
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First up, Knight suggests opting for quality not quantity, investing in those classic items you’re going to wear again and again, such as the QSW Outside Line Dress or the 4am Sweater Coat from the Fall Winter 2010 collection. Lets face, it we all have all fallen victim to buying arms full of ill-fitting dresses just because they were cheap, but these days I would much rather save up and buy one fab dress that makes me feel truly special over and over again, rather than a heap of ‘wear-once’ items that are just going to end up at the back of my wardrobe.
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Knight’s next suggestion, and my personal favourite, is to hold a clothes swap party! It’s easy; just get a bunch of your mates together at your place one night with a couple bottles of wine and everyone’s castoffs then swap away, and anything left over at the end of the night goes to charity. Also, look out for public swapping events in your area, which will usually be held in a local bar or café or you can try swapping online, try whatsmineisyours.com.
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Another fun way of putting your unwanted wardrobe to good use is to take part in a clothes sale such as ‘Granny Would Be Proud’, the vintage and craft fair I took part in recently. I was selling a selection of lovely dresses I don’t seem to wear any more, along with kitsch kitchenware and a few crafty bits’n’bobs I’ve been making recently, whilst other sellers were offering everything from cakes to handmade jewellery and I picked up a couple of timeless pieces while I was there. The aim here’s not really to make money, but to have some fun, pick up some bargains and meet some likeminded people, so whether you’re buying or selling they’re a great day out.
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Last, but not least, if you’re practical minded learn how to patch a hole or fix a broken zip. But what’s more, If you like getting crafty, you can always have a go at customising and refashioning old clothes, which you can either then wear and make all your friends jealous, or you can sell them on at a fair like the one I just mentioned – there are always people out searching for unique items. Try altering clothes so they fit perfectly, changing the buttons on an old sweater or chopping up an old t-shirts to give them a new neckline.
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But most importantly, look after your clothes. From the person who grew the cotton to the designer and the people who stitched it together it takes time, effort and a lot of the Earth’s natural resources to make the clothes you wear and the last place a dress wants to end up is the local landfill.
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Our new Fall Winter 2010 collection is now available for all of you to enjoy! Check out our new Vibebook through the pics below and spin your fall daydreaming out …