IN MY CANNES SUITCASE ★

H&M Jacket & Dress // Zara Flats // Vintage Purse & Initial Brooch // Chinese Laudry Heels

ModCloth Blouse // David Jones Purse via Sears // 7 For All Mankind Jeans // H&M Sunglasses // Chinese Laudry Heels // Revlon Nail Color in Fire.

Left : F21 Dress // Yellow Heels // Dim Stockings // Vintage Purse // Clarins Joli Rouge via Sears

Right: Yellow Heels // Sears Sweater // J Brand Red Jeans // Jay Manuel Attitude Purse via Sears // Chinese Laundry Heels // Yellow Heels // F21 sandals

F21 T-Shirt Dress // Yellow Heels // Cole Haan Satchel // Asos Sunglasses

Make Up Forever Gold Eye Shadow // Chanel Nail Colour in Paradox // Clarins Joli Rouge via Sears // Essie Set In Stones // Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in Antigone // L'Oréal SPF Balm // Clarins Brow Pencil via Sears // Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in Evasion // Revlon Fire Nail Polish // Chanel Écriture Eye Liner // Ecotools Brush

Sears Sweater // H&M Jacket // Simons Skirt // Zara Flats // Dim Stockings // Clarins Joli Rouge via Sears // Attitude by Jay Manuel Purse via Sears

Left: F21 dress // Buffalo Jacket via Sears // Vintage Cowboy Ankle Boots // Cole Haan Satchel // Asos sunglasses

Right: H&M t-shirt// Attitude by Jay Manuel Maxi Skirt via Sears // F21 sandals // David Jones Satchel via Sears // 

ModCloth Dress // Vintage Purse // Yellow Heels // Hue Tights via Sears // Clarins Joli Rouge via Sears // H&M Jacket

Zara Flats // Vintage Purse // Mac Gold Eye Shadow // Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in Antigone // Chinese Laundry Heels // Maxi Dress

I've always been a horrible packer; I tend to bring as much stuff as possible, clothes, accessories, shoes and make up and then figure out outfits during the trip. This has not been terribly successful for me thus far and so I decided this time to come up with a different strategy.

I  am a strong believer in making your clothes work for you (literally) and so I decided to geek out when it came to packing for my trip to the Cannes Film Festival. Because I like to use personal style to stimulate imagination and be memorable, I decided to go with a general theme. I wanted to do a lot of black and white because our movie is in black and white and use punches of colours in the accessories. I also wanted to be consistant pattern wise and went for breton stripes and polka dots throughout and then completed with neutrals with great texture. Because my clothes won't be my main focus while I'm at the festival but yet it will still play a role in my PR strategy, I remixed twice as many outfits as days I'll be there (12 days, 24 outfits) with the fewest items I could, took a picture of each outfit and made an outfit chart divided in day and night, warm and cold weather looks. See, I told you I geeked out! That's what I did while you were watching tv last night... 

This is either the best idea ever or I'm officially overly organized... We'll have to see! Do you have a packing strategy?

... only 3 days to go ... !!!

Virginie