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Hey Luv Bugs ! I am Derri ! A born New Yorker with sweet little island girl roots from the paradise of Antigua & Barbuda. A lover of fashion, travel, adventure, culinary goodness and family with the blessing of living between city life and on island time throughout a calendar year. If you are ever thinking that life gets crazy and it is difficult to find a balance, I agree! I am an entrepreneur of a popular boutique, a wife and Mom trying to master numerous roles while enjoying a little lavish leisure and exploration. After all, who doesnโ€™t right? My goal in starting this blog is to have a permanent place for my content to live, as well as a place to build a community of style and lifestyle lovers like myself. I like to think of myself as the ultimate high/low mixer. Simply put I love splurging on nice things but LOVE a good bargain. This is a very important concept to me, because I feel as though many women get overwhelmed and are plagued with feeling as though fashion and leisurely travel are out of their reach due to financial limitations. They may also feel as though fashion trends, destination travel, trying a new cuisine, fitness goals or even traveling with a child are all impossible as a working mom; but it is my goal is to dispel those ideas and show everyone that you can have it all or do it all, no matter your budget or lifestyle. Iโ€™ll share with you how I try to balance and enjoy life, while working hard, playing hard and most importantly living my best version of life. My life isnโ€™t perfect but itโ€™s far from boring and itโ€™s oh so sweetโค Hope you enjoy the ride with me Welcome to www.DerriAnn.com Besos xo

Thanks for stopping by! Love ya'll so much!

ย I am 5โ€™4โ€ณ , 120 lbs and considered petite. My stats are 34b/27/36

Believe it or not I studied Forensic Science with a minor in Psychology and English at John Jay CUNY . I was extremely passionate about law, research, crime scene investigation, how the human mind worked and a keen eye for the smallest details. I later got into pageantry and modeling while living in New York. My love for “overdressing” as some would call it, allowed me to discovered my love of fashion, styling and travel. The gift of creating the persona a client wants to convey , but can’t through words, is truly what I love to do through fashion.ย 

Everything I wear can be found on my Instagram page or on my blog with a shoppable link. Be sure to follow me for exclusive access, first looks, and some items that I only post exclusively to Instagram!

I get asked this question a lot ! I don’t wear extensions, my hair is naturally curly and offers the versatility for it to be worn straight or big on any given calendar day, and I love it!

The Better question should be can I do my own makeup ? I am currently in the process of taking lessons. Any glamorous event makeup looks you have seen on my page I wish I could take the credit, but these looks were curated by my dear friends Coleen Lewis or Natalie Genao of @glamstopbynatali

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Hey Luv Bugs !

I am Derri !

A born New Yorker with sweet little island girl roots from the paradise of Antigua & Barbuda.

A lover of fashion, travel, adventure, culinary goodness and family with the blessing of living between city life and on island time throughout a calendar year.

If you are ever thinking that life gets crazy and it is difficult to find a balance, I agree!

I am an entrepreneur of a popular boutique, a wife and Mom trying to master numerous roles while enjoying a little lavish leisure and exploration. After all, who doesn’t right?

My goal in starting this blog is to have a permanent place for my content to live, as well as a place to build a community of style and lifestyle lovers like myself.

I like to think of myself as the ultimate high/low mixer. Simply put I love splurging on nice things but LOVE a good bargain. This is a very important concept to me, because I feel as though many women get overwhelmed and are plagued with feeling as though fashion and leisurely travel are out of their reach due to financial limitations.

They may also feel as though fashion trends, destination travel, trying a new cuisine, fitness goals or even traveling with a child are all impossible as a working mom; but it is my goal is to dispel those ideas  and show everyone that you can have it all or do it all, no matter your budget or lifestyle.

Iโ€™ll share with you how I try to balance and enjoy life, while working hard, playing hard and most importantly living my best version of life.

My life isn’t perfect but it’s far from boring and it’s oh so sweetโค

Hope you enjoy the ride with me

Welcome to www.DerriAnn.com

Besos xo

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