Mellow Monday

Vintage scarf, earrings, purse, and shoes, Nordstrom tee and sweater, Gap 1969 jeans.

I have to say I'm getting a bit tired of explaining how happy I am for spring, so today I just want to soak in the wonderfulness of my mom's old scarf transformed into a turband. Oh plus her shoes, purse, and earrings...but hey I guess closet shopping is cheaper than real shopping!

The yarn and chain bracelets are a DIY courtesy of Honestly WTF that I made this past summer. Super easy and a perfect weekend craft! I decided to tie a knot on this shirt to give it some structure because it is pretty much a shapeless sack by itself.

xoxo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aljlKYesT4&feature=related

Sunday Shopping

Gap zip-up, Under Amour jogging pants, Nordstrom top, vintage bag, vintage shoes, Urban Outfitters nail polish.

Nothing like an early bird shopping trip to start the day off, the straight-outta-bed hair really completes the look. This bright sweater is from Gap about four years back, before they changed their color scheme to gray-scale. Like I said before though, they just came out with a new color campaign for this spring (which you can read about here) appropriately named "Be Bright". 

It looks a little something like this:

Gap Spring 2012 "Be Bright"

I'm really excited for the weather to start heating up, but until then I'll just have to fake it with my colorful clothes!

xoxo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjOhiDjak1k

Green Jeans

H&M pants, Nordstrom shirt, Madewell tank, Sperry Topsiders, Coach Poppy wristlet, vintage belt.

This just in: kelly green is the new denim. I've seen it everywhere now-- Atlantic-Pacific, J. Crew, and H&M. Dull colors are a thing of the past this spring! Even the tired and true Gap neutrals have taken a colorful new twist this season; they've introduced their own brightly hued jeans. 

Instead of going with the obvious springtime color combos-- light blue, pink, yellow...I wanted to choose an unexpected color combination. Green and red are complementary colors, but it can be hard to combine them without looking like a Christmas tree. Since both of the shades I used were not the traditional dark green and deep red, the two bright colors complement each other perfectly. To tone it down I added a neutral shirt, and spiced the outfit up with some color coordinated jewelry. 

Happy Valentine's Day! In my mind, today is the only day that where it is acceptable to wear pink and red together, and I took full advantage of it.

xoxo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiHWwKC8WjU

^seriously take a look at this super cute French song by MIKA^

Party Animal

Silence & Noise sequin dress, H&M pants

I don't particularly consider myself to be a party animal. Don't get me wrong--I'm always up for going out, but  I'm definitely not a hardcore partygoer. But this bedazzled dress helps me to channel that hidden cheetalicious side of me! It was an unusual buy for me, but I got it for my outfit in the fashion show that I'm going to be in this weekend. It's run by my school, but for an amateur production it is close to professional. Hair and makeup artists from Paul Mitchell will come to do our hair and makeup in the morning. Mine will look something like this:

Hair: Ponytail bump

Makeup: Metallic smokey eye & light lipstick

As for the pants, they were just an impulse buy. But one that I am very proud of! More on them later...

xoxo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdQPaKOWFPw&feature=related

An Ode to Perfection

American Eagle thermal, Gap jeans, Steve Madden desert boots, Fossil watch, vintage necklace.

I just got this necklace as a gift from my grandparents--its a really heavy gold chain from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I decided to juxtapose my brother's old thermal tee with the heavy jewelry to dress it up a bit. Also, I feel like I practically live in this jeans/shoes combo so I need to start switching it up a bit. 

Hopefully sometime this week I'll be able to set aside some time to do this great DIY collar from Honestly WTF. I love the cute girlish elegance it adds, and this one is so versatile since it's detachable. 

ASOS Peter Pan Collar Dress

Michelle Williams and Elle Fanning

Alexa Chung for Madewell

I've yet to profess my love for Madewell but here is an ode to my favorite store:

There once was a store named Madewell,
Whose clothes were as great as Adele,
Then Alexa was selected
To make clothes that were perfected
That made me feel even more swell.

So my hopes are that with this new accessory, Alexa Chung's awesome aura of chic effortlessness will run off on me. Fingers crossed!

xoxo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tg2ukfHn-I

It's not easy being green....er Jane.

Zara tank, Nordstrom gray tee, H&M pants, Clarks loafers, LOFT sweater, vintage boots.


Trying to work on my winter layering look, but came out with mixed results. Let me know what you think of the tank over the shirt? High-fashion or high-school? Well I'm taking that line from the new ABC Family TV show "Jane By Design".

The show revolves around a high school girl named Jane Quimby...really.. Quimby. She is a high schooler who applies for a fashion internship but mistakenly gets the job of assistant to the designer. It has been running for about three weeks now and I've heard mixed results. Personally, I felt like it could have had potential as a fun guilty pleasure show, however there is major umph lacking in the fashion department. She wears things like this...

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and has a friend with six extra inches of hair

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I suppose that style is supposed to be expressive and individual in order to reflect who you really are "deep down"... but to me that means that Jane is really a fluffy Kermit the Frog trapped inside a leather straight jacket. That's not the type of person I want to continuously be around.

Despite the initial turn offs, the show still has time to improve! Hopefully it will become less iCarly and more Gossip Girl-esque.

xoxo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzyzP5upKMY&ob=av2e