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Indulging in some Matchbook Magazine glam right now.
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(via April, 2013 - Matchbook Magazine)
PS I love it ALL. Especially the top of that dress…and the COLOR. -b
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aros:
A Cotton in the Air by Studio JEILPARK
Whatever happened to the tacky-ass patent pleather bean bag chairs of our youth? They were replaced with gravity defying donuts of pure amazement! -b
PS This isn’t just a really sexy hemorrhoid pillow, is it? Also dude’s outfit makes me yearn for an extended absence of heat in Houston so I can go on wearing scarves and camel blazers year-round. Also may I have a camel blazer, please. -b
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I pulled this image from a J.Crew email because it gave me pause.
I love the advice, per se. However: each of these outfits looks fantastic on the models, yet would make me look like a frumpy spinster librarian were I to try pulling them off as is. Horizontal stripes aren’t an easy win for everyone, and that dress is cut like a shiny potato sack. Plus b&w top, b&w pants, b&w shoes is just too much - gotta have that pop of color somewhere. Your move, JC. -b
PS I just ordered clothes from J.Crew last night so rest assured there’s no hate here. There’s just a little hurt coming from the general direction of my bank account. -b
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Going to be a long day.
Way to go with the accessorizing! I appreciate a nice accessory job because most days, it’s all I can do to snap on my watch and everyday necklace. -b
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So cute! I love the color, the chic sexiness, the right amount of trying but not overdone. I wouldn’t wear the shoes, but she’s totally pulling them off. And her hair! -b
(Source: mydamnblog11, via thehappynegro)
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This just looks so wrong. So skeletal, so much room in those blousey shorts. I’m all for body acceptance…but this makes me hurt a little. -b
(Source: fashioninmysoul, via hipsterbleedsglitter)
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The cutest. Can’t wait for jacket weather in Houston! -b
(Source: thepursuitaesthetic)
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So so so much pretty: Jennifer Pugh via Fashion Gone Rogue (by Zoey Grossman.) My favorite is the purple bedding & leopard shoes; it was posted here, on coco + kelley along with the violet couch + Shakespeare image Em posted a little while ago. It has been my desktop background since I tired of neon smoke. Because, you know, neon smoke is so over. -b
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Closet Project: Phase 1 results! These are all outfits Em pulled together from pieces in my closet.
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Closet Project: you have nothing to wear.
And I have no tripod with which to take outfit photos.
I have a tendency to buy items, not outfits. My wardrobe is compiled of things that caught my eye but weren’t necessarily part of a larger plan (or color scheme.) I end up frustrated and uninspired, complaining that I have nothing to wear—so I do some more shopping, buy some more stuff, and lo, history repeats. Every once in a while, I have a few cups of coffee and eagerly pull together a new outfit…then I wear it every other day for 3 weeks until it’s dead to me. In the interest of breaking bad habits, trying to look my best, and generally being better at life, I’ve wrangled some of my more fashionable friends to help me execute a wardrobe reboot. Em is in too, so it’s a project in 2 phases.
The plan is to get lady friends to go through ye olde closete and pull together combinations I haven’t come up with myself, and to learn to recombine things I have instead of fleeing to Mod Cloth or the Anthro sale room in a desperate attempt to find inspiration. Now to make a Mom-style list of (hopefully) attainable goals:
1. Become a focused shopper: look for particular items to compliment what I already have going on.
2. Learn to accessorize for real: the aim here is to look put together, even in a pinch.
3. Learn to be a layering pro: Houston weather. Srsly.
4. Quality, not quantity: I don’t mind saving for pieces I know I’ll wear and love.
5. Focus on fit: less online shopping (this is such my weakness!)
6. The best part: reward for a job well done. All those things completed, I’d love to splurge on a new camera (and tripod) with which to document my success. I’m certainly not a photographer, but I’d like the tools to take half decent photos (with minimal effort of course.) Plus, I’m a sucker for shiny things. -b
