Thursday, March 8, 2012

Dressed Down

I found this simple black maxi dress and loved how it gave me a casual look but fit my body in a way that it was still feminine. Some knit dresses seem to look to casual to me sometime but this one had just enough cut to work. Having this great canvas there are 1000 ways to do it this time I decided to go "crazy sexy cool" with the cut off denim vest and lots of girly accessories. This dress will make a repeat soon next time I'm going vixen!

Dress: Bar III for Macy's Vest: Guess Glasses: Prada Bag: Michael Kors Boots: Aldo Earrings: J.Crew Necklace and Bracelet: New York and Company

Monday, March 5, 2012

Quote of the day...

One thing I love about shopping and putting pieces together is that you can put together a $100 top with a $10 skirt and done right you look like a million bucks. This quote says that for me.

“It’s a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It’s all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together.”

Alexander McQueen

Random Thought....Num Lips




Disney has had a huge part in shaping the way we look at relationships and love over the past decade. The propaganda that is feed to us about being saved, evil step mothers, perfect shoes, long hair and that magic kiss serves as the undercover basis to our connection to happy ever after. One that we have turned into a dating adaptation is the story of the princesses kissing the frog and turning him into a prince. This has been changed into “Girl, sometimes you have to take the frog and turn him into your prince” or “ He just needs so new cloths and kiss to be the prince and not the frog “ or my favorite “ You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you get a prince”. I don’t remember the fairytale being that complex. She kissed one frog and got one prince! That’s it and that’s all. Now you’re telling me I have to go around kissing frogs hoping to get the right lily pad that day and get my prince. Well at 30 years old my lips have become num. In the endless journey to turn an amphibian into a man, a prince no doubt I have lost the feeling in my lips. I don’t think I’m alone with this thought either, I think many of my friends going for their Prince kissed a frog and decided they didn’t want to kiss anymore and would just put a suit on the frog and go with it! I mean look at Kermit, all the kissing that Miss Piggy did and he never turned into Prince William. So has our original fairytale belief gone too far from the root of the story? Have we turned into a society of settlers or is there still a belief that you will find that one frog that really did have a spell on him. And perhaps you won’t get the frog that turns into a prince maybe you can find the frog that turns into a great man though, would that be enough? I think we need to start looking at men for who they are and not trying to turn them into our twisted nine year old thoughts of happiness. Look at them and not expect for them to be a knight or prince instead a good man. In doing this we will see that we may not be a princess right now. Kermit and Miss Piggy make it work not because she settles for a frog but because she realized that she was a pig.

Coloring Outside of the Lines

In the past year fashion forward people have been a lot more daring with colors. Being from the Washington DC area growing up we had a few rules when it came to colors. The rules were black, grey, white and blue. No one in the area really played with colors and I can remember when Coogi dresses were big and people got excited. Before that it was like living in a bad black and white movie. When I went to school in Florida I came home once with pink boots and my friends laughed their butts off! Now the rules have been shattered and colors are in and the matchy-matchy world and over "coordination" is out. So I played in my crayon box this weekend, coloring outside of the lines.

Shirt: New York and Company, Pants: Nordstroms BP, Shoes: Bannana Republic , Bag: J.Crew , Ring: Street Vendor , Jacket: J. Crew , Watch: Micheal Kors , Butterfly ring and braclet: Swarovski

Quote of the day...


An important part os style and fashion is make-up and this area is very close to my heart. So to start the week a make-up quote and some make-up tips from the files of Aisha N.

"I love the confidence that makeup gives me."
- Tyra Banks

Make-up tips:

Saturday, March 3, 2012

The right outfit for a busy day!

So I had a busy day of outings scheduled and wanted to dress the part. Ranging from shopping, looking for another apartment, meeting with family and an early dinner with a friend. I started off with a beat in face courtesy of Armani foundation, L'oreal bronzer and powder by YSL. Then I went for a ridding boat dressed up look to still highlight my womanly curves. The demin shirt from J.Crew was a bit pricey but I love this shirt and it has been so worth the money, it goes with everything! The weather ranged from 50 to 65 so I brought the coat out just incase.

Coat: BCBG Skirt: H&M Denim shirt: J. Crew Boots: Via Spiga Belt: BCBG Braclets: New York and Company

Friday, March 2, 2012

Starting next week!!!!

Starting Monday I will be bringing you looks directly from my closet. Can't wait to share all of the looks with you!