Men

I'm just going to dive right into it... STOP telling men what they can/can't wear!

Have you ever watched Mad Men? Aren't all the men dressed so classy? Have you ever wished your man dressed like that? Well let me tell you something, ladies... we are slowly on the path back to snazzy looking dudes.

Let us not restrict them to jeans and a t-shirt. Let them wear bowties and suspenders and hats and shoes with swagger! Pinstriped suits and patterned shirts! Hell! How about some patterned pants?! Why should women get to have all the fun with clothes?

Leave their manbuns and facial hair alone!

I'm tired of my fiancé not wanting to wear snazzy clothes just because "people will think it's weird." And who cares if it is a little weird? Everyone's opinions are different, and you're never going to please everyone at once anyways. So, men, wear what you want! Please!

I want to see some real style again. Have at it. Go crazy. And send me pictures when you do. Make the world classy again, I dare you.

Through The Looking Glass

I challenged myself to do an "alice" photoshoot. My only real struggle was, what should the color scheme be? Everyone always imagines Alice in blue but the book never describes her as wearing a blue dress. Then I realized I didn't want to wear an Alice costume. I wanted to wear things that remind me of the story. I always think RED when I imagine Wonderland. Because of the Queen of Hearts. And in Through the Looking Glass the only colors they really mention (so far, I haven't finished it yet) are the red and white chess pieces. So I'm going to post the pictures from the book that helped me pick out my outfit then I'll show you what I came up with.

Through the looking glass

Alice with the Red Queen

Painting the roses red

Talking the the flowers

New Clothes

I love new clothes. Part of the fun is the actual shopping. But since I'm saving up for a wedding right now (or trying to) I can't go shopping whenever I feel like it.

Lucky for me one of my many hobbies is sewing! I have a couple boxes of fun fabric taking up precious space in my room so I can create FREE clothes when I want to.

Today I just happened to have too much coffee (psh! Like you can have "too much coffee" *SIP*). So I threw open the boxes and only had to dig around for a minute before I saw something that motivated me.

Threw this skirt together in about 20 minutes (yes I'm bragging a little).

 As you know I love mixing patterns (I made a whole post about it)

I especially love wearing this shirt with other patterns.

Cutest clothing shadow ever? I think yes.

I wanted to show you a little closer up. Notice I used white thread on black fabric? Some of you are probably like "WHAT THE HECK WAS SHE THINKING?!" This is something I started doing a long time ago out of laziness because I hate rethreading the sewing machine. So I would just use white or black (whichever was currently in the machine) thread on ALL my projects. But I continued to do it because I think its adorable and gives the piece I'm making character.

Used the scrap of spotted fabric from the underneath part of the skirt in my hair. Pearl earrings. Lace choker. And bright red lip (DUH).

Viola'. New favorite outfit and I no longer feel the need to go shopping.

Thanks for reading!

Rainy Days

There are many different ways I handle a rainy day.

Sometimes they make me feel gray. But you can wear gray and still stand out. I'm wearing my black tutu and favorite sparkly leg warmers (although you can't really see the sparkles in pictures). Someone bought me the skull tights for Christmas. I found the Ariel shirt at Ross. And the gloves... I really can't remember where those came from. Gloves are a really fun way to add to your outfit. Plus, I feel like they are mysterious.

Side note: rainy days = messy hair. Wearing a hat helps avoid poofy hair.

Other days when it is all soggy and muggy, I feel like I need to be a BURST of color!

I don't usually use umbrellas but when I do... I use a ducky one. Because honestly... how adorable is that? I love pairing this yellow dress with some bright blues. Today I realized that these tights, heels, and this scarf are all the same shade.I can promise you I will be wearing these tights with these heels much more often in the coming summer.

The opposite way to go is what many call "frumpy". But I call it "comfy".

I have an oversized sweater WITH POCKETS! but the sleeves don't reach my wrists so I wear a long sleeved black t-shirt underneath so I don't feel like a total dweeb. Love wearing this scarf with these leggings. Threw on some leg warmers over some "kneehigh" gray socks (they never actually reach my knees). The earmuffs are something I have gotten into just this past winter. I think they are cute and they really do keep me so warm. Boots are the best. These boots slip right on so I wear them on lazy days. They're like flipflops for winter.

I had a lot of fun putting together these outfits for this post. I hope you had fun reading it!