Ruffle Cardigan/New Haircut

Here is one of the two cardigans I got at Ruche. I will get a photo of the other one up eventually.

sweater: Ruche; dress: from France; tights: Betsey Johnson; boots: Blowfish

Here is a closeup on the boots. I am totally in love with them. I wore them one too many times this week, I think. They are so comfortable with boots, fit easily around my calves, look good with tights or with my beloved skinny cords tucked in. I haven’t tried them under pants yet, but why would I ever want to? You can technically change the height of the flap, but I tried it and it sticks out too much–looks a little Pirate-y. At least I’m prepped for next Halloween!

And my new haircut. It isn’t too different–just layered so that it grow out well and looks good doing it. The front bang-ish things were shortened which looks a lot better–brings my face upward. And I can still do my little half up to the side thing (with the help of one or two bobby pins) which is awesome.

One down!

I found an ear cuff, the day after lusting after one! And I tried on those boots and they look awesome and I just have to wait for them to go on sale. And I found an awesomely retro looking really really really soft scarf for ten bucks.

And THIS! I want stickers like that. A lot.

Current Lusts:

Ear cuff:
Similar to the way that henna allows me to have a certain look when you want, an removable non-piercing ear cuff can provide a certain look but be totally removable. I saw a woman working at TJ Maxx wearing this one and I loved it:

She said her friends got it for her so that she would always have a man on her.

Boots:
Specifically tall ish (knee height) flat sleek boots. These:

So much want. have to wait for them to go on sale at the store in town

That’s really it these days. I’m very happy with my orders from Ruche which I will post pictures of eventually.

Halloweeen!

I found this dress at Salvation Army when I found my faux fur coat. It fits so well it’s creepy. ZERO alterations, fits just as it did when we found it. Not only that but when we went to the shoe section, the first pair my mother found were these perfect colored burgundy beasts. They are the most hideous shoes I own, but they are sort of perfect. I described it to a teacher/friend’s father and he said I should be a gangster moll but nobody knew what that meant so I just altered it to be a mobster’s girlfriend. I feel like a million bucks in the thing. My hair was perfect for school but earlier tonight for Sadie’s, the actual Halloween Dance, I just through it into a half up bun..simple, easy. Anyway. Here you go!

For my hair, I put in pin curls the night before, took them out, finger combed them and then straightened the top of my hair. Here it is before I straightened it:

pretty amusing, right? Then I straightened and twirled one side back and barretted it.
This is what it looked like after I took the barrette out at the end of the day.

All together, a success! I love Halloween. And I love this dress and I REALLY hope I get to wear it again. I know I’ll find a way.

Hats and Furs

At a very very early birthday celebration, my friends and I went to chill and take some photos of my outfit that day in the gardens at Smith. Some turned into a LOT. And this is some of the gold we came out with…


shirt: F21; sweater vest: TJ Maxx; pants: J.Crew; boots: Merrell; coat: Salvation Army; hat: Urban Outfitters; necklace: vintage


If Sean had been the tiniest bit less shmoozy in this one it would have been amazing.

Stripey Sweater Vest

It looks so Anthropologie to me. I picked it up at TJ Maxx or Marshalls or something for 24 bucks.

Postcard wall

It makes me so happy. I just put a bunch of postcards from France up today. And the pins aren’t staying up, which is a shame but oh well. My plan is for it to creep across all of my walls until I have enough to cover a dorm room when I leave home.

Disco 2009

This is the dress I got at topshop for ten dollars. And the coat I got at Salvation Army for twelve dollars and fifty cents. It is faux, of course.


These are the fierce but still classy boots I bought at Marshalls..

And this is the coat again. I like it because it could be used to emulate a broad variety of eras, pretty much all of them ever.

It makes me excited.

Jewelry (De)Construction

Glamourai is my favorite. She is a goddess.


http://theglamourai.blogspot.com/
And she does work with jewelry where she will get old pieces, take them apart, and then put them back together with ribbons and awesomeness.

So I decided to do that. I have some ideas and bits of pieces that I will upload when I put them together. In the meantime, here is some stuff my mom found for me today that I will eventually make into something else or something.



I wore the top brooch on my vest today…I know you can’t see it too well but here.

Grey times Grey plus Yellow equals