fashion soup

Ruffles, puffs, stripes, and tights.

Sounds like a good combination to me.

70s ruffle blouse : vintage, estate sale
50s high waist shorts : vintage, estate sale
tights : forever 21
shoes : steve madden, thrifted

Here I combined vintage 50s and 70s, polyester and cotton, long sleeves and short pants, storebought and thrifted.

Fashion soup is what I call this.

I could eat it everyday.

looking at the bright side

So bummed I missed out on my favorite holiday yesterday. Came down with a cold. :(



                          

 Which is not why I look so sad and pensive in these photos from last week.

I just have a hard time looking into camera without having a squinty face from the sun.

So there you have it. No cute costume. (I was trying to decide between a flapper, sailor, or cowgirl...)

scarf : vintage, estate sale
cotton shirt : vintage, estate sale
chiqle jeans : thrifted
steve madden shoes : thrifted

Just me avoiding looking at the bright side. ;)

What did you get up to on Halloween?



top knot-ch fall day

Now this is what I'm talking about.

A little sun, a little chill. I'm a happy girl.



I love the brown/gray combo in this 50s dress. I want to explore this more...

Happy Thursday to you. :)

before & after

I love everything about this 50s cotton shirt, but I haven't been able to decide how to wear it and what to wear it with.

I tried this.

Not very blogworthy. So, a few tweaks later...

And voila. Much better. I love this tying the shirt at the waist thing I've seen people do, but I've been reluctant to try it. I try to spare people from my pregnancy stretch marks when I can. But why, oh why, haven't I discovered high waist pants sooner!?! Now I can show a little skin again. :)

Shirt: Vintage, Estate Sale
Shorts: Forever 21, thrifted
Shoes: Rocket Dogs

And I put some victory curls in my hair just for fun. Much better.

I love before and after pics. Sometimes getting dressed in the morning is a process. Have a lovely Wednesday, everyone!

don't think, just do

I've been meaning to start this blog for a while now, but things keep getting in the way. It's time to stop overthinking it and just do it. :)

As I tend to get dressed everyday, and most days I dress consciously, I intend for this to be mostly a style blog. I've been following some style blogs for about a year now, and I've realized it's not the vain thing I once thought it was. But I'm sure I'll also add in some thoughts from time to time about food, philosophy, and fun things to do.

Here's an outfit I wore last week.

Bear with me on the photos. Waiting to buy a tripod was one of my excuses to not start blogging yet.

My photographer is turning 4 soon. She did a good job, though, didn't she?




Dress: Vintage, Estate Sale
Belt: Vintage, Borrowed from another dress
Shoes: Steve Madden, thrifted

 There. That wasn't so bad. What was I putting this off for? See you all tomorrow.

(I'd love to hear comments and feel free to share blogging tips. :)