Being incredibly accident prone and having gangly phantom limbs, there are a lot of things I shouldn't be allowed to do (e.g. carry Grandma's crystal, pour drinks, cook popcorn in a sensitive microwave, and be a waitress EVER.***) Because I'm the kid who should probably sleep in a helmet, I should also probably not wear heels in public or on slippery surfaces. But I do because my eleven year-old cousins are all taller than I am and I always get carded at the movie theatre and also when I buy NyQuil at Kroger. But that's another, probably unsurprising, story. *Most Interesting Man In the World Voice* I don't always wear heels, but when I do...I fall in them or just restrict myself to merely sitting. My incessant flailing doesn't stop me from buying them though. (Let's be real, nothing stops be from buying anything. I'm going to be broke by age 22 and living out of an airstream behind CVS.) And unlike Donald Trump, I don't discriminate...when it comes to shoe buying. Black, white, sparkly and furry, bring 'em out. Of late, I've been a hard-core klepto when it's come to all of my mom's pointy-toed shoes, especially these KILLER leopard d'orsay kitten heels by Sam Edelman. They may only raise my height to a measly 5'4" BUT they are so beautiful and soft and make me feel like Emily Blunt in The Devil Wears Prada. ***Waffle House, Inc, as much as you value me as a customer pls never hire me. See you next week. I'd like to take a moment to defend my gal pal the kitten heel, here. Yes, she is the DUFF of the shoe friend group; she'll never be as sexy as Student Council president Stiletto and not quite as badass as the Doc Martens girl in art class, but she's sensible and cute in her own way, DARN IT!! Lay off, Nana, she'll find a boyfriend when she's ready! Wildly underrated like Stake 'n' Shake and Will and Grace, kitten heels are the perfect combination of "I'm not a girl, not yet a woman, but I can walk in these without looking drunk/like a baby giraffe." If I've convinced you that you won't look like a PTO mom and you're willing to take these babies for a spin, check out these JC lace-up heels, THESE Sam Edelman's on SALE, and my favorite of ALL TIME, the Valentino Rockstud Pump (looking for a sugar daddy to buy me these.) If you're still a hater and clap when the plane lands, take a moment to look at these hot ladies wearing them. Taylor Swift!! Alexa Chung!!! Vintage Blouse: Goodwill ($4) Odds are, this is someone's Mimi's blouse from 1983, so here's a shortcut: ASOS lace-up blouse, ModCloth pintuck blouse. Black Jeans: Topshop ($65) !!!!! Do you hear me screaming!!! These are my favorite jeans of all time and I have them in multiple colors and still want more. They make me feel like J-Lo; buy them here. Choker: Vintage, my mother's Buy a similar one at NastyGal. Shoes: Sam Edelman from Nordstrom Rack ($79 on sale) Unfortunately, they're sold out online, BUT Sam Edelman makes a very similar pair. Buy Sam Edelman Okala here. Thanks for reading this while your Netflix was buffering or because it kept showing up on your Facebook feed!! Stay tuned for my Spring 2016 CF Style Guru bio next week, or click around here to read some stuff I wrote and overlook the bad jokes I slipped in.
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Weird guilty pleasures include watching ABC Family original Christmas movies, putting barbecue sauce on macaroni and cheese, and thrifting for clothes that look like they could've been worn by Fran Drescher or a member of the Golden Girls cast. Somehow, thanks to my grand powers of manipulation, I convinced Maggie to come thrifting with me. Keeping in mind that most of our "adventures" turn into horrific stories (e.g. getting lost in the woods and hitchhiking with a 40-year-old man and his son, getting a flat tire and paying a pizza guy to fix our tire, etc.) this time was hardly different. While I might have emotionally (and maybe physically?) scarred Maggie from digging through racks of mystery-stained Christmas sweaters and sketchy "This Is My Beer Drinking Shirt" shirts, I did happen to stumble upon some (still mystery-stained) winners. Christmas Kitten Sweatshirts aside, there was no talking me out of buying a very Clueless-esque plaid suit dress. Equipped with some VERY retro shoulders pads, vintage cuffs and buttons, and a smell kind of like the inside of our broken refrigerator in the Chi O second floor kitchen, this dress and I had a moment in the middle of America's Thrift and decided to elope. Jk, but I did buy it and go up to everyone I saw within the next 24 hours and tell them how cool it was. Needless to say, no one was quite as enthused by it's moth-balls-smelling glamour as I was. If you're not as into dressing like Cher Horowitz as I am but are still over-eager to break out your flannels/plaid shirt dresses/traditional kilts, go for it. Plaid is like every Mario Lopez movie you've ever watched--cute and perfect and you love it so much and then forget about it for a while and then remember it around Christmas time when you see commercials for Holiday in Handcuffs on ABC Family and you're right back in love (okay, not exactly the same, but you get the idea.) If you don't believe me, look at all this plaid!!! On this slightly scary Alexander Wang Fall 2015 model!! Fall street style! Male model in a kilt!! Suit Dress: Thrifted from America's Thrift Stores in Athens ($5) Making my sophisticated-uptown-woman dreams come true. This double breasted plaid/velvet combo dress will come in handy for all of the board meetings I'll be leading and all the boy tears I'll be drinking.
Earrings: Vintage from Lizzie B's Vintage in Fayetteville, AR ($11) If you live in the NWA area, be sure to visit Lizzie B's for vintage jewelry and home goods!! I've gotten so many awesome things there besides these earrings, like my favorite gold chain choker and some other great costume jewelry. Platform Boots: H&M ($35) Actually my favorite boots in the world right now. I searched and searched and SEARCHED for platform/cleated/mega man-eater boots for weeks and finally found my dream pair (below $50) at H&M. Click here for my exact pair! Lipstick: Bite Beauty Luminous Creme Lipstick in Mulberry Wine from Sephora ($24) Worth the hype. If you're looking for a long-lasting dark lipstick, I suggest this one by Bite or for a cheaper alternative, this one by NYX. Thanks for taking the time out of your strenuous day to read this or for procrastinating from homework by reading this instead. Be sure to stay on the lookout for my next CF article in December featuring this look, and for my first article as a Looks on Campus contributor for Collegefashion.net in January! ily all and happy fall!! jen If you didn't realize and cringe right away, the above title is definitely to the tune of Justin Bieber's Boyfriend, so yeah, I hate me too. Still not really over the fact that JB (*hair flip* yeah, we have the same initials too) thinks chillin' by the fire and eatin' fondue is something sexy and also NORMAL that couples do? Like idk Justin is that what Canadians do?? Very beside the point, but I assume that if you're reading this you are aware that a solid 90% of the things I communicate are pretty beside the point (or, if you're my roommate, comments that force me to put money into a jar based off of my own stupidity/douchiness.) To get to the meat of this short spurt of writing so I can stop procrastinating and read eighty pages of my History of Fashion textbook, I'll just shut up and post some pictures or something ugh. Look Mom, I'm wearing not gym clothes!!!! ******Jeans: Target ($20) Not sure if this is still going on, but when I purchased these Target was offering a deal that if you tried on a pair of jeans, you automatically got $10 off. Either way--full price or not--these are my new favorite boyfriend jeans. SO COMFORTABLE WOW (and also the more you wear them the comfier and boyfriend-ier they become.) UPDATE: THEY ARE NOW ON SALE FOR $22 ONLINE OKAAAAYYY Blouse: "Thrifted" from Plato's Closet Fayetteville ($6) I'm a sucker for a white peasant blouse and always have one on rotation. Clearly, this is my new favorite. If you're into the flowy boho blouse thing, check out this one from Urban and this one from Forever 21. Booties: Tom's ($98) These. Are. TOMS!!!!! r u confused because I am. These suede booties are the MOST comfortable heel I own, they go with everything, AND in my opinion are worth the money for the quality and awesome cause. They come in black and tan suede, and also in a leather option. BEST. Necklace: Thrifted from Lizzie B's Vintage Shoppe, Fayetteville, AR ($8) My pride and joy and place of work for the summer :') Lizzie B's is an awesome place to find vintage, one-of-a-kind and new home goods, jewelry, and incredible finds. I don't doubt that I spent a hefty chunk of my paycheck before even clocking out for the day. If you're as obsessed with turquoise as I am, click on over and check out this western-inspired choker and these awesome cuffs. ******Here is my going on a slight tangent about my obsession with boyfriend jeans. I LOVE BOYFRIEND JEANS OKAY. Why have a boyfriend when you could just have the boyfriend jeans and look like you took them from your boyfriend so you inadvertently trick everyone into thinking you have a boyfriend but REALLY you just swiped a kickin' pair of pants?? Yeah, that's basically all. From a "professional" "style blogger" standpoint (I just gagged a little, sorry), boyfriend jeans are the new staple pant that flatter basically every body type. It doesn't matter if they fit loose or tight, the overall silhouette is flattering, comfy, and laid-back--just check out Gwen Stefani, Selena Gomez, and style blogger Thamarr from Musings of a Curvy Lady. Into the totally distressed and casual boyfriend jean look? Try these. Want to try the trend but are scared of all the rips and tears (and of your thighs seeping through the holes??) Try these more understated jeans. Thanks for reading, have an AWESOME week, and don't forget to check my CollegeFashionista page soon for my Style Guru Bio featuring this photoshoot! AND don't forget to keep checking back on CF all semester for my articles as a Fall 2015 Style Guru Blogger for UGA! Thnx ily lylas ttyl
jen Hi hi!!! Yes, hello, it is me. I am still alive and haven't fallen off of the face of the planet, I swear! Between baby-barfing off of a zip-line platform, frying my skin for three weeks at the beach, and writing twenty or so articles for CF, I have been a little busy, I do suppose...but no worries, you can't get rid of me so easily.
As mentioned, after having taken a couple hundred photos of my stylish friends and cranking out some #RAD columns for College Fashionista in the last month or so, I'm a bit rusty at actually writing about myself. I'm also a bit rusty at putting on clothes that aren't workout pants and figuring out how to do cat-eye liner again (tune in to CF this coming Monday for an article on cat-eye liner and my struggles!!!!) Thankfully, I am blessed with artistic and #hip friends who know how to be behind the camera when I, for once, willingly step in front of it...because I'm so serious about the workout pant thing. (The secret it to actually NOT workout and just trick your fellow humans into thinking you're about to go for a "jog" or drink some cold pressed dirt juice.) But alas, today I wiggled myself into a skort (I wonder how many people have actually ever said this in seriousness?) and only re-did my eyeliner six times for this post! Maybe seven times on the right eye. Blouse: Oscar de la Renta Expressions, thrifted ($4) Proof that a little or a lot of digging in any thrift store can land you a sweet find. It's also 100% silk AND looks like a popsicle. Skort: TopShop UK ON SALE!!! ($14) Necklace: Forever21 ($6) Buy it here! Literally don't even get me started on online shopping at F21...probably half of my college tuition would cover my purchases in the last year. Wedges: Me Too... from TJ Maxx ($28) Lipstick: NYX Butter Lipstick in Bonfire Orange ($6) Buy it at Ulta or here! NYX is my favorite makeup brand ever wow yes wow. At Ulta and select Targets and CVS, this brand is seriously the bomb. My favorites are the matte lip cream and the new contour stick (mostly because it's fool proof and I am a fool, as we all know.) Sunglasses: Nastygal ($18) My light, my love, my haven. Yeah I basically worship Sophia Amoruso so you can guess that I also worship Nastygal. Another online retailer that has killer sales; also a GREAT place to find Jeffery Campbell shoes discounted! Clearly I am a FrUiT fAn (eating it, smelling it, bathing in it, wearing it) so I'm allllll aboard the fruity print and accessories train! If you wanna get a lil' fruity, check out this swag melon bag or these fun pineapple earrings! If you need a little encouragement then here is Solange lookin' bangin' in a punchy (ha ha) dress. If fruit isn't for you, try your hand at the classic color block. Pick two analogous colors--or just some colors you think look rockin' together--and boom boom put em together (it's that easy.) My favorites are reds, pinks, and oranges like my girl Kelly Osbourne, but the classic black and white color block is always a hit. Thanks to my killer gal Clio for taking my supermodel documentary hour shots today. Click around to my CollegeFashionista profile and read up on what I've been up to for the past few months as a Style Guru Blogger! Lylas peace n blessings eat your vegetables unless they suck JB Buenos dias, muchachas y muchachos y posible gatos! What a fab sunny Sunday in Fayetteville, traversing downtown with my Puerto Rican wing-woman photographer, attempting to look endearingly awkward smizing and holding a fedora (not so fedorable.) Bad news, good news. The bad news is I am incredibly lazy--or just easily distracted by New Girl and water color paints and being back home in the Arkansas outback--and haven't kept my promise to myself to post as regularly as I anticipated. But the good news is that this post right here *DING DING DING* is a pretty good indicator that I am back into the swing of things since I'm settled in at home AAANDDDD these photos double in use as they will be apart of my first post on CollegeFashionista.com, going live in less than a week!!
My Style Guru Bio will be posted on the site ASAP, so keep a look out for any updates! I am beyond excited to have gotten such an AWESOME opportunity, and I'm even more excited to spread a lil' inspiration and encouragement on CollegeFashionista--I probably won't be encouraging everyone to wear hotdog suits around their school (unfortunately) but I do hope to encourage some fashion risk-taking and a lot of stylin' self-expression. Stay tuned!! Romper: Reef, Valdosta, GA ($10) FIRST OF ALL this romper is so deceiving and looks like a dress which is awesome since most rompers make me look five years old or like my butt is really hungry?? I probably shouldn't publish that last sentence? Second, you read right, it was TEN DOLLARS. Granted, I could have gotten ten McDonald's ice cream cones with that money, but I think this romper was a better investment. Shoes: Vince Camuto, Nordstrom ($79) These are my mom's but probably mine soon as I keep stealing them...(please don't read this, mom.) Hat: Target ($14) Earrings: Forever 21 ($4) I'm super into rompers for spring and summer, but they're also one of the few pieces I don't feel super confident pulling off (see above "I look like a kindergartener" comment + how do you use the bathroom in a romper??) Hopefully I can take a couple fashion risks myself and attempt to pull off a few more like this cool nautical tie-front one or even this edgy red bodysuit! If those don't suit your fancy, check out all of these. Still not convinced? Hailey Baldwin and T-Swift are both doing it, so we should too, right?! Thanks to my awesome friend Amanda for leaving work to stomp around busy downtown Fayetteville with me, somehow catching my (mostly) good sides (and a lot of awkward dancing and rockette kicks.) You rock, amiga!! Happy Tuesday and happy caramel popcorn day!! (This is real, google it.) Clearly, I am celebrating my 6th favorite day of the week by 1) sewing 2) sewing rubber ducky skirts 3) forcing my friends to WEAR said rubber ducky skirt and let me take photos of them swinging from monkey vines and doing cartwheels (sitting is good also) and 4) eating like, two whole bags of Dove dark chocolates because WHAT'S NEW?
My main girl Ari seen struttin' above in a circle skirt I made yesterday with the help of this Youtube tutorial! My first attempt at a real piece of clothing with my sewing machine since I've been at school, and I suppose it went pretty well considering I didn't sew my arm to the skirt or catch anything on fire this time? Moral of the story, if you want me to hem your formal dress I will definitely do it but I will also definitely get sidetracked afterwards and end up making three skirts out of whatever fabric scraps/shower curtains/wild animal pelts I find in the abyss that is my dorm room. ALSO if you sort of enjoy reading this rambling (props to you if you even try/click on it/think about it), don't forget to sign up here to receive notifications for my articles/blog postings on Collegefashionista.com this summer as I fulfill my duties as a 2015 Style Guru summer intern! Thnx lylas peace n blessingz and have a week as fabulous as RuPaul!! ...In honor of my Canadian husband, Drake, dropping a new album, happy Canadian Tuxedo Friday!!
ALSO happy Galentine's Day to all ma ladiezzzzz!! Put yo hands in the air if you are also excited to see 50 Shades of Grey alone and spend your life savings on mark-down valentine's candy on Sunday!! In anticipation, today's OOTD is inspired by my lack of love life and motivation to take a shower. Also for some reason Athens went from 100 to 0 (degrees, that is) REAL quick temperature wise...and I don't remember volunteering to be apart of Sarah Palin's Alaska. Chambray shirt: Goodwill ($3) Cargo jacket: JCP ($25) High waisted Jeans: TOPSHOP, Joni Jeans ($25) Once again, LITERALLY best pants ever. If going pantsless weren't so comfortable, I would probably wear these 24 hours a day. Booties: ASOS ($25) Choker: Beaded by India ($25) This is my sorority sister's handiwork--super cool and affordable so check out her stuff! Lipstick: NYX matte cream in Amsterdam ($4) Again, a favorite that I have in at least six different colors. Stays on for a solid 635 hours (probably because it contains nuclear waste...?) Denim on denim is not only a style staple for me, but one of the easiest style "risks" to attempt and pull off. If you're a little on the hesitant side, try a mixture of super dark denim with a lighter chambray on top like Kate Bosworth. If you're feelin' ritzy or lovelovelove this trend like Trevor and me, play with similar tones of denim for a head-to-toe look like our queen, Rihanna. Either way, you can't go wrong with a Canadian Tuxedo! This OOTD wouldn't have occurred without my bomb friend/idol/superstar diva, Trevor Jackson. Thanks for insisting I looked okay and making me try to look sultry, I guess?? P.S. If you are living under a rock and don't know who Trevor is, please check out his incredible line and buy it and wear it and live it and breathe it because he is the next Jeremy Scott. AN INVESTIGATOR!!! (I'm sorry that was so lame; clearly I am struggling with a good pun on fur vests that doesn't have to do with either the Cheetah Girls or a family of ferrets.) My sincere apologies for my lack of recent blog posts! (The struggle lies in forcing myself to get out of my cookie monster pajamas and stop watching American Horror Story...) The usual unmotivated college student, I have been having my quarter-life crisis where all I do is eat ramen noodles and watch Julia Stiles movies only to the cry alone for hours because of my lack of good '90s hair and lack of a boyfriend...and of course then I look at my phone and see that seven hours have passed and the only thing that has changed is my laptop's battery power and the hideous state of my unwashed hair. But *drumroll* here we are and here is my usual rambling on taking fashion risks and how to do so (hopefully you're better at it that me and do a little outfit planning...faux fur does not play well with rain, I discovered. Unless you enjoy the smell of mildewy puppies, that is.) FAUX FUR IS AWESOME, OKAY? I'll admit that I was a hater for a while, back before I saw the charm and beauty of every furry bag Cher Horowitz owned, but now I've seen the light--or the fuzz?--and I'm all about it. These days I can't resist a good fur vest, collar, or jacket, and I've even considered copping myself a faux fur backpack like Cher. If you're still not all that into fur but would try a test run, give a coat with a fur accent a go! In addition, if your main concern is the professionalism of fur, try the minimalistic neutral look, like this classy dress. Vest: thrifted (originally from F21) ($6) (BEEN WAITIN’ SO LONG TO BUST THIS SUCKA OUT) (ALSO IT FEELS LIKE A POLAR BEAR IS HUGGING ME SOFTLY) Crop top: borrowed from a friend; thanks Shannon! High-waisted jeans: H&M ($15) (Seriously best jeans ever aside from my beloved Joni Topshop jeans. Go H&M for making a comfy and affordable high waisted jean for vertically challenged human beings.) Booties: H&M ($25) REAL LEATHER!!! (can you hear my screaming??) Necklaces: Small, F21 ($4) Long, ASOS ($3) (also featuring my favorite lipstick color as per usual: Revlon Black Cherry, $4) Even though it was raining and my entire body and all its crevasses got a little too damp for my liking, I’m glad I got my butt out of the room to show off my wild animal pelt aka my vest that looks like it is made out of a small family of ferrets (here is the ferret joke.) I’ve been seeing faux fur a lot on the ol' instagram (Hi Khloe Kardashian) and in basically EVERY magazine--and have even had a week's worth of fashion classes dedicated to its recent rise in popularity--but was a little nervous to go all-out with a vest or jacket…until I found one for dirt cheap at my local thrift store. (If you haven’t already learned, I’m the kind of person who won’t spend more than $50 on something I really need, but hey, if it’s under $10 and kinda/semi/moderately cool, I’ll blow my whole life savings!!!) Glad I got to finally dress like a diva and once again, thanks to the WONDERFUL Maggie Scruggs for taking my photos, especially in weather from Lucifer himself. LOVE YOU LONG TIME, SCRUGGS. And thanks to my two fans and house cats that actually read my blog. ilysm and hi mom!!! HAPPY READING DAY A.K.A. “I AM GONNA PROCRASTINATE FROM STUDYING FOR CHEMISTRY BY DRESSING UP AND MAKING MY COOL FRIEND TAKE PICTURES OF ME” DAY! LOL!!
No, really, I had an excuse for doing this and that is what I like to call "being a lazy a$$ college student who claims to run a fashion blog but really just sits around and watches YouTube cat videos." Okay, let’s be real, 75% of the reason behind this post is because I did my hair in something other than my favorite styles of “sleepless ponytail” and “unwashed hobo” (and I was also eager to show off my new turtleneck because I’m 96 and my name is Martha and I knit tea cozies for fun.) So, without further adieu... OOTD fo wednesbae Turtleneck: Anthropologie ($25) (CHECK OUT THEIR SALES RIGHT NOW FOR REAL. I mean ACTUAL sales too, because me, you, and your six cats all know I won’t buy anything over $40 unless it’s woven from the hair of a Swedish virgin milkmaid.) Circle skirt: Forever 21 ($7) (slightly regrettable because this skirt was very short and my roommate told me not to pick up ANY pencil a boy drops!!) Tights: TJ Maxx ($3) Docs: Amazon ($85) (As I’ve said before, if you’re considering buying Docs anytime soon, I HIGHLY recommend buying through Amazon because you will save upwards of $30!) Necklace: vintage and stolen from my dear mother’s closet ;) Anorak: JCPenny ($28) (My go-to jacket, oh how I love thee.) This is definitely one of my favorite outfits to wear any time—with tights and a jacket or without, it’s perfect for almost any (decent) weather. Another reason I like it so much is it makes me feel oH sO ParIsiAn!!! I am in love with the idea of black and white or navy and white stripes with a swipe of red lipstick. Ugh. Maybe I’ll make THAT my signature look instead of tattered leggings and my narwhal shirt…but probably not. As always, thanks to the lovely and lovely Margaret Scruggs for waiting 30 extra minutes for me to get ready and letting my attempt to climb a tree instead of posing for pictures. You da best. Soooooooo
As I was updating a few posts, I realized that my SMA 2014 Lookbook post only included my favorite couple look, sOoOO I decided I’d extend the post a bit here with the addition of a few more pretty awesome looks. Shannon’s look was our opener, so we knew it had to be DA BEST (hence the combination of actually every really super awesome favorite piece we had aka the shearling best and leather leggings AND BOMB NECKLACE.) As for the second featured look, the skirt was one piece we didn’t want to give up. Encore Athens has some of the coolest clothes I’ve ever seen, especially in fall, but so many people are a little scared to continue wearing skirts and dresses when Ath weather drops to a chilly 50 degrees (ha ha.) BUT the whole point of this look was to illustrate that “HEY! YES YOU CAN WEAR A SKIRT IN ATHENS FALL/WINTER AND NOT DIE!! SO DO IT!” So do it!! Again, seriously one of the coolest things I’ve ever done. Even though it took a million hours and my feet were crying afterwards. THERE ARE NO TEARS IN FASHION. |
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