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Pinspired

2014-09-27 No Comments

I’ve seen a bunch of bloggers do these posts and always liked them but never actually tried them. So no time like the present right? If I can I may make this a recurring series on the dear old blog. I actually saw the skirt I’m wearing on ASOS before I ever saw the inspiration picture on pinterest and as soon as I saw It I knew I had to get it. All the stars seemed to aline in my favor as I got an ASOS voucher as a gift around the same time. I love the easy yet chic look in the inspiration look and decided to go for that this time around. I switched out the turtle neck for my scoop neck crop top since i’m not a big fan of turtlenecks and I wore this outfit in the summer when turtlenecks were out of the question. I wore this skirt a bunch this summer although I’m not sure if I’ll be transitioning this skirt to fall ( it’s more of a spring/summer look to me), but we’ll see maybe some fall/winter inspiration for this skirt will hit me.

Pinspiration:

My interpretation:

Top and Skirt: ASOS || Shoes: thrift

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Fall/Winter 2014 Inspiration

2014-09-13 2 Comments

The highlights of my summer wardrobe consisted of some key monochromatic looks. There’s just something about black and white that’s been really attractive to me this year. That compulsion has only grown as we enter the new season. This fall/winter I’m really into black and white with graphic prints and pops of oxblood, mustard, emerald, nude, blush and navy. This revelation occurred from, of all places, a forever 21 look book. I was just really into the sleek downtown look of one of their collections and that inspiration has propelled my style inspiration this season. Of course everything I wear this season won’t fit the inspiration but a lot of it probably will. Anyway here’s a mood board for my fall/winter 2014 style inspiration.

*All images found via Pinterest

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Work Wear Inspiration

2014-07-24 2 Comments

Hey guys! sorry it’s been quite around here I’ve been a little busy lately. Among other things I got a second job, one that’s more on track with where I’d like to go career wise, which is awesome. Anyway after getting said job I immediately thought, what do I wear? My retail job has a pretty strict and limiting dress code so going into an office where the dress code is pretty casual has made figuring out work outfits a bit… difficult. I want to look young and hip but also put together and professional. For now I’m trying to put together the most business casual outfits I can with my current wardrobe. The plan is to work with what I’ve got and slowly add to my work wear wardrobe with thrift finds and the like. My current wardrobe isn’t crazy inappropriate but I’ve suddenly become very aware of hemlines and necklines, which sits some of my favorite staples on a sort of fuzzy “is it? or isn’t it?” appropriate line. Anyway in a pinch I’ve been pinning work wear outfits like crazy for inspiration. One of my big inspirations so far has been Tanesha from Girl with Curves who’s style is generally pretty office appropriate and very chic. Anyway here are some of my favorite work wear pinspirations: