Outfit #4

Hey Ladies! Sorry I missed last week. I have been so caught up everything going on in my life at the moment, but I'm back :)

I was at Target today doing some shopping for my new apartment, (which I am ecstatic about!) and I saw a woman of about mid 30s wearing an adorable dress.

It looked a little like one of those sailor styles, but the style is called a tea dress.
Her dress was of about mid-thigh length and cinched in a little at the waist. It flowed down at the bottom, and was sleeves, had a collar, and buttoned down from the collar to the waist. The pattern on the dress were thick black stripes and thin white strips. (The stripes were vertical, making you look slimmer).

She also paired her outfit with a cute little pair of flip-flops.

I couldn't find the exact design/pattern of the dress, but I did find a similar style at an online store by the name of Asos.  

I found similar pieces of clothing at Asos and Macy's. 

http://www.asos.com/NW3/NW3-Sleeveless-Dress-in-Constable-Print/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=3205457&cid=8799&Rf980=3668&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=36&sort=-1&clr=Champagnemulti 

This dress from Asos is very similar to the one I saw this lady wearing in Target. This particular style would look good on a Lean Column or a Neat Hourglass body shape. The woman wearing it today had a Lean Column body shape.

The picture on the left is showing the back side of the dress and the picture on the right is showing the front side of the dress.

This dress adds length to you petite ladies because of how it flows out at the bottom.

~~(look at the Weekly Fashion Tip tab for more tips on how to add some height)

The collar also adds for a very sophisticated look. This dress can be dressed down or dressed up depending on the occasion.

http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/coach-sara-sandal ID=902878&CategoryID=13247&LinkType=#fn=SANDAL_TYPE%3DFlip%20Flop%26sp%3D2%26spc%3D90%26kws%3Dshoes%26slotId%3D9

I found these cute Flip-Flops at Macy's.

These particular sandals would go well with this style dress. They make a more casual look, but still keep the sophisticated look as well because of the glossy straps and the round jewel for design.


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DIY Shorts

A group of my friends and I are going to a Kesha concert next month and so I decided to save some money and take an old pair of my jean shorts and turn them into cute Kesha shorts for the concert



These are what the shorts looked like before. Just a simple pair of jean shorts. What I did was just measured up the shorts diagonally about 4" and cut the triangles out on each side.



The next step is that I measured about four holes an inch apart and marked them with a little dot (shown in the picture on the left). Then I took a sharp object (I used scissors and some kitchen items haha) but you can choose whatever works best for you, and poked into each hole (shown in the picture on the right).



The third step is to measure out equal sizes of lace and lace them into each side of your shorts into the holes just like you would with shoe laces.



Next, I cut out a piece of gold fabric to the same size as my back pocket and hot glue gunned it onto the outside of my back pocket (shown in the picture on the left). Then I did the same with a sheet of lace fabric and hot glue gunned it on top of the gold fabric (shown in the picture on the right).

~~In order to make gluing easier and less sticky, I only put glue on the edges of the gold fabric and then put the lace fabric on top.



I then sewed a blue flowery button with some thread (it can be any color) onto my right back pocket (shown in the picture on the left). The picture on the right shows what the complete back side of the shorts look like with the back pocket and the button sewn on.



I then sewed these two silver buttons onto the right front pocket of my jean shorts with some thread to ass a little "bling."



After I had done all my measuring, cutting, decorating, and sewing I went outside and spray painted part of the front and part of the back of my shorts with silver spray paint. I spray painted all of the metal parts on my pants so they look shiny and brand new. I then sprinkled some gold and silver glitter onto the front and back as well.

~~I used some glue but if you don't want to do that you can sparkle the glitter onto your shorts while the spray paint is still wet.



These are pictures of the completed shorts. The front is on the left and the back is on the right.



In these pictures I am wearing the shorts. I have the front side view on the left and the back side view on the right.

Well I hope everyone likes these shorts and has fun making them!
I will post pictures of my outfit on here after my concert next month.



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Outfit #3

I have a lot of friends that love to dress vintage/hippie-ish and I think it's such a cute look!

So when I saw this lady while I was having a girls night out earlier in the week I absolutely loved her outfit.

She was wearing this long brown maxi skirt that tapered out at the bottom and had lace around the bottom edges. She paired her outfit with a brown tank-top, and a brown vest that had some lace accenting the edges, and she was wearing a pair of brown flip-flops.

I found some pieces of clothing pretty similar to her type of look (the top is going to be a different style) but I hope you'll love this outfit just as much as I did!

I found these pieces of clothing at Urban Outfitters, Charlotte Russe, and an online store I've recently discovered named ModCloth (Modcloth.com)

 

http://www.modcloth.com/shop/blouses/picking-peonies-top 

This Particular shirt from Mod Cloth I thought was adorable. This isn't quite the exact shirt that I saw this one particular lady wearing but she was wearing just a simple tank-top if you'd like to wear that instead. However this top is flowy and has lace down the back of the shirt. You can tuck this shirt into the skirt to give it a more body-shaping look, or leave it hanging out if you don't want it to shape your body.

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=28370179&parentid=W_APP_SHORTS_SKIRTS&color=001

This is the skirt that I found from Urban Outfitters is very similar to the one I saw.
I love how this skirt flows down at the bottom and has a more of a hippie feel to it.
This looked well on her because of the fact it had a casual flowy look, and wasn't showing off too much.
(not everything has to hug your body skin tight ladies in order for you to look beautiful)

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=27459239&parentid=W_OUTERWEAR 

This vest that I found from Urban Outfitters is kind of like the one I saw.
This one in particular has a lot more lace, but wearing this with the maxi skirt will give this outfit a more feminine feel to it. This vest will also help to shape your torso a little by the way it's angled down at the bottom. It gives the look of an hour-glass feel.

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jspid=27642644&parentid=W_SHOES_ALLSHOES_SANDALS&color=001

These are the sandals that I found from Urban Outfitters.
These are an adorable pair to match up with this outfit, and they continue the vintage/hippie look throughout the outfit.

http://www.charlotterusse.com/product/Seed-Bead-Chain-Link-Necklace/236307.uts

I was doing some online shopping and I cams across this necklace from Charlotte Russe that I thought would go perfectly with this outfit!


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Sunglasses: The Perfect Pair

So this weeks post is going to be a little different from my previous posts. 

This week I'm going to talk about what style of sunglasses look best on each face shape. 

Everybody has a certain shape to their face; The most common shapes are Oval, Long, Round, Square, Heart, and Diamond. 

Here's a face shape chart I found from this website

http://permanentpretty.wordpress.com/tag/eyebrows-chart/

This chart will give you a visual image, as well as describing the qualities that will help you find your face shape. 

I went searching online and found some adorable sunglasses from JcPenneys and Kohl's. 

There will be two pairs for each face shape, one from each store.  

OVAL

These two pairs of glasses work well if you have an Oval shaped face. 

The sunglasses on the left are a pair of Aviators from JcPenney.

The sunglasses on the right are a pair of Ray bans from Kohl's.

 

http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom/sunglasses/liz-claiborne-chicago-aviator-sunglasses/prod.jump?ppId=pp5002380283&N=508%204294962924&Nao=24&pN=2&searchTerm=oval+sunglasses&topDim=Gender&topDimvalue=women&dimCombo=Gender%7CItem+Type%7C&dimComboVal=women%7Csunglasses%7C&currentDim=Item+Type&currentDimVal=sunglasses&catId=SearchResults

http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-1255133/simply-vera-vera-wang-first-dance-abstract-retro-sunglasses.jsp

LONG

These two pairs of glasses work well if you have a Long face.

The sunglasses on the left are a pair of semi-rimless glasses from JcPenney.

The sunglasses on the right are a pair of Aviators from Kohl's. 

http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom/sunglasses/olsenboye-grand-central-clubmaster-sunglasses /prod.jump?ppId=pp5002650532&searchTerm=cat+eye+sunglasses&dimCombo=null&dimComboVal=null&catId=SearchResults

http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-1254144/daisy-fuentes-aviator-sunglasses.jsp

~~Aviators work well with both the Oval and the Long face shape. 

ROUND

These two pairs of glasses work well if you have a Round shaped face.

The sunglasses on the left are a pair of wrap glasses from JcPenney.

The sunglasses on the right are a pair of rectangle glasses from Kohl's. 

http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom/sunglasses/liz-claiborne-brooke-wrap-sunglasses/prod.jump?ppId=pp5002380272&searchTerm=wrap+sunglasses&dimCombo=null&dimComboVal=null&catId=SearchResults

http://www.kohls.com/catalog/womens-rectangle-sunglasses-and-eyewear-accessories-accessories.jsp?CN=4294720878+4294736998+4294719417+4294719516+4294717956&N=4294720878+4294719417+4294719516+4294717956+4294720683+4294736998

SQUARE

These two pairs of glasses work well if you have a Square shaped face.

The sunglasses on the left are a pair of round glasses from JcPenney.

The sunglasses on the right are also a pair of different styled round glasses from Kohl's.

 

http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom/sunglasses/converse-guitar-pick-sunglasses-/prod.jump?ppId=pp5002460525&catId=cat100250015&deptId=dept20000019&Nao=120&pN=6&dimCombo=null&dimComboVal=null

http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-1465448/so-retro-round-sunglasses.jsp

HEART

These two pairs of glasses work well if you have a Heart shaped face. 

The sunglasses on the left are a pair of cat's eye glasses from JcPenney.

The sunglasses on the right are also a pair of different styled cat's eye glasses from Kohl's. 

 

http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom/liz-claiborne-bridgette-cat-eye-sunglasses/prod.jump?ppId=pp5002380221&searchTerm=cat%27s+eye+sunglasses&dimCombo=null&dimComboVal=null&catId=SearchResults

http://www.kohls.com/search.jsp?bmForm=endeca_search&bmFormID=j_pfHXY&bmUID=j_pfHXZ&bmIsForm=true&bmPrevTemplate=%2Fcatalog%2Fwomens-sunglasses-and-eyewear-accessories-accessories.jsp&bmText=search&search=cats+eye+sunglasses&bmSubmit=submit-search&submit-search=Search&bmHidden=PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524893060309&bmHidden=FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374762326345

DIAMOND

These two pairs of glasses work well if you have a Diamond shaped face.

The sunglasses on the left are a pair of oversized wrap glasses from JcPenney.

The sunglasses on the right are a pair of butterfly glasses from Kohl's. 

 


http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom/nicole-by-nicole-miller-shelter-island-sunglasses/prod.jump?ppId=pp5002410423&searchTerm=nicole+by+nicole+miller+sunglasses&dimCombo=null&dimComboVal=null&catId=SearchResults

http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-1254563/jennifer-lopez-trellis-oversized-butterfly-sunglasses.jsp

~~Note: These are not the only types of sunglasses that will work for these type of face shapes. These are just a few styles that work well. 

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