Showing posts with label looks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label looks. Show all posts

January 15, 2014

Uniquely You: Modcloth + Consume or Consumed


I was contacted recently by ModCloth to see if I wanted to participate in their Uniquely You blogger challenge, where they select an item currently for sale on their site that bloggers are to style via Polyvore. I thought it sounded like fun so I agreed. The item chosen for this round of the challenge was the very aptly named In the Key of Chic dress. The dress is available in a range of prints (my favorite being the music notes print shown above) and in both straight and plus sizes, which makes it even better!



Although the red sash that comes with the dress adds a nice pop of color, I paired it instead with muted jewel tones which allow the print to really sing (pun intended!). Doing so also makes this fairly youthful (albeit lovely) statement piece feel a bit more professional and sophisticated (i.e. age appropriate for someone like me). Thanks for the opportunity, ModCloth!

October 15, 2013

Saks Friends and Family is on!

Outfits L-R: 

Saks Fifth Avenue is offering 25% off (with the usual premier designer exclusions) with coupon code FRNFAM, now through October 20th, 2013. Above are some of my favorites. The sale section will offer the opportunity for a sale-on-sale situation! But as always, beware of the dreaded sale goggles. Happy shopping!

February 06, 2013

Nursing friendly staples


The last few weeks of wrangling my newborn and getting the hang of this mom thing haven't left me with much spare time to dress up or be fussy. If I'm not being covered (albeit lovingly) in drool, I'm worried about spilling something on myself due to sleep deprivation-induced clumsiness. More than ever, I need my clothing to be functional and machine-washable.

For this reason, I've sought out comfortable, stylish layers to keep warm but maintain constant access to Emilia's source of nutrition. My drapey cardigans are getting a major workout because they offer warmth as well as additional privacy when I'm maneuvering her under the nursing cover. I've beefed up my nursing-friendly top wardrobe too. Gap put a bunch of nursing shirts on clearance (FYI, their nursing clothing is clustered with Maternity... my favorites are this cowl top and this crossover shirt) and at the advice of a dear new friend from my mom's group, I also picked up a few Bravado tanks. I was hesitant due to the retail but they really are worth the money. I'm not small busted by any stretch and the support these tanks offer put Target's Gillian O'Malley nursing tanks to shame. They are long enough and have fabric thick and sturdy to provide additional stomach support.

For fit reference, I find that Bravado nursing tanks run true to bra cup and band sizes. Though I've not had them for long enough to know how stretched out they will become or how they'll hold up with lots of use/wear, I am glad to have them around to try. I've felt much less exposed and all over the place since they've become a part of my wardrobe.

January 14, 2013

Hypothetically Shopping Fashion World UK


Count Fashion World as another in the growing list of great UK fashion retailers that offer strated and extended sizes of affordable, fashionable women's clothing. If baffles me that US retailers continue to drop the ball on this important niche. Fashion World carries women's clothes online with accessories, footwear, and even menswear. Although they don't ship to the US (yet) I hypothetically shopped the site and am especially into the feminine boyfriend cardigan in the bottom left. It would be the perfect layering piece to add to my nursing-friendly wardrobe. And purple is my favorite color!

October 28, 2012

Fall and Winter Maternity Favorites


Although I am in the home stretch, my "new normal" of window shopping for cute and potentially professional maternity clothes has become habitual. Above are my favorites for cold weather and holiday party times.

September 28, 2012

Favorites for fall!


 I don't plan on buying much for my closet this fall. But at some point at least some of the above items will become my fall 2012 "ones that got away." My favorite is probably the Kate Spade polka dot coat though the Marc by Marc Jacobs parka is also awesome.

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