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Sweet sunshine!

On my daily commute to and from work I pass an H&M and most days I walk right past. One day I happen in and find this jacket. Last in my size, and I'm in love!

H&M jacket, Joe Fresh shirt, traded jeans, Steven by Steve Madden shoes

This quilting is amazing! I kinda feel like my granny quilted a snatch of fabric and then fashioned it into this super cute jacket. I may rip out the tags and tell my as yet unborn daughter that this is exactly what happened. Folks don't have heirlooms anymore, gotta make your own! 

Come Again Another Day

Spring has sprung in NYC and that means it's raining all the time. *sigh*

Holister jacket, Brook Brothers shirt, Old Navy skirt, Gap brooch, Hunter boots

In real life I hate rain boots. They're hot, they bend awkwardly at the ankle, and usually ruin an outfit. Unfortunately in a city where your feet are your main source of transportation you most definitely  want to keep them dry. So I styled my outfit around the darned things and I felt pretty good. I did spend the day on my feet and they aren't made for standing, (add that to the list of things I don't like about them) but each time I ventured outside I had dry warm toesies! 

Soon the rainy spring will be over and the hot, humid hell-ish season that New Yorkers call summer will set in and anything more than a paper towel around your lady parts will be too many clothes.  Ahhhh sweet summer. Till next time!

dress it up

The love affair with this jacket continues...... Just go with it.



F21 dress, Target jacket, Steve Madden boots



I had kinda forgotten that I had these boots tucked away at the bottom of my closet. They helped toughen up my sweet little eyelet accented dress.

Made in the USA

I love videos on how things are made. And as a fashion Professional I love when things are made in the USA. Keeping manufacturing jobs in America is important for our national economy and makes things soooo much easier when dealing with the actual production process. Calling up your factory in Texas to tweak a zipper pull is faster and simpler than your factory in Indonesia.

Here's a little blurp on Club Monaco.

Club Monaco's Made in the USA lineup brings iconic menswear pieces to life in select factories here in the states, not only keeping American manufacturing alive, but giving you some quality goods that'll be around for the long haul. Overseen and designed by VP of menswear design Aaron Levine and consultant Michael Williams (of A Continuous Lean), the collection merges modern design with all the hallmarks of heritage pieces to produce limited edition gear, like handsome ties crafted out of dead stock fabrics. Let Levine and Williams walk you through the process. (source)

Are you tired of the camo yet

Well I'm not! This jacket is getting sooooo many miles.

It seriously goes with everything! I love to add a cluster of brooches to a jacket, it adds a little color and texture. In high school I worked in a Gap store, and you can imagine how much of my 2001 wardrobe was purchased with that discount. This belt is a men's belt from that era that I've just never gotten rid of. Am I secretly a hoarder....?!



Target jacket, Gap turtle neck, Old Navy skirt, Gap shoes and belt



Beautiful

As much as we try to keep our beauty outlook full of positive affirmation, even the most self-confident among us can have critical moments when we look in the mirror and don't like what we see. Decades of social conditioning and promotion of one stereotypical ideal of beauty can do that to a girl. But those so-called flaws we think we have are not what the rest of the world sees when they look at us.

Need proof? Dove just released a new video that sets out to prove that we are really our worst critics. The brand commissioned a forensic sketch artist to draw portraits of women based on their descriptions of themselves, and then again based on other people's descriptions of them. You can probably guess where this is going: The participants were overly critical of their own faces, pointing out supposed flaws that weren't actually noticeable, while the descriptions from other people led to flattering, stunning images of beautiful and confident women.

Not to give the plot away, but let's just say that the participants had a lot of feelings while looking at the portraits side by side. After we finish weeping at our desks, we're going to go find a mirror and think long and hard about the usually hypercritical thoughts that run through our heads upon gazing at our reflections. You should, too. (source)

Shine On

I did warn you that the shoes would be in heavy ro-ro. 

It was a kinda freaky weather day so I ducked into a random hotel to snap a picture. I am noticing that my feet look really small in these shoes! I even changed but my poses a little, enjoy :-)

Brooks Brothers blazer, F21 tee shirt, Gap jeans, TopShop shoes.

One of my favorite Treasured Trinket pieces.