holiday party dresses

around this time of year i like to look for a standby fancy dress to wear to any holiday parties that might come along. so..i thought i'd have a little fun and share some of my favorite options with you. all dresses come from modcloth.com, and shoes from various places. let's begin:

my favorite one thus far:

with these sweet pumps:

with some red lipstick and a little 40's curl in the hair, like this..

continuing on:

this with some dark brown tights, and some shoes like this:

hair in a messy ponytail:

and a little bracelet:

let's see, i'll find one more:

for a really dressy party (all these items from anthropologie)

but dress it down with the shoes? like this?

not totally confident in that exact shoe choice, but some kind boot/bootie.

hair like this:

then a belt of some kind, maybe a cardigan?

or this guy, and then belt over the top?

who knows? this has been fun, i just wasted my little break time doing this, it was really just for my own entertainment.

another shallow post

i shop online a LOT. window shop. i rarely buy more than one item of clothing at a time, and i can't remember the last time i bought anything that was not on clearance or some kind of crazy sale.

i've been watching some great etsy stores for the last few months, and have had my eye on a couple of things for the late summer/early fall. today, i bit the bullet and purchased the skeleton of my fall wardrobe. wanna see?

wanna know whose style i like the most of anyone right now? my sister-in-law's. maria's eye for clothes is perfect, and i'd copy everything she wore if that weren't weird.

anyway, i'm excited about my two vintage purchases, and all my basics came for forever 21. oh, unfortunately, maria just got a job at anthropologie. it's only unfortunate for our debit cards. fortunate in EVERY.OTHER.WAY. so cute accent clothes, will be coming from there:)

and target, and flea/thrift.

links:

santoki vintage

ramona west

must go! have a great weekend, everyone.

[have i said to look at cupcakesandcashmere yet? you should. interesting.]

jumping on the bandwagon

just about everyone i know has had a fashion post or two lately.  well, of course i am going to follow suit.  i am in dire need of a new pair of jeans.  many times just thinking about trying on jeans causes me to get immediate hives, but i'm kind of looking forward to it.  

i found this website.  it's interesting, you put in your measurements, and the exact specifications of the jeans you want.  but--don't you feel like you have to try jeans on?  i don't try on 90% of the clothes i purchase, but if you're buying expensive jeans, gotta try them on, right?

here are my two needs:

• a pair for church/nights out/anything besides dog walking and nannying.
• which leaves us with a pair for messy nanny days, walks with beulah, and lazy saturdays.  

night out options

1.  joe's jeans honey in harvey

2.  7 for all mankind rocker bootcut

3.  jcrew matchstick indigo wash

comfy pair

1.  jcrew vintage slim in worn-in wash

2.  jcrew boy jean in darkwash

3.  true religion joey stretch flare

*as you can see, this list is somewhat unrealistic, but in the blog world we can pretend*

pick your favorite of these, or suggest something else. 

 let's hear it!

pretty

kate towers