Fashion post {2/2/13}

• Shirt: A gift (November 2012)
• Cardigan: Kohl's (September 2010)
• Jeans: Hollister (August 2012)
• Boots: DSW (December 2012)
• Earrings: Taken from my mom's jewelry box and brought to college :-)

     Before I launch right into the fashion parts of this post I want to give you a little background on the first picture. That beautiful lady with me, L, is the French teaching assistant from my university! As you can probably guess, I take French classes. I'm also the vice president of the French club. It has been such a blessing for me to have a teaching assistant who is not only a great teacher but also a wonderful friend! Today we went into the city for some Indian food, which I learned that we both love. L- I will miss you very much when you go back to Paris next year! I hope we can share some more fun memories before then. :-)

     As you can probably guess, this was the outfit that I wore out to lunch with L this afternoon. I've worn my hair down a lot this week so I decided to mix it up a little bit and put it in a messy low bun. I think I have probably between 6-8 hairties in my hair in these photos... my hair seriously never wants to stay put! It takes practically a whole package of hair elastics for it to stay in one place. :-) I also decided to mix up my make-up a little bit today. There isn't a close picture of my eye make-up here, but I'm trying out masacara on my bottom lashes. Usually I just wear it on top but for Christmas I got some masacara specifically designed for the bottom lashes, so I wanted to experiment with it. Not sure if I like the look or not, but it could appear again soon!

     This adorable black top that I'm wearing was a gift from my friend K's mom. K is one of my best friends in college (Her 19th birthday was actually yesterday!) and I had gone to stay at her house for Thanksgiving instead of going home to Maine. K's mom had bought this top for her a few months before at either Marshall's or TJ Maxx, but it didn't fit K very well so it was passed onto me. :-) I love the ruffles in the sleeves and the touch of lace! I'm also wearing a black tank top under it to keep it modest. The tank top is from Wet Seal. My grey cardigan seen in the 3rd picture is something that I found on sale at Kohl's my junior year of high school. I love practical cardigans like this- I pair them with a lot of different things! I think that the dark grey of the cardigan and black in the top look very chic together.

     You've all seen these jeans and boots before. ;-) Seriously, I promise that the next fashion post that I do I"ll be wearing different shoes! Haha. I guess this shows at least though that I have gotten a lot of good use out of these boots so far...

      These earrings used to belong to my mom. Sadly she has some sort of issues with her ear piercings that they stay permanently infected so she can't wear earrings anymore. Luckily for me this means that I can have access to some of her old jewelry! :-) I'm not really sure where these earrings came from or when she got them, but I think they've very cute and the perfect touch to this winter afternoon outfit!

     Do you like to dress up on Saturdays or go with super comfy clothes? If I stay on campus on a Saturday then I rarely get dressed, it'll be a pajama day for me. :-)

     xoxo Miss ALK

     

Fashion Post {10/2/12 and 10/4/12}

     I got a lot of positive feedback on my first fashion post from a couple weeks ago, so I thought I'd share a couple more outfits today! Here's what I wore on Tuesday and Thursday of this week:

Tuesday:

• Tunic: Macy's (September 2011)
• Printed leggings: Ardene [Canadian Store] (August 2011)
• Boots: DSW (Fall 2009)
• Grey camisole: Target (November 2010)
• Necklace: Gift from extended family (several years ago)
• Earrings: Made by me! (Metalsmithing class, Fall 2010)

     I love skirts and dresses, and I love to wear them year round. This tunic (shirt/dress?) is one of my favorites for fall! Fall weather can be so weird and varrying, so this is perfect for this time of year. It's lightweight for when it's warm out, yet it looks great with a black or grey cardigan on top if it's chilly. It's too short to wear on its own, but I adore mixing it with these printed leggings!

     I went on vacation to Sherbrooke and Montreal in Quebec, Canada with my mom in August 2011. We went to a mall while we were there and I loved visiting the store Ardene (where I found the leggings). They were reasonably priced and I thought they were super cute! My fashion tip of the day is that whenever you're on vacation or in a new town always see if you can find some stores that you might not have where you live, that's often how I find my favorite fashion pieces! :-)

     The boots that I'm wearing in this post are aging and looking a ragged, but I love them. I love them so much that I devoted a whole post on my old blog to them! 

     My necklace was a gift to me several years ago for Christmas from either an Aunt or cousin. I honestly can't remember who it's from. :-( When I was given it I was still quite young, and it wasn't my taste at the time. My mom then kept it for a few years, but during my sophomore year of high school I found it in her room and was like "Hey! I actually like this now!" The moonstone matches the colors of my tunic. 

     I had the awesome opportunity to take some metalsmithing classes at my high school during my junior and senior year. We made beautiful jewelry, and that's where my earrings came from! I hammered different design stamps into the pieces of aluminum and then attached them.

Thursday:

• Shirt: Hand-me down from my mom :-)
• Cardigan: Kohl's (Fall 2009)
• Jeans: Hollister (September 2012)
• Shoes: Sears (Featured in this post)
• Earrings: Christmas gift from my sweet friend J (From Forever 21)
• Ring on middle finger: Small costume jewelry boutique in Maine
• Ring on third finger: Gift from my Grandma a few years ago

     My mom and I are almost the same clothing size now, so frequently over my senior year she'd give me things of hers that were a little too tight or things that she didn't wear as much anymore. That's how I ended up with this adorable shirt! I love it. I can wear it at almost all times of the year and with a variety of different pants or skirt options.

     As you'll learn through future fashion posts, I'm a huge fan of cardigans. They're so much cuter than sweatshirts! The one that I'm wearing here was an interesting story attatched though. :-) I first got it back in the fall of 2009 (sophomore year). I wore it a lot, and I wore it with my dress to my schoool's Snowball dance in early March 2010. It was a crazy night though, because I had the dance that Friday and then early Saturday morning my parents and I were leaving for a trip to Disney World. When I came home from the dance I quickly started packing for my trip and through stuff all over my room. 

                                                                  Me in this sweater all dressed up for the Snowball Dance! March 2010

     So I came home from Florida and wanted to wear this sweater to school, but it was nowhere to be found! :-( I looked all over but I couldn't find it anywhere. My guess was that I'd left it at school during the dance since it was such a busy night. I checked lost and found but it wasn't there, and I thought it was gone forever. 

     But this past summer I was cleaning out my closet looking for things to pack for colelge, and low and behold, there was my sweater! It had fallen off a hanger in my closet and was wedged in a small crack between wall and floor behind a shelf in my closet. It had so much dust and lint on it, but I couldn't believe that my sweater hadn't been lost (and still fit)! It took several washes to get all of the yucky stuff off of it, but as you can see from this fashion post it's back. :-)

     I got my jeans about a month ago at Hollister. I'm not really a huge fan of their clothing anymore... I went through a phase when I was 13 and 14 where everything that I wore HAD to be Hollister, but now I find their clothing rather boring and overpriced. However, they have awesome jeans and sometimes they have great sales. Originally these jeans were priced at $50, and I got them for about half of that. :-)

     I'm a huge jewelry nut which most of my friends know, so one of my best friends from back home, J, gave me a bunch of pairs of cute earrings last year for Christmas! These are from Forever 21. The ring on my middle finger I found at a cheap yet chic jewelry store in the next town over from mine back home. The ring on my third finger I almost always wear because my grandma gave it to me a few years ago. Plus I think it has a really unique look! 

     xoxo Miss ALK