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Today was just the right kind of day to listen to Zaz. Her first self-titled album came out in 2010, but I recently started listening to more of her. It is the perfect listening on a rainy day, that and Radiohead, but the problem there is that you may just end up only in the mood to contemplate what shape your soul is.

If you know what I mean...

[monday]

 

Sweater weather is here and I'm pretty excited about it seeing that I have a slew of funk-ass sweaters for this time of year. This sweater reminded me of something that came off the Proenza Schouler Fall 2011 line.The problem is that I tend to get excited about a burst of cold air, until I'm smack dab in the middle of January complaining up and down about the awful weather that belongs to this city. This shot was just before work. Unfortunately I have a horrid dress code I have to follow; black/khaki pants, white/black shirt under the worst polo you have ever seen. I know I make it seem pretty exciting, but don't be fooled, once I got to work, it was all-black time. 

[today]

 

sweater: Goodwill socks: stolen from my mom's sock drawer long ago

I love these leggings and tend to incorporate them into a lot of my outfits like the two other pairs I scored at Uni Qlo while in Japan. I picked this out in two seconds and guess I was feeling a blue mood. I am so enamored with this sweater and cannot believe I scored it for so cheap. It's really thick and soft and "ha ha ha!" I just looked and it's a Casual Corner sweater. That's funny for a slew of reasons, but none of them need explaining. For whatever reason I like this shot. I know, it's pretty lame.

This is one of the last things I decorated last night. We've been getting out at midnight lately, so I've been getting home ultra late;

Thrifty adventures // Casual Friday Outfit

The other day I got an opportunity to go hang out with my mom. She's been telling me about this new thrift that they put in 15 minutes away from my parent's house called Savers and she has also been well aware of my un-dying need to thrift. So these are my little treasures from the trip;

one of the first things I came across. I fell in love instantly.

My mom had her doubts, to prove her wrong I put this bad boy on the social networks & let my friends respond.

All 3 of them said yes. Done deal.

AWESOME adornments.

It even has that rockin' grandma/thrift smell.

This was brand new from Gap, tags on, $50 to $5.99. MUAHAHAHA!

Empire Records-esque

I saw this and knew I had to have it. It is marked as a size 12, multiple sizes too big.

I was really bummed out, but when it came to trying it on, it fit me perfectly.

When I read the label on this plaid pleated beauty, it reigns from a boutique in Wilmette/Oak Park, Spauldings.

It was also marked brand new with a tag for $168, mine for $14.99!

It shall go perfect with my babies;

this is a total high school throwback for me when I had a whole collection of odd shit to wear atop my head.

It just seemed right. Plus, I knew they would go perfectly with my just-arrived Woot shirt!

I love this bright little floral dress. It's a tad big, but it works.

My mom tried taking it in, but the machine was acting up.

The funny little thing about this is that it is a SKORT!!!

ha ha ha ha. Where are my jellies??

This reminded me of something from Proenza Schouler Fall 2011 and I knew it had to be mine.

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Casual Friday outfit.

Huge. Deal.

 

These are cool, but were instantly made cooler by turning them inside out.

 

leggings: UniQlo (Japan) Dress: Target Coat: Forever 21 Scarf: hand-made by me

this scarf has a satisfactory back story to it;

So I made this sucker in high school. I made A LOT of scarves in high school, almost 1 a day.

I crocheted in all of my classes, teachers allowed this because I still participated, did well on tests, & did homework.

[this was also allocated in college]

So that's about 6 hours of crochet time, which totally allowed me to do one chain per class.

I was rolling these out all the time, gave them out to people, etc.

This was obviously an awesome scarf & was COMPLETELY excited upon finding it.

I accumulated a ton of yarn; a huge bin of it over at my parents house.

I was over there the same night we went thrifting while my mom was trying to take in my dress in the basement.

I went through the huge bin because I am working on a scrap blanket...

[where I use all my old yarn from past projects]

I took home two huge bags of yarn that is totally rad and usable.

I threw out one garbage bag of un-worthy threads. The blanket will be HUGE.

It's already getting to be kind of a beast...

So anyway-

EARRINGS....

 

earrings: bows (Forever 21), Turquoise ones (?)

Necklace: I made this sometime last week.

Needless to say it's part of every outfit.

However, now that I made this one today, there will be some competition:

I'm in love with this necklace.

It definitely looks better when you see it live!

Autumn Anticipation: Fashion Edition.

It's mid-August and you know what that means.
If you don't, I will clue you in: FALL FASHION EXCITEMENT.
It's starting and it kind of got provoked by the sight of the latest issue of Bazaar hot out of the mail bag and on my counter and it claims to be the FALL FASHION ISSUE which means my excitement is completely legitimate.

So of course like any other fashion blogger, I flocked to the sights to muster up additional excitement. Of course, I rambled on about two of these collections in a previous post {see here}. Fall is the one time of year where fashion truly excites me. It's something in the air; the whirlwind of cold that allows the leaves to tumble down the pavement in a bewitching fashion. I anticipate heading out to Goodwill to scope out a few new winter sweaters and in order for this to be an acceptable practice, I will likely bring a number of items to Goodwill. I am extremely lucky when I make my trips there; always finding great items in a short amount of time and I find the clothes I thrift are the ones I wear the most, so donating a few shouldn't be hard in my ever-growing closet. My new Doc Martens will also be an essential part of my outfits this autumn and hopefully I'll be adding a few essential items to my fall wardrobe. Enough chat; more pictures!

Proenza Schouler Fall RTW 2011

 

 

This collection is Sante Fe inspired, so therefore, I felt the need to accompany this line with a little bit of music;

Beirut / 'Santa Fe' / Riptide / 2011

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Christopher Kane Fall RTW 2011

 

 

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Rodarte Fall RTW 2011

 I felt the need to show the enlarged version because I LOVE THIS OUTFIT.

I saw it plastered on the pages of the June/July issue of Bazaar and instantly loved it.

I don't recall seeing it the first time around either (February)

I absolutely love it and for some reason it reminded me heavily of childhood although I couldn't really link it to anything. Perhaps it was this plastic high heeled pair of "ruby" glittery slippers I had as a kid that reminds me of this outfit. Most similar to these;

You know those things you had as a kid that you find yourself saying "Damn! I wish I still had that!"

Well, that isn't necessarily the case with these suckers, but we all know that feeling of "give it away" remorse.

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Acne Fall RTW 2011

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Creatures of the Wind Fall RTW 2011

 

These chicks are seriously making me want this haircut....

 

 

Finding that the genius designers of Creatures of the Wind, Chris Peters & Shane Gabier live within Chicago's city limits makes the city all that more exciting. This is definitely my favourite autumn collection and it's most suitable to my current mood over the past months. Not to mention that a lot of these can be perfectly matched with my beloved boots. Nothing like dashing femininity on top only to seep down to pure steel-toed goodness. I love the bottom cocktail dress with the red adornment on the sleeve. I really wish there was some close-up detail to go along with this collection, but that's why I did the favour of posting the close up shots.I definitely get some Margot Tenenbaum vibes off these clothes as well. I'm anxious to see what this designer rolls out for Spring...I shall have a watchful eye.

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So I've talked about my dissatisfaction with outdoor festivals (unfamiliar? check here) however, the fashion that lingers there is always such a blast to see. I love seeing street style. For additional festival styles;

[HERE] & {HERE}

What music/designer/brands get you stirred up for fall?