Melswear: Cool Stripes

Thursday! One day to go. Mel went out last night with her sisters to see the Alvin Ailey Dance Company. This gave me the opportunity to style her again. Most times styling is fun but sometimes it isn't. I was getting a little frustrated because I didn't have very much time to fully choose what I wanted and I still had to take the photos. Blogging ain't easy Suzy. At first I was going for a preppy look but we didn't have all of the pieces I wanted so that left me really trying to hurry and get it right. I wanted to give up but she convinced me to keep going and that helped to make things a little easier. All you need is support and a little push sometimes. In the end it wasn't so bad. I just need to know how to work under pressure. This look is a mix of sporty casual and dressy. I decided on semi-dark cuffed denim, tie and cognac dress shoes for the dressy part. A white linen button down, striped sports jacket and snapback for the sporty casual part. Here's Mel and her oh so serious face. :-)

Outfit Details:

Jacket - Ross Stores Similar

Button Down - Old Navy Similar

Jeans - Hudson Similar

Shoes - Stacy Adams
Tie - Gifted Similar

Bracelets - DIY

Watch - JC Penney Similar
Cap - Lids Similar

Linking up with Her&Nicole for the Lovely Blog Hop.

Denim on Denim on Denim

This past weekend I scored some free tickets from GoldStar to the Vintage Fashion Expo in San Francisco and dragged along Mel with me. There were lots of nice vintage finds at the expo but the prices were out of the roof. $285 for a pink dress from the 50s. $695 for a floral dress and cropped jacket. Really? Everything wasn't that expensive but most of it was. Mel did find a really cool vintage bomber jacket but decided against purchasing it. I found some awesome high waisted colored jeans by Wrangler. One was pink and the other was green. Too bad neither fit. It stated that it was size 9/10 but I guess I'm bigger than I really think I am. Other than that we had a great time and would probably visit again.

How did you spend your weekend?

Mo2da..

Outfit Details:

Jacket - Gap 

Shirt - Ross 

Jeans - Gap 

Tie - Goodwill 

Sneakers - 

Bracelets - American Eagle & DIY

Ring - DIY

Watch - JC Penney

Shades- Flea Market

Movie Night: Denim on Denim

Last night, the in-laws and myself went to check out the widely talked about movie Django Unchained. Unfortunately the dude in line before us bought the last movie ticket. What made it worse was the ticket taker not saying anything to let us know. He just got up from his seat and posted two sold out signs on the window. Really though? Anyway, after chilling in front of the theater as if it was a warm summer evening, we decided to watch the Guilt Trip. I had no idea what that movie was about or who was starring in it, but it ended up being pretty funny. Go check it out, or not. Here's what I wore using the denim on denim trend.

DIY: Polka Dots

Happy Saturday!! It's been so long since my last post. Like weeks, right? Well, that's how long it felt to me. Actually, it's only been 5 days. But isn't that like FOREVER in the blog world? I've been taking pictures but I didn't like the way they turned out so I refused to post them. I just can't seem to get the posing right and I don't think I'm very photogenic. But I'm working on it and when I get it right, "'Unh Unh, you can't tell me nuthin!!" And, that's why I've been hiding.

Today's DIY will showcase the polka dot trend. It is mostly done with fabric or acrylic paint, but it can also be done by cutting circles out of your choice of fabric or with batting. This project can be time consuming depending on which method you choose. But most DIY projects are.