I found this sweatshirt hiding in the furniture section of the thrift shop. The faux leather and studded details are what caught my eye. I cropped the sweatshirt and styled it over a bodycon dress and kept an all black look.
The challenge for this week's Mamanista Fridays is a simple one; denim shorts. I styled a pair of denim cut offs with a striped top with Spring colors and my leopard print slip-ons. Stripes are one of my favorite prints, black and white specifically, and it looks great styled with many prints such as floral, cheetah, plaid and more stripes. The cheetah/leopard print is a neutral print in my opinion and would look great styled with any other print or colors.
Here's a little story about ruffles. I don't like them. It's too girly and feminine. So when I see something in a store that catches my eye but notice that it has ruffles on it, I cringe inside. I always talked about how much I disliked ruffles until it was brought to my attention that I had quite a few tops with ruffles on them. Nuh uh! Of course I checked my drawer and what do you know! Ruffles! Not 1, not 2, but 5 or 6. SMH So much for disliking something. I guess I disliked it so much that I began to like it? Or maybe I never really hated it? Either way, I have added another ruffle piece to my closet and this time it's a dress. But I REALLY got it for the colorful feathers. :-)
You can create anything from old clothing especially if it is over-sized. It can also be used as a cheaper alternative to buying fabric. I thrifted this maxi dress and out came a crop top and fabric covered pockets on a pair of cut offs . My first idea was to make a two piece short or skirt set but I needed a much larger sized dress. I still like how this turned out because it's still a 2 piece set.
The theme for this week's Mamanista Friday style is tunics. I wasn't quite sure if I had any but then I remembered the aztec print top that I bought from Crossroads a few months ago to wear as a swimsuit cover up. I didn't get to wear it during my trip in Puerto Rico but I thought that it would be perfect for today's theme. This is a tunic right??
There are some styles that I like and there are some styles that I feel just wouldn't work for me. Peter pan collars are one of those styles. It looks great on little girls or for librarians or whomever likes to wear them but I didn't think it would look half as nice on me. Until I tried one on.
I bought this cool tie dye t-shirt from my latest thrift haul and I decided to make it into a muscle tee with cut outs in the back. This project was so easy and fun you should definitely make 1 or 2 or 3 of your own. It's perfect for the Summer months and you can even wear it over a swimsuit.
Every week I look forward to participating in a style/trend theme because it allows me to play dress up. This week's theme is Preppy. The preppy style is usually associated with button up shirts and blazers, which I have lots of but I wouldn't considered it to be my go to style. Since the weather is much warmer now and Summer is right around the corner, I styled my striped button up with a pair of polka dot shorts which I made. Now I have two trends in one; preppy and mixed prints. :-) I almost styled this look with my boat shoes but I wasn't going for a country club/beach look and I think it looks better with my oxfords anyway.
If you follow me on Instagram you already know that I like to wear sneakers with my dresses. And by sneakers I mean Chucks. It's my favorite style of sneakers and it's tomboy in me. This bodycon dress is what I purchased to attend a party in L.A. a couple of months ago which I refused to wear because I don't do well with dress codes or dresses. (Sometimes!) :-) I stuck to my true self and styled the dress with a pair of sneakers to have a more casual and fun look. Honestly though, I really like the way I look in this dress even though it's on the short and fitting side. As long as I'm comfortable in it, it works so I'm glad I kept it.
I made this t-shirt during one of my classes with the ladies back in April. Most of the ladies made shredded back tees and I plan on making one of my own soon.
I'm back!! I know it's only been a couple of weeks but it feels like forever. The break was needed and now things are working out better for me so here I am.
