Outfit Of The Day (Neons & Neutrals: Take 2)

♫: Flutes - Hot Chip

{i'm a little teapot, short and....somethin'}.

Style inspiration can come from many different places, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't thinking of this pretty little flower arrangement currently sitting on our psuedo-coffee table right now when I put this outfit together. 

I am still using my Canon point & shoot for my photos at the moment, and I am still in limbo over a camera to replace my broken 5D. While I'm not completely sure, as a Libra I think that decision-making has never been my strongest suit (hardy-har) and...yikes.

So bare with me. My usual fancy remote + tripod set-up doesn't work with my point and shoot, which means I take photos the old-fashioned, sweaty way--using a 10 second self-timer; running back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.

Which also means I get about 15 shots of me doing the exact same pose. Hooray for ingenuity, EXCEPT I DON'T KNOW WHY IN THE JIBBY-JAB THAT I KEEP TOUCHING/SCRATCHING MY HEAD IN MY PHOTOS BUT I PROMISE I DON'T HAVE FLEAS.

I mean, of course I don't have fleas. Urban Hipster Lottery Winning Lumberjack Sea Lion Drawing A Fancy Avant-Garde Caricature of Primo Prostitute Poop Cake Carson Daly simply ain't my thang and is sooooo third week of March 2012, anyway.

But I will totally use a thesaurus  daily news headlines yanked from a very legit online news source to string together nonsensical crap whenever I have a brain fart more often, hooray! Watch out CNN, you're next:

Blouse: GAP, old (similar here) (similar at Urban Outfitters) (and a pretty lace option at F21)

Belt: J Crew, old (love this at Ann Taylor) (and similar at ASOS)

Skirt: Forever 21, old (similar at ASOS)

Pink Necklace: Ann Taylor, old (similar here) (similar here)

Turquoise Necklace: Forever21, old (similar here) (similar here)

Bracelet: LOFT (buy it here) (similar here for $17)

Shoes: J Crew Valentina Pumps in Weathered Rose (buy them here) (similar by Nine West) (great peep-toe option for under $50)

Bag: Marc Jacobs Cooper in Nude (buy it here) (similar by Fossil) (similar by Rebecca Minkoff) (similar at F21)

Outfit Of The Days (t+j Designs)

For me, one of the very best things about fashion blogging is meeting other awesome fashion-bloggy people from all over the country that I otherwise would not have met. Some I've met in person, others only through e-mails and blog posts over the past three years (it has been that long--eek!)...but all are amazing.

Tiffany from I Am Style-ish is one of those people. Not only is she kind and stylish (of course!) but she is incredibly talented to boot. Along with her fashion/style blog she also runs an insane photography business with her husband, and so when she announced a few months back that she was following one of her dreams and launching a jewelry collection with her sister I was excited--WAY excited.


And now we have t + j Designs!

Tiffany was wonderful enough to send a few pieces my way from the newly launched collection and she has also offered a promotion for you guys, too (15% off on everything {except stylish steals} with code "CHLOE15"--through 10/31!).  It is extremely pretty-pretty-pretty stuff, and I'm reeeeally hoping that none of my family/friends are reading this 'cuz I've pretty much made up my mind (and have been saving my pennies) and ya'll are getting jewelry from her collection for Christmas. And Easter! And birthdays! And National Glazed Doughnut Day! And any day that you don't accidentally get a paper cut. You know--any day that is worth celebrating.

Just gorgeous:

{l to r: gunmetal luxe necklace, crystal encrusted earrings, purple teardrop earrings}

And now some outfits with the new sparklies, of course.  Ta da!

Cardigan: Martin & Osa (similar style here in "olive melange") (and here at Madewell) (and here at Target)
Tank: Wyatt Ruffle U-Neck Blouse (buy it here) (and in a short-sleeve tunic here)
Belt: J crew (similar style here)
Jeans: Old Navy Rockstar Denim (buy them here) (similar style here) (and a splurge by Rag & Bone here)
Shoes: Alexander Wang Isabeli Leopard Print Mules (a fierce pair of pumps by Tory Burch) (similar style here) (and here for under $100)
Bag: Chloe Paraty in Rosewood (similar style here) (and here) (love this by DVF, too!)

Necklace: c/o t + j Designs Gunmetal Luxe Necklace (buy it here + take 15% off with code "CHLOE15")

Blouse: GAP (buy it here) (similar style here at ASOS) (and here in "rose dust")
Skirt: J Crew Dorrie Skirt (similar style here at J Crew) (similar style under $100) (and here at ASOS in "cafe creme")
Shoes: Christian Louboutin Greissimo Knotted Pump in Camel (a pretty pair of camel pumps here) (similar style here by Steve Madden) (and here for $49.95)
Bracelet: GAP (buy it here)
Watch: Michael Kors Runway Large Rosegold Watch (buy it here) (similar style here for $135)
Bag: Lanvin Metallic Python Happy Mini Pop Bag (buy it here) (similar style here by Michael Kors) (and here for under $100)
Earrings: c/o t +j Designs Purple Teardrop Earrings (buy them here + take 15% off with code "CHLOE15")

Cardigan: GAP (similar style here) (similar style here + take 30% off with code "GAPSALE") (and similar style here at Target)
Top: Miss Selfridge (similar style here) (and here at Banana Republic) (and here at Free People)
Pants: Madewell (similar style here) (and here at ASOS) (and here for $40)
Bracelet: Ann Taylor (similar style here)
Booties: Prada Harness Booties (similar style here, on sale!) (and here) (and here for $109)
Clutch: Kooba Josie Clutch (similar style here) (and here for under $75)
Earrings: c/o t + j Designs Crystal Encrusted Earrings (buy them here + take 15% off with code "CHLOE15")

Outfit Of The Day (Never So Big, Never So Tall; Never So Big When You Are Small)

And another study on petite proportions.

I've mentioned on here precisely 07q878q47q32984271891 times that I have a pretty weird body.  I make no bones (hardy-woo-ha!) about it, even if my self-deprication only serves as a thin-and-rather-obvious veil to shroud my insecurities. I have a long torso! I have the shortest legs ever!  My head is huge!  One day I saw in my trackbacks that someone was talking about me on a German forum dedicated to gloves! And I had no idea what they were talking about since it was in German! But I'm going to guess it was probably really weird because it was a german forum dedicated to gloves! Nothing normal ever comes out of somethin' like that, right? Right.

I wore the outfit below for a lovely night out furniture shopping (hence the flats) and stuffing my face at The Cherry Cricket + D Bar Desserts. Good times!

Once I took a look at the OOTD pictures after the fact, however, I then spent about 10 minutes trying to figure out how my camera somehow morphed me into an Oompa Loompa. My torso--so long!  My legs--so short!

When I (obnoxiously) asked my homies that were with me that night if I looked that distorted in person, they all replied no. No Chloe, they said, you did not look like you had a bad wrestling accident with a cheap carnival fun house mirror. Every single one of them said it; they all denied it. I have such good, honest-to-god-lying friends--the best type of friends to have.

But oh well. In spite of my obvious need to find some high-waisted denim skinnies ASAP, I still really like this outfit and will probably wear it again. The GAP jeggings are ridiculously comfy, and sometimes I just get tired of paying attention and following rules when dressing myself. Sometimes I just want to embrace my body and all of its goofball proportions, and not think so hard about it, and I suppose that the outfit below is a great example of doing just that.

Also, rusty-orangey-red has always been one of my favorite colors for fall. It's popping up everywhere this year, and so I am happily collecting everything I can find in this hue. This J Crew blouse is a great example, and it goes quite well with the shop-vac in the background (if I do say so myself):

Blouse: J Crew Silk Lucinda Blouse (buy it here!) (similar style here) (and a pretty style from Vince)

Belt: J Crew (similar style here, on sale)

Jeans: GAP Gummy Jeggings (buy them here + take 30% off with code "GAPFALL") (similar style here at Old Navy) (and here for $30)

Necklace: Topshop (buy it here) and J Crew Biseau Necklace (buy it here)

Ring: ALDO (similar style here)

Flats: Miu Miu (similar style here by Vera Wang) (and here + take 20% off with code "SEPEVENT") (and here at DSW) (and here on sale for $40.70)

Bag: Chanel Classic Flap (similar style here) (and here on sale by Rebecca Minkoff) (and here for $50)

Next up we have a bit of the opposite. I have been slightly obsessed with the Pilcro Superscript flares over the past few months, even going as far as to try them on every single time I found an Anthropologie. I tried them on in Denver! I tried them on in Minneapolis! I tried them on in Denver again!  And again!  And again!

I finally gave into the temptation a few weeks ago after my 100th time of trying them on. I have been boo-hissing Anthropologie most of this year due to their suddenly strange inventory (I am not paying $500 for a blanket of a coat that runs XS-S-M-L, thanks) but....oh these flares. They are fun and ridiculously comfy, with a good amount of stretch to keep them snug but cozy, too. They are totally worth having to break my Anthropologie ban.

The only problem? My inseam hovers between 29 to 30 inches; in the pictures below I am teetering around in 4.5" heels and I still need to get them hemmed up a bit a lot. I snapped these pictures right before I sent them in to the tailors and until I get them back, I promise that I have feet. You'll just have to trust me here, guys:

Blouse: GAP (buy it here) (similar style here) (and a splurge by Parker here) (and here at Old Navy for $15)
Belt: J Crew (similar style here) (and here by Michael Kors) (and here for $15)
Pants: Anthropologie (buy them here) (similar style here for under $60) (similar here) (and here for $39.60!)
Shoes: Dior Lolita Booties (similar style here) (and here + take 20% off with code "SEPEVENT") (and here by Calvin Klein, on sale)
Necklace: Ann Taylor (similar style here) (and a stunning splurge from kate spade here) (or design your own here!)
Bag: Lanvin Sweet Dora (buy it here) (similar style here, on sale!) (and here for $45)

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Outfit Of The Day (Sparkle, Sparkle + Sofa and Chair Reveal)

Ta da!  The Alister sofa and chair from Z Gallerie in....some color I can't remember (Husband says "blue mist"):

 

{snapped on a cloudy day, no flash} {and proof that the rose painting really isn't lopsided, HA}

{and with flash]

I am beyond in love with this set!  Husband and I pushed some furniture around yesterday and got it all arranged to our liking, and while this definitely isn't permanent (only 2 things in the pictures above will be in this sitting area when I'm done--the sofa and the chair!), it will do until we get ready to finish the rest.  

SO THIS IS TEMPORARY, GOT IT? No judging my awesome mixing of  brown + black woods + zebra + gold + silver together like a broke college student with a personality disorder.   While I know it will be heartbreaking when the final change happens (6.3 years from now at the rate we're going), I'll just change it to something even more awesome. Of course.   Maybe a cardboard cut out of Betty White holding a baby bunny and a Slurpee machine (with banana slurpees!) will be in there somewhere, too.   And Christmas lights!  Year round!  Patience.

Outfit time! I grabbed this layered sequin skirt from GAP a few weeks ago during one of their big sales and it's the perfect little springy-sequiny skirt.  For those of you that fear the sequins over the completely rational idea that they might turn you into some sort of human replication of a lopsided disco ball, fear not--this skirt has a mix of more matte sequins than shiny, meaning it has just the right amount of sparkle (no bad dance moves required).  It does run really big, as I've been finding most GAP skirts to run lately, and I am wearing this in 2 sizes smaller than my jean size there--just a head's up.

Top: ASOS (buy it here) (similar style here) (and here on sale!)

Belt: Yanked off an old Charlotte Russe skirt (similar style here at Old Navy) (and here on sale for $11) 

Skirt: GAP Sequiin layer Skirt (buy it here, on sale!) (and a gorgeous splurge here at banana republic)

Shoes: Camilla Skovgaard (buy them here) (similar style here, on sale!) (and here)
Bag: Old Rebecca Minkoff : (similar style here) (and here for under $50) (love this from Matt & Nat, too!)

(currently playing in the chloe hizzouse)