The Return of Outfit Posts

After my long blogging hiatus to focus on personal academic goals I have returned with an outfit that I wore shortly after my last outfit post. I'm not sure how much longer outfit posts will continue because I will be starting school again in August for the next three years. Hopefully this blog will become an outlet for me while I am in school to connect with all my family and friends living other parts of the country. I can't wait to show you all of the new clothing, inspiration, makeup and other adventures that happened during my time away from the blog. So make sure to check back often to see my new posts.

I wore this outfit to my cousin's wedding in late October. It was a gorgeous Chinese themed wedding that paid homage to the groom's heritage. The bride was gorgeous in a traditional white wedding dress followed by a traditional Chinese red dress.

I bought this dress because I loved the bright color combination along with the bow in the back. Thankfully it has a hidden support system or the dress never would have stayed in place while dancing all night. I was extremely happy that I choose to wear plastic shoes because of heavy rains the night before that transformed most of the ground into mud. Any other pair of shoes would have been  thoroughly ruined but these were sparkling after a quick hosing.

Dress: Kay Unger from Nieman Marcus Last Call

Shoes: Melissa by Vivienne Westwood

Earrings: Shelly Segal from Nordstrom's Rack

The wedding was over an hours drive away meaning that we didn't have much time to get ready before we hopped in the car so I was forced to do my makeup in the car. Early in the day I bought false eyelashes with the hope I could figure out how to put them on myself, even though I have never attempted it before. Since I ended up putting all my makeup on in the car my sister Jessica was able to successfully put them on during the car ride! She didn't even poke my eye out! That is serious talent my friends! So if you need help putting on false eyelashes and happen to be in a moving car then please call my sister up so she can apply them. (Excuse the crappy picture, it was dark by the time I got around to documenting the eyelashes and I was also suffering from a horrible cold that kept me sneezing all night.)

Heat Wave

It is soooo hot in LA! I happen to live in the Valley which happens to be one of the hottest parts of LA and it's been over 100 since Saturday! YIKES I am not meant for this kind of weather! I had events that forced me to be outside so I couldn't even stay inside all weekend with the nice air conditioner. At least the rest of the week I will be inside all day, which is good since it's suppose to be even hotter than it was during the weekend.

This is what I wore Sunday morning because it is loose and 100% silk. Everything else that was clean was way to hot to wear. But I LOVE this dress! It was the first thing that I snapped up at the garage sale. How could you pass up a 100% silk Marc Jacobs dress for under $20?!?!?!?! Seriously!!!! I'm terrified that something is going to happen to it so I am trying to be extremely careful with it (but I've already worn it twice!)

Dress: Marc Jacobs, garage sale

Shoes: Aldo

Glasses: Juicy

Purse: Coach

Belt: Random grey tie belt

Cool Blue Reason

This outfit was so hard to photograph, that's why I only have one picture for this post! I wore this to work today because I couldn't think of anything else to wear and these are my favorite tights! I ended up going a little overboard on the matchy matchy today but it's not overwhelming.

I am very excited for this weekend because it is my mom's family's annual picnic! My mom is making a traditional Danish dish called Rullepølse and there will be tons of other super yummy foods. I always look forward to the picnic because I love to catch up with all of my family.

Sweater: H&M

Tank top: vintage silk from garage sale

Skirt: Moschino

Tights: Target

Shoes: Wet Seal

Belt: Fossil

Necklace: from a friend

p.s. Did anyone watch the office tonight? It is one of my FAVORITE tv shows ever! I thought that the premiere was actually pretty funny because most of last season was not that great. 

Little Mushrooms, Little Mushrooms... (to the tune of little boxes)

This dress is another one of the steals that I got from the amazing garage sale. I wasn't sure about this dress at first because it didn't really stand out at me and I already had so many pieces that I was buying but I realized that it would be perfect to wear to work but would easily transition to many other occasions. While I have already worn it to a few different functions and work I can't seem to keep the top in place and it is constantly slipping down. I need to find a different way to pin it or tack it down some how because I really don't want to wear something underneath and destroy the strong v shape.

I know that it is a pretty simple look but I still wanted to post it because I love this dress and I don't feel like it needs a lot of accessories.

Dress: MaxStudio

Shoes: Seychelles

Necklace: Guess, gift from a friend

Lipstick: Revlon, Red Velvet? 

Purse: gift from a friend

* It was actually pretty cold in and outside of the office today so I ended up wearing a sweater all day but I don't really think that it "goes" with the outfit so I decided to just keep it out. I have gotten a few questions about sweaters and other outerwear so I just wanted to make a note of what I left off of my outfit. 

** I think that the print on the dress is little mushrooms. 

Fall! Fall! Fall!

Bomber Jacket: vintage from garage sale

Eekkk I can't wait for fall* to come so I have a reason to wear this jacket! I couldn't decide whether or not to get this jacket the first two or three times I went to the garage sale but it was still there so I HAD to get it. I have so many outfits planned out for this little number. I can't wait to try them all out and photograph them for the blog. Hopefully they turn out as well as I've envisioned them in my head. 

My normal outfit thought process goes like this: I'm lying in my bed (way to late of course because I'm kind of a night owl but have to be up early for work) and I start with one piece that I really want to wear or haven't worn in a long time. Then I try and think of a theme or vision of how I can wear the item and if I've seen anyone recently wearing something similar. The majority of the time I have another item that I want to wear too and I try and figure out a way to connect the two. If I am wearing something that is more crazy that I normally wear it is most likely because there were two very different items that I wanted to wear and tried to make them work together. The most important step is to write it all down ASAP or I will not remember in the morning. Then before I'm out the door I put together the last elements of the outfit and try and tie in my hair and makeup with the outfit. 

The outfit I think will be a uniform for me is:  

Black henley + pleated mini skirt + tights + black boots + (of course) this jacket

*I know that fall doesn't really come to LA the same way it does for most other cities but it will still start to get cooler and in LA we can be real babies about the weather. After I moved backed from Spokane I promised that I wouldn't ever complain that it was cold in LA but it's so hard not to! 

Lovely in Lace

The main boss came in today and I was dressed like this! It's a good thing that he doesn't pay very much attention to what I wear or else I would a little bit embarrassed that I wasn't more dressed up! One of the bosses only comes in once a month for meetings so I feel like should look extra nice and professional when they come in but I NEVER know when they are suppose to be in till that day. So it's a craps shoot as to how I dress on that day. Maybe this should be a lesson for me to ALWAYS dress professionally because I never know who might show up that day (I have a feeling fashion will prevail and I will continue to dress as I wish for work.)

Dress: Forever21

Cardigan: Rodarte for Target

Tights: Target?

Boots: Naturalizer

Watch: Orient, from a giveaway!

In more exciting news I received this watch in the mail from a giveaway that I entered in June! The giveaway was from Jenni's blog Daily Work It. That was a crazy day because I won another giveaway that same day from another blog! Sometimes I can be really lucky. Now I just need to get the watch resized and it will be perfect! Thanks Jenni! I love her blog and I love her new DIY blog even more! I just love a good DIY. 

p.s. I can't wait for the weekend! I think that this one is going to be full of some really great surprises! 

Short Skirt, Long Jacket

Another quick post tonight because I forgot my computer charger at work today! So I didn't have any time to work on a post there and I had a time of errands to run tonight. I wore this to work today and to run errands which is a mistake because even though the heels aren't that high after a full 12  hours of wearing them my feet hurt! I love heels more than most but I STILL can't wear them for very long! So far my Melissa shoes* have proven to be exceptionally comfortable even after wearing them all day so that is definitely a plus.

Blouse: East Side Basics

Tank Top: H&M

Skirt: H&M

Blazer: DKNY

Shoes: Steve Madden

Tights: Target?

Sunglasses: Juicy Couture

Purse: Coach

p.s. I bought a really cute dress to wear to my cousin's wedding that is the exact same color as these shoes!!! I can't wait to show you'll!!!

For You Blue

Dress: I Heart Ronson

Shoes: Aldo

Necklace: DIY

Nailpolish: Essie "Punchy Pink"

This is a cute little dress that I styled pretty simply with a matching necklace that I made. The necklace is made out of an extra large regular cotton shirt that I cut into strips and tied together. Very easy and can be styled in a number of ways. 

I don't have much else to say tonight but I have been watching hours of Rachel Zoe today. I die! There have been a few Rachel sightings at my building by my coworkers but I had never seen any of her show until two days ago. Now I am hooked and I can't stop watching but I must go to bed! 

The Sky, It Stretches Deep

Shirt: Forever21

Skirt: Express

Jacket: Vintage? Ungaro, from garage sale

Tights: Target

Shoes: Seychelles

Bracelet: random necklace chain

Brooches: Ballet girl from an old barrette, 

Tile glued to a pin backing, 

rhinestone one was my grandmothers

I wore this outfit on Wednesday to work and it was the second time that I've worn this vintage Ungaro blazer that I got from that amazing garage sale. It has an interesting pattern and I LOVE the bright pink lining and just had to show it off at the cuffs! Oops! I forgot to take a picture of the back of the jacket which has a very interesting design and was the main reason I forgot the jacket. Hopefully by the time you read this I will have come up with a picture of the back! 

I love the way the tights balance out the color of the pattern on the blazer and the pink adds just a little bit more color to the outfit. (Plus I love how my nail polish looks like it matches with my outfit! In reality it is WAY brighter!) The silhouette is interesting too because it isn't one that I would normally gravitate too because it is the opposite of my body shape but I can't wear the same silhouette everyday! So this is a small attempt at branching out for me. 

Prada Red

Sweater: Express

Skirt: Zara

Belt: from jacket I have

Shoes: Steve Madden

Shoe bows: vintage clips from my grandma

Necklace: gift

Nailpolish: Essie, "Punchy Pink",
from the summer '09 neon collection

Finally a proper outfit pictures! I wore this outfit to work today and although I really didn't need to dress up this much because barely anyone came into the office today because of Rosh Hashanah. It was such a quiet day! Tomorrow is going to be quiet too but I think that a few more people will be back in the office. 

Today was the IFB conference in New York and I am very sad that I wasn't able to go! I was able to read all of the tweets and live blogs from bloggers in attendance so I got to experience some of the conference. Hopefully I will be able to go to a conference in the future because I would LOVE to meet everyone's blogs I read! I was chatting with another LA blogger and we were lamenting about how it seems like most of the bloggers (and blogger meet-ups) we come across are in the Midwest or East Coast; us West Coast girls need some more blogger love! Anyone want to help me organize some kind of LA blogger meet up? 

Pink Hearts

Sweater: Ralph Lauren, hamidown from my mom

Pants: Express

Shoes: Vivienne Westwood for Melissa

I wore this simple outfit to work for my first (and so far only) time wearing my new Melissa shoes. These shoes are unbelievably comfortable and would be the perfect shoes to wear out all night dancing or to a wedding. They would be gentle on your feet for hours of dancing and if anyone spills on them they are extremely easy to clean! 

Business meets ballet

The old saying is that you should dress for the job that you want, not the job that you have. If that were the case, this is the outfit that my 5 year old self would have picked out for me because I always wanted to be a ballerina and a lawyer. This outfit is about as close as I can get to dresses like a ballerina but still being appropriate enough for work. This is just a little preview of the outfit.... hopefully by tomorrow I will have better pictures!

(yikes! these were taken on my iphone4) 

Shirt: Miley Cyrus, gift

Skirt: vintage, garage sale

Shoes: Wet Seal

Jacket: DKNY, garage sale

Casual Weekend Outfit

Top: One Clothing, Macys

Jeans: Express, DIY studded

Purse: Coach

Sandals: from UO

This is a really simple weekend outfit that I wore to a casual dinner with my family two weekends ago. Now that my photographers are back in town, along with their cameras, I will resume regular posting to the blog. :)

Dreaming of fall

Summer has just started this week in LA but I already started practicing dressing for fall. It would be nice if LA had actually seasons like most of the rest of the country and I could actually wear this type of outfit outside of the office. The skirt is a bit frumpy for me but I still like it especially since it is wool but not itchy like most everything else that is wool.

I might not have any pictures for the rest of the week because all the cameras in my family have gone on vacation along with my parents and little sister. If everything goes according to plan this will change on Friday! 

Shirt: Rampage, gift from friend

Skirt: Harvé Bernard, from garage sale

Blazer: Donna Karen, garage sale

Necklace: one of my sisters?

Shoes: Aldo

Work Outfit

Shirt: Banana Republic, gift from my mom

Skirt: Sonia Rykiel, from yard sale

Belt: Fossil, 8 yrs old

Shoes: Wet Seal

Necklace: handblown glass, 

from my parents vacation in Cambria, CA

Bag: Coach, Camarillo Outlets

This outfit was planned around this beautiful Sonia Rykiel skirt that I got from that same yard sale! On a side note: seriously, that was such an amazing sale, and I really can't believe it was all so cheap! This skirt is probably not the best idea for summer but seeing that it is 65 degrees in my office, it still works. At the bottom if you look closely you can see the stitching detail that keeps this skirt from being too plain-Jane. 

Yikes! Looking at this picture makes me realize that I am in desperate need of doing something with the color of my hair. Don't you hate that when you see yourself in a picture and you notice something wrong that you never noticed before? 

J.Crew Catalogue + Deconstructed

The inspiration for this outfit is a variation of the classic (or at least to me) J.Crew look: pleated trouser shorts in Khaki, grey shirt, fitted blazer, heels, headband and loads of necklaces. I never dress like this, ever, so it was fun to try it out for a day. I liked it so much that I was going to wear it out Friday night after work (where I originally wore it) but changed out of fear of spilling on the shorts! I feel like I have to be extra delicate with my nice clothing that I got from the garage sale. 

My own little twist on the outfit, of course, is the deconstructed back of this tank top. I love how preppy and sweet the outfit looks from the front but a bit edgy from the back and side. I have worn this tank out so many times and it is still holding it's shape, despite looking very delicate. I was pretty worried that it would just deteriorate completely after a couple of wears because the thread is so thin and the tank is fairly sheer. 

(all the photos were taken with my mom's iPhone4 by my lovely little sister)

Shirt: shredded by me, H&M

Shorts: Celine, garage sale

Shoes: Aldo

Blazer: Rampage, gift

Necklaces: short pearl necklace, gift

long pearl necklace, Ralph Lauren from Nordstrom's Rack

triple strand necklace, Betsy Johnson, gift

charm necklace, Guess, gift

Headband: Goody?

p.s. I tried to write this post last night but I got distracted because they happened to be filming one of my favorite tv shows EVER down the street from my house. If you follow me on twitter you would already know that this is The Office! I got to see Jim and Pam up close and my sister shouted out "right in the spot where our dog always poops on walks". One of the crew members thought that this was really funny. hehe We didn't end up getting any pictures with them or autographs but it was still pretty cool!

Birthday Party Outfit

When I find an outfit combination I like I tend to wear it more than once in a short period of time. As long as different groups of people will be at the events (but sometimes I forget and end up wearing the same outfit with the same people twice in a row!) So this is one of those outfits that I liked so much the first time I wore it that I just had to wear it again. The first time I wore it was to a friend's birthday but I look way to goofy in head to toe picture to post and I wore it again for my mom's birthday on Tuesday.

Shirt: Alberta Ferretti (I think),
from the garage sale

Tank top: Zara
Sweater: Rodarte for Target

Skirt: Kimchi Blue, gift from friend

Shoes: Manolo Blahnik, from DecadesTwo

Bracelet: handmade by me

Purse: Coach

Sunglasses: Juicy Couture

Earrings: Laundry by Shelly Segal, 

Nordstrom's Rack in Spokane

I promised a picture of the other shoes that I got at DecadesTwo and here it is! Unfortunately, I didn't take any close up pictures yet because we only had my dad's iphone but the shoes are the prettiest navy blue shimmery leather. They are so delicate though! I feel like I can't wear them out very often so I don't ruin them. When I got home I realized that they are a perfect match to the only formal dress that I own. Someone I know really needs to have a black tie wedding or bring me along to some awards show so I can wear these shoes with that dress!

The top is from the magical garage sale and is completely sheer with the most gorgeous pleats that are hard to see in the photos. I wasn't that sure about the shirt just seeing it on the hanger but I am completely in love with it and I wish that I had it in more colors! Also, being that it is silk, it is fairly delicate and I don't want to damage it at all because I can unintentionally be quite hard on my clothing, shoes and accessories.

The bracelet is something that I added last minute when I felt like I needed something navy to tie in the shoes to the rest of the outfit. (My thought was that if the color of the shirt and the skirt were mixed together then it would roughly produce the color of the shoes. haha) I made the bracelet in the summer after 7th grade when I made my first (and only) dress from a pattern out of the same fabric. It still fits my wrist perfectly even though the dress is way to small. I wish that I could still wear the dress because it is a really cute lightweight dress that would be perfect for the rest of summer which I'm guessing is going to be insanely hot to make up for our mild summer thus far.

I uploaded this outfit to Chictopia for the Juicy Couture contest! I make life Juicy by dressing up for work and special events. There is nothing like some sparkly earrings and shoes to make me feel glamorous! My favorite thing about work is that I can dress up every day! I am not a morning person by any means but having the opportunity to come up with a creative outfit every morning is enough to get me out of bed and ready to start the day. If you are on Chictopia I would love if you favorited my outfit! :) 

Pretty Penny

Shirt: Rampage, gift from a friend a long time ago

Skirt: unknown Chinese brand, from the amazing yard sale

Tights: Target?

Pashmina: from my friend that gave me the purse

Shoes: Dolce & Gabbana

Necklace: borrowed from my sister

Belt: from my prom dress

I wore this on Tuesday to work. This outfit was great for work because this pashmina is soo soft. It was like wearing a blanket, I almost feel asleep! This outfit is a collection of 3 new pieces that I have bought/ been given in the last month or so. I really like this outfit probably because I seem to have a deep attachment with pleated skirts after wearing them for my grade school experience. This deep attachment doesn't apply to polo shirts though, despite wearing just as much as pleated skirts. 

I'm posting this from Solvang, California! I am here with my family for the weekend to hang out and explore the city (read: shop and eat Danish food). I am thinking about getting another pair of clogs; a more casual pair for walking around in. I can't wait to explore tomorrow!

Flower Child

Photo on 2010-08-05 at 11.39 #2
Originally uploaded by MissMae187

Unfortunately, the last two weeks have been very busy and that hasn't left me with much time to post my newest outfit pictures! Also, I am waiting on some people to send me some pictures of outfits from this week so I can post them. Included in those pictures will be an outfit with my other pair of shoes that I got at the DecadesTwo shoe sale! It was my first time wearing them out and they were perfect for a summer birthday dinner.

I wore this outfit to work yesterday because I wanted something comfortable and warm to wear to work. It might be summer outside, or at least in the 80's, but it is about 65 in my office! I kept getting comments from everyone at work asking me if i was a flower child or a hippy or if it was my Halloween costume! oh well! I liked my outfit even if the headband made it a little bit costume-y for work.

Headband: Forever21
Scarf: from my friend! :)
Shirt: Forever21
Black dress pants: Express
Black sweater: the Gap, borrowed from my sister
Reading glasses: Armani

ps I'm sorry that the picture format is so weird! the new flickr is a bit confusing and since I only had my macbook to take a picture I figured that I didn't need to figure out how to make the picture much bigger anyway.

Stained glasses shine on my red wine

Dress: Theory (100%silk), thrifted!!!

Jacket: Emma Black, (100%silk) from the magic garage sale!

Shoes: Aldo

Lipstick: Make Up For Ever #205

Necklace: gift

This is another wonderful piece that I got from the magical garage sale of the century! I had no idea what this jacket would actually look like on because it was way to hot to try on any of the clothing but I had to get it anyway because a. it's silk b. I LOVE the beading on the sleeves! I'm glad that I bought it because I really like how it looks even if it doesn't photograph well. The dress was an amazing thrift store find because I always love Theory pieces but just can't afford them at retail price. I think that I am going to have to sell/get rid of some stuff because now my closet is bursting at the seams. 

(This set of pictures is good incentive to take my pictures early in the day when I'm not so tired and wrinkled!)