Charlotte Ronson's Spring 2012 Line

Obsessed. I aw a video of the runway show and I'm in love! Everything from the the flowy material and great prints to the bold belt chokers and the amzing shoes paired up with the outfits. I'm currently in love with maxi skirts and asymetrical hems. I love love love the sheer maxi skirts with the short lining which give more of a sex appeal to the usually covered up skirt. I love the wide range of patterns she had from  that jean patchwork, florals, the orange hues with the flowing whites, and then the striped black and white! I loved the chunky knit sweaters and the loose flowing crop tops. Between the lacy shorts, jean patchwork, flowy skirts, and the steamlined pencil skirt her line was like a Polished Ethereal Grunge. I love how everything is wearable and the models natural hair and makeup emphasize this, the regular woman can walk out in most of these pieces.  I'm obsessed with the belt chokers she used on the models!

Music Festival

So today I went to a music and art festival with my friend. It was soooo not what we expected, but cool/ wierd I guess. It was full of hippies.

 

 

All these pictures where taken by my friend Jasmine :). Soo basically it was a great day and I'm currently exhausted. We got to look at all the 'interesting' art. Some on the art included a bed frame that you could finger paint on with shaving cream, a buggy (car) spray painted and filled with flowers, giant paper mache heads, a teepee and soo much more. The wierdest display hands down? A fooseball table they had- sound normal? Well try sticking the bodies of a Barbie torso and up on each of the little soccer players. By the end of the day the sick little kids took off every barbie head and their tops... They did have some cool things- like the yoga tent, the nature tent where we made the crowns, and the sewing tent where we could literally just take the fabric, which we naturally wrapped on our heads and made turbans :). A 5$ well spent.

Not really my best outfits or most creative, but I was looking more for comfort today :)

sheer blouse: H&M 12.95$ buy one get one free

Shorts: Forever21  9.95

All jewlry was either gifted or handmade.

poor barbies..

Zara online

Do you live in the US? Have you seen bloggers with amazing style and items from Zara, but don't have one near you? Well today is your lucky day! Today September 7, 2011 Zara has officially opened their online shop to the US. In celebration of the opening they have the Dear America page with 50 pictures of the 50 states.
Happy Shopping!
~Idalis


Dear New York,
by Michelle Arcila
taken from zara page



My dream shoes

So I feel like every fashion blogger, beauty guru, person on lookbook, fashionistas on the street own a pair of the Jeffrey Campbell Litas. I'm not one to want something that is sooo popular, but I love these shoes. Jeffrey Campbell Is a shoe MASTERMIND and I would love to own a pair. The shoes are always a form of art and never boring. I love the Litas because they are so versatile and cool! They have an amazing lace-up bootie feel with a killer platform and heel. I personally would go for the black just to start off, but I love them all. The Cosmic ones are so unique! Sadly these beauties aren't in my budget so won't be gracing my feet anytime soon :(

~Well a girl can dream can't she :)

Love Idalis <3

Soho

I'm a girl born and raised in New York- not the city, but NY none the less. I love going in to the city and being surrounded by the beautiful buildings and unique style everywhere. One of my favorite places to visit is Soho.

All taken from a recent trip to SOHO. -Kiosk

I love the secenery. The old buidings, street vendors with a million different accents, walls covered in graffiti, the old brick streets.
Of course the endless stores help as well :). The stores range from Chanel to H&M, Dash to All Saints and French Connection. My favorite would have to be shopping around the little boutiques and 'hipster' looking stores. Favorite places during my last trip to Soho:

• Kiosk. this sketchy looking building covered in graffiti. The stairways and everything has last inch is covered in graffiti and then upstairs is this little shop with cool items from all over the world. 

• Right outside of kiosk is this little hole in the wall (literally) called Melissa's Cupcakes. She has all these cool decorated teeeeeny bite-sized cupcakes in so many flavors. They are soo good.
• Every single street vendor, but there is this one area I found (idk the street :( ) Its a whole lot of vendors with everything from printed wallets, jewlery, briefcases, and belly dancing ensembles. Each vendor has such a cool accent. The wallet one was quite an attractive Turkish guy :)

My top ten favorite/must have items:
                  For the upcomming season : Fall

1. Blazer
2. Fedora
3. Black/beige/ or brown boots
4. Skinny jeans
5. Leggings/tights
6. Cardigans
7. An oversized purse
8. Circle Scarf
9. Booties (heels)
10. Wide belt for waist

Reasoning:

1. Blazer: The crisp lines of blazer and the structure allow them to dress up or even down an outfit. I love how versatile they are. You can wear them with a dress, romper, skirt, shirts, leggings, or skinny jeans. They can also be used as a transitional; as in bringing summer items like a romper or a dress into fall. I believe a Blazer is a staple piece that everyone should have in their closet.
2. Fedora: My new obsession. I wish I had one for the summer as well! As a person with a big head and can never find a hat to fit my head :( I was skeptical of this style on me until I went to Soho and tried a few on. I PROMISED myself I would go back to the little stand and buy one and I completely forgot! So while shopping around today I popped into charlotte russe (I NEVER find anything there). I decided to mess around with their hats, but they didn't have and plain straw ones so I decided to be daring and buy a nice cheetah print one. I'm so excited to wear this with a black shirt, a chunky scarf skinny jeans, and a pair of booties!
3. Boots: Staple piece. I love my boots they are so simple to just throw on with a t-shirt and jeans or leggings and always make the outfit better! No I'm not just talking aboutgoing out a getting the tall Choclate Uggs(guilty). I mean a nice pair of leater or faux leather boots. I have a pair of beige canvas ankle lace ups (ziginy.com) a well! I also own black motorcycle boots (h&m) and my boots mention in my previous haul. I have many more (shopaholic much?) but those are my recent purchases. Totaling $62 for all three, at least I'm a smart shopaholic :)
4. Skinny Jeans: They go with EVERYTHING. My goto pants when lazy, but they can be dressed up or down. If you don't own a pair yet idk whats wrong with you!
5. Leggings/Tights: Total transitioning piece. Make your summer dress, romper, skirts, or shorts wearable in the fall by adding a simple pair or leggings or patterned tights and a nice jacket to the mix.
6. Cardigans: I wear these every season and they go with almost anything. I love just throwing on a cardigan when it's chilly. It can dress down or up an outfit. They can tone down obnoxious colors in an outfit (black grey etc) or you can get a colorful one and add a pop of color.
7. An oversized purse: I feel like these are great in  the fall. I love to throw my makeupbag, wallet, phone, keys, EVERYTHING in my purses and I love how they go with the chunky knits, blazers/jackets. My dream bag--- the alexa bag well an alexa inspired at least (next purchase)
8. Circle Scarf: lovelovelovelovelove. obsessedobsessed. I love just curcling these around my head and it instantly makes an outfit. H&M (favorite store <3) has so many from chunky knit, cotton, printed (lovee). My most recent is a floral print one from hm :)
9. Booties: as a short person with a love for boots, these are godsent. They give you height and can instantly pull and outfit together.
10. Wide-belt: A new thing of mine is long chunky skint sweater dresses. Wide belts instantly give you shape and make your waist more defined.  

I could go on forever because I love everything around, but I tend to ramble so I thought ten was decent.
Happy Shopping :)
~Kristen Idalis

My thrift haul

This is one of the times I wish I had a video camera so I can show a video of all my finds! Well here it goes:



These are the best pictures I could manage, but these babies that were on sale at the store for $76.30 down from $109.00 I got at the Salvation army for a whole $3!! score!



So my goal was to find a blazer (must have item!) when I walked into the Salvation Army. I did not own one and I wanted one badly! I had tried on  about 10 the day before at forever21 and H&M ranging in price from $30-$50, but was not impressed. I scored this amazing Banana Republic cream colored blazer that fit PERFECTLY for $13 and it still sells on their website for about $125 down from $160. The black one by Dana Buchman was another amazing fit for only $6!

These two babies are also from the Salvation Army. One beige crossbody bag for only $2.99 which I've already worn as pictured, with my Nine West heels peeking from the bottom :). I also scored this '60s black vintage Michels- drew bag for $6 in almost perfect condition (the handle needs some fixing). I love the structure of this bag and cannot wait to wear it!



Oops almost forgot these, but this picture does not do these boots justice! Barely worn (if ever) boots by Rampage. I did my research and famous footwear sells this brand and their little booties run about $60 (for an idea). I spotted these and though uh I guess they're okay, but then I tried them on... My exact size, fit me perfectly and looked amazing.



Can't wait until fall so I can rock all these pieces! I also swapped up a pair of Mossimo a Target brand with all original tags still on it for about $6. I must say for about $42 I think I did great!

~Idalis