What I wore today: 07/30/2011 (Let's Get Lost)

The greenery is just taking over around here. It must be from all the rain we had this spring. I feel like I'm living in a rain forest and I could get lost in it.

I found a secret tunnel . . .

. . . and a bird's nest . . .

How do you like my outfit today? The trick to mixing prints is to keep the scale and color scheme similar. So here I've stayed with lavender and other pastels and small scale prints. What do you think?

Strapless cotton dress - Target by way of a clothing swap

Floral wrap blouse - Anthropologie

Vintage boater hat - Ebay

Acorn and wand necklace - Seventh Street Gifts

Lacy ankle socks - Ruche

Studded wedges - Jeffrey Campbell

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I've enrolled in this really cool online sewing class to learn how to make a vintage-inspired dress. It's going to teach me intermediate and advanced skills like tailoring a perfect bodice with boning and custom bra-cup shaping. I'm really excited.

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What I wore today 08/03/2010

My take on the socks with heels trend

If your eyes are open to the fashion world, you've no doubt noticed that a long time fashion no-no (socks with heels--even open-toed ones!) has been popping up everywhere. Having always been a lover of breaking fashion rules, I am totally enthusiastic about this trend. However, I think that some heels are better suited for socks than others. In my opinion, the heels that look best with socks, are those that are either really open and strappy, or completely closed toed. The heels that are somewhere in the middle don't look that great to me. For example:

Here the openness of the heels, makes the socks/heels combo work.

Here the closed-ness of the heels, makes the socks/heels combo work.

Here the mostly closed/slightly open looks of the heels is so eye-catching on its own, that adding the socks makes the overall look too busy.

Another thing to remember is color. The first two looks use soft neutral shades to keep the palate simple (since the shape and texture of the look is complex). This works for a soft, romantic look. But in the third look, the contrast between black and white is so jarring that the whole thing looks a little messy.

What I wore today 07/10/2010

Everything is thrifted but the socks and shoes.