That's So Seventies

The Look:

Dress (worn as tunic): Forever 21

Jeans: Kohl's

Bag: Kmart (gifted)

Brassiere: Victoria's Secret 

Hair clips: Forever 21

Here's something you may not know about me: I love the fashion of the past! I draw my inspiration from so many past decades, and my current favorite is the bohemian and hippie looks of the seventies.

I found this dress from Forever 21 and immediately became obsessed. The sleeves are what really sold it to me. Now that I think about it, ever since I was little I had a penchant for bell-sleeves. It came in the mail yesterday (after I had been obsessively tracking the shipment every single day of this week), and I had to wear it A.S.A.P! I originally imagined wearing it with some thigh-high socks and my chelsea boots, but I was already wearing the pants and shoes, so I just threw it on as a tunic before going out. I love what a strong seventies vibe it gave off!

Forever 21 gives this dress the generic title of "Floral Print Skater Dress" but it's actually a smock dress. The material is nice and soft; thicker than I expected, but thin enough that I wished I had a cardigan that windy evening. It has a beautiful open back (which featured my strappy VS bra perfectly) and I really like the crochet details on the sleeves. On it's own, it kind of has a slight renaissance-y feel, but layered over denim, it gives a whole different look. 

I wrote about how much I loved these jeans before, but since then, a belt loop, unfortunately ripped off. It was quite a disappointment, since I thought they were better than that, but nothing a little Duck tape couldn't handle. I like how they covered my shoes, leaving mostly the platform and the chunky heel exposed.

The shoes are one of my favorite pairs, the cat tapestry Litas by Jeffrey Campbell. It wouldn't have occurred to me to wear them with this dress, considering it was already patterned, but I think it looked kinda quirky and cool. Keeping the print-clashing train going, I grabbed my floral bag. I mostly grabbed it because it was the only purse I have that I can hide popcorn in, though I wasn't sure all those prints wouldn't look terrible. I think it even looked all right, I mean, the prints were similar enough: rouge tinted roses on black. Close enough.

Anyways, I felt totally stylish, beautiful, and confident in this outfit, which is exactly how I think one should feel in clothing.

Are you inspired by a certain era in fashion?

What do you feel most stylish, beautiful, and confident wearing?

Until next time, wishing I could travel back in time to Woodstock - Kae xoxo

A Little Sweater Weather

 The Look:

Sweater: l.e.i from Wal*mart

Tights: Harriet Carter

Boots: AMI Clubwear

I like wearing sweaters and sweatshirts, pullovers, hoodies, jackets, and most cold-weather attire, but I usually have two dilemmas:

1. I live in a part of Texas where our winter lasts about a week.
2. I get waaay too hot; I always like to joke that if I'm breathing, I am sweating.

So when my mom gave me this sweater tunic she received from a friend, I was immediately taken. The only problem was that I would have to wait for just the perfect weather; not too hot I would swelter from the thicker material, nor so cold that I would need a jacket hence covering up the outfit. That perfect weather finally came on Friday the twenty-first. I threw on the relaxed-fit tunic over some super comfy fleece-lined tights, zipped up a taller version of my favorite studded combat boots and put my hair up into pigtails. I'm quite pleased as my hair is now at, what I consider to be, optimal pigtail-tying length. This look was very cozy and comfortable, and I look forward to finding other ways to wear this soft red sweater.

What's your favorite thing to wear to beat the chill?

Until next time, - Kae xoxo

Ballet-inspired Audition Outfit

The Look:

Top: Kohl's

Skirt: Kohl's

Jacket: Kohl's

Shoes: Ebay UK

Tights: Wal*mart

Hi there! Kae here, for an overdue blog post. I've been negligent of this blog, though I really do love it, and with the great outfit-wearing weather (i.e. autumn, when I can actually stand to put on more than two items of clothing) I will try to post more regularly.

On Monday I auditioned for the UTEP Dinner Theatre's production of Carrie: the musical. I picked this outfit that morning, not just for my audition--not that I didn't want to look cute at the audition--but just because I've been out so infrequently, I started dressing in my nicer clothes (as in, not just jeans and tees) anytime I've been getting dressed (which doesn't happen every day, lemme tell you).

I wore a blush colored crop top with a black skater skirt, black tights, and black heeled chelsea boots. I agonized over which of three skirts I should pair with the top, but the unadorned black knit won because I loved how it reminded me of a ballet practice outfit. The tights are also ribbed to match the ribbing of the top. Then, because my voice teacher insisted (in her own words, "For god's sake, cover up!"), for the sake of my voice, of course, I added my edgy new motorcycle jacket on top. I love how the studs are embossed on the faux leather. I heart metal studs, but this is different from anything I have seen before and the lack of metal means I can wear this piece with whatever color of metal accessories I please (forgoing the gunmetal zipper).

Wearing this outfit made me feel so pretty and feminine! I definitely think feeling confident in my outfit contributed to feeling confident at the audition, because guess what? I nailed it!!! I got selected as part of a fourteen person cast, and there was at least forty people at the audition. So I'm pretty much over the moon, walking on air, and on cloud nine right now.

Update: I received the cast list and it turns out they ended up with a cast of eighteen people. I guess we were all too good not to choose!

This experience helped validate my suspicion that clothing definitely influences how one feels about things. If I feel pretty, life is pretty, and if I feel ugh, life is ugh; so I should wear clothes that make me feel confident, beautiful, and positive so I can project those feelings into my daily life.

Until next time, wear what makes you confident! - Kae xoxo

Engaged 😊❤️💍

Yesterday was my birthday, and Justin proposed :) 

And here's my birthday outfit: 

I know you can't really see the whole thing, but I wore a black and red tunic with a black infinity scarf. I decided on grey leggings and grey high-tops to go with it. 

Sorry for the short post, more to come. 

Love, Felicity