Showing posts with label Elie Tahari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elie Tahari. Show all posts
This past weekend I went on a blogging date with Lydia, Amber, Christine and Tiffany! We went to lunch at my favorite restaurant, The Chowder Pot, then took some outfit photos (which you'll see soon,) and finally did a bit of thrifting!
First up we went to Coco's on the Green where there are tons of great designer pieces! They were having a 20% off everything sale so I was hoping to find something. I made my way around the store and found a bunch of great pieces, though none were in my size. Then I saw a hint of burgundy velvet peeking out at me and picked it out because those are two of my favorite things! It just so happens that it was the matching blazer for my Elie Tahari velvet pants from last year!! It was my size and was only $38, but was marked down to $30 because of the sale. Later, I found out it was called the Alena and retailed for $478, so quite the score if I do say so myself!
Next we went to Sarah's, a thrift store with everything from plates and old video games to clothes and accessories! In there I found an adorable Santa wall hanging for $2 and a huge men's sweater that was $6, but on sale for $1. Needless to say I snatched both of them up!
A pretty successful trip. Below are some photos of the items! (I'm planning on wearing the blazer this week, so expect at least one photo, if not a full outfit post)
First up we went to Coco's on the Green where there are tons of great designer pieces! They were having a 20% off everything sale so I was hoping to find something. I made my way around the store and found a bunch of great pieces, though none were in my size. Then I saw a hint of burgundy velvet peeking out at me and picked it out because those are two of my favorite things! It just so happens that it was the matching blazer for my Elie Tahari velvet pants from last year!! It was my size and was only $38, but was marked down to $30 because of the sale. Later, I found out it was called the Alena and retailed for $478, so quite the score if I do say so myself!
Next we went to Sarah's, a thrift store with everything from plates and old video games to clothes and accessories! In there I found an adorable Santa wall hanging for $2 and a huge men's sweater that was $6, but on sale for $1. Needless to say I snatched both of them up!
A pretty successful trip. Below are some photos of the items! (I'm planning on wearing the blazer this week, so expect at least one photo, if not a full outfit post)
Remember last week when I posted that inspiration photo of a purple and burgundy look?! Well I recreated it for one of my work outfits this week (took the photos over the weekend to be prepared)! I'm quite happy with how it turned out. How do you think I did?
Sweater: American Eagle old, Pants: Elie Tahari (Shopbop) gift card, Heels: Miu Miu (eBay), Bag: Chanel, Sunglasses: Ray Ban 'Emma' (TJ Maxx) gift card, Watch: Michael Kors, iPhone Case c/o Zazzle
And here is my look with the inspiration.
Sweater: American Eagle old, Pants: Elie Tahari (Shopbop) gift card, Heels: Miu Miu (eBay), Bag: Chanel, Sunglasses: Ray Ban 'Emma' (TJ Maxx) gift card, Watch: Michael Kors, iPhone Case c/o Zazzle
And here is my look with the inspiration.
It is safe to say that I am obsessed with this outfit. It contains 4 of my favorite things: purple, burgundy, velvet and sweaters!!!! SCORE! I can almost recreate this look too, except my burgundy velvet pants (by Elie Tahari, still available in some sizes here) are straight legged.
Maybe this will be another one of my outfits for next week, then I would only need one more!
Maybe this will be another one of my outfits for next week, then I would only need one more!
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You only get four outfits this week because I spent Monday in my pjs...perfection! I love short weeks, don't you!? Although, this week wasn't the best week to have only 4 days because we had something due to a client today and we're totally not done, but it isn't my fault so it will be okay. (still panicking a bit though.) This week was also strangely warm, I didn't have to warm my car up before work or wear a real coat...WOOHOO!
This weekend is going to be fun. I'm going to a blogger meetup tomorrow with my lovely Connecticut girls (and meeting a new one!) and then Grandma's on Sunday. Other than that I'll be relaxing and watching movies. I may have a Disney Classics marathon (abc family is having one but I want to watch more AND with no commercials.)
Friday Addition: I think I jinxed the weather...woke up to snow on the ground this morning. Normally I would enjoy this...too bad I have to go into the office today...darn, I hate driving in the snow!
P.S. Check out this exclusive interview net-a-porter has with Michael Kors, I will be posting my favorites from his Fall 2012 collection soon!!
This weekend is going to be fun. I'm going to a blogger meetup tomorrow with my lovely Connecticut girls (and meeting a new one!) and then Grandma's on Sunday. Other than that I'll be relaxing and watching movies. I may have a Disney Classics marathon (abc family is having one but I want to watch more AND with no commercials.)
Friday Addition: I think I jinxed the weather...woke up to snow on the ground this morning. Normally I would enjoy this...too bad I have to go into the office today...darn, I hate driving in the snow!
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P.S. Check out this exclusive interview net-a-porter has with Michael Kors, I will be posting my favorites from his Fall 2012 collection soon!!
This week started off nice and easy but yesterday some garbage happened at work and I had to stay late...so annoying! Oh wells...that's what happens in the real world. I wore a lot of red this week, so funny how that happens, do you ever end up wearing the same color scheme for a few days. So far I have no plans for the weekend apart from going to my Grandma's on Sunday for our weekly lazy day. I might go see Beauty and the Beast in 3D with my mom and sister but we haven't decided yet.
And my roommate has people coming over tomorrow (including my other best friend) so that should be interesting...something crazy always happens when she goes out. I've been woken up at 2am plenty of times to her jumping on me saying she loves me, ha ha...gotta love drunk people. I personally don't drink, but that's mostly because I hate the feeling of alcohol...it burns, ha ha.
And my roommate has people coming over tomorrow (including my other best friend) so that should be interesting...something crazy always happens when she goes out. I've been woken up at 2am plenty of times to her jumping on me saying she loves me, ha ha...gotta love drunk people. I personally don't drink, but that's mostly because I hate the feeling of alcohol...it burns, ha ha.
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Friday: Jeans: American Eagle gift card, Turtleneck: French Connection (TJ Maxx) gift, Cardigan: Ralph Lauren (Goodwill) $8, Wedges: Crown Vintage (DSW) $35, Watch: Michael Kors, Purse: Marc by Marc Jacobs
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People are always talking about monochromatic outfits so I decided to wear a duo-tone (meaning 2 colors) outfit! Yesterday I decided to be a little wild and wear my velvet Tahari pants with my Alexander Wang booties. Since my bottom half was a bit extreme I wanted to keep things simple on the top. I'm also trying to wear more jewelry, every day I am going to wear the same 2 rings (along with my watch) and then add a necklace or something. Need to get into the habit of accessorizing, I never do it. I even wore a darker shade of lipstick, not like you can tell. But I felt weird so I wiped it off before work, ha ha. I like VERY simple makeup if you haven't noticed...I also don't wear it half the time because I'm lazy.
Pants: Elie Tahari via Shopbop gift card, Blazer: Necessary Objects via the desert fox blogshop $30, Tank: Bella via city brewed giveway, Booties: Alexander Wang via The Outnet birthday gift, Watch: Michael Kors, Necklace: etsy, Rings: mom's
This is how I actually wore my hair today. I tried my old standby of taking my shower at night sleeping with my hair in a bun. This was the first time I tried it since cutting my hair and thankfully it still works!
And here is my usual audience watching me take photos. There were many other viewers today (people walking pets) too...very awkward. [UPDATE: It isn't my cat]
P.S. Sign the petition to stop sensorship on the internet. The SOPA and PIPA laws are supposed to fight piracy but they will end up doing much more than that, we need to stop them from passing!
Pants: Elie Tahari via Shopbop gift card, Blazer: Necessary Objects via the desert fox blogshop $30, Tank: Bella via city brewed giveway, Booties: Alexander Wang via The Outnet birthday gift, Watch: Michael Kors, Necklace: etsy, Rings: mom's
This is how I actually wore my hair today. I tried my old standby of taking my shower at night sleeping with my hair in a bun. This was the first time I tried it since cutting my hair and thankfully it still works!
And here is my usual audience watching me take photos. There were many other viewers today (people walking pets) too...very awkward. [UPDATE: It isn't my cat]
P.S. Sign the petition to stop sensorship on the internet. The SOPA and PIPA laws are supposed to fight piracy but they will end up doing much more than that, we need to stop them from passing!
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I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Mine was spent with my family celebrating Christmas! I always enjoy nice relaxing weekends with family, and when presents are involved it's always better. I wore the same thing both days (except I wore a turtleneck sweater on Christmas day after church). I took these photos on Christmas Eve though (thanks to my mom and sister for taking a few of these, the others I used the self timer). Sorry about the photo spamming, I couldn't decide which ones to post!
Top: August Silk Mom's, Blazer: LAUREN Ralph Lauren (TJ Maxx) gift, Pants: Elie Tahari via Shopbop gift card, Heels: Miu Miu via eBay, Watch: Michael Kors, Bracelet c/o Maximal Art
And here are some photos of my presents. [The Ralph Lauren bag is available online in other colors, here!]
[I already had Lord of the Rings 1, but only the Extended version so I wanted the regular one too, so now I have all the regular and extended editions (there's different stuff on the regulars, haha, yes...I am a geek)]
Top: August Silk Mom's, Blazer: LAUREN Ralph Lauren (TJ Maxx) gift, Pants: Elie Tahari via Shopbop gift card, Heels: Miu Miu via eBay, Watch: Michael Kors, Bracelet c/o Maximal Art
And here are some photos of my presents. [The Ralph Lauren bag is available online in other colors, here!]
[I already had Lord of the Rings 1, but only the Extended version so I wanted the regular one too, so now I have all the regular and extended editions (there's different stuff on the regulars, haha, yes...I am a geek)]
Before we get to Tuesday's outfit an update on the Pants Situation. They were supposed to arrive yesterday so I stopped home after work. The UPS guy didn't come until 8:30...UGH! But the pants fit perfectly except the length, but I knew they would be too long because the model was 5'9" in the size 2 and I'm 5'2"...so it was kind of a given. [I watched Ernest Saves Christmas with my parents while we waited for UPS, ha ha, LOVE that movie]
On Tuesday I wore a simple outfit, dress + blazer + crazy shoes. Definitely a go to outfit for me, except sometimes I switch out the blazer for a sweater. Do you have a go to outfit that you gravitate toward on mornings where you are too tired to think?
Dress: Marc by Marc Jacobs (eBay) $27, Blazer: Necessary Objects via RueLaLa $25, Heels: Miu Miu via eBay, Watch: Michael Kors, Purse: Marc by Marc Jacobs
On Tuesday I wore a simple outfit, dress + blazer + crazy shoes. Definitely a go to outfit for me, except sometimes I switch out the blazer for a sweater. Do you have a go to outfit that you gravitate toward on mornings where you are too tired to think?
Dress: Marc by Marc Jacobs (eBay) $27, Blazer: Necessary Objects via RueLaLa $25, Heels: Miu Miu via eBay, Watch: Michael Kors, Purse: Marc by Marc Jacobs
One of the things we all worry about during the holiday season is what to wear for all our various outings. I only have two parties to go to (Christmas Eve at my parents house and Christmas at my Grandmas...no New Years party for me) and I will wear the same thing twice, don't judge! Most girls wear dresses, but why not switch it up with some fun dress pants! Pants can be just as dressy as a dress, you just have to find the right pair, for example VELVET! This outfit is more expensive than my Dress for Less posts (it is a Dream Outfit, afterall) BUT everything is on sale, so that's a plus. I went a little crazy with all the textures and colors, but it's the holiday's, you can be crazy!
For this dream outfit I chose a pair of pants that I actually bought for myself on Sunday with a gift card I won from Lydia! My outfit won't be this awesome though, sadly (I am planning to wear mine with my leopard Miu Mius and no idea what I'll wear on the top). Unless, of course, the pants don't fit and I'll have to exchange them (they should arrive at my house today)
Pants: Elie Tahari via Shopbop $124 [50%] or $99.20 [if you order by Thursday & use the coupon code EXTRA20]
Top: Theyskens' Theory via Net-a-Porter $150 [60% off]
Pumps: Miu Miu via Net-a-Porter $378 [50% off]
Necklace: By Malene Birger via Shopbop $73.50 [30% off]
Annoyingly, just two days after I bought these ShopBop decided to have a coupon code for an extra 20% off sale items, meaning I could have gotten these for $99 as opposed to $124 (I had my $100 gift card so I really paid $24, but that doesn't matter). So I emailed them to ask for a price adjustment. RIGHT as I was in the middle of this blog post they emailed back and said they would make a one time exception...THIS is why I love Shopbop so much! They have such amazing Customer Service!
Alice & Olivia $330
Lanvin $1555
Stella McCartney $1,495
P.P.S. A ton of items in Net-a-Porter's End of Season Sale have been reduced further! Make sure to check it out!!
For this dream outfit I chose a pair of pants that I actually bought for myself on Sunday with a gift card I won from Lydia! My outfit won't be this awesome though, sadly (I am planning to wear mine with my leopard Miu Mius and no idea what I'll wear on the top). Unless, of course, the pants don't fit and I'll have to exchange them (they should arrive at my house today)
Pants: Elie Tahari via Shopbop $124 [50%] or $99.20 [if you order by Thursday & use the coupon code EXTRA20]
Top: Theyskens' Theory via Net-a-Porter $150 [60% off]
Pumps: Miu Miu via Net-a-Porter $378 [50% off]
Necklace: By Malene Birger via Shopbop $73.50 [30% off]
Annoyingly, just two days after I bought these ShopBop decided to have a coupon code for an extra 20% off sale items, meaning I could have gotten these for $99 as opposed to $124 (I had my $100 gift card so I really paid $24, but that doesn't matter). So I emailed them to ask for a price adjustment. RIGHT as I was in the middle of this blog post they emailed back and said they would make a one time exception...THIS is why I love Shopbop so much! They have such amazing Customer Service!
P.S. Here are some more pant ideas for Christmas/Holiday Parties (of course these are expensive options, so you will probably want to find cheaper versions, but hey, if you can afford them go for it!)
J.Crew $250Alice & Olivia $330
Lanvin $1555
Stella McCartney $1,495
P.P.S. A ton of items in Net-a-Porter's End of Season Sale have been reduced further! Make sure to check it out!!
