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RG Reader Shopping Spree At T.J.Maxx

August 28, 2013

It’s always exciting when I get to meet someone who reads Ramshackle Glam in real life: in the playground, at a restaurant, walking down the street. But never before have I had the opportunity to not just meet a reader…but to spend an entire morning hanging out with her, combing through the racks in search of a whole new fall wardrobe for her to bring home. So much fun.

Last week, I met up with Katie (the winner of my personal styling contest) at the midtown T.J.Maxx, and together we created three looks that both encapsulated her unique style and incorporated some of this fall's top designer trends.

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Panama In The City

August 27, 2013

Every autumn (and I'm going to call this "autumn" even though it's eighty degrees outside because Labor Day is about thirty seconds away), it appears that I establish a uniform.

I think it's just that every time September rolls around there's some "thing" - whether that's a pair of jeans, a sweater, a leather jacket, whatever - that I've been wanting to wear for months, and now that the weather's turning I can.

And so I do. Every day.

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Weekend Snapshots: Big City Edition

August 26, 2013

Kendrick and I have been wanting to spend a full day in the city at some point this summer - Chinatown, Little Italy, that kind of thing - and decided that this weekend presented the perfect opportunity: my parents were out of town, so we could both help them out by looking after their animals and spend two whole days in NYC, with no need to drive back and forth in between.

Kendrick had school stuff going on until late on Friday, but I thought hey, I'll just drive in by myself with Indy and the dogs and all our bags. It'll be fun!

Ehhhh.

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Make A Pre-Furnished Apartment Feel Like Your Own

August 23, 2013

Q. Dear Jordan,

My elderly grandmother offered to let us rent her house. It's a great house and it will come fully furnished, which is a bonus since we won't be bringing a lot with us...but I'm wondering how we can make the place feel like our own.

We don't have a ton of money to completely redecorate the place, so I'm interested in small changes that will make an impact. How can I work with the vintage feel but still add our own elements to make it feel like our home?

- Emilie

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Right This Moment: Sporty Letter Sweaters

August 23, 2013

I used to buy approximately 75% of my wardrobe at H&M - partly because there was a store located about thirty inches away from my train stop on East 86th Street, and partly because you can occasionally find very cute pieces at very low prices. I don't stop into the store very often these days, though, mostly because I try to make my trips into the city as abbreviated as possible, and the only H&M near me is at the mall, and malls plus toddlers don't equal a whole lot of fun.

 

Last week I had half an hour to kill in Manhattan between appointments, so I stopped in and found the "K" sweater pictured above, which was just $25 and which I haven't wanted to take off since (can you tell I miss someone a little bit? More on that later).

Good news/sort of bad news (for the wallet): did you know H&M now offers online shopping? It does, and you can pick up this sweater here (also available in black).

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