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How-To: Wear A Lace Midriff Top
This is one of my favorite challenges: taking a sentimental old piece that you adore but isn't exactly practical, and figuring out new ways to incorporate it into your wardrobe.
American Classics
Fall is so exciting, no?
It's the whole Back To School thing; I mean, I haven't set foot in a classroom for more years now than I care to think about (save for a very expensive and slightly misguided stint at NYU for a Masters in Hospitality Management)...but still: the chill in the air makes me want to buy things like pencils and Trapper Keepers. But since I don't have a ton of use for the aforementioned items, new, autumn-hued (and wildly affordable) clothing will have to do.
Let's talk pattern-mixing. I love how the sheer paisley blouse and the striped cardigan totally shouldn't work together, but do, and the reasons are these: 1) one pattern is small while the other is large, 2) both items are in the same color family, and 3) the rest of the outfit is simple as can be.
DIY Rainbow Stroller Blanket
If there is one thing I can say for certain about this child, it is this: he will not be lacking for warm things to wrap around him.
Aside from the fact that the song is great...wonder what inspired a reader to send me this video?
Nail Inspiration
I spent last night hanging out with one of my best friends from CA, Paige, who's in town for Coterie, and now I need to show you her nails:
Eee, love them.
Everyone who gets those gel manicures sings their praises, and even though I'm usually salon manicure-averse (I destroy them too quickly to make them worth the expense), I may need to give it a shot one of these days. Because I hear that they last for weeks without chipping. And because in case you didn't notice, that's a grey-and-gold-sparkle upside-down French manicure. Hello!
Best New Beauty Finds / Fall 2011
The best of the best, found at drugstores, in friends' makeup bags, and my own drawers.
Fave Emmy Gowns
1. Katie Holmes in Calvin Klein (love the color, the simplicity, the makeup/hair...everything)
2. Sofia Vergara in Vera Wang (yes yes, she always does "sexy," but wow)
3. Kelly Osbourne in J. Mendel (beautiful and elegant; what I wish Nicole Kidman's 2003 Oscars dress had looked like)
The Lightening
Pregnancy is full of helpful symptoms like that, which could either mean "TAXI...NOW!" or another month (or more) of waiting, depending. Depending on what, you ask? Beats me.
A Little Early Christmas Shopping
Three bucks at TJ Maxx; couldn't resist.
Christmas shopping for someone who will be two months old during the holidays is a funny thing. Do I...hide stuff? ...Wrap it? I think the answers are "not really" and "why not?"
