Wowzer Trousers

Skirts & dresses are fabulously feminine, but sometimes a good pair of trousers can be just as foxy. These trousers are 50% off at American Apparel at the moment and I want them in every color of the rainbow. 

floral top: thrifted
mint trousers: American Apparel
blue suede pumps: Chelsea Crew Pauline
nail polish: Glowstar by Floss Gloss
lipstick: Mac Vegas Volt

Leisure Suit

Every Wednesday I have a ritual of visiting one of my favorite SF vintage shops, NO. They are group-curated and i can always find at least one or two perfect, wearable pieces to leave with. Key word being WEARABLE - it's easy here in San Francisco to find expensive statement pieces, semi-formal 50's and 60's dresses that leave you speechless but end up hanging in your closet waiting for the day when you have a semi-formal kind of life (baby, baby)...but finding great vintage pieces that are casual and EASY to wear on a daily basis, that isn't so easy, and it's why i love NO. this is every-day vintage at its best.

This past week i found one of my favorite NO finds ever. An amazing floral pantsuit romper, with ruffles and drawstring waist and harem pant legs in the softest cotton....so comfy it feels (and kind of looks) like pajamas...in the best way possible. So perfect for our sunny-but-breezy SF summer days. I may never take it off!

yeah, you like those fancy photobooth pics, don't you! (notice aforementioned "semi-formal" vintage dresses being put to good use....hanging on my bedroom wall)

also sporting my new FAVORITE nail polish color, an almost-white-yellow-green-cream called Glow Star by Floss Gloss...a post about this amazing new polish brand is in the works!

✿ ✿SO, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE EASY-BREEZY LEISURE OUTFIT? ✿ ✿

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Cry, Cry Baby

 

There's nothing quite like a frilly dress and a leather jacket to make a girl feel invincible.
Just ask Wanda Woodward.

Dress: vintage
Jacket: Nastygal
Shoes: Modcloth
Sunglasses: Karen Walker "Anytime"

a little persimmon

  

every time i get dressed, i have something like a story in my head. it starts with mood (do i feel rock'n'roll? ladylike? hyper-feminine? mod? 50's? etc) and then it proceeds to a color palette (brights? pastels? blacks? and rarely, neutrals) and eventually ends in a full outfit around which i have created a whole vignette in my little noggin. (are we seeing hints of the art school design process here? hmm, maybe school did rub off on me..). The silhouette of this outfit felt very ladylike, very Audrey and a little Godard, with the mid-calf length circle skirt and the fitted cropped top - but the stripes and the DIY denim gave it the rock'n'roll edge i feel a bit naked without. et voila - 60's french film meets audrey hepburn meets rock and roll. and of course, all topped with red-orange lipstick and a pair of black pumps. a lady is always a lady, after all. 

outfit details:

top: Amerian Apparel

skirt: American Apparel

jacket: DIY cropped denim

shoes: Chelsea Crew Pauline pumps
lipstick: MAC Lady Danger