A Very Vintage, English, Great Gatsby Christmas

Parker Dress, Zara coat, Pour La Victoire shoes, Ray-Ban sunglasses

Often times my bob haircut will dominate my outfit.  What I mean is, when you have a bob haircut it's hard to look disheveled and bohemian and put your hair in a bun, or go cool girl in a high ponytail or curl your long locks to look like a girl from The Hills.  No, there are very few choices.  I can definitely brush it and comb my bangs down--and now I'm basically out of things I can do with my hair.  However, I CAN make anything look "1920's" so whenever I go to an event I just make everything into a Great Gatsby party, or a flapper party or a 1920's party whether or not the party is actually themed that way, just because it's easier.  So here, instead of me wearing a really pretty beaded nude dress, I'm wearing a flapper dress.  It's cool, luckily I look good as a flapper--which is now my lot in life.

Cartier, Anarchy Street, Melinda Maria rings

Labor Of Love

Club Monaco silk dress, Stuart Weitzman 5050 boots, Ray-Ban sunglasses

This is exactly the third time that I have worn what I like to call my "forever boots". However, I know that winter has begun and as the weather starts to turn ever more frosty, these boots will be making a more prominent appearance in my daily wardrobe and that scares the bejeezus out of me. As you know, I have major boot woes, so I fear that once these boots are worn through I will have no other boot options that will fit my sad baby calves.  So, I try to preserve them as best I can.  Whenever I want to wear these puppies I go through a whole laborious process of taking them out of the box, removing the individually wrapped plastic on each boot, removing the giant pieces of scrunched up paper holding them up, spraying them down with anti-water protectant and then brushing the suede so that all the dust and debris come off. And I haven't even gotten to the walking part yet! They're so comfortable, but I don't want to stretch them so much that they get all huge and then slide down my calves, so I try to walk all straight-legged like Frankenstein! It's hard, I admit, but it's the cross I have to bear for my under-powered calves. C'est la vie.    

David Yurman, Stella and Dot, Anarchy Street bracelets, Michele watch, Cartier, Melinda Maria, Anarchy Street rings.

You Can Do Black And Blue

Club Monaco coat and shirt, Paige denim leggings, Sam Edelman shoes, Ray-Ban sunglasses

Between early 2000's and now, I somehow completely missed when it became perfectly acceptable to wear navy blue with black--when we all know that it is not. We've all seen those people who have gone to work in a black pencil skirt and then tossed on a dark navy blazer on top as if nobody would notice that they were TWO DIFFERENT COLORS.  Two different colors that do not go together.  You would politely ignore the situation surely, but in your minds I know that you were thinking about why she couldn't have just worn a matching black blazer to match her skirt, or worn a navy skirt, or a khaki skirt, or a gray skirt or any other color skirt that actually goes with dark navy.  Look, I get it, they're close, but they're not close enough.  And that is the reason why when you wear those colors together, you are suddenly caught in a mishmash of darkness that your brain cannot understand.  I mean do you want to be blue or do you want to be black???  Pick one!  

Well, I believe that I have found the perfect way to wear dark navy blue and black together in my new fur-collar coat.  Basically, when you wear dark navy, a black fur collar accent is totally cute!  Also, if you are able to wear a black fur collar, you can wear black pants too, and also leopard print shoes.  For some reason, this is a recipe for amazing.  All other navy and black combos I would still reconsider. Seriously, just pick one!

Changed out sunnies to Ray-Ban Wayfarers

Michele watch, Anarchy Street bracelet, Maison Martin Margiela, Cartier, Baublebar, Brandy Pham rings

Take Me Back!

Trina Turk tunic, Trina Turk matching bikini, Dolce Vita shoes, Shopbop Basic bag, Ray-Ban sunglasses

"Just close your eyes, click your heels three times and say 'there's no place like Puerto Vallarta, there's no place like Puerto Vallarta, there's no place like Puerto Vallarta..."

Stella and Dot, Anarchy Street bracelets, Anarchy Street, Melinda Maria, Baublebar rings