Topshop Crop Top

Topshop crop top, Zara white skirt, Chloe sandals, Louis Vuitton bag, Ray-Ban sunglasses

This week, I collaborated with Lookmazing for their Who Wore It Best competition and styled this Topshop crop top (gotta love saying it). I love it, it's really cute, but I would be lying if I said that I wasn't a little worried about styling this item. I mean, it's adorable, but when it arrived at my door and I pulled it out of the box, it was the teeniest tiniest little piece of green fabric I had ever seen! I almost considered wearing it as a bra. But thanks to it's stretchable capabilities and a back zipper, this old lady was able to squeeze right into this puppy. 

**You can vote for my look here: https://www.lookmazing.com/LookMazing/image_albums/2321

Madewell jean jacket

Maison Martin Margiela, Vita Fede, Cartier and Brandy Pham rings

Lost in Austen

Forever 21 top, Siwy jeans, Giuseppe Zanotti heels c/o DSW, Louis Vuitton bag, Ray-Ban sunglasses

I've recently been watching a lot of Regency era, Jane Austen type shows from the BBC because there hasn't been any horror movies released this summer. I like to slide between total civility to terrifying bloodbath. The stuff in between is just a little to normal for me and I can get normal in my men's robe at home. One of my particularly favorite shows is called Lost in Austen which is basically Back to the Future meets Pride and Prejudice. To summarize, a modern girl (Amanda) steps through a time portal in her bathroom and instead of Narnia she steps right into Pride and Prejudice where she and Elizabeth Bennet trade places. Yeah, it's every bit as amazing as it sounds. Elizabeth becomes a nanny for a dental hygienist and Amanda falls in love with Mr. Darcy, as is typical. My absolute favorite part though, is when Mr. Darcy proposes to Amanda, but then discovers that she is both a time traveler and also not a virgin. His response to both of these quandaries was both simple and assured: "I cannot marry you. You are not a maid." Umm, ok, sure. Hello?! That's why you can't marry her?? Because she's had sex?? NOT because she's a time traveler from the future?! Apparently it is more reprehensible that she's had pre-marital sex, than her going through a time portal in her bathroom FROM THE FUTURE! Well, phew now we know the answer to the age old question of whether Jane Austen would find it more disgraceful to bend space and time or to have sex before marriage. The answer is surprisingly, sex before marriage. That means you can time travel your little heart out! Lost in Austen indeed.

Vita Fede bracelets, Cartier, Vita Fede, and Brandy Pham rings

Fringe Benefits

Club Monaco shorts and jacket, Guess shoes, Ray-Ban sunglasses 

I don't know if there is anything to say about fringe shorts except that I am totally dance ready everywhere I go because I'm constantly in "shake your ass" mode...for obvious reasons. 

Svelte Metals, Vita Fede and Jules Smith bracelets, Cartier ring 

Gotta Run

Club Monaco sweater, Vince pants, Nine West shoes, Ray-Ban sunglasses, Chanel bag

Whenever I take my doggie-niece Maggie to the dog park, she is always "that dog". You know "that dog" that always follows someone around barking and howling her little head off for no apparent reason at all. The victim she chooses is usually pretty understanding, albeit a little annoyed. But sometimes, there's that one man or woman who takes her barking VERY personally and completely overreacts by giving me the stink-eye or huffing and puffing around my vicinity. They act like this tiny dog hand-picked them out because of some personal vendetta or flaw they have and she's calling them out in barks. Trust me, she doesn't care that you never finished college, or that you ate that extra Snickers, or that you really like watching the "The Bachelor" but then tell everyone you don't. She just smelled your butt and didn't like it. That's about the extent of what she cares about. So, if this person is you, you run circles around me with your stink-eye because you need to get over it; she's a dog, not one of the Mean Girls judging your bad hair day. If you really want it to stop, you can always just change your butt smell. 

Vita Fede and Anarchy Street bracelets, Vita Fede and Maison Martin Margiela rings