February 2015
When I was younger I was a total art geek. I attended summer camps for the gifted and talented focused on visual arts and I loved it. I wore big glasses, my hair was permed, I mean the struggle was real during those awkward years. However, I think those moments studying visual arts learning about textures and so forth has contributed greatly to shaping my personal style.
“I love mixing textures, fringe, leather, sequins. I break the rules.”
I have gotten a lot of inquires about this fun little feather skirt and where it’s from. Well guess what, it’s not a skirt. It’s a dress. This was my rehearsal dinner dress I wore the night before our wedding. It’s a strapless number and I love it so much I have been racking my brain on how I could get more use out of it. So I tied this $10 Miley Cyrus for BCBG from WAL-MART shirt over it and here we are. Do you remember when Miley Cyrus had the line at Wal-Mart?! She also released “Party in the USA” at the same time, which is still in my playlist I don’t even care if you’re judging me. Everyone had those tank tops with the sequin ribbon on it, including yours truly! I still have 2 of those tutu dresses hanging in my closet right now. Asking me to throw away a tutu is like letting the America flag touch the ground. Not gonna happen.
Back to the clothes.
When I was looking at that feather dress I thought what kind of texture can I mix with these feathers to make it more casual, less bridal, bring it down a couple notches. What’s more casual than denim? So I gave it a try and it has been a hit. Look in your closet, what is an outfit that you felt powerful in, do you have a dress maybe you could try that same option with? Possibly a dressy skirt? Break the rules!! If you walk in your closet and you don’t know where to begin go have a glass of wine, maybe two gather your thoughts and then try again. If it’s a fitted dress or skirt tie a shirt over it and tie the shirt at your natural waist line (not your hips) so you aren’t losing that shape, if you feel like you’re showing too much figure pair a longer cardigan or blazer over it.
I felt like the feathers and denim shirt needed some color though which is when I added some statement bracelets. I am all about breaking the rules with accessories right now.
“When I say I added a bracelet I mean I added 10 of them. I used a pearl hand chain bracelet to accent the buttons on my $10 shirt and added a pop color with the turquoise and jewels. My thought process was literally these don’t look like they match, ok I’ll wear them all.”
Flannel and fringe.
My inspiration for this outfit was a mannequin in the American Eagle window. Stop! Yes, it’s true. The way they had the outfit styled had a much younger look so I brainstormed to formulate a similar more appropriate option. I already had a fringe skirt so again, I thought what could I pair with this to bring the fringe down a couple notches and more casual? A t-shirt. However, the length of the skirt is still pushing it, I needed to bring more coverage into the picture and paired it with the flannel button down from Forever 21.
Both outfits would definitely be for a fun date night, a concert, grocery shopping (JK!). The idea is to think out of the box. Break the rules! And dress for yourself. What’s a fun trend you’ve wanted to try?
“Go for it. Life is too short for boring outfits so push your shoulders back, your chin up and own it. Because you can.”
