Archive for March, 2008

A perfect cap to a long week was the arrival of a familiar polka dotted package on Friday afternoon. It was my Kate Moss Topshop dress!

Both anxious and weary while preparing to slip it on in case it didn’t fit right, all nerves vanished as soon as I zipped it up.

To get the full ditsy effect, I paired it with white toeless knee-highs, mary jane pumps and sinched the waist with a belt:

• Daisy tea dress: Kate Moss for Topshop, £60 (about $120)
• Belt: The Limited, $7
• Toeless trouser socks: Nordstrom, $8
• Pumps: Steven, $120

Floral tea dresses are making quite the impression in spring/summer wardrobes. You don’t have to order from Topshop to dress the part, they can be purchased at Urban Outfitters, Zara and tons of vintage stores (check eBay!).

There’s only one day left to take advantage of March shopping codes!

American Apparel:
Save 15% on your purchase
Code: teenvogue08
Expires: 3/31/08

Stock up on deep v tees (they come in 3 packs!) and other basics. If you’re feeling the courage, try a pair of black latex leggings (they might lose their edge as they become more and more mainstream, but they’re a fun piece to have regardless).

Lisa Kline:
Save 20% on your purchase
Code: INSTYLE08
Expires: 3/31/08

Splurge on a Morgan Oakley Ditch bag and other celeb favorites like LnA tees!

Shop Barbara:
Save 20% on orders over $100 (sales items excluded)
Code: clutch22
Expires: 3/31/08

Use Clutch22′s exlusive discount to load up on every girl’s favorite under garmet, Hanky Panky. While you’re at it, you mighy as well throw in some Havaiana flip flops and check out some of their warm weather dresses.

Wink NYC:
Save 20% on your purchase
Code: INSTYLE08
Expires: 3/31/08

My coworker, Jess saw Wink’s exlusive violet Foley & Corinna bag in the March issue of InStyle and she absolutely had to have it. The 20% discount helped her save $100, not to mention the free shipping was a nice bonus. They have several other F & C bags, not to mention lots of clothing and jewelry worth checking out.

Photo sources: American Apparel, Lisa Kline, Shop Barbara and Wink NYC.

After putting together this outfit, it became even more apparent that my style’s subconscience always craves quirky imperfections. Here are a bunch of random pieces that don’t necessarily match, but the ensemble works as a whole. That’s why mixing and “clashing” is so much fun…it doesn’t have to make sense as long as it’s done in good taste.

Speaking of quirky, I’m going to call myself out for the three hair bands I continuously wear on my right wrist. What the heck? Am I expecting to need them for tri-pig-tails or something? No…I just simply forget they are there. I am always losing hair bands, so I tend to over compensate by putting them on my wrist everytime I recover a lost one. 

This is also posted in FabSugar’s lookbook. 

What am I wearing?

• Scarf: Urban, $18
• Tee: Free People, $40
• Skirt: The Limited, $21
• Trouser socks: Nordstrom, $8
• Gold wedges: Bebe, $120

Bloomingdale’s is having a private sale beginning tomorrow, 3/26 and ending friday, 3/28. Whether in store or online, you have to check out all the perks they are offering! Not so private anymore! Here’s the scoop:

In stores (print the private sale guide and take it with you)

• Take an extra 40% off permanently reduced contemporary fashions in The New view, Y.E.S. Contemporary Sportswear, Sutton Studio Sportswear, Dresses, Shop for Petites and Shop for Women for a total savings of 55%-75%.
• Take 20% off regular-priced fashions for her.
• Earn a $100 splurge card good on a future purchase of $300 or more in contemporary sportswear from March 29 through April 13 when you buy a pair of regular-priced premium denim jeans.
• And, of course, if you buy more you save more. You can take 20% off your entire purchase when you spend more than $500, 25% off when you spend more than $750, and 30% off when you spend $1,000.
• Save 25%-40% off regular-priced handbags, 15% off a single regular-priced handbag purchase, and an extra 40% off already reduced handbags.
• In shoes, it’s buy more save more again. Take 25% off two pairs, 30% off three pairs, and 30% off select regular-priced spring shoes and sandals.

Online Purchases (use code: PSALE3)

• 20% OFF any purchase up to $299.99

• 25% OFF any purchase of $300 or more

• Online offer excludes the following brands: Burberry, Fendi, Gucci, Longchamp, Marc Jacobs, Milly, Tom Ford, Tory Burch, Toy Watch, and Ugg.

Happy Shopping!!!

Sources: The Purse Forum and Guerilla Shopper NYC

After my post on legwear last week, I’ve been dying to test out my own Cher Horowitz Clueless look.  I’m loving knee highs right now since they are a great segway from tights moving into spring (and summer for those of us up here in cold Seattle).

For my fellow FabSugar obsessed, I also posted this in the lookbook.

It’s so much fun mixing and matching different pieces to create fresh looks. In the outfit above, I’m wearing an old skirt I bought last year at Marshall’s hiked up and belted to make a flirty, short strapless dress.

Tip: Take advantage of versatile staples in your wardrobe to create different variations of a similar look by adding and removing these pieces. Here are a few examples for this outfit:

What am I wearing?

• Dress/skirt: Marshall’s (it’s actually a skirt), $25
• Belt: Martin & Osa, $38
• Knee highs: Target, $3
• Patent pumps: Jeffrey Campbell, $125
• Blouse: Old Navy, $15