I love how it's sorta punk-chic -- from afar, the yellow detailing almost looks like graffiti, but up close, it's sweet and femme. And grey and yellow is one of my fave color combos.
I also adore this gold criss-cross-strap heel -- such a great holiday shoe, and I find this style to be way more flattering than Mary Janes, especially on short folk like myself. I'm also dying for the antiqued ivory pair below:
Finally, be aware: Wink NYC promo code! 15% off the entire site through November 27! Enter THKGV7. Yay! Go forth, be thankful, and spend!
($89, Sarah Luna, Ylli) Usually I'm pretty anti denim, and I'm generally against denim anywhere above the waist, but this is really lovely and would look so nice with a wee black cropped jacket, black tights and black boots in the coming cooler months.
DRESSES (Apprx $192 USD, Jasmine Guinness, Oli.co.uk) So elegant, and I love the button detailing on the back:
(Apprx $127 USD, Toast.co.uk) Very Laura Ingalls Goes To A Small Liberal Arts College. The yellow sash makes it so much less stodgy.
($25, eBay) It says lilac, but whatever. This style is super perfect. I always get excited when I find stuff like this in thrift stores, because the cut is always so flattering.
SHOES ($46, Seychelles, Lulusfashionlounge.com) Yay for $46, boo for only size 7. UPDATE: JK! They're here at Zappos.com for $83, and check 'em out in white! Loves!
($52, Seychelles, Lulusfashionlounge.com) Best. Would rule with a pink or yellow top and some grey jeans.
(Apprx $188, Chie Mahara, Toast.co.uk) Amazing. Perfect height and shade. And also lovely in yellow.
($306, Miu Miu, Monamoore.com) Mainly I think tie-dyed stuff belongs only in the recesses of our collective American memory of 1960s cliches, but these are one outstanding exception. They make me wanna do tons of sit-ups so I can just walk around the house naked, save these.... Okay... so nothing is worth that many sit-ups. But still. The intent is there!
Now go snack on this awesome and relevant old-school video:
OMG, I'm fully KVELLING over here, y'all! After I finished my shoe post late last night, and after I contained my shoe boner over these Seychelles flats:
I found myself -- as many of us up late on the Innertube often do -- searching for porn. Now my porn does not consist of man meat or massive mammaries or group wankings or water sports, mind you. I'm talking shoes. My porn is pumps, k? Online shoe sales are my fluffed-up, misted-down naughty hot bodies.
So you can IMAGINE the ... um... rush of blood to my head when I searched for the aforementioned pornographic piece and FUCKING. FOUND. THEM. ON. SALE. FOR. SEVENTEEN. BUCKS. Oh yes. Right fucking here at Dillards.com What wha??? I love you, Dillard's! And I love you, shoe porn! And you, Seychelles. I love you most of all!
K, now that I've chayled a bit, here are some dresses. ($158, Eliza J, Nordstrom.com) I know it's sorta cupcakey, but I love the '50s feel.
($106, Lynn Ritchie, Bloomingdales.com) Hm. I know I said that giraffes are basically the permanent new black, but I can't tell if I like this dress or not. Yay or nays, y'all??
($298, Ya-Ya, Bloomingdales.com) I'm sorry, but this is just a hot mess. You can just tell Carmen Kass is like "If my career has really come to modeling mommy mumus, then I am firing my agent, post haste!" Worst.
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Yay! Shoes! A subject that needs absolutely NO introduction. But if I were to summarize, I'd say... flats, skimmers, a whole lotta Seychelles and a few out of seasons. So let's step to it, eh?
($65, Nicole, Lulusfashionlounge.com) Perfect height (I HATE the super stacked platform wedges, for me at least), fantastic neutral, and non-nauseating use of snakeskin!
($62, Seychelles, Lulusfashionlounge.com) The Seychelles Barefoot in the Park is one of the few shoes I've ever discovered that I want to buy in every color. Case in point:
($68, Seychelles, Kitson.com) Tee hee! More Seychelles! These would be named: Always A Lady
($32, Charles David, Delias.com) Cute AND a steal!
($79, Seychelles, Solestruck.com) I couldn't resist! More yellow! More Seychelles! More cutes!
($29, eBay) I sorta liked the fun Florida bubbe colors here, until I realized they're also EYELET! NOOOOOOOOO!
($58, Exchange By Charles David, Zappos) As I've previously posted, I am NOT a flip-flop fan. But... I sorta like the preppiness of these Charles David flops.
($174, Miss Sixty, Shoebungalow.com) Great in theory, probably a hot mess in practice.
($69, Seychelles, Solestruck.com) OMG. Madonna shoes. WANT! I totally had jelly shoes of this variety when I was a wee one. Oh man I want I want I want. I understand that with such great power comes great responsibility. I promise to use that power for good and not evil (evil being pairing with leggings like these. Or these.
And finally, something I most decidedly DO NOT want: ($249, Roberto Cavalli, eBay) Mine eyes!!!!!
1.) WinkNYC is having a Freddy & Ma trunk sale at their Soho B&M shop. Or, if you can't make it, use promo/ coupon code D4T2P for 10% off. Yay!
2.) Speaking of Wink, these are ADORBS! ($51.80, Seychelles, WinkNYC.com)
3.) Speaking of adorbs, these are DEFINITELY not: ($71.99, Donald J Pliner, 6pm.com) I think it only makes everything worse that this style is called "Uncle." As in "Creepy Uncle." As in "Uncle Bad Touch." Ew. This totes reminds me of that brief phase in the early '80s when faux newsprint on knitwear was "all the rage." I wish this would've died with the Reagan era.
($215, Sally Tseng, Winknyc.com)
($86, Seychelles, Winknyc.com)
($86, Seychelles, Winknyc.com)
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