Clothing Swap

I've been wanting to do a clothing swap for ages, but I've never been able to generate much interest with people that I know. I get jealous when I see them happening all over the place, everywhere but near me.

So clothing swap-less I've lived my life.
Until today.

Today, Ali announced on her blog that she is planning an internet clothing swap. I absolutely love that idea.

If you love that idea too, head over to find out more about it and express your interest right away!

Richard Chai

I missed out on Rogan's Go International collection at Target simply because I didn't pay any attention to when it would be released. I was determined not to do this with Richard Chai's collection because it looked fantastic. I set a reminder on my Blackberry and was able to remember to make a visit to the nearest Target yesterday. I could tell it had been browsed through already, but they still had everything in my size. I took one of everything that interested me into the dressing room. The four ladies manning the rooms were nice enough to not hold me to the "6 items in the room" rule.

These jeans were not in stock at the Target I visited. They don't look all too flattering on this model, but I would've like to try them on.This trench also wasn't there, but I think I'm just going to purchase it online.These are the pieces I actually left with.I'm probably going to take this one back. No one I showed liked the way that it fit me, it bunched funny in back. I wish so badly that it had worked because the color is fabulous and I love the neckline/backline.

These are items I'm thinking of going back for.The sleeves were a tad too long, but I loved it. I just had a hard time buying a sweater when it was 96 degrees outside.

I liked this top, but I liked the dresses more.

Other items that I tried on...So not flattering...

These shorts flared away from my legs in back. I didn't really care for the airy feeling.

This top was just alright, nothing special.

Again, not a flattering top.

I'm probably going to see if they have anything different at other Targets around me. What did you like from the collection?

With or without you

The jacket that is.

It was just one of those days…

I woke up late.
The outfit I picked out the night before didn’t end up working.
My clean bedroom was littered with clothes, shoes and hangers before I came up with this…

I started out with the dress. Added the belt, then the shoes. It didn’t feel complete so I grabbed the jacket on the way out the door. I didn’t spend much time wearing the jacket, it was far too hot today.

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jacket - thrifted, dress - Forever 21, belt - thrifted, shoes - gojane.com

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Black & Blue

I felt like messing around with the navy blue and black color scheme again. I threw some old pieces together with my new shoes and this belt that I picked up at Target for $2.50. It was a peculiar choice in my eyes, but I like how it turned out.

Shirt & Dress - Old American Eagle, Belt - Target, Shoes - Nine West
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Closet Space

Just saw this picture over on fashionista...


Closet space and organization has been on my mind lately as I discussed earlier this week. Between Paint and Soul's comment about using her shoes and bags as decor in her bedroom and seeing the way this person's shoes are organized, ideas are forming in my head. It'll be tricky to make it work with what little room I have. We shall see...

I don't usually feel like a very organized person so I was happy to see that at least my clothes are sorted in kind of a similar fashion, by color.

I just need more space to hang them is all...

Bruised

So here is the outfit I created based on the Rag & Bones outfit I mentioned a couple posts ago.

It has taken a long time to be able to wear navy and black together. Now I quite like it.

I bought these pants with summer in mind. I hate how most of my full length pants, even my skinnies, cover up all my cute summer shoes. I bought these pants at a shorter length so that I wouldn’t have to deal with this problem.

Two things, I'm loving these shoes so much and I've also decided I don't like posing in grass.

Blazer - vintage, Shirt - Aeropostale, Pants - Forever 21, Shoes - Nine West, Necklaze - Aldo
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Forever Twenty Two

Monday was a day that called for a little bit of retail therapy.

The A/C in my car went out last week and I haven’t been able to get it fixed yet. Driving to the mall for my part-time job (for the discount) I was sweating through my dress in the desert heat of Utah. I was in such a hurry to get out of my car that I ended up in the mall with lots of time to spare before my shift started. I ended up walking through Gadzooks, which carries Forever 21 products. Without even trying, I ended up leaving with four items.

I tried on the top half of this outfit with a pair of black skinnies, but it didn’t seem right. I tried on the skirt instead and I liked it. That is how I ended up wearing three of my new items in one outfit; the flower ring, the scarf and the skirt.

The skirt is all wrinkled from sitting at my desk all day. That’s life…

Shirt: Express, Scarf/Ring/Skirt/Belt: Forever 21, Shoes: Nine West
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Thanks to Marrdy for being my photographer!

Playing dress-up

I should've been getting stuff done around the house, but instead I played dress-up.

Let me just say that the inspiration for these outfits stem from a few people. Having subscribed to their blogs, Karla, Rumi and Taghrid have become fashion idols to me. I love their style and I would say the following looks are inspired by a mix of their individual styles.

I pulled a few things out of my closet to play around with a few items I recently picked up. I’m not really sure how I feel about any of these outfits so input would be much appreciated.

What do you like?
What do you hate?
What would you change?

Outfit #1
Denim Jacket: Thrifted
Dress: Actually an AE skirt from 4 years ago
Belt: Thrifted
Shoes: Glaze from gojane.com

Outfit #2
Blazer: Thrifted
Dress: Actually an AE skirt from 4 years ago
Belt: Thrifted
Shoes: Glaze from gojane.com

Outfit #3
Blazer: Thrifted
Dress: Lux Debbie Dress from Urban Outfitters
Belt: Thrifted
Shoes: Glaze from gojane.com

Outfit #4
Blazer: Thrifted
Belt: Thrifted
Shirt: Urban Outfitters
Shorts: Express
Shoes: Glaze from gojane.com

My stalker-y version of Street Style

When Marrdy and I were at the deli picking up lunch today, the was the cutest little girl there. Always the friendly one, Marrdy approached this little girl and her mother. We found out at 8-years-old, she's already picking out her own outfits and telling her mom what stores she needs to shop at for clothes.

You'll have to excuse the crummy pictures, but I didn't want to pull my real camera out of my bag and scare the poor girl and her mother. In other words, I didn't want to look like some psycho stalker lady.




Both her hat and shorts were green camo, the hat having a pink edge to the brim. Her white tank had a faint pink pattern on it. On her arm, she had a white hoodie with pink hears all over it. Her pink jelly shoes made me want to buy a pair. The silver sequined belt and purple necklace topped it all off. I couldn't believe she pulled this all together herself being only 8-years-old.

A fashionista in the making?
Too cute.

Obsessions: I want it all

I want, I want, I want.
Why must there always be something that I want?
I sound like Veruca off of Willy Wonka!

After moving, it took some time for the Victoria's Secret catalog to catch up with me. By the time that it did, it was all clearance stuff, nothing new. Boring.
Well yesterday I got my fall preview catalog. As usual, I want pretty much everything in it. Blazer, skirt, dress, tops; what should I get?
Go figure.


After buying the AA Bandeau Dress and finding out how much I loved it, I've been wanting more colors in it and in the pencil skirt version as well. How will I decide which of the many colors to get and which version first?


After seeing two great scarf outfits online by inspiration and SLC Socialite, I'm officially on the hunt for a great scarf. I spent all day looking and I couldn't decide on anything. I'm much too indecisive.

I think my obsession with these shoes started after seeing them on Taghrid. I want them ever so bad!


I've officially fallen for the romper trend. I have no idea if I can pull it off, but I'm will to try with this romper. So yeah, I want it!


I have been obsessing over this skirt for a while now so I went into American Apparel to try it on. Yeah, it didn't look as hot on me and I have no idea what I'd wear with it so I left the store without it. The trouble is I still want it. Why? I'm not sure. Maybe I'd like this other skirt more.
Or, maybe I want them both...


In general, I've been obsessed with adding blazers, skirts and jackets to my wardrobe. I've got ideas in my head of what I want, but I'm not sure if these ideas exist in the real world. I really just need to get a sewing machine ASAP and start making my own clothes. I've been down this road before and it ended with me giving up because I have no idea what I need to be looking for in a sewing machine. Any tips?

.Adiel's Wish List. by triplyksis

So those are my current wants/obsessions.
What will I get? I may have three jobs, but I can't buy them all!

Show and Tell

I bought a new shirt at this online boutique that I'm falling in love with, angiehearts.net.

I took some pictures to put on Chictopia and I thought I'd share them with you here.

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What I'm wearing - In protest

Today it is really cold, rainy and even snowy in higher elevations. Its June so I’m going to dress like its June weather. In protest of the cold weather, its bare legs and sandals for me!

I just got this dress and I’m amazed at all the different ways that you can wear it. I either need to order more dresses like this or start washing it nightly because I want to wear it every day in a different way.

This is the way I decided to wear it first, as a skirt...

Shirt: Aero
Skirt: American Apparel
Shoes: gojane.com
Bracelet: forever21
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Things that made my day.

Its Tuesday people. Look out!

-Goofing around with Wendy at practice. That woman sure can cheer me up!

-Wendy reminding me of when she met my sister at my 7th grade birthday party. I guess my sister was acting like a cat so Wendy went home and told her sister that I had a had a sister the same age, but that she acted like a cat. Good times.

-Rick was trying to ask Marrdy a question, but she wasn't listening so Rick told me to turn on the speaker phone and buzz her line so that she would listen. It worked.

-Getting my new skirt/dress/shirt. Now I just need to decide which way to wear it first!

-My new gray jeans!

-Getting called skinny minnie. I'm pretty sure that I've never been called that in my life.

What I'm wearing

Its the debut of the gray jeans that I purchased last weekend. I love them!

Shirt: Express

Vest: Forever21
Jeans: Urban Outfitters
Shoes: ??
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Daily Outfit

This is what I wore to work yesterday.
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Shirt: Express
Jeans: Express
Shoes: Colin Stuart
Necklace: Aldo
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Daily Outfit

I haven't been doing daily outfits lately because its been really hard to take pictures of myself. I bought a tripod last week before I left for Powell so now I should be able to keep up on it more regularly.

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Sweater: ??
Tank: Express
Jeans: Levi's
Shoes: Colin Stuart
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Daily Outfit

Just another day in the office for me...
I did get hit on twice this morning at the gas station. I guess the outfit looks pretty good...

Jacket: Hot Leathers
Dress: American Eagle
Shoes: Qupid
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Daily Outfit

Recently I mentioned signing up for Chictopia.com. I decided that if I'm going to be taking pictures of my outfits for that site, I should follow Miss Cedar's advice and start doing Daily Outfit posts.

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I'm still struggling with wanting to wear my new spring clothing, but not wanting to freeze all day. Utah weather is being slow to warm up this spring and I'm becoming impatient. This outfit is a result of that compromise.

Shirt: Express
Pants: Express
Shoes: Aldo
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The down side of a good scale day.

The definition of a good scale day is pretty self explanatory; any day where the scale tells me a number that I like.

I've rediscovered a down side to this phenomenon called a good scale day. That would be the way that my pants fit. I can no longer rely on my love handles alone to hold up my jeans. Naturally I'm thrilled at the changes in my physical appearance, as conceited as that sounds. However now I'm looking at moving into a new pant size. Of course that would be another positive thing. The problem is that I've just spent the last few months buying all new denim. So now I'm looking at a closet full of pants and jeans that are sliding down my hips.

Are normal sized belts that go inside your belt loops in style yet?
Or maybe I can find a piece of stray rope...

Its that time again.

The seasons are changing and so is my wardrobe. I've got loads of great spring/summer attire that I've slowly been incorporating into the outfit rotation.

There is one road block for me however.
Its that time.
The time when the men at the office take over the A/C.
It might as well be winter still for the temperatures that I'm enduring in the office. My fingers are freezing, my toes are little popsicles in my sandals, my legs and arms are covered in goosebumps.

What to do, what to do?
Sacrifice my comfort for fashion?

I suppose so...
After all, is that what most women do when it comes to things like shoes?

One of those mornings...

This transitional seasons thing really got to me this morning.
First off, I so did not want to get out of bed. Sure, I could say that pretty much every morning, but I really meant it today! Needless to say, I pressed snooze a few times too many this morning

Then I didn't want to get out of the shower. Now that is an unusual thing for me. I really dislike breathing humid air, therefore I don't care to stay in the shower for an extended period of time. I usually rush through my showers in order to get out as soon as possible. This morning I just wanted the hot water to keep pouring over me and never stop. I wanted it to just wash away everything.

At this point, I was already running late, but that wasn't the end. Today was one of those days where I hate everything I own. It is May 2nd and current 46 degrees Fahrenheit where I am. Is it winter? Is it spring? Is it warm? Is it cold? In Utah, you just can never quite predict. So, how am I supposed to dress? Should I dress to keep warm? Should I break out all my new Spring clothes that I really want to wear? I couldn't decide. On top of all that, I have to keep in mind every activity that I'll be doing tonight. I left my house at 5:30am and I probably won't be back till I'm ready to sleep. I've got to make sure I'm prepared, right? To make my morning a little more behind schedule, I ended up changing my outfit about 20 different times. The funny thing is the outfit I ended up wearing is an outfit that I three times decided not to wear. Did I hang any of the discarded items back up after deciding not to wear them? Of course not, I was running late. So now my bedroom floor is littered with discarded clothing items.

By the time I got dressed it was time to leave and I had pretty much done nothing with my hair except comb product through it. My hair is naturally pretty straight and very fine so its was already mostly dry except in the back. I decided in the interest of getting out of the door quickly, I'd just straighten my fringe. If you know me, you know that I pretty much never leave the house without doing my hair or makeup. Running out to the car sure was fun, I could feel my wet hair wanting to freeze.

With a morning like this, its a wonder that I don't look like a transient off the streets.
Its a good thing I'm so paranoid about being late, my over-planning on time really paid off today. I got to practice right as the clock turned to 6:00.
No sweat.

Photoshoot

My friend Rosa and I wanted to take our minds off things on Saturday, so we went for a little photoshoot. This is the result of our play time.
I love Rosa's style of photography and editing and we also share a love for old buildings.
The clothes all belong to me, but Rosa put the outfits together.
Let me know what you think!














Outfit 1
Jeans - Express
T-shirt - Express
Vest - Charlotte Russe
Shoes - Charlotte Russe
Bracelets - Express
Ring - Target

Outfit 2
Dress - Pink by Victoria's Secret
Jeans - Express
Shoes - Charlotte Russe
Necklace - Target
Ring - Target
Scarf - Gift from Sean's mom

If you love Rosa's work and would like pictures of your own, she's given me permission to post her email: rosa.mbw@gmail.com
Tell her Adiel sent ya!

Picky, picky.

As I'm gearing up for the big move at the end of the week, I've been doing a lot of de-junkifying. I've thrown out so much old junk and cleared out a lot of old stuff to be given away.

I came up with two huge bags and a huge box of clothing and such. I decided to give the local consignment shop, Plato's Closet a try. I took EVERYTHING I was getting rid of there, knowing full well how picky they are.

Or so I thought.

I can't even begin to count how many different items I had in those two bags and 1 box, it was probably somewhere around 100 or so.
They took nine items.
Nine.

Apparently I either dress too poorly for Plato's Closet or I just don't take very good care of my clothes.
Ah, it cracked me up that pretty much nothing I had was good enough for them.
Oh well, at least my first experience with Plato's Closet was an interesting one.