In the warmer months I get creative with my shoes. Yellow wedge sandals? Why not? Silver Birkenstocks? An unexpected staple! But come fall and winter, my shoe collection gets far simpler and more utilitarian. This is my current cold weather shoe wardrobe for 2014/2015: 1. Sneakers. Now that I’m walking almost every morning, my… Continue Reading My Must-Have Shoes for Fall and Winter
Dress: LOFT | Tights: Spanx | Shoes: Jessica Simpson | Bag: HOBO (similar) I picked this dress up about a month ago and love its easy one-step dressing. The dress is advertised as a mini dress so I went with a Regular Large to have more length. It’s sort of ponte, sort of sweatshirt material… Continue Reading What I Wore: Seeing Spots
Sales, sales, everywhere is sales… yes I am changing the lyrics to this song (which is a cover of this original) but there’s some insanely good sales going on this weekend that I just HAD to share with you. Old Navy – 25% Off At Old Navy, get 25% off your entire purchase with the… Continue Reading Weekend Sale Shopping
Tuesday’s post about white tee shirts got me thinking. I believe we all have a number, that price we won’t cross for certain items for our closet. I often read interviews with style icons and they’ll say how they scrimp for X but splurge for Y, and often I feel the complete opposite about those… Continue Reading Scrimp or Splurge – What’s Your Number?
Hey Allie, you mentioned wanting a wrap coat this winter on the blog so I thought it might be appropriate to take this moment to send you some pics of the wrap coat I bought last winter and have been struggling to style – and ask for your advice! I really like the exaggerated collar… Continue Reading Ask Allie: What Scarf with a Wrap Coat?
Can you possibly help style Loft’s Lou & Grey Ottoman Stripe Dress in Intense Burgundy? Love the dress but am struggling with what to wear in the cooler months of Autumn. Thanks SO much! What a cute dress (also available in two other color combinations), how did I miss this during my many trips to… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Styling a Summer Dress for Fall and Winter
When some things become popular I really wonder what trendsetters were smoking. This is especially true when commonplace things have a fancy name slapped on them and they’re suddenly worth $500. I’m not going to spend my hard-earned money to advertise YOUR brand, especially if I can find similar at Target for a bundle less.… Continue Reading Why Would Someone Pay $150 for a White Tee Shirt?
Since I’m in my 60’s now, I am uncomfortable in dresses without hosiery. Is it ok to wear them now? Or is bare legged still the trend? Three cheers for Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge who brought nude hose back en vogue. While the bare legged trend isn’t going anywhere, because of Kate there’s far more… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Are Pantyhose Stylish?
I’m slowly filling in holes in my wardrobe. Though I lost some weight from Whole30 I am still not the same shape and size I was last winter so I need to do a bit of purchasing. I’m also noticing how some of my “classic” items aren’t all that classic. For example, Monday morning I… Continue Reading Recent Purchases: Hits and Misses