Close your eyes and think about your 15-year-old self. If you could go back in time and give her some advice, what would it be? It gets better? Don’t be so hard on yourself? Focus more on books than boys? You are beautiful, give it a year or two and the rest of the world… Continue Reading A Conversation With Yourself
I’m not going to become a lifestyle blog, but I have read and seen and listened to some pretty fantastic and interesting things lately (and some not so awesome but popular things) and wanted to share. My friend Nicole calls her music reviews All Up in My Earholes and I love that; this is my… Continue Reading What My Brain Has Been Absorbing
Do you love blogging your personal style but don’t know how to get your blog off the ground? Do you find blogging fun but know nothing about coding, Photohop, and the technical aspects of blogging? Are you a brand new blogger and unsure how to make your blog look the ways other blogs look? You… Continue Reading Not Fashion Related: Blogging 101
Shirt: Gap | Skirt: c/o Soft Surroundings | Boots: DUO | Bracelets: c/o lifetherapy, c/o Soft Surroundings, made by fellow Inforooster | Sunglasses: Ray-Ban Another day that started with rain. Too hot for tall boots and skinny jeans, so I decided to whip out my festie boots. I bought these from DUO Boots in 2007… Continue Reading Boot Scootin’
Growing up, my mom made a lot of my sister and my clothes. Easter dresses, corduroy overalls for playtime, Halloween costumes, even my prom dress was made by my mom. When my mom was a single career girl in New York, she sewed the majority of her office fashion (and even made a patchwork bedspread… Continue Reading True Fashionista: Erica Bunker Interview
Shirt: c/o Foxcroft | Pants: Tahari | Ascot: Belonged to my Dad | Watch: c/o WatchCo | Bracelets: Nordstrom, had forever, JewelMint | Shoes: MICHAEL Michael Kors “Flex” Some outfits are lost in translation, especially when it’s a rainy day and you have to take your pictures inside and a wet dog decides to shake… Continue Reading Lost in Translation
I can’t imagine wearing boots to a music festival! I saw your post on Inforoo saying you wear them but it seems so hot I plan to wear some TOMS what’s the benefit of boots?-family: I know you’ve been to music festivals before, what do you recommend for shoes? I’ve been to Bonnaroo several times,… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Music Festival Fashion with Boots
Dry shampoo has become a big thing these days. It extends a blow out, protects your color by allowing more time between washings, adds texture and fullness, and colored dry shampoos can hide roots and gray hairs. It seems that every brand has one, and it feels that in the past couple of years I… Continue Reading FOUND! My Holy Grail Dry Shampoo
Kimono Jacket: Tildon | Tee: Old Navy | Jeans: c/o Liverpool Jeans Company | Shoes: Miss Sixty (similar) | Navy bracelets: c/o lifetherapy | Silver cuff, necklaces: random mix I’ve had forever | Earrings: Nordstrom (similar) | Bag: Banana Republic via eBay (similar) | Cute child: Mah Bellay Part of me thought about having the… Continue Reading Distraction