Trending Next Spring: You're Making Me Blush!

You guessed it! Get ready to dress yourself in shades of blush and rose. This set of colors goes hand in hand with another color trend for next season, which is pastels. I tend to keep these a secret until I uncover them in a post, but mentioning that one was inevitable.

I'm personally not a fan of pink. I can actually only think of two articles of clothing in my entire wardrobe that are pink, and they're both in the blush/rose family, so I'm in luck (one of them is this sweater). I don't have a particularly girly style, so pink was never my thing. That's not to say my style is not feminine, because it is, but I often incorporate a bit of lumberjack chic into my outfits or throw on a pair of Timberlands with a floral skirt (which I did the other day) to toughen it up. Pink was always too soft for me.

If you're like me and are a bit reluctant to wear the cotton candy colored shade (insane alliteration there!), then you're about to be enlightened. If you're already a pink pro (there it is again!), you're about to be shown some new runway-approved ways of wearing the color.

(All photos courtesy of style.com)

Become a pink lady: 

                                  ADAM                                                                             Chanel

        

       

                         Alexander McQueen                                                             Alice + Olivia

        

       

                                   Givenchy                                                                       Jill Stuart
           

Play with soft shades and/or small doses: 


                                     Chanel                                                                           Chloé

        

       

                                   Lanvin                                                                            Jil Sander Navy

                    

                           
                               Louis Vuitton                                                                       Vera Wang

       

        

                               Phillip Lim                                                                         Valentino
            

Vera Wang

In other news...
What's up with this weather, am I right? Snow in October? WHAT IS THIS ABOMINATION? At the beginning of the month, it's 80 degrees, and now it's 43 degrees and snowing. Maybe instead of having a "time of the month" Mother Nature just has a month. I've written/read it so many times in the past few minutes that "month" now sounds stupid and has no meaning.

Halloween's on Monday, no duh, and I have two costumes this year. Flapper by day, metamorphmagus by night. I'm bringing my camera with me so I can show you my costumes. But here's the thing. I also wanna see your costumes. So you can do a few things, if you're interested in showing them to me or having them shown on my blog. You can a) email the photo to me at youreatulle@gmail.com b) post it on my blog's Facebook page c) Instagram it through Twitter if you're just that high-tech or d) all of the above.

The one good thing about this spaztastic weather is that it means that my mom has an excuse to cook. A lot. So far she's made chicken mushroom stew and peanut butter Rice Krispie treats. I, of course, have eaten too many Rice Krispies. It's like King Richard's Faire all over again but instead of kettlecorn, it's Rice Krispies.

Also, Project Runway ended on Thursday, and the outcome is highly controversial. I won't tell you who won, but the final episode was a big shockaroony. If anyone wants to discuss (which I will gladly do with anyone--I made a new Facebook friend by talking about during the show on a friend's wall), Facebook me up (the link is above), Tweet me @looneylovegood3 or email me (email address is also above).

Enjoy your winter day.

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I Wear High Fashion

High Fashion=thrifted Yves Saint Laurent sweater and Missoni For Target blouse.

Remember how I said that I got some of my Missoni For Target goodies a while ago? One of those goodies was a black and white zigzag blouse that I think is a bit too old for me, but I was determined to make it work, in the words of Tim Gunn (the "Project Runway" season finale is tomorrow night--Tim is on my mind). This is the outfit I wore to school on Monday:

(Photos taken by me, my windowsill and my Global History and Integrated Mathematics textbooks.)

Blouse: Missoni For Target

Sweater: YSL via Saver's

Jeans: Levi's

Socks: Spongebob!!! <--Love of my life

Shoes: Christian Siriano for Payless

That's me, awkwardly posing on the stairs. Believe it or not, this was one of the better ones of the bunch. You don't want to know what the others looked like. 

My High Fashion neck area. 

Funny story about this photo: it looks like I was being super model-ish and posing, right? Wrong. I was actually tucking my hair behind my ear at the last second and my arm was photographed on the way down. Seeing it now? 

This is my newly pierced ear. I got my second hole done on Sunday, when my sister was getting her ears pierced for the first time. It's supurrr exciting!! 

And now for the bad news: 

Where was the good news? Let's pretend there was so that this still applies. I didn't win the photo contest. Go figure. I was in 3rd place, and I needed to be in the top two to win. Typiqual Odelia: so close but yet so far. 

Here's the good news: 

My first article as one of the new Fashion Editors for Everybody Is Ugly on Chictopia goes up on Tuesday! I'm in the same category as some the most eclectic fashion bloggers out there, Iris and Daniel. That is actually really exciting and quite humbling. 

I have a science exam tomorrow, so here's where I sign off.
Peace (Love and Baby Ducks).

Inspired By An Era: 1920s

As I was planning one of my (yes, I have more than one) Halloween costumes, I decided I needed some inspiration for my flapper girl costume. I decided to be a flapper during the school day (Halloween at my school is a big deal) and somethin' else at night, which shall be disclosed at a later date. Here are some inspirational photos I found on Google (I haven't quite figured out Tumblr yet):

I hope you were inspired by the gorgeous film photographs and the ease of 1920's clothing. I know I was. 

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR THIS CONTEST:

As you may remember, a photograph of mine was selected as a finalist in the Club Monaco Get Inspired contest. I really want to win. No duh. All you have to do to help a sista out is set your Facebook language to UK English (you won't notice the difference, and ya might like it) because I'm entered in the UK contest. To do that, you have to go to the arrow in the upper right hand corner and click "account settings." The last thing on the list is language, so click "edit" and select "English (UK)" and then go to this link: http://www.facebook.com/clubmonaco?sk=app_224430347610885

...and click the heart next to the picture called "Dirty Jobs." It's a picture of a sign that says "Art is a dirty job but somebody's got to do it." It should be in the third row.


I have until October 26th to get the most votes, but you can only vote once a day. So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote for my picture, if I were to win, I would honestly be the happiest girl on the face of the earth. That doesn't include non-human girls, because I have no idea how happy some ladybug might be.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. I LOVE YOU ALL.

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Trending Next Spring: Show Your True Colors

Thought colorblocking was over? Lies and slander. If anything, colorblocking is back with a vengeance. She was all over the place during the shows--Chloé, Louis Vuitton, Ruffian...errywhere. Mostly Chloé, though. She milked the colorblocked cow for all she's worth. She's worth an entire Spring/Summer 2012 collection, evidently.

Last spring, a big trend was neon colorblocking, but next spring, feel free to block whateva colors you want, girl/boy. Lemme show you how it's done.

(All photos courtesy of style.com)

Say it loud and clear:


                             Christian Siriano                                                            House of Holland
           

                                   Jill Stuart                                                                    Kinder Aggugini
          

                              Nanette Lepore                                                                 Ruffian
          

Tone it down: 


                                  Chloé           (Arizona Muse right next to herself!)          J. Mendel

           

                                 Chloé                                                                           Lanvin

     

    

                                  Chloé                                                                     Louis Vuitton

     

    

I told you Chloé dominated. I actually had nine pictures of evidence from that collection, but only chose three. I wanted to give you several ways to wear said trend. 

Just so you know, I discovered three new trends that I now have to comb my archives for evidence for...awesome. 

Also, my new article for Everybody is Ugly on Chictopia goes up this Thursday--GET PUMPED, EVERYONE! 

Double also: I see a giveaway in (y)our future soon...maybe a little Missoni For Target involved, perhaps?

Triple also (is this allowed?!): As you may remember, a photograph of mine was selected as a finalist in the Club Monaco Get Inspired contest. I really want to win. No duh. All you have to do to help a sista out is set your Facebook language to UK English (you won't notice the difference, and ya might like it) because I'm entered in the UK contest. To do that, you have to go to the arrow in the upper right hand corner and click "account settings." The last thing on the list is language, so click "edit" and select "English (UK)" and then go to this link: http://www.facebook.com/clubmonaco?sk=app_224430347610885

...and click the heart next to the picture called "Dirty Jobs." It's a picture of a sign that says "Art is a dirty job but somebody's got to do it." It should be in the third row.


I have until October 26th to get the most votes, but you can only vote once a day. So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote for my picture, if I were to win, I would honestly be the happiest girl on the face of the earth. That doesn't include non-human girls, because I have no idea how happy some ladybug might be.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. I LOVE YOU ALL.

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Time Travelling

No, I don't actually travel through time. But my head did, the other day.
Let me tell you a story. (When was the last time you heard this?)
This one's really short though.

So the day that I wore the outfit below, I walked out of Global class after first period and my friend Simone was about to go in the same room for second period Global, and she goes, "HIPPIE!!" referring to me. Here's why:


...Because of this headband. I have a secret about this headband. Two actually. 1) it's not mine. It's Lola's. 2) I wore it so that people wouldn't notice the 2nd head growing between my eyes. It seemed to have worked.

Dress, socks and shoes: Urban Outfitters (typiqual that three fifths of my outfit is from there)

Cardigan: Erik Stewart via my mom 

Headband: Lola

I found a new place to take pictures for the time being: the staircase in my hallway. There's a window facing the stairs, and it worked pretty well. At least I'm in focus this time. 

The hard thing about taking pictures in my hallway is that when someone else is walking in the hall it's awkward, because I've got a stack of textbooks and a camera and I'm just chillin' (the textbooks are to prop my camera up on for added height, not to study from).

So focused.

Thermal knee socks are one of the great inventions of the 20th century. And awkward knee juxtaposition is one of my great inventions.

If this dress looks familiar, it's because you've seen it before. Probably several times. Like here, for example. I basically have lived in it for the past few months. The elastic in the waist is worn out, so it feels like a shift dress, while the shirring makes it look like the elastic serves a purpose. It's great. 

My head. 

My foot. 

This is a bit of quick post, because I'm a bit of a lazy bum this weekend. I didn't leave my apartment at all today, and I've been wearing my pajamas for nearly 24 hours. Slightly problematic.

Just a few quick notes, meaning ONE VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:

As you may remember, a photograph of mine was selected as a finalist in the Club Monaco Get Inspired contest. I really want to win. No duh. All you have to do to help a sista out is set your Facebook language to UK English (you won't notice the difference, and ya might like it) because I'm entered in the UK contest. To do that, you have to go to the arrow in the upper right hand corner and click "account settings." The last thing on the list is language, so click "edit" and select "English (UK)" and then go to this link: http://www.facebook.com/clubmonaco?sk=app_224430347610885

...and click the heart next to the picture called "Dirty Jobs." It's a picture of a sign that says "Art is a dirty job but somebody's got to do it." It should be in the third row.

I have until October 26th to get the most votes, but you can only vote once a day. So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote for my picture, if I were to win, I would honestly be the happiest girl on the face of the earth. That doesn't include non-human girls, because I have no idea how happy some ladybug might be.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. I LOVE YOU ALL.

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