The Fashionista Lab

I love that my first ever matching bag/shoes are this crazy bright floral from Liberty fabrics. I’m always interested to see what they do with J. Crew, but I’ve never found a print that I love on an item I also want. But as soon as this bag came out earlier this year, I jumped [...]

The day before I flew to New York I was lucky enough to attend a pre-luncheon celebrating AAU’s fashion graduates. 1. A collaboration between fashion and architecture students was on display at the reception. 2. Drawings by Gladys Perint Palmer, the Academy of Art’s Executive Director of Fashion, lined the entryway into the lunch. She [...]

1. Friday was epic. I went to the Morris-Jumel Mansion for The Loves of Aaron Burr: Portraits in Corsetry and Binding; the Metropolitan Museum of Art for Punk: Chaos to Couture and Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity (I liked the latter more than the former); AND to the Prada SoHo store to see costumes from the [...]

This weekend I went to American Apparel and stocked up on cropped white tees. I want this to be my new look! Basically, cropped tees over midi/maxi skirts, or regular loose tees over fitted pencil skirts. And fun shoes. I’m still in the process of paring down my wardrobe and only wearing what I truly [...]

As mentioned in a recent post, I’m going through a total purge phase. But that’s only half of it. Not only am I purging, I’m trying to really focus my wardrobe: what makes me happy, what do I look great in, and what is unique about my personal style? One definite answer that I’ve come [...]

Mixing prints is something you can always do on your own, but I love it even more when it all happens in one piece. Hope you had an excellent St. Paddy’s day. I’ve had a rough couple of weeks and can’t wait to head to a friend’s bachelorette party in D.C. this weekend (cherry blossom [...]

“Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking.” Gaaahhhhh I love Miranda Priestly and I quote her every chance I get (sadly, not often). But she is wrong, so wrong! Florals for spring are wonderful. Florals are always wonderful, it all depends on how you do it. Just keep your flowers fresh! 1. Something Else (via Need Supply) // [...]

It’s hard to tell, but the dress has sequins all over so combined with a sparkly necklace it was a very shiny ensemble. I actually wore this outfit on my birthday a couple of months ago (just never posted until now), because I figured if I were ever going to get away with so much daytime [...]

Mondays tend to be a day for maxi dresses and the comfiest of shoes – which for me, usually start with a “T”: Tieks (which I wore with my maxi dress this week), or TOMS, a couple of weeks ago. It’s the easiest thing for my brain to process at the beginning of the week. [...]