The Fashionista Lab

A note about this outfit, and January in general: The next several outfit posts will introduce a lot of new items. Between finally having a paycheck and the Black Friday/Cyber Monday/after-Christmas sales, December was kind of one huge shopping spree. That was okay. After a year and a half of frugality, getting tired of my [...]

Lately I’ve been experimenting with my hair. I’m waiting to grow out this current color before choosing a new one, but in the meantime I’m trying to incorporate my roots into hairstyles to in an attempt to make them seem more intentional. As for the outfit, brunch was a last-minute thing, so I threw on [...]

I didn’t expect to post this outfit. It was something I really just threw together, but I received so many compliments I figured it might actually warrant a post. This illustrates one of my personal wardrobe philosophies: looking good isn’t all about wearing “nice” or “fancy” things, or being “dressed up” all the time. It’s [...]

Over the past few years more and more of my friends have been getting married. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned from listening to their stories, it’s this: everything is more expensive when it’s for a wedding. A recently engaged friend looked at a venue where renting the space for a photo shoot cost [...]