Happy Travels

Turkey Day in Turkey this year!  It was rad.  We stayed in the Sultanhamet district, which I thought was a bit like Paris mixed with Brooklyn.  It was such a different scene, so ancient and beautiful and contradictory.  It was a little frosty the entire trip, so I bundled up and hopefully looked halfway chic doing so.  Here's a shot I really dig:

[Photo cred:  Alex @thewanderlustguy on Insta.  Bag- Longchamp.  Pea coat- Thread & Supply.  Scarf- H&M.]

And then of course I started memory tripping on past trips abroad.  Here's a hotel lobby shot I dug up from Barcelona back in March of 2013:

[Chambray top- Express.  Bag- F21.  Skirt- Bluefly.com.  Leopard flats- H&M.  Watch- Marc by Marc Jacobs.]

Speaking of cold, here's one from Paris around the same time.  It's my fave city (after home sweet L.A., of course), and I loved the serene beauty of the snow cover.  But I think I will stick to spring and summer trips there from now on.

[Pea coat- Guess.  Scarf- Nordstrom.  Jeggings- J Brand.  Riding boots- Vince Camuto.]

Spice World

Working through my backlog of pics I've been meaning to write about.  Here's one taken earlier this year when I was narrowing down outfits to take on a Vegas trip.  I had actually picked up this dress on a previous Vegas trip, at the Express in Caesar's Palace, because this reminded me of the little Gucci dress worn by Posh in the Spice World movie.  Girl Power til the end!

[The dress didn't make the cut.  Maybe next time.]

Wide Leg Pants

No, I'm not referring to the atrocious 90s era Kikgirl or JNCO pants we all wore as kids, but won't admit we wore.  I'm talking about the dressy, classic look of high-waisted pants with impossibly wide leg openings.  Case in point:

I'm a firm believer in dressing to flatter one's body shape, and I used to think that I lacked the right body shape to pull off this look.  Annalynne McCord, the chick from The Hills, and Bar Rafaeli above all are rail thin and have long legs.  If women with this body shape wear wide leg pants, the extra draping fabric of the pants will not make them look like elephants. My concern was that the extra fabric would widen my less-than-rail-thin frame, rather than flatter it.

Then I thought, eff it, I'll try it out anyway.  Here are two attempts:

[Top- Express.  Pants- Nordstrom.  Shoes- Asos.com.  Watch- La Mer Collection.  Belt- Took this off a coat dress I already had.]

[Jumpsuit and Belt- Love Culture.  Platform shoes- Steve Madden.  Watch- La Mer Collection.]

In both attempts, I wore high shoes.  I thought that this created the effect of elongating my frame.  I'm so pleased with the look, that I am on the hunt for the perfect camel-colored wide leg pants.  Future post!

Fashion Fail: Part II

Sometimes I go for drinks with my old work buddies at this hipster bar off Beverly and La Cienaga called the Roger Room.  The Rog has a vintage, Prohibition-era vibe, and all the bartenders and staff wear these cool outfits with collared shirt, suspenders and oxfords.  This was the primary inspiration for this outfit.  I wore this to work a few months ago, and I intended for this to be a preppy look, with a splash of 1920's.

[Cardigan- Marciano.  Shirt- Express.  Suspenders & Skirt- F21.  Shoes- Hinge  by Halogen.  Knee highs- Asos.com.]

In retrospect, I think this may have been less "Prohibition-era Prep," and more "Oktoberfest wench."  I regret nothing.

Winter Wonderland

I think I've written before about my utter disdain for cold weather.  It took forever this year, but it finally looks like winter in L.A. By that, I mean it's not consistent 80-degree weather anymore.

I was hanging out at the Grove yesterday, and this is what it looked like.  The white stuff is fake snow that the mall turned on.  The machines were shooting it out left and right, from the rooftops of Nordstrom, J.Crew, and the Italian restaurant.  Yes, that is the only way this city produce a winter- fake it til you make it!  I with a friend who went to school in Boston, and I'm from Colorado.  So we had to laugh at the fact that this place has to fake something that makes life a living (cold) hell in other parts of the country. 

Anyway, here's my best impression of a cold person in L.A.:

[Coat and Bag- Marciano, Gloves- Vintage, Shoes- Express, Necklace (it is actually a hair band) -Bloomingdale's]