FASHION DAILY Photo Challenge Day 7. Nautical

I have had this dress in my closet for almost a year and this is the first time I have worn it!!! That makes me so happy! I purchased it from Goodwill in Florida when I was home visiting my family. When I bought the dress the hem was down by my calves. My mom helped shorten the hem to make it more young and flirty. Whenever you are wanting to wear a vintage dress but feel a little homely in it, shorten the hem line. That instantly changes the look and steers you away from looking dated!

FASHION DAILY Photo Challenge Day 6. lace

I was spending all this time last night going through my clothes, looking at all of my "lace" items, completely forgetting I have the best "lace" inspired item of all. My WEDDING DRESS!!!! This photo was taken in the dressing room of Polkadots and Moonbeams, 5 days before my surprise wedding. It was the third dress I tried on during my last minute hunt for the perfect dress. Everything just seemed to fall right into place. Now, I know you saw the words surprise wedding and I just kind of breezed past it, but that's a whole other story that I promise I will cover soon! Lace has been commonly used for wedding dresses forever, but now lace is commonly used for every occasion. Mixing lace with something that would typically be considered wrong is SOOO right now! Lace on a pair of sneakers, lace on a jean jacket, lace shorts that aren't only worn in the bedroom. Lace has brought the 2012 fashion from the bedroom to the street while being romantic not naughty. ( I know where your head was at). But it's definitely flirty and fun! It didn't take me long to join the lace race.

FASHION DAILY Photo Challenge Day 5. Nails

The last time I remember ever spending this much time on my nails I was in the 5th grade and I was putting a full ROY G BIV rainbow on each finger. Since then nail art has not been a large form of expression. Now every where you look someone is creating innovative nail designs for everyday wear. Nothing seems to be out of the ordinary. I think it's exciting, I just wish I was not such a perfectionist so it didn't take me forever to do a simple two toned manicure! But now with the Sally Hensen nail decals you can spend a couple extra dollars and stick the color on. I have only used them once but I must say they last much longer then any nail polish I have ever used!

FASHION DAILY Photo Challenge Day 4. Chunky

Chunky is IN!!! Today I chose to showcase a chunky necklace, but I had a really hard time deciding that because there are so many different fun "chunky" items to chose from. Such as chunky bracelets, chunky heels, chunky earrings, or rings, chunky scarfs or sweaters, anything knitted, chunky belts. I wanted to say the list goes on and on, but that about covers it all! ;). My advice for accessorizing with something chunky is to start with one item at a time. It can be tricky pairing a chunky item with other accessories. So start simple, go big and bold with one item. It will never be boring. Have fun and play around. Don't be shy, anything chunky will be a statement on its own!

FASHION DAILY Photo Challenge DAY 3. Gold

Now I have to start off talking about about these amazing Gold sequence shorts! These shorts are worth more money then the entire outfit combined because they are Armani Exchange. But don't be fooled, I didn't buy them. they were a costume piece that I wore when I was tour with Ricky Martin last year. At the end of the tour we were allowed to take an item of clothing from our wardrobe. What a gift! Sp lucky, THANK you Ricky! I will be back tomorrow to finish going through the rest of my outfit! I am running out of life on my phone and I am out of town with no charger!!!!

FASHION DAILY PHOTO CHALLENGE DAY 2. Classic

You can never go wrong with classic pieces. Classic is clean, simple, very refined and never dated. That said I purchased this shirt from Urban Outfitters over 5 years ago. The black pencil skirt is from a consignment store that I came across in Manchester last year. And the shoes are from Council Thrift Store on Ventura in Study City.
*There is nothing more Classic then a good black pencil skirt paired with a white button up!* Well...I guess there might be but I'll let my opinion stand!

FASHION DAILY 

PHOTO A DAY CHALLENGE

DAY 1. OVERSIZED

This is my first post for my FASHION DAILY Photo Challenge.  Day 1 is OVERSIZED.  

I deconstructed an out dated, oversized silk/lace blouse that I purchased from Goodwill and wore it over a Gilligan by GOM slip from Target.  I paired it with a stripped oxford shoe from Forever21 and tied it together with my own creation of the western bow tie.  I took an undone skinny tie and clasped it together with a bow hair clip.  Unfortunately I do not have a photo of the blouse before I deconstructed it but the end product has fabric that ties in the back allowing the garment to have more form for my figure. 

: )   I am all about styling without standards.  I shop from anywhere that attracts my creative side while keeping my bank account in mind.  There is no shame in my game. Yes Goodwill and I have a very lovely relationship!!!