LOVE

This outfit is simple perfection! Also, Kendi Everyday is my new favorite blog. Credit.

Fall

This morning while getting ready for work, the boy said he'd never seen me wear pants. Note: I do wear pants, just not very often. I aspire to wear solely skirts and dresses someday, although I do like the occasional skinny jean. Anyway, I put on a pair of dark grey trouser jeans from Banana to wear to work today. They look more like pants than jeans though.

I love this causal fall look. I'd probably pair it with of a pair of oxfords though, perhaps these.



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Vanity Sizing has gotten way out of hand!

Last night at the mall in an attempt for an Apple genius to diagnose my iPhone FAIL after the last update made it run like oxen up a hill, I wandered around for a bit while waiting for my appointment. Not looking for anything in particular, I was lured into the GAP for some reason. Maybe their new ads for the skinniest jeans ever or something like that. Not that I'm even a fan of skinny jeans at the mo, but I digress.

They were having an additional 40% off all sale stuff so I looked through the sparse racks to find a cute pair of white jean shorts, labeled size 2/26. I'm usually a 2 at the GAP so I suspected they would fit. To my dismay and almost disbelief in the fitting room, they were HUGE! Why GAP, why? I know my natural waist is larger than 26 inches and a size 2 should not be big on me. I am 5'4" and about 123lbs on a good day. I consider myself an average sized young woman. I should not fit into a size zero. I'm sure some women would love to be my size but I have friends much smaller than me and I have to wonder, if I need the zero, what sizes are they buying? Baby GAP? Realistically I should be a size 6. I'm sure if my Grandma was my size in say 1980, she would have been a 6. Not a zero. It's an evil marketing scheme and it's probably keeping some people fat. I mean you can parade around thinking you're a size zero as an average sized woman, what is that saying?

I was also at Ann Taylor Loft the other day in search of a dress to wear to a wedding. I found a suitable one in a size 2 Petite that was you guessed it, TOO BIG. I noticed they carried the size 00. What the heck is a double zero. Invisible?

Birthday Art

I've been saving the link to the post with this idea as a draft email since forever ago but decided it needed a new home. Why not here. Love it.

Long time no see blog

Spring has sorta sprung here in Seattle but it's still cold, rainy and wet and has been for the past, oh, too many frikin' days. That said, I've been inspired by some spring-like threads and upcoming festivies I'll want to look pretty for.

I was admittedly inspired to do this post after reading Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP Spring Fashion newsletter.

The first item for spring Gwynnie endorses is military inspired items. I haven't fully gotten behind this trend but it seems to be all the rage. Next up is graphic prints. Now those I can get behind. Third is a solid color dress. Yes! Then florals. Again, yes. And finally a LWD. Now I'll actually have a specific need for one of these babies next month as I'm attending a "White Party" where wearing all white is required, not the people.

Black and White

I'm noticing a pattern here; clearly I'm attracted to black and white stripes. Here's another great outfit from Jessica of What I Wore.

Red Tights

I mainly like this outfit for the tights and shoes. I have a pair of peep-toe booties I never wear because I think they look funny with my toes hanging out, but pairing them bright tights like in the above ensemble is incredibly appealing to me. I think I shall try out the look this weekend with a pair of bright blue Hue tights. Credit.