BURGUNDY AND WHITE COLLAR

Although we like this look better with the jacket, we wanted to show you what was going on underneath. The sweater and blouse combo was very much inspired by the Valentino collars we've been seeing. It's also heavily influenced by the Chanel line that just showed. White collars are all the rage at the moment so we had to get in on the action. The skirt length and cut was inspired by the burberry prorsum skirts and this photo. Burgundy is having quite the moment this fall and you're surely not done seeing us sport it. Our sweater is old from H&M (but we think this one is ultra fab and that you should buy it), white blouse underneath is thrifted (but similar here), blue full skirt is also thrifted (similar here). T-Strap leather sandals are from a store called Strawberry in NYC (no online store) and sadly can't find much similar, so be on the look out!

A DAY AT THE ZOO

We had a rather hard weekend in our musical lives. It's strange how something fun like going to the zoo can seem like ages ago now. But in the moment, our time at the zoo was happy and careless. And so we'll move forward with our post today. 

These are two of the lovely ladies we caught over our weekend outing. The third (and truly lovely lady) you'll see on Wednesday. We loved the first look with her green socks and camo boots, paired with the canvas and leather bag. The last look we loved for the black leather jacket paired with maxi skirt and awesome quilted bag.  We were appreciative of both looks since we realized that not many people tend to dress terribly stylishly at the zoo. And really, that's all right. We all have our moments when certain outings are just laid back. Oh! And keep a look out for the last look on Wednesday....

TAYLOR SWIFT - A Vision in Sky Blue

Well I guess our mother was right when she used to say that "blondes look good in blue." Taylor looked pretty amazing here in both looks of that color. Here at the bottom, she's in a Pre-Fall dress by Elie Saab which she wore while attending his Spring collection in Paris a couple of weeks ago. It looks like she decided to stay in town a bit longer to film her newest music video called "Begin Again" (don't you wished you looked so cool on a bike?).  We haven't had a more modest celebrity post in a while, so we figured we'd let you in on some of Taylor's wanderings as of late. I think we'll be taking note of the sky blue and red lips in the near future....

EDGY MATERNITY

Surprise! Someone's pregnant here! You've probably been wondering where Desirae's been on these pages, and to tell you the truth she's been sick to death. You can't tell at all here but Desirae is two weeks from her final trimester! (For non-pregnant folks, that's almost at the 6 month mark.) She's always been so so tiny in her waist that we have no idea where the baby is, but it's in there and it's measuring completely normally.  

So onto the look here. Who says you've gotta be prim while you're pregnant? We say not so! Also, the trick to not necessarily having the whole world wanna touch your belly is to keep things more loose up top. We've been loving all of our super loose tops as of late that Desirae figured, why not just take them into her maternity wear? So she bought all maternity skinny jeans and kept all of her tops. Although she can't necessarily do the half tuck anymore (which we LOVE doing), she can keep it skinnier on bottom. What's also key in this look is the shorter moto jacket. Playing with two different lengths (shorter jacket, longer shirt) on top definitely brings the attention away from the "touch my belly" syndrome. Also, the buffalo plaid shirt makes it all sort of mysterious as well. Of course there are days where you wanna show the "I'm a pregger chick" off, but this isn't necessarily one of those days (sometimes people touching your belly is just...well...awkward). The jacket is Zara, H&M plaid top, Target bag, H&M black maternity skinny jeans, and Forever21 combat boots. Want a similar look on the cheap? Try these...Jacket, Shirt, Boots, Bag.

RED PANTS

Here's a little street style for your Wednesday. And we must tell you how much we are loving the red pants here. We think basing the whole outfit in neutrals and letting the red speak for itself is a rather nice touch. Although this is our sis-in-law, we definitely wish we could ask her where everything is from, but eh hem...one of us may be writing this at 1 in the morning. So we'll suffice it to say that she looks cool in her many well-picked pieces.

WHAT WE WORE - Utah Opera, Il Trovatore

 

Images of the most recent Chanel (Spring 2013) runway were definitely in my mind when I put together this look. No Chanel runway is complete without the famous boucle jacket. But it was the pairing of the huge, pearl, bauble necklaces all over the line that stuck with me while dressing the other night. Although my necklace is no where near such a statement piece as those, I do think it kinda gets the idea across. I had another look ready to go pairing black lace with chiffon (Dolce and Gabbana inspired) but decided that I wear a lot of black. So, white it was! I thought about amping up the heels, but in the end decided to keep them understated.  Chiffon dress is from a NY boutique (and is surprisingly old in my closet), jacket is thrifted, shoes are Aldo (also old), and the necklace was from the nicer Target jewelry lines a few seasons ago. By the way, this white chiffon dress is quite amazing and is only $30! Pair with this white boucle jacket or this one from Zara and you too can complete the look. And why not add a nice big bauble necklace while you're at it?