HOLIDAY PARTY MATERNITY

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year you guys! With all the holiday loveliness we forgot about you for a minute. But here's a taste of what Desirae will be wearing on New Year's Eve (well if she feels up for it). We thought this was a great balance of sweet, with the lace, and edgy, with the leather. And ultimately it reminds us of this dress from Zara that we both about died over. Desirae's dress is H&M, jacket is Zara and shoes will be highlighted soon with another look. But until then, just suffice it to know that we LOVE them. 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS ALL YOU LOVELIES!

EMMA STONE IN DANIEL VOSOVIC

Although this look is a bit short, we couldn't resist how cute she looks. It's also inspiration in color. (We'll have to try the nude with grey combo soon.) It also led us into finding more about the designer, who we are loving at the moment. We'll definitely show you more looks of his in the future. Until then, enjoy!

OUR TAKE ON VALENTINO SS '13

So you saw us post about the Valentino Spring 2013 collection here. Now you get to see the look that inspired this post. The actual Valentino blouse is sold here, but we'd rather spend that amount in different areas of life. So we created our own blouse with a white button down, black high neck sheer blouse and black fitted tee underneath. If you're a bit of a seamstress you could always take an old white button down and cut the collar and cuffs. We just liked our blouse and white button down too much to do that to them :(. Anyway, we put it together with our black chiffon skirt (similar here) and called it our Valentino. 

(By the way, there are always nicer, pricier version of items that are similar to ours.  We don't know about you guys,  but we're always looking for a deal. Let us know if you'd like us only to put the nicer stuff, or do you guys even look at the links? Just trying to gauge the quality of what you all would like, because it's really much easier to find the more expensive items.)

MARA MODEST DRESS GIVEAWAY WINNER

Melissa Richardson with the name "Snow Blossom"

Sorry the drum roll lasted for 3 days, but we just heard from Marina over at Mara Modest.

Thank you all so much for entering!

 Melissa please contact Marina at Marina@modestmara.com to claim your dress!

FASHION ADVICE - The Vince Camuto Boot

We were both asked from a friend the other day about a pair of Vince Camuto boots she had bought but had no idea how to style (found here). We thought for a bit and realized that they were a bit difficult to style. On top of it, she specifically said she didn't want to look like "a cougar." After this statement we had a break through. We thought, "think Zina," or Urban Outfitters. A "cougar" (lol) would pair those boots with bedazzled jeans and big flashy jewelry (think housewives of orange county). Zina and Urban Outfitters would pair them with skinny jeans and more boho pieces like the images above (Zina is bottom right, all the rest are Urban Outfitters).

So we're thinking of having fashion advice be a more regular segment on this site. What do you guys think? If you're confused as to how to style a recent purchase, older item in your closet, or vintage find, send us a picture at Desiandmel at gmail dot com. We'll put together a little mock-up for you and feature it on the blog!
Let's have some fun!

SNOW BOOTS - Wearing the UGG Hoka winter boot

When Ugg emailed us about their new boot featuring the Hoka technology (a rolled toe and heel technology) we had to check it out. This is the Celiste boot (you can find the collection and this particular boot here). We decided to go for a little winter hike in them and we must admit they are pretty dang cool. They're surprisingly light for being a pretty hefty boot. By the way, this is not your typical UGG boot, people. These things would get you through some pretty crazy winter weather (including in cities). We're definitely gonna be breaking them out again for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival coming up. We're also so happy with their comfort that we bought another UGG boot that we can't wait to show you guys. So step away from the wellies (not much grip can get crazy in the snow) and get yourself a good winter boot. I'm itching to get these things to Yellowstone in the winter (yep, that's Melody's winter trip for next year). (Also... wishing Desirae was there to tie my scarf. I'm so bad at tying scarves. Also wish it had a bit of color like this.)

Stay tuned for the Mara Modest Dress giveaway winner! Sorry we're slow, we'll be announcing it tomorrow....(drum rolllll)