Tall knee-high boots with knee-high socks - Style #1

I have again ran into one of these modes where I feel like I don't have anything to wear. That is why I have decided to learn to mix and match as much as possible which will allow me to enjoy my outfits without breaking the bank. In other words, you will be seeing more of those numbered posts. If there are more Styles numbered 3 than styles numbered 1 over time, that means I am on the right track. If not, that means I am back to my old ways of wearing one outfit over and over again.

I like the colors of my socks and boots to be present in my outfit so I picked brown corduroy jacket and brown/cream checkered(very small) pleaded dress. At the same time, it was getting to be too matchy-matchy so I spiced it up with red leather gloves and a red animal print clutch. I hope you like it!

xoxo,

Teodora

Corduroy Jacket - BCBG

Brown Leather Boots - Enzo Angiolini

Red Animal Print Clutch - Nine West

Scarf - Collection18

Dress - Gianni Binni

 

 

 

 

Hello, leopard!

I was looking online for ideas how to wear animal print and I got a little confused. Generally, they recommend pairing animal prints with minimal jewelry and solid colors (usually black). More fashion forward looks feature pairing with denim, stripes, and and different color animal prints. I felt most comfortable somewhere in the middle. I can't wait to play more with this skirt from ASOS. How do you style animal prints?

Skirt - ASOS

Shirt -bebe

Sweater - BCBG

Sunglasses - Kate Spade

Shoes - Guess

Jewelry - Talbots, Betsey Johnson

Mixin' 101

I wish I could say that matching and mixing different colors and patterns comes to me naturally. Alas, it does not. However, since I have started my blog, I have been more willing to dive into the sea of patterns and be more experimental. This outfit is pretty much as far as I would go as of this point and it is something I would have not done before. Specifically, dress shirt in purple stripes and gray sweater with lace. Surely matching gray with black would have made me comfortable back then but sounds quite boring now. What makes mixing patterns easier?

- Mixing patterns from the same color family (blues in this case)
- Looking at small patterns as solids. You know how you can read and understand something written in reverse order. I think the brain works the same way with small patterns and can see them as solids (gray skirt in this case).
- Space out pieces of similar/same color or pattern (white shirt breaks up the gray skirt and gray sweater).

I can't wait to take my outfits to the next level.

xoxo,

Teodora

Shirt - Banana Republic

Sweater - BCBG

Skirt - Target

Shoes - Kelly & Katie from DSW

Jewelry - Betsey Johnson, Talbots

The Ultimate Summer Dress

It was a long time before I got the confidence to wear this dress - as you can see it is kind of short. But there is nothing that a summer resort town, a tropical drink and a little tan can't fix :) I don't think I own a piece of clothing that feels better on my skin than this simple and minimalist summer dress. 

xoxo, Teodora

Dress - BCBG

Sandals - Ralph Lauren

Clutch - Red by Marc Ecko