after months and months of not being remotely interested in shopping, i decided that i needed new shoes.  and a new dress.  and 5 more pair of shoes.  and a purse.  i tend to take these things in spurts, and now my downstairs neighbor probably thinks i’m some sort of shipping distributor from all of the packages i get in the mail.  oh, and even though i live in NYC, i pretty much do all of my shopping online.  ebay and etsy are the best, and even stores like madewell and zara are in the city, why would i get out of my pajamas when they want to bring me everything to my doorstep for free?

so….my favorite purchase?  these black prada heels.  always in need of work stuff that isn’t overly frumpy these are pretty perfect.  simple and straightforward but a pretty modern shape which helps balance out all of the vintage i wear.

another purchase?  this witchy black dress (a vintage calvin klein find on etsy) that made me feel particularly stevie nicks-esque.

with lots of work travel recently, i’m finally able to use all of the little totes, bags and fun stuff that came along last fashion week.  my favorite is this little zipper bag from the alexa chung/madewell collaboration. it even has cats!  it’s the perfect size for toting my jewelry around. 

…….which leads me to this new necklace i made.  small, layered rectangles, which unfortunately is now sold out in the shop! 

thrifted prada heels, vintage calvin klein dress and evan picone blazer, cynthia vincent grocery tote purse, a common thread rectangle necklace, vintage sunglasses, alexa chung for madewell tote c/o madewell

lucilleduquette:

today’s post will be a quick one, featuring the very first outfit photos i’ve taken in my new neighborhood. this is on the corner of my block. one day soon i’ll take a bunch of non-outfit photos there, to show you how pretty the area is. i suppose to most people it won’t look very impressive- it resembles either an east-coast beach town, or a midwestern suburb. but in the center of brooklyn, it IS impressive, with block after block of old victorian houses.

i’m trying to leave work early today, so i can enjoy the pre-hurricaine weather and spend some time either here:

prospect park dog beach - harper is crazy about swimming

or here:

coney island

i want to enjoy my options before i’m stuck inside, forced to work on my apartment. have a great weekend!

very old suede halter top, vintage skirt, prada nude shoes, mulberry alexa bag

lucilleduquette:

this past weekend, i headed to naples, florida, for my little brother’s wedding. i meant to take some photos of the dress i saved up for the day, from erin fetherston (copycatted from kelly who wore it here). however, i spent the trip alternatingly having fun with my family, and sweating grumpily beneath many beach towels while they laid out in the sun. that left no time for photos.

i thought i would share a few pictures from the wedding day on barefoot beach. above are my shoes- some plain prada peep toes with added shoe clips, and my boyfriend’s margielas. we bought these on the same day at the same secondhand store.

here we are trying to see who can jump higher. there are other photos in which i’m trying to push him down so he can’t jump, but those didn’t look very graceful.

my sisters and i enjoy dressing up and making fools of ourselves.

my dad and i were fighting over who was going to look prettier in the photo.

the wedding was so beautiful. i wish i could post photos of my new sister-in-law walking down the aisle looking radiantly happy.. but here’s just one of her and my brother after the ceremony. it was a great day. in fact, it was so much fun that the next morning i said to my mom “i wish there was another wedding today!”, to which she replied “well… i sure WISH another one of my kids would get married. hint hint I MEAN YOU!!!” very subtle mom, very subtle.

erin fetherston caroline dress, prada shoes, absolutely audrey shoe clips (c/o)