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

heeeeeeyy guys.  miss us?  after taking a very long, and much needed posting break, we are back! yay. after this little hiatus i wanted to start things off by posting these j brand jeans, where for every pair of colored jeans sold, they are donating 100% of the net proceeds to City Year, which is an organization to help keep kids in school.

so, anyway, on to the actual jeans.  these things are buttery soft, and fit so well!  i’ve been wearing them everywhere.  i loved the orange ones for the summertime, and am finding these hunter green ones go with everything.  especially the muted leopard print.

alright, everyone!  i’m off for a work trip to hartford for the rest of the week.  have a great week!

jbrand jeans in vine (gifted by jbrand), vintage coat and sweater, vintage gucci purse, a common thread rectangle necklace, lucky penny oxford shoes, cheap monday sunglasses

yay!  joelle and i survived the hurricane.  with only a little bit of rain and some scattered leaves on the street, i think i managed to see the tiniest fraction of the storm.  in any case, all is pretty much back to normal today and it’s gorgeous out! 

this is going to be quick post today.  i’m such a collector of chevron things and just made this zig zag necklace this past week (having earthquakes and hurricanes gives you a lot of free time at home). 

vintage shirt, sunglasses and skirt; madewell purse; rachel comey sandals gifted by neiman marcus

after a particularly hard long but short week at work, i’ve finally excited to be sitting in my bed at home and finding a scrap of time to post!  in addition to normal work, and planning for a holiday weekend, joelle and i party planned a farewell party for one of our dearest co-workers.  in the end, everything came together spectacularly but it’s been a stressful week!

i bought this dress last week on a whim from the lovely shop Fair Season, thinking ‘this reminds me of joelle’.  sure enough, when it came in the mail and i tried it on, my boyfriend comments “you look like a virgin child bride”….aka something joelle would wear.  to confirm the child-bride suspicions, these little pockets, adorable as they may be, are completely made for little child hands. 

also new (it was a busy shopping week!) is this vintage bracelet, and a pair of super long chain earring i whipped up before work earlier this week.  i’ll probably be adding a few more of these to the shop soon!

have a great holiday weekend everyone!!

vintage dress from fair season; rachel comey shoes c/o neiman marcus; vintage sunglasses and bracelet’ a common thread earrings

last weekend, when it was particularly humid and hot out, my boyfriend was obsessed with showing off his new ‘summer jeans’.  first, when heading out to dinner, he made everyone look at the stripes on the inside lining (“see, summer stripes”) and later when sitting out on the hot patio exclaiming about how cool his chambray jeans were (“these jeans are so cool.  everyone needs summer jeans.”)  by the end of the night, he’d pretty much convinced everyone at the table the need for these things, and i kinda secretly wanted my own. 

so, earlier this week, while digging through my closet, i was pretty happy to come across my very own pair of chambray sailor pants.  i’d completely forgotten about these guys! i love that they are so dramatic.  and……as much ‘summer jean’ talk i endured last weekend, i have to admit they are kinda great.

the length of these require some sort of heel that doesn’t make the legs look all short and stubby. and i’ve been waiting for so long to pull out these rachel comey sandals that i picked up a few months ago.  after much fretting, i picked these up with the gift card neiman marcus generously gave us during the tumblr fashion week extravaganza.  wise decision; i love these things.

j. brand ‘skipper in atlantic’ jeans c/o j.brand; vintage shirt & purse; rachel comey platform sandals c/o neiman marcus; cheap monday clairvoyant sunglasses