Fashion Star....

Are any of you watching the show Fashion Star?  www.nbc.com/fashion-star/ I am really enjoying it.  It is a bit corny at times "Sorry, ____ but you are not our fashion star", and some of the looks we have seen multiple times before, but I love the idea that you can buy the clothing at the end of the show, on line or the next day at these retailers, H&M, Macy's and Saks Fifth Avenue.  I happened to be at H&M the next day after last weeks show and I bought this dress.  It was a little disconcerting that I was in line behind 4 women that were buying the same dress and that millions of Americans have seen this dress on TV.  Anyhow,  I am super excited to wear this on a warm summer evening to a BBQ with a cute denim jacket over it (Who is inviting me to the warm summer night BBQ?) or poolside as a cover up.    I also love the fact that it is made out of jersey knit fabric so it isn't too "fancy".  I also am enjoying their choices of judges.
Give the show a try and let me know what you think.

Comfortable and Cute....a shoe paradox

So whenever I am out shopping in uncomfortable shoes (I have far too many), I tend to look at comfort shoes.  Come on designers they are SOOOOOO ugly!
I happened upon a store called Step on Montana Ave. in Santa Monica which specializes in comfortable and CUTE shoes.
I bought the pair shown in this picture.  Too bad I had my family in tow and a budget otherwise I would have bought more.
The shoes are very comfortable and I am hoping to walk for hours in them.  They are made by Antelope www.antelopeshoes.com, so I checked out their web site and I was surprised I liked many of their shoes, I will also say that many of them scared me.
Unfortunately they set me back $210 which is almost my entire budget for April.

Oh well...

My visit to the Levi's store....(March continued)

Levi Strauss & Co. just says America, even though nothing they sell is made here in America anymore.  Sad, but I guess because it is made outside of the USA where labor costs are lower, is the reason I can stay within this budget for my challenge.

I went into the Levi's store looking for a worn in, tailored, denim jacket for a client and came out with one for her, plus stuff for me.   For $100 walked out with 3 pairs of pants and a denim top.  They were all marked down and then an additional 30% off.    I bought 2 pairs of casual pants, a pair of loose fitting, cropped denim trousers that can be worn with suspenders, and a fitted denim shirt with snaps. ( I will take a picture of the cropped denim trousers when my suspenders come in from eBay. I need to prove to you this look isn't silly).
The denim shirt is going to be a timeless staple in my wardrobe.  I can wear it with this season's colored jeans, open as a jacket over dresses and as a cute top with flowy summer skirts.  I already have a chambray colored denim top but I like this one better.  Maybe it is time for the chambray one to take a trip to the consignment store.....parting is such sweet sorrow.

Not just a boring grey blazer....

March is gone and I still need to tell you about everything I bought so it looks like I will be busy over the next few days.  Let me tell you all about this blazer.  It is made by Gibson and made of jersey knit fabric, with 3/4 length ruched sleeves and my favorite part is that it is longer in the back then in the front.  With all those little details it makes it more fun than the average boring grey blazer.  I wore this on St. Patrick's day with a T-shirt that said "I'm Irish today".  Obviously that was a dressed down way to wear it.  I am also planning on wearing it over dresses and with jeans.  Of course being that I am on a budget I picked it up for $30 on sale.