Enseble du Jour - 6-25-10

After pink three days in a row, I turned to neutrals on Friday.



The top is a v-neck cardigan in taupe paired with a feather printed skirt from, you guessed it, Anthropologie again. I used to shop at Anthropologie a lot obviously. Yikes.

I do love the pattern of this skirt. It's all different tones and tpes of feathers and had overlapping seams with raw edges.



But who am I kidding... it was all about the shoes.



I put up a quick post on Friday about them but here are some prettier shots.



You can open these up to full size.

They really are spikey and wonderful.

You can see why I felt that they were much more fabulous than I was that day.

The cardigan top is from Target, the skirt from Anthropologie and the shoes are Christian Louboutin Freddy oxfords.

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So even though I have a crummy camera, don't think I'm photogenic at all and am too embarrassed to ask someone to take better pics of me, I'm doing a real live here I am in the outfit post. Disclaimer, disclaimer, disclaimer.

Anyway.

On Wednesday, I was getting ready for work and I opened up my armoire. I had on green and thought "maybe I should wear my cute boater." But then I didn't. Why? Because I thought people would think I was a bit silly for wearing my hat.

WTF???

Well, that meant I had to wear one of my new vintage hat finds from the weekend. I have big plans for the hot pink fascinator, so that will have to wait until NYC (TWO WEEKS!!!) but I could wear the other one. A really neat pilbox-y brown hat with a big feather poof!

The outfit was the almost retro-looking plaid jacket and skirt from Target. I paired that with a Proenza Schouler for Target brown camisole. Here it is sans hat:



And with hat:



This hat is a bit silly but I love love love it!

It's it great condition and just fun.

I do need to fix the ribbon that goes around the peak but other than that it is perfect.

For shoes I wore this great pair of Enzo Angiolini peep-toes. They are suede and a sort of lace material.

Just a lovely girly shoe that fits great, is comfortable and, with the peep-toe and bow, adds to the retro vibe.

A perfect example of what I love - classic shape with a unique twist.

Oh, I also took today, Friday off, and got my hair cut. I cut a lot off the length and look! Bangs!

I think this weekend is going to be Seasonal Swap weekend. I'm sure that means I will be totally sick of half of what I own and realize I have nothing to wear with the other half. It is dangerous to do this right before going to NYC. I will have to ensure I don't blow all my money while I'm up there.

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The Outfit

I finally, finally got around to wearing my Alexandra Neel feather heels. I had been thinking about returning them but well, to heck with that!

They are a bit delicate and worrisome because the feathers are touching the ground. More so than they look in the photos of them.

I wore a khaki pencil skirt and my dark teal cardigan. Simple, but I like the color combo.



The Focal Point

This outfit is all built around the color in the feathers. Here they just look cream and brown but actually they have a lot of the blue-green in them. Sadly, the flash washes them out a bit.



See how low these feathers are:



I had to do a new polish color with these. The Summery hot pink was just not working out.



Okay, I'm off to get NYC supplies!!!!

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The Outfit
I was all dressed this morning and on my way to work. I had planned on wearing my Alexander McQueen skirt from YOOX, then, as I started to leave I felt something hitting my leg.

Yeah. It was the stupid security sensor tag!!!!!

And I can't take the frigging thing into a store to get it taken off. So, as much as I wanted to wear it today, I had to do a last minute switch to what I actually wore.

I pulled out this little skirt from Anthropologie and my scoopneck tee from Target.



What I liked about the skirt was the feather pattern and the overlapping pieces of fabric with distressed edges which give it more of a texture matching the pattern.



I also added one of my new Target beaded necklaces. I like the texture but this does tend to lose little fibers as you wear it.



The Focal Point
I can't say that I have one really because I was so annoyed by the stupid stupid tag. The skirt pattern set the tone for everything else. I haven't worn this skirt since last summer and I may have actually worn these sandals with it. Hmmm...

These cute Jimmy Choo sandals have a funny story with them. We were visiting Orlando with my in-laws a while back. I love the Jimmy Choo store there and we just had to pop-in to see what they had.

Uh oh, big sale.

I was trying on these leopard print sandals and another pair of these cafe au lait sparkly sandals and just couldn't decide which to get.





My M-i-L surprised me by saying she would get one pair so I could get the other. Whoo Hoo!

As we were paying the hubby and my F-i-L walked in and essentially were like "Aaack! What's going on here?!?"

Busted!

I had to profess my innocence. I swear I didn't do any mind tricks or anything.







Then later that night they were asking us how much the shoes cost (always a dangerous question, right?). When we finally 'fessed up, my F-i-L said, "I thought the would have been more."

I said, "Let's go back to the store right now!"





Aren't they delightful? I soooo love them. Thanks again, guys!

Smooches!

Living with Disappointment

So I was going to write this whole post about how much I really really love these feather heels from Alexander McQueen....



and how they aren't making them and I'll never get these delightful shoes that I'm pining away for....



and how lovely these Alexandra Neel heels are...



and how they would be a great substitute since I'll probably never see the McQueens ...



But then I realized - I already had!

The update is, though, the Alexandra Neels went on a big ole sale and I got them! Yeah, me!

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The Outfit
I didn't really think about it until I put this together but I'm wearing more grey today. Must be the weather. Anyhoo, I'm wearing a sparkly grey jersey top from Target and my charcoal denim skirt.



The shoes are from Target last year. They are the Dysis style and are grey suede. This is kind of a trendy shoe, which I got in black and red patent as well, so I didn't want to spend huge amounts on them. Surprisingly they are pretty comfortable because of the platform.



The Focal Point
Normally my hair is pretty flat and straight with just enough wave that it gets all fly-away when it isn't blown out. But this morning it was just of blowsy and whispy so I tried to do a "bigger" hairdo ala The Sartorialist with chopsticks and my KissCurl feather fascinator.





It probably looked more scary and messy than I perceived it as but we had some crazy tornado weather at night. I could blame it on that.

Feathers and Rope

That header sounds far too kinky for such a refined and delicate shoe.

I'm totally crushing on these lovely peep-toe pumps from Alexandra Neel (at Saks - $695).





The shape is just perfect and they actually look comfortable and wearable.

Of course, they are just a substitute for the feather bedecked heels I really really want and am totally pining away for...



Oh Alexander McQueen, will I ever own these????



Le Sigh!

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Way back in early November, I saw these awesome sequined Manolos and had to have them! I got all three of the colors I loved (although there is a slight issue with the Oro pair - more on that soon). But I think, unexpectedly, the red ones may be my favorite pair. They are so awesomely sparkly that I can't get over them. Now, I have a few pairs of red shoes but these are really eye-catching. They are soothing my heart over the loss of the ones that got away (I still pine for them).

Since they arrived on Friday, I decided over the weekend to wear them right away. Unfortunately, I didn't think about planning an outfit so when I had to get up and rush around and get ready to go to work I was not as definitive on what I wanted to wear, so I've done too versions of my ensemble today. What I'm wearing and what I wish I had added on to what I'm wearing.

The Outfit(s)
What I'm wearing is nice and comfortable and the shoes, of course, speak the loudest, but it just feels underdone to me. It's my v-neck Gap sweater, Mizrahi black pencil skirt and my black and white feather fascinator by KissCurl.

What I would have like to have done was add on some purple tights I have and then my chicken foot necklace. Maybe even tie my hair back with some purple satin ribbon. Don't you hate when you think of things later! I couldn't turn the car around to go home just for some tights, right?

Ugh!



I still can't get over how cool these are. KissCurl, you rule!





The Focal Point
All I can say is this picture does not do them any justice. At all.



I like the idea of the red-purple combo but does it look kind of cool with the rich, vibrant colors or does it remind you of Carrie from Flowers in the Attic or this???

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The Outfit
I feel very Fall-princess-y in my outfit today. I'm wearing a dark brown cardigan and swishy skirt from Target layered over a black lace-edged camisole. It was quite chilly today so I have my faux-fur trimmed coat - also in black and brown.

My main accessory is my amazing feather fascinator from KissCurl on Etsy. It's so gorgeous in person.



The Focal Point
Although it is hard not to say my feather fascinator, I have to give some props to Mnsr. Manolo. And in keeping with the whole "textures of nature" thing I have going on with my earth tones, feathers and fur, I'm wearing Manolo pony hair heels that have a crocodile print - unexpected but elegant.



These shoes fit to perfection. I could wear them and walk in them all day.



Keep warm! It's time for hot chocolate tonight!