Rachel

 

BIRTHDAY MONTH

January is my birthday month – which means I’m using any and every excuse to celebrate, and dress up! And dressing up is simple with a quality bandage dress. I received this blue long-sleeve bandage dress from the Kewl Shop, after having such a good experience with my first bandage dress from them.

I absolutely love how easy it is to make the dressy look complete, add a fabulous pair of earrings and statement shoes, and there you go! I’m so lucky to have the sweetest friends, I received these Kate Spade earrings as a gift from my good friend for Christmas! I can’t wait to visit her over my birthday, in less than 20 days! See you soon Mel & Adam! Also, these Steve Madden heels were a steal at $15 from DSW!

What I’m Wearing

Bandage Dress, c/o Kewl Shop | Kate Spade Earrings, gift from friend  | Heels, Steve Madden via DSW  | Lips, Bite Beauty Matte Lip Crayon in Framboise | Tights, c/o Hanes

WHAT I WORE FOR CHRISTMAS

Happy Tuesday friends! Wow, sorry I didn’t get a chance to wish you a Merry Christmas – so here it is a little late! Better late than never, right? I had the most relaxing Christmas and enjoyed the time spent with my family, boyfriend and Ms. Emma of course. I took Emma with me on Tuesday night and my boyfriend came down to Iowa on Christmas Eve, picking up my grandma along the way. Just as they arrived, the most beautiful snow began to fall. It continued through the time we went to Mass and opened gifts that night. It felt so magical after a snow-less December. It truly was a magical Christmas!

I decided to wear something comfortable, but still dressy. I first had on my red skirt, but after all the drinks and food over the past few days, I decided I didn’t want to sit through church in it. I changed into my red lace dress, last seen here, and wore it as a top with my comfortable black skater skirt. I added my Hanes tights (read more about how important they were for me this year here) and a pearl cluster necklace – just to add a bit of a statement. And my final touch of red lipstick – my favorite for many years. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are getting excited to ring in the New Year this week! I work through tomorrow and am looking forward to counting down to the New Year, and welcoming 2016 with open arms. Have a great week!

What I’m Wearing

Red Lace Dress (Worn as Top), Thrifted  | Skirt, H&M  | Necklace, c/o Happiness Boutique ( | Tights, c/o Hanes | Heels, DSW  | Lipstick, YSL

HOLIDAY PARTY STYLE WITH H&M

December is upon us, which means I have officially entered into full holiday mode – non-stop Christmas music, sparkling lights galore and getting ready for festivities ranging from work parties to holiday events with friends and family. While the joy and the cheer of the season is certainly delightful, one of the most exciting parts about the holiday season is being able to plan what I’m wearing for holiday parties!

I always start by focusing my party outfit around shades of red or green, and then add details like sparkly jewels, textures and a fabulous pair of heels. H&M has the perfect selection of bright holiday colors, sparkly jewelry, textured tights, skirts and beautiful, unique pieces.  When I spotted this bright red, cozy sweater, I thought it would be fun to dress up for a picture perfect party outfit. With a textured tweed skater skirt, lace tights and a layered, rhinestone necklace, the sweater turns from a more casual style to glam. The final details, including my bright red lip and sequin clutch, make me ready for any holiday party!

What I’m Wearing:

Red Sweater // Necklace // Skirt // Lace Tights  (all H&M!)

VINTAGE FLORAL DRESS

The best kind of dresses are vintage dresses. I own about ten of them and they are my absolute favorite dresses… unique, high quality, beautiful patterns and colors, fit like a dream and make me feel special. I tend to wear them on the weekends, which is usually when I ignore taking photos for the blog, but I’d love to share more of them soon, so stay tuned!

Do you know what’s best about this vintage dress? It’s my beautiful mother’s dress that she let me borrow! I think I was supposed to give it back to her over the 4th of July, but shhh… I love it so much mom, can’t I keep it? Just kidding, guess it’s time to get back to Napa Valley to visit Betty’s Girl Napa! If you are in Napa Valley I HIGHLY recommend checking this vintage boutique out ! Happy hump day!

Dress, Vintage (My mother’s) Betty’s Girl Napa 

Belt, c/o 10DollarMall.com 

Heels, DSW 

CHAMBRAY + METALLIC SKIRT

So, I’ve seen this kind of look a few times and love the idea of a chambray shirt with a sequin skirt, but for work, a metallic skirt works a little better. I’ve seen Laura and Jessie (found on Pinterest, her blog is now found under Fashion Salade rock this look, and honestly this look all came together when I decided I wanted to wear my denim dress.  But of course my struggle of getting ready in the morning… I didn’t know what to wear with my denim dress, so I instead turned it into a shirt by adding a thrifted metallic skirt and a thin leopard print belt. Adding a black blazer and some booties, I had my version of this look complete! Comfy, yet cute and I love that I was able to get more use out of my denim dress! Do you like to wear your dresses as skirts or shirts?

Denim Dress, Lucky Brand  :: Metallic Skirt, Thrifted  :: Leopard Belt, Primark :: Booties, JustFab  :: Blazer, Thrifted  :: Tights, Target  :: Earrings, Lia Sophia :: Lipstick, Revlon, Fire and Ice 

PETER PAN

Whenever I wear these green tights, I always think that I am being Peter Pan for a day.  I have always dreamed of going to Neverland.  It would be nice, wouldn’t it?

Trench, Target  Dress, Ann Taylor Loft , Pumps, Just Fab , Belt, Primark , Necklace, Plato’s Closet , Tights, Younkers 

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MIX 12

Fall Purple Outfit of the Day and Repping the Ravens!

 Fall is officially here and I couldnt wait to step back into one of my all time fave outfit styles in my fave color: A Plummish or Purple Dress with tights and boots! Not to mention I am a big Ravens fan and our team colors are Black and Purple. I had to rep the colors after this Sunday’s AMMMAZING WIN!

I wore the outfit to work with a Black Blazer on top. I had no makeup on all day.I did a quick 5 minute makeup magic trick as I was headed out of work. Simple transition from work to a date night outfit in a jiffy. Unfortunately I didn’t picture the Blazer with my outfit cause I wanted to show off the dress once I got out of work and headed to dinner with the hubby! Left the Blazer in the car 

These boots are the only boots that are doctor appointed to be worn by me for now! Cant wait to fully recover my feet so i can break into some different pair of boots! Lets hope I get to do that by the end of this winter. As mentioned on my inspiration page Plantar Fasciitis could be a life long ailment so lets keep our fingers crossed 

Bracelet: Pandora and 18kt White Gold and Diamond (Both Gifted)

Belt: Forever21

Boots: Dansko

Dress: H&M

Lace Tights: H&M

Necklace: H&M (Currently in Store)

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Paris

 Today's post is a combination of my favourites right now: black, white, prints and denim! Denim is everywhere this season like I mentioned already and with all the shopping I've been doing lately I think I have bought enough denim to last my obsession for a little while! I think this jacket dresses down the outfit just right for more of a day time look, yet switching to a loose blazer would be perfect for night! I love how day or night girls in Japan get dressed up and wear sky high heels! I guess theres nothing really stopping me from when I return back to Canada:)

Outfit Details
Top: GU

Skirt: Love Junkie 

Jacket: Gorge

Heels: Heaven & Earth 

Bag: Honey's 

Necklace & Earrings: Forever21

Bracelets: Aldo Accessories & GU

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Office holiday party outfit: sweater dress and glitter tights

sweater dress: c/o OASAP - glitter tights: H&M - pointy toe mary jane pumps: ASOS - ring: Diamanti Per Tutti - earrings: Winston & Celeste

Today, I bring you another party outfit, inspired by my many friends who aren't so lucky as to have time off for the holidays. Hustle! This look is classy and subtle, great for after-hours office holiday parties, or even spending the holidays with more conservative in-laws. Gold and grey is an uncommon colour combination, but one that works well when you want to put together a more subdued festive palette with the grey toning down the gold. When your outfit for the day has to do double duty and be professional as well as festive, gold/glitter tights, and a chic sweater dress are the perfect solution. Not too revealing or too tight, but still kinda hot. Finish off with a low maintenance bun, subtle but festive accessories like these gold star studs, and make up that is just a bit heavier than what you would normally wear for a work day, et voila!

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MERRY AND BRIGHT

 I love Christmas. I love giving gifts, I love making holiday cocktails, I love getting cozy with the family in New Hampshire. I’ve been preparing since November and with just under a week to go, I’m ecstatic. The holidays also means holiday outfits. I’ve been ringing the good cheer casually with looks like this. The matchy burgundy ensemble is festive but not over the top for errand running.

Skirt: Forever21, Sweater: Primark, Hat: Primark, Tights: Steve Madden, Shoes: Nine West, Rings: H&M, Necklace: Vintage

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A DIY CHRISTMAS SKIRT.

Hi guys !

J’espère que vous allez bien, je suis contente de vous retrouver pour un nouvel article DIY. Ça faisait vraiment longtemps que je n’avais pas refait fonctionner ma machine à coudre. Je pense que je ne l’avais pas refait fonctionner depuis ma tenue de Saint Valentin et bien sûr ma robe de mariage civil. Alors j’étais vraiment trop contente de la refaire fonctionner pour réaliser une jupe de Noël. Il y’a quelques semaines je me suis acheté plusieurs tissus de Noël dont celui-ci qui est très kitsch mais que j’adore ! L’imprimé pourrait être ringard mais je trouve qu’en ayant choisit une forme de jupe plissée, le rendu est vraiment sympa. Qu’en pensez vous ?

I hope everything’s good for you. I’m so happy to be back with this new DIY article. It’s been a while since the last time I used my sewing machine. I don’t think I used it since I realized my Valentine’s outfit and my civil wedding dress. So I was really happy to be back in a new sewing project especially for a Christmas skirt. Few weeks ago I bought few Christmas fabrics and one of them was this one. It’s really kitsch but I love it ! The print could be really out dated but I think I found the right model for this skirt. What do you think ?

 Pour la réaliser j’ai utilisé le patron d’un ancien numéro de Burda, le modèle 117 A du numéro 184 d’avril 2015.  Je ne suis pas sûre d’avoir très bien suivit le patronage mais je suis tout de même satisfaite de ma jupe. Elle n’est pas parfaite mais un jour j’arriverais à réaliser des produits parfaits ou du moins je l’espère. Il me faut juste un peu plus d’entrainements. 

To realize it I used the pattern of an old Burda numero, the 117 A model of the numero 184 of April 2015. I’m not sure It was supposed to be exactly like that but I’m still really happy how it turned out. This is not perfect but I know one day I’ll success to realize perfect items or at least I hope. I just need more practice. 

 Et pour le look j’ai assortit ma jupe de Noël avec un pull Bershka que vous avez déja aperçu 2 fois sur le blog. J’aime tellement la couleur de ce pull qui va avec tout ! J’ai cintré ma jupe avec un nouvelle ceinture Pull and Bear. La taille de ma jupe est beaucoup trop grande mais j’ai préféré la laisser telle quelle. Comme ça je pourrais rentrer de gros pulls à l’intérieur. Je l’ai accompagné d’une nouvelle paire de collants Calzedonia. Ils ont toujours de superbes collections pour les fêtes ! J’espère juste qu’ils vont durer longtemps car les étoiles en miroirs me semblent tranchantes.. Et puis je n’ai pas pris ma taille habituelle car ils ne leur restaient plus aucunes grandes tailles pour ce modèle-ci. Il me faut toujours une très grande taille de collants pour mes jambes plutôt longues afin d’éviter que je casse mes collants à l’entre jambe. 

J’espère que vous apprécierez les photos.

 And for the look I wore this skirt with a plum Bershka sweater you already saw it twice on the blog. I just love the color of this sweater which goes with everythings ! I put a belt around my waist because the waist of my skirt is way too big but I didn’t want to fix it for the day I would want to wear it with a jumper inside. I also wear it with a new Calzedonia stocking. They always have a pretty collection for the holiday season. I just hope they’ll last a long time because the stars materials seem pretty sharp… And also because I couldn’t find my usual size for stocking. I always wear the last size to make sure my legs can fit and won’t break the stocking. 

I hope you’ll enjoy the pictures. 

Des bisous, xx

Margot 

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kinda cute?!

                                                                           Camisola: Stradivarius here || Saia: Bershka || Botas: Stradivarius

Um look super simples com peças que podem facilmente encontrar. A saia foi um achado dos saldos da Bershka (por apenas 5,99€), não sou nada apologista de comprar peças sem experimentar, mas neste caso até correu bem. A camisola da Stradivarius, achei-a super cute e a cor amarelo confesso que é das cores que menos gosto (antes, odiava) mas achei que dava um toque alegre e a mensagem dá também o seu toque divertido ao outfit. Não vou falar das botas, porque já estão fartos de as ver em quase todos os meus outfits.

Big kiss, guuurls

XOXO

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