Casual Days

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Laguna Shoes – c/o Lamo  // Top – Free People  //  Jeans – Gap  //  Fedora – unknown  //  Short V-Necklace – Vanessa Mooney  //  Long Chain – Homegrown Boutique  //  Sunnies – F21

They are days for lounging.  They are days for artfully created braids that hang accidentally over a shoulder.  They are days where sunglasses, hats, and sun rays are the best of bedfellows.  Days where strolling through the heat is an infinite activity.  Days where you slip your feet into beautifully crafted and luxuriously cushioned feet.

I could not think of a more perfect day to cradle my feet in my new Lamo shoes.  These Laguna ones I picked made me feel like around every corner a sandy beach or a crested wave would greet me.  Normally, you put on a pair of new shoes and that first day it’s like your feet and shoes are out on a first date – just getting to know one another.  But not these, these felt like old lovers, seeing each other for the first time but knowing exactly how they fit.

Yup, needless to say, these are fun and comfortable shoes.

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Just Get a Backpack

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Velvet Jacket – Flying Tomato  //  Shirt & Necklace – Threadsence  //  Jeans – Dittos  //  Shoes & Leaf Ring – unknown  // Silver Bracelet – gifts from Poland  //  Bead bracelet, Jewel Rings & Sunnies – F21  //  Embroidered Backpack – Stela 9

Sarah Silverman shared some insight into being a grown woman.  One of those tidbits, was *I’m paraphrasing* that you don’t need a designer bag, “You put shit in it. Get a backpack.”

As much as I’ve tried to be cute with purses, I always carry a lot with me – camera, tripod, scripts, wallet, etc.etc. – and I think I’ve finally accepted the fact that I just need a backpack.  It’s better for my back, and leaves my hands free for all kinds of adventuring.

Sharing a Room With a Jedi

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Star Wars Tank – F21 // Jeans – Gap // Shoes – Lulus

Everyone needs a casual day.  Here’s mine.  Not only was I motivated by comfort, but also a cool dream where I was bunk mates with Luke Skywalker (the Mark Hamil “return of the Jedi” one).  It was total genre mixing, because we were fighter pilots on the Battlestar Galactica and bunking in those four to six person dorm style rooms, but he was clearly a Jedi master.   He had the top bunk, because clearly when you’re a Jedi master you can have any bunk you want.

Voting

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Top – Zara // Kimono – H&M  //  Shorts – Express  //  Boots – Aldo  //  Necklace – I forget  //  Sunnies – F21

Recent election day had the whole family going down to the polls.  My girl was very interested in what we were doing.  So that evening, she and I had a conversation.  It went like this:

Her: “Why I don’t vote?”
Me: ” You will when you’re older.”
Her: “What I vote for?”
Me: “Who’s going to be in government.”
Her: “I want a lady.”
I had a proud feminist mom moment right there. 

In Case There Was Ever Any Doubt…

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Embroidered Top – Kimchi Blue via UO  //  Palazzo Pants – Lush  //  Fedora & Earrings – Unknown  //  Sandals – Winners  //  Sunnies – Lace Affair  //  Bracelet – Threadsence  

…I’m a big ol’ hippie.  I realized as I got dressed, that I loved every piece, and that I loved everything together.  And then I realized that there was no denying that it’s all very boho, very lounge, and very 70s.

And I’ve also realized I don’t care.  I’m going to be the crazy ninety year old woman in palazzo pants and a kimono.  Unless of course it’s post apacalypse zombie land…in which case, I’ll be wearing a kimono over my two holstered pistols, bow, and katana.  Priorities right?

*linking up with Style Elixir, and Trend Spin*

Insta-goodness

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Here’s some recent Instagram fun!

Make Your Own Kimono

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Top – Zara  //  Kimono – made by me  //  Jeans – Dittos  //  Boots – Threadsence  //  Necklace – Vanessa Mooney  //  Sunnies – Lace Affair

I saw this kimono I loved at a shop, but unfortunately at $200 there was no way I was going to afford it anytime soon.  Instead, I pulled it out and inspected it.  I reverse engineered it in my head and unwrapped what the material looked like in my head.  When finished, I realized that it was actually super easy – possibly the easiest kimono in the world to make – and left that store for the fabric store.

Twelve dollars and 20 minutes at the machine later,  I had this.  Much better.

Bucket List Shows

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Embroidered blouse – Lucky Brand  //  Textured Pants – Free People  //  Sandals – Threadsence  //  Necklace – F21

I’ve been rewatching some of my favorite shows – on Netflix and on DVD – and I’ve firmly decided that I wish I could’ve been a part of a show like House, BSG, and Spartacus.  It would’ve been awesome.  Maybe the next incarnations?  So an awesome Sherlock Holmes/Procedural, a fabulous gritty sci-fi, and a highly stylized and fantasy period piece.  Going on the wish list.

Hey if you build it, they will come right?  So if I say, it’ll happen.

Dress To Match

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Flutter Maxi Dress – BB Dakota via ModCloth (I think)  //  Shoes – Payless  //  Fedora – unknown  //  Belt, Sunnies & Faux Pearl bracelet – F21  //  Earrings – I forget  //  Silver cuffs – gifts from Poland

When things happen in life they sometimes have untended consequences.  For example, since I’ve seriously hurt my toe and made it black and blue all over, I think it entered my subconscious and made me pull out this black and blue number.

That, or this dress is just too darn fantastic to just sit around and it hides the unsightly toe perfectly.  Either one fits.

*linking up with WIWW*

Always Take Outfit Shots With A Broken Toe

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Tropical Kimono – Somedays Lovin’  via Threadsence  //  Shirt and Pants – Free People  //  Necklace – Vanessa Mooney  //  Knuckle ring – I forget  //  Brass Ring – Body Blue  //  Shoes – Threadsence

Sometimes the behind the scenes of these outfit pictures are the better story than the pictures.  Not thirty minutes ago I fell on my bike and thought I broke my toe.  Did I go to the hospital?  No.  The Doctor?  No.  I stopped to take outfit photos, then joined a friend for coffee, and went to a fun Guess event.  Then rode my bike home.

I did however, buy a tension bandage along the way and wrap my toe for the night’s festivities.  Luckily, by the time I got home, I was pretty sure that despite being black *eek!  Yes it was/is black and bruised* that it’s nothing too serious since I was in relatively little pain with no pain killers…as long as I didn’t try to walk on it.

*SuperHero Stance* I laugh in the face of pain!
Ouch.

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