Fall Into Style

My poor sweet little blog how I have neglected you! I know you all will forgive me because I have some major fall fashion to report on! Just recently I had a rather lengthy train ride (an hour to the destination and back) and decided to stock up on new fall magazines, with people style watch being the stand out by far! I always enjoy reading people style watch but some editions are thinner than others, the September issue did not disappoint being almost as thick as a textbook (score!). Undoubtedly this magazine will inspire blogs to come but today I want to discuss my top 3 must have items for this fall, so here it goes …..

 First and foremost this maybe boring or repetitive by now but I love a tweed looking jacket. To me they are timeless, elegant, and go with practically everything and I am obsessed. This jacket by Generation Love is AMAZEBALLZ. First the color is a natural wheat/taupey color that will go great with jeans or black pants, whatever! Also, the texture is nice mimicking a ragged stripe pattern. Finally, this jacket has leather trim, icing on the tasty cake! This jacket is around $438 retail according to people style watch and they claim is it sold at Bloomingdales online but it’s not available yet, so please refer to the generation love website for further purchasing info.

Next, hounds tooth has been a staple on the stylish girl scene and this fall is no exception. Hounds tooth print is graphic, classy and looks awesome in many color schemes but nothing beats black and white. Therefore, this Joe Fresh hounds tooth dress is the bomb dot com for sure. This dress is great because it can be worn with black tights, and a leather jacket for an edgy look or with prim ballet flats and a blazer for work. And at $49 bucks a pop you can’t afford not to have this dress in your closet. Double bonus the brand name “Joe Fresh” is cheeky and hilarious. Snatch this one up quick at JoeFresh.com and check out what else this retailer has to offer while you’re at the site!

Finally, no fall wardrobe update would be complete without a stellar new handbag! My pick is the Suffolk handbag by London Fog. The dome shape is big for fall but personally I like the polished look and the gorgeous color options. In people the bag was a chestnut color that I really like but on the London Fog website the bag was only shown in black which is equally as elegant. For $135 dollars a pop this bag maybe out of your price range but overall an ideal handbag for any chic lady!

I would highly suggest picking up this months people style watch! Photo Credit londonfog.com, Joefresh.com, and Generationlove.com

Socialites, Stripes and Sunnies

Recently with the lack of dress up award shows and just perhaps plain laziness there hasn’t been a certain celeb inspiration for me this week. Instead, I decided to reflect on something that EVERYONE is doing, pinning! Pinterest has become a huge social media phenomenon that is evolving into something bigger with stores selling goods, companies and bloggers alike making their own boards and gathering followers, the limits of pinterest have yet to be defined. I personally jumped on the pinterest train this past spring and have been an avid rider ever since. All pinners will tell you their favorite section of pinterests is the largest like baking, home décor, celebrities, vehicles, photography, nature, etc! But, naturally my favorite is the woman’s fashion section. Here are my top favorite picks!

First, this is one of my favorite looks brought to you by none other than Olivia Palermo. Part socialite, part reality star, part fashionista Olivia Palermo is a bag of interesting. Starting at the top Olivia’s hair is perfection in color and it looks beautifully soft to the touch, just had to say it and her sunnies, cute but plain to compliment the black and white theme of the outfit. Next, the blouse is basically what this outfit is all about. The white collared tie neck blouse is perfection and Olivia pairs it perfectly with a soft cream sweater and loose black shorts. The sweater and shorts are the perfect combo with this blouse because it gives a beautiful but sometimes stuffy looking blouse the ability to transition into casual wear and just look effortless. Clearly, we can’t tell what kind of shoes Miss Palermo is wearing but I am sure they are fabulous!

This next girl maybe supa famous but I have no idea who she is, so for now she’ll be the well dressed model. This outfit is fall/winter perfection because of its layering. The sunnies on top to start are of course great, the tomato-y red jacket is beautiful with great gold buttons and a nice cut that hugs this cute blonde’s body. Under that jacket is the layering magic, a denim shirt or jacket with a striped shirt and big chunky jewelry. YES PLEASE! Everyone knows stripes and chunky jewelry is the way to my heart. With all of that business happening on top of the outfit this girl keeps it simple with staple black skinny pants, and leopard print loafers. Usually I am not a fan of animal prints but in this case it works well. Finally, this outfit is finished out with a brown leather sling bag that is flawless! Unknown cute model you worked that outfit girl!

The final outfit is on yet another gorgeous model and this outfit is just simple elegance. I guess from these models you can tell I really like sunglasses to complete an outfit, also I love this girls pearls! The multi-strand hits at just the perfect length with this crew neck sweater, and the slouchy-ness of this sweater combined with the fitted adorable mini skirt creates a cool, young, but glamorous look. Also, I am not a huge fan of this color yellow on the sweater but it works really well with this girls skin tone, and compliments the tones on her pearls, skirt and clutch. Finally, this dashing young lady completes her look with an on trend oversized boyfriend watch and a charming brown clutch (every girl should own).  A super cute outfit for work, play or evening ;) 

Photo Credit: Pinterest.com

BOY STYLE

This past week my little brother (a huge muscle-y man) celebrated yet another glorious birthday. I will admit I am envious of my younger sib for a number of items, thing 1 being his youth, he will always be younger than me(dammit), another would be his toned bod in combination with the fact he eats basically whatever he wants. Oh to be in high school again . . . . . okay I am not envious of that! So this week I decided to do a men's gift giving LTF, because we all have men in our lives, and they all get older at some point!

From low to high, my brother is a big fan of AE, myself not so much but gift giving is not about being selfish! This striped AE t-shirt is one of my fave things on there website currently. I love a striped shirt, on a girl or a boy and the fact that this stripe alternates with another color (green in this case) makes it different and interesting. And at 24.95 its pretty much a steal, but with big retail stores like AE if you can wait long enough everything will go on sale, you just have be willing to take the risk the sale item may no longer be in your size!  I think the bro would dig this shirt, and I wouldn't be embarrassed to walk around with him wearing it!

This next item is from vineyard vines and maybe a bit more mature.  It definitely has the scent of a post grad fratstar lingering about it. Regardless I am a fan of bow ties because everyone wears ties, be different, wear a bow tie. Also, vineyard vines is kind of infamous of really colorful fun printed ties and bow ties. This particular bow tie would really suit my brah because he loves to LAX is up. If it was solely up to me, I would probably go with the mermaid print....... but I think both bow ties are winning! And at 45 dollars each your love just got a little bit deeper.

Finally this Brooks Brothers jacket would make a really cool gift. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a good snap shot of the color I really like of this jacket, the green shown is okay but definitely not a color my brother would wear (would yours?). If you want to check this jacket out yourself you will see it comes in dark blue and red both much better choices but personally, I prefer the red. This jacket is a really cool combination of causal and chic, slimmer fitting and pretty versatile in wear-ability. And currently this jacket is on sale for $99 but originally cost $198, making it the most expensive item of the gift list, but also would probably be the most practical gift!

So your call, but next time you buy for your man, your brother, father, etc remember they need fashion guidance too! 

photo credit ae.com, vineyardvines.com, brooksbrothers.com