Today's Fashion Haul!

Today I went shopping with my Aunt who came to visit us from Chile as a surprise. She wanted to pick some things out to bring back to my cousin and I thought I would take my aunt to the mall today to see if we could find things for her to bring back to Chile.

I new I was in danger when I walked into Wet Seal and I saw that the dresses were 25% off!
I ended up getting two dresses at Wet Seal (the ones in the picture) and I was absolutely in love with both of them! The coral colored dress is a maxi dress but the lining stops at the knee and has little holes in it, kind of like netting. The blue one is knee length and has spaces for skin to show on either side, they were both so original and perfect for summer!

I also got two pastel colored sunglasses with a gold heart on either side of them. They were two for ten dollars, so I couldn't resist! Wet Seal is starting to grow on me now....
We then went to Victoria's Secret where I got two pairs of panties for FREE! How is this so, you ask? I  get coupons in the mail from Victoria's Secret that I think are from signing up for Angel Rewards or something.

Our last stop was at Icing where I got two gorgeous necklaces for twenty dollars! I kind of went crazy today... I usually don't do things like this but I just couldn't resist and it's good to splurge once in a while!

Love,

Michelle

The Best Time to Wear a Striped Sweater

    Last week I went to the mall to pick up some take-out from Noodle Express and my sister and I could not help but glance in a couple of stores while we were waiting for our food. We went into American Eagle and as always they racks and shelves full of adorable things. I wanted to buy them all! Sadly American Eagle usually has pretty unreasonable prices, at least for a job-less student like me. I usually don't like spending a lot of money on clothes, I know it's bad but I would much rather have quantity then quality (if the quantity i am buying is full of cute things!).

We then wandered into Wet Seal, which usually is not really my style, and bam! There were some really gorgeous spring dresses at the front of the store. Of course me, being the cheap spender that I am, rushed to the back of the store to look at the sale racks and my sister happened to find an adorable striped white, blue and pink sweater on sale half off of the sale price. She graciously let me have it and when I calculated the numbers in my head, I found the price of the sweater to be an unbelievable $7.50.  Let's just take a moment to let this sink in....I could not believe it! Whenever I (or in this case my sister) find an amazing deal like this I feel like I'm an explorer and I have just made a glorious discovery.

Tonks is my modeling companion!

Sweaters and cats are two of my most
favorite things in this world :)

My collared dress is from Forever 21.

I ordered these Oxfords from Amazon.com 
and I think they spice up an outfit perfectly.

Enjoy your sweater weather!

Love,

Michelle

  

Where to Find Inspiration?

Sometimes you feel so inspired by everything around you, by the leaves falling off the trees, by the squeaking of new shoes in the school halls and sometimes even by a person's Facebook post, even if you don't really like them. On the other hand there are times when you just can't feel inspired by the little things in life and you have to take drastic, ok maybe not so drastic, measures.

Whenever I can't seem to come up with ideas for outfits and I am uninspired by fashion I have different websites that usually bring the inspiration right back to me. There's Lookbook, which I wrote about in my previous post. A community for fashionistas to connect and share the outfits they have been wearing lately. There is also Pinterest, my personal favorite, not only does it give me ideas in fashion but in every other category as well. If you have not been on Pinterest before, I suggest you give it a try when you need a little inspiration or when you are just dreadfully bored. And then sometimes I check out fashion and beauty youtubers like Bethany Mota also known as Macbarbie07. She sometimes does "haul" videos where she shows you all the clothes that she has bought and believe it or not, it is very entertaining to watch and can inspire you to try a different style you may otherwise have not given a chance.

Lookbook

My Lookbook Page

Pinterest

My Pinterest Account

Bethany's Instagram

Bethany's Youtube Channel

I hope you find your inspiration!

Love,

Michelle

Lookbook

Lookbook has been an obsession of mine for a couple of years now, but I just recently got back into it. If you have not heard of Lookbook before, I suggest you check it out because it is a great way to get inspired by fashion. These photos are from a photo shoot I had with my sister and I posted three of them on my lookbook page (I will post the link to my page below). It was a great way to bring in the springy weather we were having that day. P.s I am very impressed with my jumping abilities! ;)

My skirt is from Forever 21 and my sweater is from Old Navy.

Strike a pose!

I slightly resemble a pirate when I pose like this...

My headband is also from Forever 21!

Don't forget to smile! :)

Hmmm...does serious work for me?

My favorite picture from this shoot!

http://lookbook.nu/user/804736-Michelle-D

A Love Story

Once upon a time there lived a very handsome inanimate object called Thread. Although Thread was quite a catch, he was no use on his own. One day he met a beautiful creation called Fabric and they fell quickly, deeply, head-over-heels in love. Although Thread and Fabric produced many offspring, including their son, Rug, and their twin daughters, Curtain 1 and Curtain 2, the most lovely and wonderful of all of their children was Clothes.

That is the beautiful love story of Thread and Fabric and as we all know it has brought us human beings a lot of joy. To me at least, clothes are an essential part of my life, not only do the keep me un-naked and warm but they also help me express myself in ways words cannot. As an extremely shy and awkward girl, it is nice knowing I can show my fun, inner pizzazz without uttering a single word. Clothes have helped me make a lot of connections with people, both receiving and giving complements about outfits has allowed me to get to know people better and for them to get to know me in return. Clothes have also allowed me to be well known throughout my high school going from "who's she?" to "the girl who won best dressed". Although I don't dress for attention or popularity it is still nice to get a positive reaction from my peers, knowing them and them knowing me as well as sharing a part of my personality that may have previously gone unnoticed. But all in all I dress for me. 

I dress to feel good about myself, to have fun, to express myself, to feel comfortable, to be creative and inspiring. I don't dress simply to "look good", it's not as easy as that, I dress to share something about me about who I am and what I'm feeling, the mood I'm in that day and sometimes how much sleep I got the night before. Style is not as black and white as "emo", "hipster", "prep" and "jock". Some people forget all the wonderful grey in between, all the fun and beauty of the different shades that walk next to us in the halls. And to quote "The Devil Wears Prada", fashion is "greater than art because you live your life in it."

I hope you join me on my journey.

Love,

Michelle