One Last Time

Wearing:

Jacket - WhoWhatWear for Target | Shirt - WhoWhatWear for Target | Jeans - BDG for Urban Outfitters | Boots - Candie's

As summer is coming to an end, it's sadly time for friends to start leaving for school.  My friend Heather is leaving this coming week to go back to university, and while my other friend Veronika will be staying in town for school, I'll be leaving next month.  To have one last summer hurrah, we decided to spend a day downtown thrift shopping, eating, and taking lots of photos.  We spent the afternoon going to various thrift shops looking at clothes and vintage musical instruments.  We spent went to a local burger place which is always delicious.  Finally I convinced my friends to let me take some photos of them.  It was a bit challenging to find a spot to place my camera so we could all be in a picture together, but eventually we found one spot that worked.  Another challenge was the sun; even though it created some cool shadows, our eyes were not a fan.  I'll definitely miss my friends when I go off to school next month, but I'm excited for the adventure ahead of me!

As for my outfit, is anyone else as obsessed with the WhoWhatWear collection for Target as I am?  I keep trying to save my money for my impending move, but each time I go to Target I see something new that I just can't say no to.  The bomber jacket is my current fave; I just picked it up last week, and I hardly taken it off.  I paired with a simple striped shirt (also WhoWhatWear) and black jeans.  However, after seeing what my friends were wearing, I wish I had gone with blue jeans, so we could have been a 'blue jean crew.'

What do you think of where we took photos?  I'm kind of obsessed with this spot, and I'm thinking of taking more photos here, if I can, rather than in my neighborhood.  Let me know in the comments!

Elizabeth xx

Jail House Rock

Wearing

Shirt - Zara | Jeans - BDG from Urban Outfitters | Shoes - Steve Madden

Whenever I wear this outfit, I feel like I should be in a 1950s style music video that takes place in a jail.  I think it's the bold black and white stripes on the top that make it feel like vintage prison jumpsuits.  However, I just really feel like I need some back-up dancers.  The first time I wore this outfit was a few weeks ago when I went to see Finding Dory with my friends (side note: if you haven't seen Finding Dory yet, it's a must see.  I've already seen it twice.).  They offered to be my backup dancers so hopefully in the next month or so we'll drop our first music video.

To keep the 'vintage jail aesthetic', I kept the styling very simple.  Plain black jeans, black oxfords, and no jewelry had just the minimal look I wanted.  Perhaps red lipstick would have been better for the 1950s music video part, but I can't stop wearing nude lipstick at the moment.

In other news, my photographer/mom is already getting better with the manual focus lens.  I'll be going to Portland sometime next month, so hopefully by then we'll both be a pro at it.

Elizabeth xx

Off Focus

Wearing

Shirt - Target | Jeans - Topshop Mom Jeans | Boots - Zara

I was stuck about whether to title this post "Off Focus" or "1830s Sleeves."  As you can see, I ultimately chose the first option.  I just got a new camera lens in the mail today that goes all the way to f/1.8.  I'm super excited about finally having a lens that has such short depth of field, however this particular lens I ordered doesn't have auto-focus.  Taking these photos was definitely a learning experience for both me and my photographer (*cough* my mom *cough*).  Some of these photos may be a bit 'off focus' but over all I'm very satisfied with the results.

As I mentioned earlier, I almost titled this post "1830s Sleeves."  So I know that most people would call these trumpet sleeves, and they are not wrong.  However, I think these sleeves look like the style of sleeve that was popular in, you guessed it, the 1830s!  It's currently one of my favorite decades to study because everything about the clothing, hair, and accessories were so frivolous.  Below are some examples of sleeves from the decade, or you can check out my pinterest board for plenty more!  So what do you think?  Do you think my shirt has somewhat similar sleeves to ones from the 1830s?  Tell me in the comments!

 (Dresses from 1838)

Elizabeth xx

WhoWhatWear for Target

I love it when Target does these special collections.  Usually I like to go on the day it drops so I have the most selection.  However, this time I completely forgot about this collection.  Maybe it was because of my travels from earlier or because of how busy I am with school, but the other day I was just walking through Target and noticed the display.  Lately it seems like a lot of Target's collections have been selling quickly, so I was surprised when they still had a ton of merchandise left.  This is one of the few advantages to living in a non-fashion oriented town because these collections never sell out.  They had a ton of great pieces, but ultimately I decided to go with just these two pieces.  Clearly I have a thing for black and white and stripes, but that's not really a surprise, is it?  The white and black blouse reminds me of a mix between 1970s and 1830s; an odd combination of eras, but that's truly what it reminds me of.  And the dress is actually has an asymmetrical hemline, even though it's kind of hard to tell here.  I'm really excited to start wearing both pieces because it's actually starting to feel like spring here.  You'll be seeing both of these pieces again very soon.

Elizabeth xx

Slow Down

 

Wearing

Dress - Forever 21, Shirt - Forever 21, Boots - Kohls

Eyeshadow - Smashbox Sample from Sephora

Long time no see, am I right?  I didn't realize just how busy I was until I saw that it had been over a month since I posted!  The reason that I'm so busy is because I actually don't have any finals during finals week but before.  At my school, finals week is right now, but for me, I had to do almost everything last week.  In a sense I was lucky because I only had one exam (and it wasn't even cumulative), but I had a ton of projects.  So for the past two weeks, I had to give a Pecha Kucha presentation (if you don't know what this is, you are incredibly lucky), turn in my photography final, and finish my drawing final.  It ended up being very overwhelming to get everything done and handed in in this amount of time.

For this look, I was clearly channeling the 1970s.  Even though it was warmer than it had been the past few days, I still got pretty chilly wearing thing (as seen by my red nose in the last picture).  I was especially cold after in the evening as I went to see a local performance of "White Christmas."  I ended up wearing my coat through the entire second act.  All in all, though, I really like the look of this layer from the turtleneck and the dress.  I know I'll be wearing this look again.

Oh, wondering about this title?  Two things: 1) 2015 has gone so fast!  Who can believe that it's already December?  and 2)  A car from the parking lot was driving way too fast and almost hit my photographer (a.k.a my mom)!  It was especially unsafe considering how icy the roads are right now!

Elizabeth xx

(P.S.  Stay tuned, for I have some exciting news coming up!) 

It's the Season of Denim

Wearing:

Pinafore - Boohoo, Shirt - Forever 21, Sneakers - Adidas Superstars

Ever since the revival of the 1970s trend, I've noticed denim gradually becoming more and more popular.  Other than your basic jeans, I had pretty much resisted the trend (mainly because I was yet to see anything that I really liked).  However, in this month alone I've purchased multiple denim items, including this pinafore here.  I had seen some pinafores similar to this one on other sites that were pricier, but when I found this particular pinafore I knew the price and style were perfect.

As much as I love longer lengths on skirts, this one can be a bit tricky to style because of wear it hits me.  I first tried pairing my new ankle boots (seen here), however I found that the combination of the two cut me off in a weird place.  Next I tried my Superstars with it and fell in love.  Finally I threw on this long sleeve striped shirt because I liked how the stripes on the shirt tied in with the stripes on the sneakers (and because this is my absolute favorite shirt, and I wear it all the time).

Stay tuned to see the other denim piece(s) I just got, along with the rest of my new back to school clothes!  (I'm super excited about them, can you tell?)

Elizabeth xx