Reunion, anyone?
photo via Lucky Magazine; July ‘09
So many of my friends have reunions this summer or fall. Myself is included in that category. What to wear seems like the question of the day (or this case, the decade). Many of us are looking for the ensembles to wear on the first, more casual night. I think something similar to the look above is perfect. I love the sillouette. The white jeans are so crisp paired with a feminine floral top. In fact, it inspires me to wear a wispy floral top I already have in my closet.
And it just so happens that this entire outfit will run you $152 (July was the Lucky Magazine budget issue). Wow, that leaves extra money for that essential mani/pedi (and quite possibly a wash and blow dry). Look at that! That top is from KMart (similar version left on-line, but very limited sizes) and the shoes are from Payless. Seriously.
Variety
a} ladies who lunch
b} summer chic: casual run around town outfit
c} date night with the hubby
You know I’ve been really busy when I’m not posting to either of my blogs. Besides being in and out of town (mostly out), I’m working on a variety of Lookbooks for clients. I’ll be hammering out five more this week. I pulled three slides to share from a recent project.
Problem: This closet was packed with fabulous pieces, but there was a sea of black. The client would get overwhelmed when putting together her ensembles, so she tended to wear black on black. Often.
Fix: Infusing the closet with color and finding the perfect items needed to complete existing pieces for endless options. She also needed more casual options. She spends lots of time at the ballpark with her boys.
I am very sensitive to budgets of all kinds. I can work with very minimal shopping budgets. And, typically, I tell the client to take their time fulfilling the Wish List and wait for great deals and promotions. But, that was not the M.O. here. This client loves to shop. Big time. I had to move fast because she wanted the items immediately; she wanted them yesterday. I pulled together her Wish List and we spent all day checking the items off the list. She continued to shop later on in the week without me and I talked her into making some returns. On one such trip, she made the returns but came back home with a Chanel bag. Very pretty bag, I might say. I had to keep up with her to keep the Lookbook current! The end result was a fabulous Lookbook for a very fabulous girl!
Chic epitomized
photo via marie claire; March ‘09
I love perusing my marie claire magazines (and my Lucky’s and my Domino’s. Really miss my Domino’s). I stockpile them and re-visit them months later. The above image exemplifies why…
