Week's Review in Costumes.

Saturday 10.29.11

Halloweenie Circus themed party.

Hubby is the dirty circus master.

Oh my!

Must follow the Girl World rules according to the Plastics.

All Halloween costumes must be something something slut.

Obviously I'm a trapeze artist...slut. :)

Sunday 10.30.11 

CAKE at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA.

Cardigan, Nordstroms

Dress, thrifted

Shoes, Converse

Monday 10.31.11

I'm sweet but mean business!

Dress, Free People

Slip, F21

Shoes, Sam Edelman

Tuessday 11.01.11

I think I'm turning Japanese,

I think I'm turning Japanese, 

I really think so.

Influenced by the Harajuku Gals. 

Necklaces, variety (from grandma, Erica Bowman)

Blazer, Modcloth

Button Down Top, Christian Dior

Tank, Old Navy

Belt, from grandma

Dress, vintage

Knee High Socks, ?

Shoes, MIA

Wednesday 11.02.11

Downtown business lady.

Jacket, vintage

Dress, vintage

Shoes, F21

Thursday 11.03.11

This is all I got!

Belt, Le Chateau

Friday 11.04.11

Edgy eggplant buckle boots.

Sweater, hubby's (Banana Republic)

Necklace, gifted (Banana Republic)

Jeans, Miss Sixty

Boots, Sway

Saturday 11.05.11

Attention. Yes please!

Coat, vintage

Top, M Matty

Tank, thrifted

Pants, Mango

Shoes, MIA

Sunday 11.06.11

House hunting in the fall. 

Dress, H&M

Tights, H&M

Shoes, Sway

Monday 11.07.11

Hangin with Miss Daisy.

Top, Nordstroms

Skirt/Dress, F21

Necklace, from grandma

Tuesday 11.08.11

Inspired by Ms Twiryl Skirts Post, with my own twist of course. :)

Top, Mango

Jeans, thrifted

Shoes, Aldo (glitterfied by yours truly)

This and That.

You lucky reader, you!

Today you get five, yes, that's right, f i v e whole different outfits from yours truly.

What did you do to deserve this? , you wonder out loud. 

It's just because you're you. :)

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Hippy dippy flower power always comes and goes.

Today, I sport this ensemble because I feel the extreme need to constantly trip over extra long floor length skirts. That and I need a big dose of colorful flowers to keep my mood and energy high to power through working on my company's creative brief and this evenings festivities.

Do your clothes help set your mood? Give you energy? Make you happy?

Bracelets, variety (gifts and Boracay, Philippines)

Top, Rubbish via Nordstroms

Tank, Gap

Dress/Skirt, Zara

Shoes, GoMax via Ambiance

Friday, Ocotber 28, 2011

I've been meaning to pick up some sparkly jeans when lo and behold (I was raised Catholic, can you tell?) my mom picked me up a pair of silver Joe's Jeans.

Score for me mamasan!

I immediately funked them up with my converse and neon green necklace this time, but perhaps the next go around I'll glam them up.

How do you think I should glam up the silver jeans?

Necklace, from my grandma's stash

Top, borrowed from a friend

Jeans, Joe's Jeans, a gift from my mom

Belt, Target

Shoes, custom Converse

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Having your own business means you can dress however you want. 

Such a sigh of relief! 

I remember working 8-5 jobs and I hated having to comply with the dress code. I felt like such a fraud, a shell of myself, whenever I put on clothes to appeal to the man. 

Glad those days are gone so I can strut in whatever I desire.

Apparently I desire advice from crazy bag ladies. 

 They're one of my biggest inspirations.

No, seriously, they are. 

They make use of what they have, dress how they want, and don't care about what other people really think. So refreshing!

What crazies inspire you?

Sunglasses, H&M

Necklaces, variety (Erica Bowman, Zafirenia, and gift from my mom 

Blazer, Modcloth

Flannel, borrowed from Hubby

Shirt, F21

Pants, Bebe

Shoes, MIA

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Dress down glam ingredients: 

body hugging black dress

high low hem

cascade of necklaces

red lips

+

chucks

How do you ladies (and gents) casualize a glam outfit? Or, looking at it from a different angle, how do you glam up casual outfit?

Oooooo that's deep, Marie!

Necklaces, from  my grandma's stash

Dress, Free People

Shoes, custom Converse

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Funifying (new word alert!) an LBD is as easy as homemade glitter booties.

Oh yeah, that's right kids. You heard right. I sparklified the poop out of these H&M ankle boots.

These are on fiya homies!

Even my hubby, who never ever cares about what's on my tootsies, crowned them my hot shoes.

If y'all are interested, I'll be posting a DIY glitter shoes. 

Have you glitterfied anything in your closet?

Headband, H&M
Bracelets, from India
Necklace, a magical far away place I don't recall
Dress, H&M
Shoes, H&M

One... Two... Three

At this point, adrenaline is not just running through my veins, it has fully replaced my blood. I've been working like a mad woman on actualizing a passion project these past few weeks so I thought I would take a nice vacation. Ahhhhh... wouldn't that be fantastic if I had time for that? In the meantime, I've decided to try an emulate relaxation mode by sporting this dress I picked up in Bali. A nice breezy light cotton dress makes for a good pretend mental vacay. 

PS - I'm all island out - my bracelet is from Boracay, Philippines. 

Oh yeah, it's a true vacay outfit now, homies.

Bracelet, from Boracay, Philippines

Dress, from Bali, Indonesia

Shoes, GoMax via Ambiance

Friday, October, 21st, 2011

Date night with the hubby - sexy time, oh yeah! Ew, TMI, Marie. TMI.  For a split second I wanted to get all dolled up and go to the gorgeous Meritage at the Claremont in Oakland. A couple of hours beforehand, I realized I wasn't in the mood to play dress up. All I wanted to do was be with Mikie and talk, laugh and just hang at a casual romantic restaurant. And that's exactly what we did, my friends. It had been too long since we had a solid block of time, and so we exchanged stories, food and kisses. 

I love that man so much. 

Romance is alive and kickin. 

Necklace, VerreEncore
Jacket, F21 (the most awesomest buy ever!)
Tank, H&M
Jeans, thrifted Levi's original sample
Shoes, MIA

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Event hopping calls for layers. 

This is where all my Man Repeller stalking comes in handy - Leandra is a layerin whiz! Of course, my layering skills are much more conservative and tamer that hers, at least this time around. 

Walking around in the cold going from place to place, I started soff fully loaded (uh, not that kind of loaded - that comes later in the evening ;) ). Layers are all ON. I always view my outfit in its layered stages since once  I'm at the events, and consume a couple glasses of Proseco, I slowly peel off each layer. Cue stripper music. Not!

Jacket not pictured. D'oh.

Ya know my long kimono hot pink vintage jacket? Imagine that over le outfit. 

Now, good job using your imagination, kiddies :)

Headband, F21
Bracelets, variety
Sweater, Bluefly (can't remember brand - bad Marie!)
Tank, H&M
Pants, Madewell
Shoes, Sam Edelman