No Pants Allowed.

My daily posts have morphed into to weekly posts. 

Ay yay yay.

I feel like such a slacker.

My sincerest apologies for slowing down.

I've been working non-stop on a big project that's currently top secret.

Oo la la!

Shhhhhhh....

As the launch date approaches, I'll be giving my lovely followers the inside scoop. 

Woohoo!

So stay tuned.

Sunday 11.13.11

Sunday Morning Farmers Market. 

The Japanese Tourist Pose.

Saturday 11.12.11

The Girl Monk.

Trying to give the world a giant hug.

Friday 11.11.11

Electronic Tribal.

Does that even make sense?

I was just looking at this dress again and realized it's part futuristic, part old school tribal. 

Thursday 11.10.11

At the SF Carrots event. 

I had the pleasure meeting bloggers: 

Samantha Rudd & Kendall Asmuth of Sequin Harvest

Caitlin Flemming of Sacramento Street

I love this framed mirror.

Wednesday 11.09.11

The Rockabilly School Girl.

I'm totally sporting red lips but was unable to capture that aspect. 

Princesses.

My daughter's Robot Rainbow Hawaiin Hula birthday party was yesterday, and she reminded me that it's more than okay to march to the beat of your own drum. That it's okay to dress up and be silly, have fun, and not take life seriously and to ask for the impossible and make it happen. And so today, I woke up in my own little dreamland, and felt like a princess, so I thought I should dress like one too.

Thanks for always inspiring me, Daisy.  

Here comes the pink, the glitter and the tiara.

Sunglasses, Liz Clairborne

Headband/Tiara, boutique in Southampton

Necklace, gift from a friend

Bracelet, Boracay, Philippines

Dress, Victoria's Secret

Slip, thrifted vintage

Shoes, Sam Edelman

Sunday, October 23, 2011

My daughter, Daisy, has quite the imagination. She requested a robot, rainbow, Hawaiin hula theme for her second birthday, I kid you not. My husband, Mikie, and I were up for the challenge and made it happen. A little glimpse into her fabulous lil kiddie soiree. 

DJ Lance and Rainbow Hula Robot even made an appearance.

Cupcakes by Laurie Brown

Top, F21
Grass Skirt, Halloween Superstore
Shoes, GoMax

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

Two For One.

Another gorgeous day in the Bay calls for the right to bear arms (and legs!). 

Soakin up the sun before the fall layers come into play. 

Sunglasses, Liz Clairborne

Bracelet, from Boracay, Philippines

Top, Sway

Skirt, thrifted

Shoes, Sam Edelman

Yesterday... all my troubles seem so faaaaarrrr away...

That just came out - whopsies.

It started with writing Yesterday, as in, this outfit is what I wore the day before today. 

Went to a fun little ad event in San Francisco - it was amazing hanging out and meeting a whole plethora of insanely creative peeps. The energy was high and drinks were a flowin... Can't get better than that. 

Oh wait, but it did! 

We were treated to two awesome performances by Dodos and Dan the Automater.

The crowd went wild! 

Or at least I did.

My best Reese Witherspoon impression. 

Necklace, VerreEncore

Dress, H&M

Belt, Le Chateau

Shoes, H&M

Pink, It Was Love At First Sight.

Pink it was love at first sight, yea 

Pink when I turn out the light, 

and Pink gets me high as a kite 

And I think everything is going to be all right 

-Aerosmith

To commemorate the inauguration of the crossover from le old blog Instylation, to my newly named, freshly painted blog Dirty Pink Cardigan, I decided to wear all a nice lil pink number that I thrifted years ago. 

So anyhoo, I have an eensy weensy favor to ask all those fantabulous peoples who've been supportive....

Yes, it's true!

 I'm going to use this pink dress to promote Dirty Pink Cardigan shamelessly and ask you (yes - YOU!) so nicely and sweetly ~ with lots of sugar, syrup and cherries on top ;) ~ to continue to follow me on my lil style adventure, here at Dirty Pink Cardigan.

If you're with me all the way - please add yourself as a follower of Dirty Pink Cardigan.

 I'm unable to automatically add all my followers from Instylation to this blog since they have different urls. 

Okay, promise I'm done with all this self-promotion...

after this last one:

Switch on over to Dirty Pink Cardigan.

Ta da!

Okay, all done now.

For really reals. :)

And now on to your daily dose of my style shenanigans:

Hair Bling, Belinda M Designs

Necklaces, every pearl necklace I own is a gift from a family or friend (score! aren't I a lucky gal?!)

Dress, thrifted

Shoes, BP from Nordstroms

Part Deux of Le Post

Mikie (the hubby), Daisy (the baby), and I headed out to the San Francisco Vintage Fashion expo today and soaked up the sunshine, well-dressed shoppers, and of course the fantabulous clothes, shoes, and accessories. Hard to believe I restrained myself and bought only one item - a gorgeous silk green floor length gown! Can't wait to show you guys one of these days :)

Here's a little peek inside: