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

Half-Mast.

For some reason, my peepers are looking very sleepy in all these shots. They're flying at half-mast (hey, so that's what she means by her post title!). But really, I totally did it on purpose - duh! It's the whole Marilyn Monroe bedroom eyes tactics I've been practicing. Isn't it obvious, with the movie coming out and all? What's great about this 'look' is that anyone who's running on three hours sleep or less can easily pull it off. In fact, those sleep deprived folk, such as meself, sport The Marilyn flawlessly, don'tcha think? Ha!

Yo Monroe, thanks for making the tired mom look so sexy. I love you!!! XOXO.

What in the world is Marie doing?

Am I:

a) the Running Man

b) leaning on an invisible bar

c) airing out her pits

d) about to faaaaaaall!

Headband, Modcloth
Scarf, Madewell
Dress, boutique on Haight St
Shoes, H&M

Day to Night: the LBD Edition.

 The LBD Day to Night Recipe:

First start with yer basic ole LBD.

For daytime, I added a fun bright turquoise scarf, houndstooth short sleeve jacket, black ankle booties and pushed hair back with a braided bronze headband.

This fine evening...

 I headed out to the most excellent John Varvatos event in San Francisco featuring the up and coming rockstar Gary Clark jr. and had only minutes to switch it up from mommy mode to party gal. I figured I should just work around what I already had on - duh! 

Although to be completely honest with you, I did try on my floor length sequins skirt for a split second before throwing back on what I had worn earlier. And yeah, it most definitely was NOT the eighteen thousand dollar Balmain skirt that I was eyeing, but a lovely vintage piece that I'll have to share with y'all sooner than later :)

So with just a few moments I worked up some style magic and traded the bright scarf for a printed black and white silk scarf with a dash of turquoise.

 

Painted le pout le red and let the hair down - oh yeah!

Added le homemade bracelet cuff - courtesy of le crap laying around in le drawer.

And as y'all know, I'm currently obsessed with my leopard print Sam Edelman's - so BAM! - there they are.

The final touch - a le line on le nude stockings adds for a nice little zesty surprise!

PS - Sorry for the self-shooting love! My photographer (aka Mikie my husband) is uber busy and so I do with what I have ladies. Still trying to share the Dirty Pink Cardigan style shenanigans in whatever form I can. :)

First Outfit:

Headband, H&M

Dress, H&M

Boots, H&M

---um, is this an H&M campaign or what?--

Jacket, F21

Second Outfit:

Dress, H&M

Jacket, F21

Scarf, vintage from my grandmother

Bracelet, homemade

Stockings, a gift from a friend

Shoes, Sam Edelman

Today's Special: Black Maxi + Lace Overlay

Maxi Dress, Modcloth

Shoes, GoMax

Leopard Print Headband, gift from Tippy Canoe

Necklace, borrowed from Brigid

And now it's time for a little fun: Spot the Difference!