ch..ch..check it out!

I get over-whelmed thinking of where to start on this thing. I guess I'll just go off my day-to-day life kayy muhh peeps?

OCTOBER 7 2010
Tuxedo shoes for women, AKA oxfords.
I'M IN LOVE.
First of all, I'm so obsessed with the fact that men's wear is so in right now for women. Blazers, over sized everything, big watches, you name it.. a girl could rock it right now and totally get away with it. Finally we're at a point in time where women can go as far as dressing like a guy(in a feminine way of course) and get away with it. It's socially acceptable. It's actually socially encouraged right now.
 Um, can I get a HOLLER?
Anyways, oxfords. LOVE EM. I bought a new pair yesterday that look similar to these:


See at first I was so hesitant to buying a pair of oxfords because I did not know what in the world I would wear them with. Big whoop Lex. What was I thinking? You can pretty much wear these babies with anything! ... Okay I lied, not anything but there is quite a large range they look fetchin' with. (You better believe I just said fetchin')

SUGGESTIONS
-an above the knee skirt, high waisted, with some tights, and honestly any top, sheer and flowy, a graphic tee, probably tucked in, go for it.
-any type of dress, I especially love pairing a girly kind of dress with the oxfords (florals people! and don't forget the tights for winter)
-a longer shirt with jeggings. (p.s. i love jeggings)
-a great pair of cropped pants to the ankle look SO cute with oxfords.
-boyfriend jeans with a blazer and oxfords=gorgeous outfit.

Honestly, the list pretty much goes on forever, just don't pair them with something hideous kay guys? promise?

No maxi dresses and oxfords or anything like that...
Glad we got that cleared up. Now here are some different styles of oxfords. Be brave! Be bold! ROCK THOSE OXFORDS!

(thank you urbanoutfitters.com for sharing your ADORABLE oxfords with us)

I just want to make sure everyone knows they CAN rock oxfords. Not even gonna lie, at first I was super sketched out. I never thought I would buy a pair. Lately I just can't get my hands off of them. Be a rebel, do something different, and go buy a pair! If you don't get at least one compliment on them you can blame me. Straight up. Not even a big deal, cause I know you'll get hundreds.

Well, this has been fun.

XOXO
LL

fashion fashion fashion!

so lately all i've been even wanting to post on my regular blog has been fashion stuff. why not just make blog purely of fashion so i can talk about it WHENEVER i want? holler right? so first off i want to talk about what fashion really is...

dictionary.com

fash-ion –noun

1.

a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses

urbandictionary.com

Fashion- Noun
The prevailing style or custom, as in dress, or behavior.
Something such as garment, that is in the current mode.
Fashion is not always expensive clothes. Fashion is not what all the popular girls at school are wearing. Fashion is creating a garment and being different. Fashion is developing a style. Fashion never gets old, it just gets re-created. There is no right or wrong in fashion.

wikipedia.com
Fashion, a general term for the style and custom prevalent at a given time, in its most common usage refers to costume or clothing style.

                                            

i absolutely LOVE urbandictionary's definition. and that is what my point is. i want it to be known fashion isn't what is on the runways, in the magazines, or just owning a gazillion hollister t-shirts(been there done that).

fashion is any type of style people wear. its what your eye gets drawn towards when shopping. and as you continually are drawn to those type of things, it starts to become your "style" your FASHION.

ah i just love talking about this. i love originality. i love diversity. i love seeing someone wearing something and you second guess it, because really that's what fashion is! a double-take. now that double take could be because it's nothing you've ever seen before, or it just be because the person is rocking it and looks fabulous.

i especially love talking about what fashion is because i grew up not really knowing the true meaning.

age 2-10; you don't wear gap, what the heck do you wear?

you see, my mom worked at gap my whole childhood so i knew nothing else. if the tag didn't say gap kids i just did NOT understand.

age 11-14; you don't wear all hollister and abercrombie? where the freak do you shop? 

i honestly just blame this on the age. for some reason hollister and abercrombie just take over your life once you hit like 11 or 12. you walk in, see something on a manikin, and go find it. omgsh just looking back on it makes me sick to my stomach. all the money my mom wasted on t-shirts with the words HOLLISTER or ABERCROMBIE & FITCH.. i could have fed a middle-sized country. heaven forgive me.

age 15-17; praise the lord kinda.

thank gosh for forever 21 and h&m. going into these stores i realized the unique and different things were what i really loved. and i had this passion for these types of clothes. to grab different things and put them together, and it be totally you, was refreshing beyond belief!
not gonna lie though, i did go crazy over jeans for quite a chunk of this age. i wouldn't wear jeans UNLESS they had a true religion pocket. i mean kinda bleh.. but at least i wasn't obsessed with the straight up blinged out & HUGE stitching styles(again another middle-sized country, people). my poor mother. i mostly thank my trip to San Francisco at age 15 for my mind opening revelation. i believe that was my first time really seeing street style. everyone was wearing such different things, and everybody together walking down the streets was one of the most beautiful things i'd ever seen. i slightly remember going ape shiz in that huge h&m in San Fran.

purely present; purely love.

now i can shop anywhere, as long as i can find things i love. not even gonna lie, ill go spend $5 dollars on jeggings at walmart(don't even worry i already bought two pair) or ill go spend a random 100+ on one thing at nordstrom if its a definite must have. the stores i for sure could not live without though would go like this: h&m, nordstrom, forever 21 and urban outfitters. of course i love tons of stores but these are my forever favorites. at least for now.

fashion has really, literally, become a passion for me now. i find such joy in putting outfits together and making people look amazing. i love creating something that fits some one's personality soo well. or just makes their body look bangin. i know for sure this is a passion that isn't going to fade. its just gonna keep burning brighter. watch out people, don't burn yourself.

xoxo

LL