As soon as August hits, I'm thinking about what I'll be wearing in the fall. In California that means November. My fall wardrobe is usually my summer wardrobe with slightly deeper colors and more layering pieces. I was really into mint and coral this season. With my new town bike, I'll be riding around all day dropping off and picking up my kids from school, with stops at Acre coffee to do my writing, so I'm going to have to trade in my handbag for a backpack..and I'll need some cute clothes to wear with it.
1.Hershel Supply Co. Backpack/ 2. J.Crew Wool Flair Skirt/ 3. Madewell Tree Twig Necklace/ 4. Rag & Bone Baily Jacket/ 5.Michael Kors Runway Watch/ 6. Calypso St.Barth Ivana Tee/ 7. J.Crew Ryder Short Leather Buckle Boots/ 8. Madewell Han Kjobenhavn Timeless Sunglasses
I was curious. I
saw people posting sets from Polyvore featuring items that are not in
their bank of images, which are limited mostly to fashion. How could
this be? After a little poking around on their site, I found a "clip to
Polyvore" button for my toolbar. This may be common knowledge, but in
the off chance I'm not the only one who hadn't figured this out, here's
the link.
Pinterest is great for putting together visual inspiration, and I have a board 60 pins deep with ideas for my new house. I wanted to see some of my textile ideas together in one space to figure out what direction I was going in and I wanted to decide what I really wanted the mood of the space to be. A Polyvore set proved to be a little better for that, plus I could spiff it up with text, like creating my own editorial page. You can actually lay out furniture with rugs and console tables and art. This would have been so helpful when I got married, and decorated my first nursery. Perhaps we have too many tools at our disposal, but I just can't get enough.
My preppy heart beats for nautical stripes, especially in navy or dark gray. My favorite striped piece is this retro dress from Madewell. I'd slip this on with a pair of flat sandals and my little cross body leather bag and be the hit of the kindergarten drop off.
I was pretty worried that I was going to start saying "totes" after watching the New Years episode of Up All Night. It turns out my husband Adam prefers the term.
Spring has arrived in February this year, and I have totes on the brain. I have always carried some sort of tote. I think the obsession either started with ballet bags or later with my first ESPRIT bag...where is that thing? I just love nautical stripes and bold patterns, and the simplicity of the natural woven bag. Totes are the best because they are so preppy and multipurpose; they look fabulous with both my top-siders and my gold flats.
Just before I had Wylie I splurged and bought myself an orange, leather trimmed Kate Spade tote to be used as a fancy diaper bag. I had it sent to my house, gift wrapped in the signature green and gold tissue paper, with a personalized message from Adam (written by me) not to be opened until I got home from the hospital. I think the note said something like "To the greatest woman who ever lived". Fortunately he has a sense of humor and understands the concept of a push present, so he named her Katy and she got her own seat in the car. Isn't he dreamy? Totes.
At the end of March, I am going to spend 3 glorious days and nights in Palm Springs in an Alexander home with some of my favorite girl friends. As I am already fretting about what to wear, I thought it would be the perfect time to make myself a mood board on Polyvore. I plan to take this collection with me when I go shopping to remind me of the pieces I will need to create a cohesive look for the trip. Granted every garment here is more than my entire budget, especially that Takhoon maxi dress, but I think having the visual will allow me to put together a similar look at a combination of shops that have pretty things more pleasing to my pocketbook.
