End of Year Roundup - My Favorite Looks from 2014

It's a last week of the year and I wanted to gather all of my favorite looks from 2014. I was going to make this a very sentimental end of the year write up, but my blogversary is next month and I plan to do something special for you guys.

So until then, this is a complete wrap up of the year 2014 of looks for me. I didn't notice how much I wear black, white, green, and pink until now. Especially black and green together lol. Seeing all of my looks come together makes me want to grab other colors, prints, and textures moving forward. So I am happy my last look of the year is in red lol. 

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas Fashionistas! I hope you find some time to out of your day to put the phone down and enjoy your family and friends.

Back in the day, my mom would put her five disk CD changer in rotate throughout the day for the Holidays or whenever she deep cleaned the house on Sundays lol. Dancing in the living room, running around with my cousins, while watching my family do many champagne and brandy toast in the kitchen.

So to continue that tradition, I put together a playlist of old school favorites and a few new hits. This isn't your traditional Christmas playlist, there are songs on here that will take you way back. Also some EXPLICIT LYRICS. Hope you enjoy...

Merry Christmas and Drive Safely!

A Coke and a Smile - My Holiday Look

Hi all! Christmas around the corner and I wanted to do a non-traditional holiday look. Well, even though red is a traditional color, you usually see a lot of sequins and dark colors. I wanted to create a cool and breezy look, that will make people talk. Also this is the last of my thrifting haul finds from a few months back. 

With the new year I want to add more art and culture to the blog, which is another love of mine. So moving forward you will see a lot more of the arts, that I am hoping to find throughout the city.

I found this painting on the side of a building and it just reminded me of my hometown Chicago. The artist name is Hugo, was born in Bolivia and raised in New York. He came to Arizona to get his Masters and has many other amazing paintings and sculptures that you can find at hugosart.com.

Having a lot more fun in photos to end the year with a bang and hopefully shed more light on my personality.

Fedora and Wool Hat Trend

 Happy Wednesday, hope your week is going great. Today lets touch on another trend to keep around in the next year. Fedoras and Wool hats! I know this trend has been around in the past few years, but I am seeing it more and more everyday.

Many different styles, color, and shapes have been seen on socialites and celebrities.

I have worn my wool hat many times this year, one of my favorite times here.

Cream of the Crop

It's Monday and I wish it was still the weekend. I just want to lay around another week or two before the New Year sends me back running around like a mad man. Anyway the look I am wearing today feels like another Kanye meets Solange to me.

I haven't worn my cream trench since last winter and I knew I wanted to wear it with all white this time around. I've been really into wide legged trousers lately. They're classy, fun, and make me look taller.

Christmas Wish List

Happy Friday! Today I woke up to a cool feature on another bloggers site www.unregisteredstyle.com. The blog is by Bryce Lennon and he also discusses fashion, style, and gives advice. He wrote a lot of kind words, that just made my day, so check out the feature and his site by clicking on the link above.

Now back to business, I finally put together my Christmas wish list. I wasn't going to create a list at all because I couldn't think of anything that I wanted and I feel like I have everything I need. So I started looking around and ended up with a lot of things lol.

It may look a bit boring, but again I am very simple. I ended up with four categories, style, accessories, beauty, and shoes.

 

Yay or Nay - Sock with Heels Trend

Another year another trend. Let's continue discussing the trends that we saw in 2014 and if we want to see them in the new year. So the sock with heels trend has been awhile for a long time now, but usually connected to the preppy girl look. Now this trend has been seen around on runway models, editors, and bloggers around the globe. Don't forget Carrie Bradshaw.

They are pairing them with skirts, shorts, jackets, and pants. I personally am not fully convinced of this trend because it can be a hit or miss. Pair the wrong kind of sock, heel, and outfit, it can start to look a bit crazy.

If I had to wear them, this look would be my favorite. The toned down color combination is perfect for this look.

Wizard of Thrifting

Happy Monday!

I've been in and out of thrift stores lately for the cooler weather items that I won't have much use for soon. I seem to always strike gold and this blazer was a something I was back and forth with. The pictures doesn't do this blazer justice. There are a lot of colors weaved in it, including a metallic thread. Also it is tweed and only $4, how could I leave it?

90's Era Trends to Keep in 2015

With the New Year approaching, I wanted to go over a few trends from 2014 that I would either hate to see go or love to stay. So the next few weeks I will touch on a few trends from the previous year. As a 80's baby, I wanted to touch on my favorite trend that just keeps sticking around...the 90's! Although I was born in the late 80's, I grew up and fell in love with fashion from the 90's.

So I am not sure if I am bias with the 90's trend or if they are actually dope, but this is a list of trends I would love to stay around. Lets get into a personal favorite...

Grunge Tie Waist:

Ok, I know this trend is being abused this year, but I am still not tired of it. I am not sure why, but I think I like how it can pull together a look easily, just by adding a jacket or shirt around the waist.

I recently wore this look in a grey and black combination.

Winter Florals and Mixed Prints

Hi there! I hope everyone enjoyed there Holiday over the weekend. Eating, sleeping, eating, and more eating was basically how I spent my weekend. I am over the Thanksgiving leftovers so much, that I had a nightmare that they would be serving us Thanksgiving food for lunch at work today lol.

Anyway lets start this week off with a look that I was a bit skeptical about posting. I am trying to take a bit more risks and play around with prints and textures. I have owned this bomber jacket since last winter and just not wearing it for the blog. This is also the skirt I purchased thrifting that came with the jacket I wore here.