carrie bradshaw moment + styling Tulle for fall

Today, my blogger BFF Rhea of rheaetcetera.com and I  decided to do something  fun and share with y’all our take on the Tulle skirt. We never talked about what our outfits look like or how we styled them but I loved how it turned out when I saw our pictures side by side! The contrast between Rhea’s beautifully styled ultra-feminine, dreamy pastel-colored tulle and my darker ensemble made this little collaboration of ours perfect.  Head on over to Rhea’s blog at rheaetcetera.com to see how she styled her Tulle skirt!

 

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Admit it, we’ve all had our fair share of envisioning  ourselves wearing a tutu since the day we’ve laid eyes on Carrie’s pink tutu from Sex and the city.  Okay, maybe not a tutu but doesn’t that TV show just make you want it too? Hahaha, maybe not but I’ve gotten myself one around 2 years back but when I brought it home, hubby was laughing at it!! I know he doesn’t know squat about tulle skirts but I ended up returning it anyway. I still wanted to rock one though so when I saw this navy number at a consignment store, decided to take it home because 1) it was a great deal  2) I thought since it is a darker color, I can pull it off better with no laughing spouse in the background and  3) if I ended looking like a Disney character, I wouldn’t feel so bad about this purchase.  As it turns out, it didn’t look too bad! Infact, I think it is rather cute without looking overly sweet. This is probably how I want my Carrie Bradshaw (SATC opening credits) moment to look like. J

            Top: HM    Skirt: from a consignment shop    Shoes: Zara    Bag: Rachel Roy at Macy's     Watch: Coach

Linking back to What I Wore Wednesday @ Transatlantic Blonde, Summer Style, Vodka Infused Lemonade's Tres-Chic Fashion Link Up, Tara @ Penniless Socialite,  Friday's Fab Favorites, Lena B, actually, Friday Frills, Fashion Friday, More Pieces of Me , On the Daily Express,  Rhea Etcetera, Monday Bloom @ DC In Style ,Let it Shine @ Still Being Molly,  Life's a Party, Dress Like It, Style Sessions @ Style Elixir, What I Wore Wednesday, Get Your Pretty On,

 

culottes

Here is something we do not see everyday. One that I certainly do not currently have in my closet and has kind of a funny sounding name, to me at least. I know in the past years I have owned a pair of culottes or two and I remembered always gravitating towards them. So when I saw these at Zara, I thought hmmm what a cute print and I secretly have been wanting to rock a pair since summer began (at this point, I refuse to talk about the impending cold weather, so please let us save that on another blog post. Lol!)  I like the fact that they pretend to look like a skirt from a far but up close, they are actually aren’t. I have worn this at work and it certainly has been a good conversation piece, eliciting both positive and negative comments (“hey that’s cute”/ “what the heck are you wearing”). Either way, I wanted it so I am wearing it. It is comfortable, different and they remind me of my younger years. Hahaha.

Thank you so much for reading and see you on my next post!

 

  

             Top: HM  Pants: Zara  Shoes: Zara  Bag: Tory Burch   Earrings/Necklace/Watch: Jewelmint/Marc Jacobs

Linking back to What I Wore Wednesday @ Transatlantic Blonde, Summer Style, Vodka Infused Lemonade's Tres-Chic Fashion Link Up, Tara @ Penniless Socialite,  Friday's Fab Favorites, Lena B, actually, Friday Frills, Fashion Friday, More Pieces of Me , On the Daily Express,  Rhea Etcetera, Monday Bloom @ DC In Style ,Let it Shine @ Still Being Molly,  Life's a Party, Dress Like It, Style Sessions @ Style Elixir, What I Wore Wednesday, Get Your Pretty On,

peplum

Seattle is still not as warm as I hope it would be so in a my haste, I just grabbed this black peplum sweater. Hmmm..peplum and I are not best of friends. Lol. My longer-than-normal torso screams "no!"  to some of the prettiest peplum pieces I have seen. On the other hand, finding one that fits you right can make an outfit, so a fitting room trip is a must. Now black and gold accessories are a different story. I love these two colors together! Gold can definitely fill that missing void when trying to dress up a black outfit.

Thank you for reading!!!

Top: Zara    Bottoms: HM   Shoes: from Piperlime.com   Jewelry/Watch: Forever 21/ Jewelmint/House of Harlow/ Marc Jacobs watch    Bag: Prada   

 Photos by Tim Calamiong (Instagram: @calamiong)