Pretty things.

Love sparkly costume jewelry! Wish I could keep a ton around just to play with.


- Fashion from my iPhone

On the road.

This week will be a little different as I am traveling all week for work. I tried to pack stylishly, but not overpack which is hard. One of the things that keeps my suitcases under 1000 pounds is limiting myself on the shoes, so you'll only see two pairs this week. I'm also doing all the photos on my own with one of those grippy tripod things

I'm watching focus groups this week, so all of my outfits have to be somewhat professional, keep me warm in freezing office buildings and transition to dinner if need be. Here's today's outfit:

Kate Spade blouse($128, on sale)
Club Monoco cardigan ($150)
Banana Republic skirt ($60)
Cole Haan Bacara Ballet Flats ($138)

PS - Love me some skirts and dresses with pockets!!

Mark your calendars!

March 7th... Jean Paul Gaultier for Target arrives in store and online.

New Designer : Sretsis

New to me anyway. I'd never heard of Sretsis and their site seems to be defunct, but when you google them you get a lot of hits of celebs wearing this designer. Kim also has an owl print dress she posted on the Closet Case FB page that I just love. This dress had to make the blog because, well, I love a llama.

You can buy the line at a few online retailers and small boutiques. I must find out more about them. The pieces are really different to me. Worth looking at for a single standout piece to funk up your wardrobe.

Shop here, here, or here.

I'm sailing! I'm sailing!

I have to say I am loving my outfit here. The dress is new and was a bit of an impulse buy, but I'm so happy I bought it. It's Kate Spade and was marked down to $190 from $535!!! Total steal!

Since it's freezing I had to winterize and added the cardigan (The Limited,$50 ) pink tights (Hue, $9) and a pair of Corso Como cage heels that I bought last spring for around $200 if I remember correctly.

I got a LOT of compliments on this outfit and felt stylish all day, and I know before this blog I never would have bought the dress (too dressy, when would I wear it?) or mixed it with such a bold color (would have done matchy-matchy accessories). To me this outfit represents progress, and that is a great thing.


A note on Corso Como shoes - they are well made and really comfortable. It's a new brand to me, but I now have 2 pairs due to the comfort factor. The heels in htis outfit are 4" but never felt like it.

A note on my budget - This dress put me over by $28 bucks, but I was under by $54 last month so it all evens out. No more shopping for me til March!

Hot Shoes!!!

Kim, wearing Loffler Randall platforms. HOT!

Anna Sui for Target Part 2

When I searched for the link for the Anna Sui Line for Target yesterday, I saw that I had the makings of an identical outfit to one in the lookbook so I thought that might be an interesting comparison. This is me, vs the model. She's obviously a bit skinnier, but I think it's a close approximation. Thoughts??

Anna Sui for Target Dress ($70); Black leggings ($30); Charles David boots ($250).

I want this skirt!

Diane Von Furstenberg - pricey but precious. Afraid it might make my butt look big though.

Look out for busses Kim

Since Kim and I are about the same size and wear the same size shoes I may have to push her in front of a bus just to get her wardrobe. Kim, consider yourself warned.

Robert Rodriguez dress and Prada peep toe mary janes.

Check out this video and see why I dream in Prada.

Thanks Target!

Today's outfit features a designer piece from Target's brilliant design-to-the-people series. This one by Anna Sui was only $50 and has lots of detail. I try to get at least one piece from each of their collections. I bought a dress from this collection that I forgot about until now - I'll be pulling that one out soon.

This top is completely sheer so I layered it with a cami from The Limited. I have one of their camis in every color and use them all the time - they are a good wardrobe staple at about $30 each. The trouser jeans are Editor Pants from Express that I bought FIVE years ago. I think I paid $70 for them and they have truly earned a place in my closet. I used to wear them all the time, but they've been forgotten this year with my skinny jeans. (Master of the Obvious, at your service.) Shoes are my Miz Mooz purple wedges ($90) that I so love, but after seeing htis picture I realize they are about an inch too high for these pants.

Oh well....worse things have happened to better people. Don't think anyone's going to yell "floods" as I walk down the hallway between classes.