Bell Bottomed

30 Monday Mar 2015

Posted by clearlycorinna in Outfits, Thrift Store Finds

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Detachable fur collar, Green Strap, Large Clutch, Military style watch, Navy Clutch, Nine West, Olive wrap coat, Olivia Palermo, Short Sleeved Turtleneck, Sleeveless, Target Watch, Trouser Denim, Wrap Sweater

Wide legged denim is coming back. I saw this pic of Olivia Palermo and found inspiration.

While I don’t own any actual bell bottoms, I’ve got lots of wide legged/boot cuts that really resemble a bell bottom. These are a pair that have never left my closet (also seen here with the same faux suede boots). They are more of trouser pant. They are GAP and of course they are really old — About 10 years. The sleeveless sweater wrap is also old (also seen here), TJ Maxx. T was in preschool, so 4 years ago at least. Short sleeved T-neck is Target this past fall (also seen here). If they have them again in 2015, I recommend getting one or 2. The neck is snug but not too tight and oooohhh so soft. The coat is Nine West (also seen here). The clutch was a find! I found it in a Savers store for $4.00. It’s fabric quilted Navy (I’ve already explained my current obsession with Navy in my last outfit post) and it has a long chain strap, so I can wear it cross-body, or double it up and make it a shoulder strap. But mostly I use it as a large clutch. I’m finding a lot of bags that I am making into clutches. I should do a post on that. 🙂 And I just did a major watch buy at Target. They were $10 a piece. I couldn’t resist. Military style accessories are in this Spring. It’s a men’s watch so I had to make some modifications so it would fit. Nothing a pair of scissors and super glue can’t handle.

Denim / GAP / No Longer, Wrap Sweater / TJ Maxx, T-Neck / Target, Coat / Nine West, Clutch / Charlotte Russe, Watch / Target

Inspired!

08 Monday Dec 2014

Posted by clearlycorinna in Outfits

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Big Pearl Earrings, Layering Dress Shirt, over the knee boots, Sleeveless, sweater dress

This outfit is inspired by a little Dr. Mindy Lahiri and a little by Gwen Stefani. I love how Mindy wears these adorable outfits on her show. She layers, mixes prints and boldly wears tight dresses in an amazing way! If you haven’t seen The Mindy Project, check out her style here. Just love her. Then I saw an episode of The Voice with Gwen in this adorable (no doubt, LAMB, pun intended) pantsuit with a white collar and it got me thinking about my own closet. Time to dig out the white dress shirts. I bought this sweater dress at Marshall’s for $30 (sorry, can’t find a shopping link). I love sweater dresses and knew I could layer this one. It is a little snugger than I am usually comfortable with, but with the bone colored patent belt (Target), I thought it looked cute. The shirt is an old shirt, but what I like about this one are the french cuffs. Black tights and my new (early Christmas present) over the knee boots! Which is my favorite part of the whole outfit. I have been watching Olivia Palermo (love this blog) walk around New York City for in a pair of gorgeous boots for over a year now. Hers are high heeled and tall. More thigh high than over the knee. I needed to steal that look.. but no heels for me and my lifestyle and find ones that were as high as hers for an affordable price is nearly impossible. What I did find were these! They are by Chinese Laundry and I love them (on a side note, now O.P. is wearing a pair exactly like them…yay!) The earrings are also a change for me –large pearls (faux, of course). I saw this pair on another favorite blog, Hello Fashion, and it inspired me to buy these from Target.