Clothing

February 17, 2012

Updating the blog a little here and a little there

You might have noticed something new. A floating bar with social sharing. Pin to Pinterest, or share on Twitter or Facebook. I’m still tweaking and refining this and I also plan on giving the site a new look hopefully soon (but who knows, this comes second to my real job.) 🙂

February 1, 2012

Neons & Neutral

Posted by By Hilary Baumann

Posted in Clothing, Nail Polish, Shoes

I’ve recently been noticing I’m liking neons and neutral’s on pinterest.

It might have something to do with recently buying Zoya’s “Lo” and it being a lot brighter than I expected.

But I like it a lot. Especially with outfits that involve my leopard ballet flats.

January 25, 2012

Some recent business outfits

Posted by By Hilary Baumann

Posted in Clothing, OOTD

I recently snagged some new Chico’s pants (3 pair) when they went on sale for a day so I’ve been dressing up a bit more than usual. I know it sounds odd but I’m a jeans fan. Let’s start with the pink (I’m surprised pink worked on me), khaki and gold sort of look:

Chico’s Cavalry Twill Palazzo Pant | Chico’s Silky Top
J Crew sweater (similar | similar) | Nine West shoes (similar)

A close up of the shoes:

And then last Tuesday I ended up wearing purple, black and grey. Photos aren’t as good as those above because I was taking them really quick and only snapped three:

Chico’s Sweater | top from TJMaxx | Ralph Lauren necklace from TJ Maxx | Chico’s Magique Flare Leg Trouser Pant | Cap Toe Ballet Flats are Payless Claire Scrunch Flat dexflex by DexterBy the evening I was calling the ruffles on this shirt “tentacles.” I also didn’t realize until recently when I grouped them in the closet that I have no less than 5 shiny, silky, satiny shirts. I really don’t know how that happened. Anyway – hopefully it will give you some ideas on pants based business attire that doesn’t involve a suit or dress. 🙂 So tell me, on the things I tried to find similar matches, did I do ok?

January 13, 2012

What I wore today – argyle in the snow

Posted by By Hilary Baumann

Posted in Clothing

Today I’m wearing more for practicality between the freezing cold (20’s!) and a chiropractic appointment (wanted to feel the short massage without a bulky sweater.)

So I’m layered with:
– a plain black long sleeve tee (origin unknown)
– argyle sweater; Merona thifted
– jeans; walmart’s faded glory (no I don’t really like shopping there but love this pair of jeans)
– boots; leather uggs I’ve been wearing for around 4 years & purchased half price at TJ maxx (I just change the inserts for $20 each year and re-waterproof)
– car coat; Macy’s I think
– broach; grandmother’s

Gorillapod and a glif means now I can take more photos faster so I might be doing this more often.

January 11, 2012

What I wore today – Jan 11, 2012

Posted by By Hilary Baumann

Posted in Clothing

I’ve been loving these leopard ballet flat’s I picked up on sale after Christmas at Kohl’s. I had been eyeing them for awhile but had them on my Christmas wish list so I had resisted buying them.

And the shirt, it’s not something I would normally pick up because of the bow and the waistband that makes it look tucked in. I liked wearing it though and it’s uber comfy too.

As a side note: have you ever had an article of clothing that you love and wear often and then you see a pic of yourself in it and go “eeee they do this weird thing here…. That’s not flattering.” Well I think in all the years I’ve owned them, the brown pants have never been photographed. And I took a lot of pictures today before I got one where the crotch area doesn’t look strange. They’ve gone from favorite pants to “errr maybe It’s time to go pants shopping.”