jeans

November 5, 2013

winter

White after labor day INSPIRATION:

Whether it’s white skinny jeans, dress slacks, wide leg denim or palazzo pants, there are a variety of ways you can make white pants part of your fall & winter wardrobe.

The pictures above:

White skinny jeans with gray sweater and navy pea coat for fall / winter
White skinny jeans with knee high boots, green sweater and camel accessories for fall / winter
White wide leg jeans with gray t-shirt and black jacket for fall
White jeans with camel sweater for fall / winter
White jeans with camel v-neck sweater, black cami, leopard flats, and gold accessories for fall / winter
White dress pants with burgundy sweater and a statement necklace for fall / winter
White palazzo pants with a grey shirt, bold yellow pea coat and statement necklace for fall / winter
White pants with knee high boots and a gray cowl neck sweater for fall / winter
White ankle pants with heels and a large cozy sweater for fall / winter
White boot cut denim with heels and tan / camel tank top and sweater style wrap for fall winter (go with a close toe shoe)

How I made white jeans / pants work for me for fall / winter:

What I’m wearing in all three outfits above: white palazzo jeans that I bought yesterday at the Talbots Outlet, long sleeve magenta surplice tshirt from Walmart, statement necklace from Maurices, gold and white earrings from JC Penny. (Ok this is also a cheap outfit) I actually wore the one on the far right today because it was mid 60’s outside here.

What I’m wearing that’s different (left to right): 1) magenta ballet flats from kohl’s and a camel / saddle color corduroy jacket from a consignment store haul 2) linen oatmeal wrap sweater from Talbots outlet 2&3) leopard Lauren Conrad ballet flats

Closeup of the statement necklace (click for larger):

Tips for wearing white jeans / pants in fall and winter: (none of these are a requirement to make this work, just some things that might be helpful)

try sticking to more fall-like colors in your top and shoes
stick with heavier weight fabric for the white pants
a light or metallic statement necklace seems to help tie things together

October 2, 2013

OOTD – Military green pants, leopard ballet flats, fedora –
October 2 2013

Posted by By Hilary Baumann

Posted in Clothing, Hats, OOTD, Shoes

Just a quick photo of what I wore today – Military green pants, leopard ballet flats, fedora.

Most of this outfit is actually from Kohl’s. I’m a little addicted to shopping there lately. I seem to find more pants that fit me there than anywhere else I seem to go for some reason and I’m not sure why. Really a fan of the Sonoma Life+Style and Apt. 9 brands when it’s coming to pants. Also not loathing crops and capris like I used to … and I’m not sure why.

The pants are Apt 9 “Skinny Crop jeans” in military green that I bought on clearance. I like the studded detail on the pockets. I had gone looking for the zippered front accent full length version but didn’t find them and ended up spotting these.
The necklace and earrings I wrote about in this post. Mega clearance jewelry haul.
The fedora (hat) is also from Kohl’s. It’s the Apt 9 Ribbon Straw Fedora in tan (no longer available) – they still have the black and white versions in clearance. I’ve had this most of the summer but didn’t blog about it before. I bought a similar style hat from ebay that’s a little lighter because this one is just a little too much on a 90 degree day (I should do a hat post.) 70 degrees outside and this one is great. Also this one is crushable so it bounces back from being abused – thrown in cars, bags, I think I sat on it once…
The Leopard ballet flats are Lauren Conrad from Kohl’s. I bought them around Christmas 2011 (!!! ack) and have almost worn them out. They have been so well loved that I have had to glue one of the soles back down on the toe of one of the shoes. Honestly, leopard ballet flats should probably be a wardrobe staple so I need to find a good replacement. I’ve loved that these had comfortable elastic on the heel. (Open to suggestions on replacements!)
The basic black t-shirt – I have two that are identical (and I’m not sure which one I wore now that it’s in the hamper.) One was some brand I had never heard of but was nice, soft, thin but not too thin and a little drapey. And the other I ran across at Walmart for about $5 – it was identical to the $20 no name that I liked so much and really I haven’t been able to tell the difference between the two. What I got was either this or this from Walmart but I also have a dark purple t-shirt from Ann Taylor Loft that’s pretty much the same fabric and I think that is the Ann Taylor Loft everyday t which is less than $10 at the moment.
My bra is my “last resort, need to do laundry now” bra so it’s digging into my shoulders a little and I just noticed you can actually tell that in the photos. Oops… You don’t need to tell me I need a different bra than what I’m wearing in these photos – I already know.

April 15, 2013

Coral Pants & Navy – spring has sprung

Posted by By Hilary Baumann

Posted in Clothing, OOTD, Scarves

A quick outfit of the day from last week- Coral Pants & Navy:

new coral pants from Kohl’s // basic navy tshirt // diy navy scarf
tan Riveira sandals from Payless // Nine & Co. crossbody purse from Kohl’s
as well as cute daffodils – Spring has sprung!

A lot of this outfit is from last spring so most of the items are not available for purchase still… but the pants are and they’re even more discounted than they were in my last post!

April 8, 2013

What I wore: breezy spring Turquoise & Jeans

Posted by By Hilary Baumann

Posted in Clothing, OOTD, Shoes

I’m very much a jeans girl. The darker, the better (but not black, black shows cat hair too much.) Deep deep navy, no distressing. HOWEVER when I’ve been wearing the same jeans for awhile they do in fact become somewhat faded which is the case with what I had on today. These are actually the lightest blue blue jeans that I own.

What I wore in these photos (this is really all over the place):

Top: Turquoise Shirt / Blouse / Tank from TJmaxx picked up last fall
Jeans: Walmart (ugh – yes, Walmart) from a few years ago
Shoes: Sandals / Flip Flops in red and tan with silver and crystal embellishment from a boutique in Bowling Green KY
Shrug / short sleeved jacket: Target from a couple of years ago
Necklace: long silver necklace from Chicos (really long ago)
Earrings: basic silver round hoops with a flattened edge from Talbots (also long ago … but I’m not sure how long because I have two pairs of the exact same earring bought at different times.)
Toenail polish: Zoya “Lo” … I need to repaint my fingernails.

I’ve been meaning to share more outfits of the day like this but just haven’t gotten around to it. I do however wear jeans a lot and I do re-wear a lot of the same outfits which means that sometimes what I wore just is not that interesting … or I think it wouldn’t be. We’ll see if I can make this more of a habit. Though don’t worry, I will probably not be posting every single day. You can see a pattern in the colors I tend to like photographing though. Lots of turquoise and teals and aqua… I swear I have other color shirts in my closet!

AND I’m sorry, these last couple of days I’ve been feeling rather prolific. I promise I will not keep this double posting nonsense up (I’m going to post something about coral and yellow jeans in a bit.) 🙂

October 26, 2012

Mustard and Royal Blue Jeans

Posted by By Hilary Baumann

Posted in Clothing, Pants

So I didn’t end up buying these from Kohl’s because the fabric was thinner and cheaper feeling. Just thin enough that I wasn’t comfortable with them.

But I did really like the colors so now I’m on the lookout for a pair of good mustard color and royal blue pants or preferably jeans.

March 29, 2012

“Foiled Again” – gold foiling or gold leaf on clothes & nails

Posted by By Hilary Baumann

Posted in Clothing, Nail Polish, OOTD

“Foiled again” get it? Ok, that would make more sense if I had previously written about gold foiling or even any kind of gold on clothes, right?

Apparently I’ve been getting into golds lately. As exhibited by both some recent clothing purchases as well as nail polish choice.

Outfit Top to bottom (click images for a larger version):

Earrings: Kohl’s daisy fuentes® Gold-Tone Hammered Drop Earring Set I had removed the chain portion of the coin style earrings and they look better.
Tank: Talbot’s Outlet (one of my recent gold purchases) cream with gold foil streaks.
Wrap: Tabot’s Outlet (in the fall) it’s a heathered cream linen that’s a perfect weight for spring and fall. Very versatile.
Bracelet: thrifted.
Jeans: Walmart (shhhh … why do I end up with jeans from there?)
Shoes: Lauren Conrad leopard print ballet flat from Kohl’s. Loving these, they also go with a LOT.

Then there was the yoga capris I bought that had a foil leopard print pattern. This wasn’t actually on purpose. It was more because I didn’t like the pairs that had funky color tops and they didn’t have a plain black and I had a gift card burning a hole in my pocket:

Close up of the leopard AND the Talbot’s tank’s gold stripes.

Then there are the nails.

Three coats of Essie in “A Crewed Interest” which is a Spring 2012 color.
Topped with a single stripe of Sally Hansen Crackle polish in “Antique Gold”

It’s a nice subtle effect that reminds me of gold leaf. And the peachy pink is like a less sheer version of Zoya’s Lulu. That “point shoe pink / peach” I had been looking for for years and suddenly found. Repeatedly apparently.

via YouTube

The gold crackle is actually a little preview of something I’m going to do a giveaway on sometime in the next month. So if you don’t normally read my blog, you might want to stay tuned by either subscribing to the rss, the emails or my twitter or youtube channels!

Are you wearing more gold lately? Is this a trend or just a weird accident that I’ve recently purchased more than one item that was gold foiled?

Next thing you know I’ll own a gold sequin mini skirt…. uhhh probably not anytime soon (though they are CUTE on other people!)