Showing posts with label dresses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dresses. Show all posts

Saturday, October 1, 2011

The first personal-style post of the CCS reboot!

So, today I'm wearing this:

No backdrop quite like the Wall O'Purses.


Surely you recognize the blouse from a recent post. I had a theory that dots echoing dots might look rather nice, so I paired it up with this thrifted red jersey dress. I needed something to wear to work tonight, and this dress is uncomfortably cleavage-y for that purpose, so I brought things back. The trouble is... it just looks, well, so sweet it's saccharine. Even for someone like me, whose style is at least 80 percent uberfemme.

Here's the fix (With a rocker pose as a salute to Vegan Black Metal Chef, one of the best cooking shows I've seen online... uh, EVER.)


Blouse: Eyelash
Dress: Thrifted
Belt: Body Central
Bracelet: Candie's
Spider ring: from a music festival like 9 years ago
Black star sapphire engagement ring: Bauer Jewelers, Vincennes, IN
Boots: Payless
Platinum clip-in streaks: Hot Topic


Alas, these are only the shoes I *wish* I could wear to work. Stilettos don't mix well with being on your feet in a retail environment for 7 hours.


Will made me pose with a wine glass because he's a pretentious wanker.

And lest you get the wrong idea about a broad posing around with a big cheesecake grin in her kitchen:

Bite me, patriarchy. I just think my kitchen looks cool.

All photos by William Dickey.
Soundtrack provided by: M.I.A.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Monochrome done right

Meet Leah Kettering!


Leah did all the makeup work for my brother's wedding. Her own wardrobe choice was so eye-catching, I just had to click a few pics. I was proud of how she took a silver-sequin dress that was WAY too bling for an afternoon wedding, and brought it back down to a calm place on earth with a languidly-draped long cardigan and slouchy leather ankle-boots.


Check out the wedding video for more examples of her great makeup work. She is also a proud Arbonne representative. Check out her page for high-quality health and beauty products.