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Look Alike Day & Your Own Twist Link Up #43

April 21, 2022 / 32 Comments
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gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge

You might be wondering about Look Alike Day. You also might be thinking that Monica and I look nothing alike in that cover image. Although Monica and I have inadvertently dressed alike for previous Your Own Twist themes (my favorite time was when we both wore giant unicorn heads), this time we were not meant to look like each other.

National Look Alike Day happens every year on April 20. I do not think it is a coincidence that it falls on 4/20 because it is the silliest of silly holidays but it is also one of the best holidays. This holiday celebrates those individuals who look like another person. As I have always understood it, don’t we all have a doppelganger somewhere in the world? If that’s true, then Look Alike Day celebrates every single one of us! What’s better than that?! Well, we each get to celebrate two people…ourselves and the person we look alike.

Although we may all have a look alike somewhere in the world, there is only a 1 in 135 chance that a single pair of exact doppelgangers exists. Often our dopplegangers resemble us because we have similar features that are arranged in similar proportions. You can tell the difference but the likeness is too uncanny to go unrecognized. This article is a really fascinating study of doppelgangers…You are surprisingly likely to have a living doppelganger.

As far as doppelgangers go, I don’t think I have met mine yet. While Monica and I may share a few similar physical descriptors (we are both tall with dark hair), we are certainly not doppelgangers and have never been mistaken for the other.

So what’s a girl to do for Look Alike Day when she doesn’t know her look alike?

She dresses like someone else! I suppose that would be more aptly called Dress Alike Day but I don’t make the holidays, I just change the rules! And then I dressed like Miranda Lambert (I am wearing her boots!) and headed out for date night in Syracuse with Jeff.

Miranda Lambert
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gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge

I am not wearing her actual boots that were on her feet nor am I wearing similar boots to the ones she has on in that photo up there. I am wearing my new Idyllwind by Miranda Lambert cowgirl boots that I told you have been on constant repeat. I didn’t try to look like Miranda Lambert either because I don’t look anything like her. Rather I drew my inspiration from the woman who designed my footwear. Because for style challenges on my blog, there are no rules!

This outfit actually started with the tights as I was planning on wearing a short dress with black over the knee boots. I couldn’t find the tights I was looking for but these sassy lace ones caught my attention and the outfit creation began. As most in things in my closet are, this dress is too big, but the Western inspired belt seemed to fix that problem in the best possible way. This is the first time I have worn my pearl embellished denim jacket. It totally screamed country music star to me.

gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
gray dress, white cowgirl boots, lace tights, denim jacket with pearls, Shelbee on the Edge
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My amazing and very handsome date.
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It was raining outside so we took photographs in the hotel and the lighting was just awful not to mention the disaster of frizz on my head! But I work with what I’ve got. We went out to eat where there was live music and it was just too darn loud for us. We then met some friends for drinks at another bar and were back safely in our hotel around 11:00 for a quiet kid-free night while the in-laws stayed at home with the boys. I always appreciate a date night with my husband and we had a wonderful time!

I don’t know if you can tell now who Monica’s look alike is…you’ll have to hop over and see!

About Your Own Twist

Your Own Twist is a monthly link party hosted by Monica of Jersey Girl, Texan Heart and me on the third Thursday of every month with the goal of inspiring some of our friends to get creative with personal style. 

The idea behind this collaboration is to take one common piece or theme and style it our own way with our own twist…Monica and I have both taken a lot of fashion inspiration from one another over the past few years even though we have totally different styles. It is always fun to see how we can interpret similar items in unique ways or what kind of twist we will each bring to the chosen theme.

We will let you know the themes well in advance in the event that you would like to use the theme for your own post and add it to the link party. However, any fashion posts are welcome regardless of whether you used the theme or not. Check out the graphic below which has some of our upcoming style prompts.

I will have new themes ready for the next post.
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You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Do you have a look alike? Have you met your doppelganger?

Keeping it on the edge,

Shelbee

Joining these Fabulous Link Parties. 

Outfit Details: Dress-Old Navy / Jacket-Burlington Coat Factory / Scarf-TJMaxx / Boots-Idyllwind by Miranda Lambert (Boot Barn) / Belt-Torrid / Gloves-Gift shop in Sylva, NC / Earrings, Necklace, Tights-Old

I am a midlife woman, wife, and stay-at-home mother of 2 boys and 2 cats. I have a passion for helping other women feel fabulous in the midst of this crazy, beautiful life.

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