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The Outfit Under the Coat & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #758
Happy Friday, y’all! Today is my birthday. 51 years young and feeling great. My life is filled with more blessings than I deserve and I am overflowing with gratitude for all the goodness around me. There are so many things to be thankful for on the anniversary of my birth. I am healthy, I am strong, I am wise, and I woke up alive this morning, so I am winning! My husband, who is also healthy, strong, and wise, loves me without condition. My children, they are also healthy and strong, for sure. But they are youthful and smart, so the wisdom will come later. They are amazing kids and…
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The Jacket Maker Meets Festival Style
Have you heard of The Jacket Maker? Nearly a decade ago, the founders of the company saw a large gap in the market between luxury and fast fashion brands when it came to leather jackets. Wanting to fill that market void with high quality leather jackets and coats, the company was started to offer stylish options at a more consumer friendly price point. With prices ranging from $300 to $500 and women’s sizes ranging from XXS to 3XL (US sizes 00-24), there is something for almost everyone. If you find yourself between sizes, The Jacket Maker also offers custom sizing. Just send them your measurements and they will make sure…
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Songful Style Link Party #38: “Love Shack” by The B-52s
About Songful Style Songful Style is a style challenge series hosted by Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, Marsha of Marsha in the Middle, and Suzy of Suzy Turner, The Grey Brunette. Each month we will share a song with the lyrics and video and we invite you to use whatever aspect of the song that inspires you to create an outfit. It is similar to Style Imitating Art where we use artwork to inspire our outfit creations. Except Songful Style gives you lyrics, music, video, and album artwork to inspire your fashion creativity. You may even find inspiration in a memory triggered by the selected song. It is all open to your own personal interpretation…
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Style Imitating Art | “Pumpkin” by Yayoi Kusama
This is one of my favorite ever Style Imitating Art challenges. I love the art and I am thrilled with the outfit that it inspired. About Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and Marsha of Marsha in the Middle. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts, acting as presenter, selects an inspiration image that they will each post on their blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfit. Participants are invited to submit their art inspired outfits to the presenter by 10:00 p.m.…
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The Thrifty Six in Crochet Revival
Jane chose this month’s thrifty theme and it was like a sweet song for my bohemian soul. A crochet revival! Yes, please. I love the inherently relaxed vibe created by crocheted items, flashing us back to the antiestablishment countercultures of the 1960s and 1970s. It was a time of modern bohemianism, a rise in hippie mentality and an increase in openly alternative lifestyles. Crochet became an iconic fashion trend that represented the generation which gave birth to Xers like myself. In traditional Gen X style, we do like to revive old things and make them new, creating a sustainable way to remain fashionable on a budget. Because we have lived…
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The Burnt Ochre Dress from Last Summer & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #756
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what are a thousand pictures worth? According to the principles of mathematics, the answer would be one million words. Although I am certain that I could write one million words, I don’t really feel like it. And you probably have little interest in reading the one million words that my very noisy and chaotic brain would string together anyway. So I will leave you with some words (far less than one million) and many pictures (a lot but much fewer than a thousand) of little ole me wearing one of my favorite summer dresses. Last summer, I purchased this dress in deep…
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The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book: Little Black Dresses
It’s time to honor the iconic Little Black Dress. Not everyone has one in their closet, but this wardrobe staple is an essential piece to many so it deserves a little honoring, don’t you think? Thanks so much to all of you who shared your little black dresses for this edition of The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book. We appreciate you joining our fun! The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book is a monthly series hosted by Nancy of Nancy’s Fashion Style and myself. Every month, we invite you to share a photo or two of your Good (or Bad) Buy items that fit the stated theme. We ask that you also provide a short…
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New Cowgirl Boots in Saratoga Springs & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up On the Edge #755
Ever since I bought my last pair of cowgirl boots over a year ago, I have been hankering for a new pair. In particular, I have really been wanting teal cowgirl boots. I found a few different pairs of teal boots from my favorite boot retailers, Country Outfitter and Boot Barn, but it took me weeks to decide which pair I wanted to have. I narrowed it down to two different pairs…the Corral Women’s Floral Embroidered & Rhinestone Studded Western Boots (the ones I bought) and the Circle G Women’s Floral Embroidered Western Boots. The pair I didn’t buy are so stinking cute, too, but I do not have any…
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SIA Gallery of Style | Dance in Tehuantepec by Diego Rivera
I love the colorful outfits that resulted from this week’s art prompt. If you are interested in learning why I chose this particular artwork, you can read more here and here. About Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and Marsha of Marsha in the Middle. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts, acting as curator, selects an inspiration image that they will each post on their blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfit. Participants are invited to submit their art inspired outfits to…
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Style Imitating Art | Dance in Tehuantepec by Diego Rivera
About Style Imitating Art Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and Marsha of Marsha in the Middle. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts, acting as presenter, selects an inspiration image that they will each post on their blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfit. Participants are invited to submit their art inspired outfits to the presenter by 10:00 p.m. EST on the Tuesday following the hosts’ art inspired outfit posts. The following day, Wednesday, the presenter will share all of the submissions on her…
