Friday, December 30, 2011

.. of Hair Inspiration

As someone who consistently chooses to wear her hair up for special events, parties, dinner, drinks, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays...

As someone who wears her hair up 7 days a week 24 hours a day I am always looking for fresh inspiration. Right now I'm rocking the librarian bun. Not cute.






I love every one of these looks and just in time for parties!

Happy New Year!

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

.. of Personal Style


Jewelry designer Jennifer Fisher's closet. Note the glass doors...

I applied for a part-time job at the Gap recently when I was bored one day and a friend said to me "Oh, you don't want to work there! You have to FOLD all day!"

My heart skipped a beat.

I love to fold...

So my closet looks like a store as a result. It always has and it always will.


I luuurve closets and Jennifer's is noooo exception. It makes me happy and that glass door is GENIUS! The next time I have one of those sliding double door jobbies on my apartment closet I am replacing it with glass immediately. Adding a glass door is like painting a fresh coat of white paint on the walls. This approach is not for the faint of heart. Or the messy like my friend. Be honest with yourself here. Do you need a door to hide away your hot mess?

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

.. of Style Inspiration


No, not her... she's boring.

I'm looking at the two men behind her. Never were two men's trends so perfectly put into play. I've always been fascinated by Asian men's style. I feel like they take more risks than your average white guy. And if you don't believe me...





I love him. I always wanted an Asian grandfather but alas, it was not in the cards for me.


I love the long hair too. I always said I would never date a man who takes longer to get ready than me or has longer hair than mine. But it is pretty to look at.

When I was commuting to Manhattan there was a guy who always ended up on the S with me in the morning. Tall about 6'3", dark chocolately smooth skin like he got facials on the regular, strong jawline. He always wore a wool overcoat but never the same one, a suit, and a briefcase slung crossbody over his shoulder. And he had... the best hair. I'm not one for dreads myself either but his must have been 3 feet long all the way down his back and per.fect.ly done. Not a hair out of place and always tied at the back together with a simple piece of twine.

That man. I always wanted to pet him. Don't know why. Some men are just so beautiful they make me feel bad about myself. Like as a woman I should be able to keep up!

I digress...

On the left we have skinny jeans on grown men and I happen to like this look. This trend actually bubbled up / trickled down from the teen crowd as most things do. I work across the street from a high school and the styles for boys have changed since I was but a little person. High school boys look a lot like this now.



I'm sure the man in the photo isn't in high school but that's fine. Roll play never hurt anyone.

Happy Hump Day!

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