Belted and Scarved

This week's challenge over at Putting Me Together was to put a belt on it.  And "it" could be anything you wanted, other than pants.  I'm afraid I didn't get too creative with the challenge this week, choosing, as I often do, to just belt a dress:

I know, I know, belting a dress is far from groundbreaking.  But, I'm not just wearing a belt with my dress, I'm also wearing a scarf.

So, you know, that's something.

Oh.  Well, that was supposed to be a closer view of the scarf, but it mostly shows how crooked my belt is. Heh.


Crooked or no, my dress is belted and therefore this totally counts towards the challenge:

Dress: vintage, thrifted (similar)  Scarf: vintage, thrifted (similar)
Belt: v. old (similar)  Boots: Born Crown (similar)

Happy Thursday, All!

Gracey

Half-Down, Half-Up

For today's Putting Me Together Style Challenge, we were challenged with trying a new hairstyle.  So I invented one:

I call it the "Half-Down, Half-Up."  Now, you may be thinking to yourself that my hairstyle looks suspiciously like the hairstyle they call the "Half-Up, Half-Down."  Well, you're wrong.  For that hairstyle, the emphasis is on the up portion.  For my hairstyle, the emphasis is on the down portion.

See how the "down" portion of the hair has actually been brushed?  That's a big deal for me.  And, although I don't have a close up of the "up" portion, I can promise you that it's half-assed at best.  I didn't even bother getting my barrette straight!

So, yes, it may look like the Half-Up, Half-Down, but it's most definitely a Half-Down, Half-Up.


I also wore some clothes:

Sweater: vintage, thrifted  Shirt: LOFT
Jeans: Old Navy   Boots: Nine West

I mean, it's nothing to blog about (and yet...) because it's just jeans, boots and a sweater.  But, this is one of my favorite thrifted sweaters.  It's fabulous because it looks like a plain blue sweater, but it's actually flecked with all sorts of colors:

That is some vintage heathered goodness right there.


Happy Thursday, All!

Gracey

Electric

Today's Style Challenge from Putting Me Together is to wear something bright.  This makes me happy for several reasons.  One, I love brights in the winter.  Two, like the first challenge, it was easy for me.  And, three, it gave me a little-needed excuse to wear my electric blue sweater:

Sweater & Skirt: thrifted  Tights: SPANX  Boots: Born Crown

Electric!


In fact, the only problem I had with this outfit was what to pair with the sweater.  As you can see, there's snow on the ground.  And even though it's not particularly cold, I'm a bit hesitant to wear skirts out here in case I'm caught in a freak snowstorm.  But, I took the chance and paired my sweater with a vintage checked skirt:

Okay, okay.  You caught me.  I chose this skirt not because I've suddenly become rational about freak snowstorms (I really haven't).  No, in truth, I chose it because it fits my curves really well.

I mean, look at how cute my booty looks!


But, that's enough about my bum.  The challenge was not "wear something heinie-enhancing," it was wear something bright.  Which I did.  It was this sweater:

And a heinie-enhancing skirt.




Happy Thursday, All!

Gracey

Black, White and Wine

This week's Work Your Closet Style Challenge over at Putting Me Together is to wear a dress.  And I was like, done and done:

Dress: vintage, thrifted (similar)  Tights: Target (similar)
Belt: vintage, thrifted  Boots: Nine West (similar)

Sure it's cold and snowy here in Pennsylvania, but I'll be darned if that keeps me from wearing one of my beloved dresses.

Nope, I just pulled out a sweater dress, added tights and ankle boots and et voila, Gracey's wearing a dress:

In this case, a vintage dress that I actually thrifted here in Pennsylvania.  I made them strip it right off the mannequin!  But, can you blame me?  The striped top is pretty cool:

 So, heck yeah  I'm wearing a dress.  And I'm linking up to Putting Me Together.



Happy Thursday, All!

Gracey