Making Winter Cuter with Pom Beanies

cardigan with free people tunic and pom beanie
cardigan with free people tunic and pom beanie

cardigan with free people tunic and pom beanie
cardigan with free people tunic and pom beanie
cardigan with free people tunic and pom beanie
cardigan with free people tunic and pom beanie
cardigan with free people tunic and pom beanie

cardigan with free people tunic and pom beaniePom beanie, Free People. Cardigan (Madewell) c/o Nordstrom. Dress c/o Free People. Boots, Aldo. Ring, Samantha Wills. Choker, bebe.

Winter is not a fashion show. Words that haunted me growing up and wisdom that I chose to ignore much to my dear mother’s dismay. But tell that to a girl who lives and breathes Vogue magazines, worships Jeanne Beker and watches Fashion Television religiously. Like every time it aired on City TV. (Prior to the emergence of the Fashion Television Channel for all my non millennial readers). Dressing cute and fashionable always seemed like a better trade-off than staying warm and I must admit I’ve endured my fair share of ass-freezings over the  years in an attempt to do so.

Luckily with age comes wisdom and I’ve accepted that winter can be a fashion show – when done properly. Which leads me to talk about winter hats. Not really something that I’ve been into, but my boyfriend’s nagging over the years finally convinced me to start wearing them. So over the last two years as I’ve attempted to embrace winter hats I’ve actually become addicted to them. Not sure why I was so against them, as I used to rock baseball hats all the time back in the day. But maybe it was because they just weren’t as cute as they are now.

Enter the pom beanie, or even this beret style pom pom hat from Free People – over the top cuteness meant to keep one warm. For this reason (and of course because of our frigid winters), I’m expanding my collection one pom beanie at a time. With that being said, winter fashion doesn’t have to be dull or boring. Simply making weather appropriate choices while staying on trend is a great way to turn winter into a fashion show.

xo

70’s Fall Style

bell sleeves top with button front denim skirt and purple hair
bell sleeves top with button front denim skirt and purple hair
bell sleeves top with button front denim skirt and purple hair
bell sleeves top with button front denim skirt and purple hair
bell sleeves top with button front denim skirt and purple hair
bell sleeves top with button front denim skirt and purple hair
bell sleeves top with button front denim skirt and purple hair
Top, old (similar here). Vest, bebe (old). Skirt, Zara. Bag, Sole Society (Nordstrom). Boots, Very Volatile (Nordstrom). Ring, Samantha Wills.
 
Was feelin’ that 70’s vibe again so I got my inner hippie out with these bell sleeves and button front denim skirt. Added a woolly knit vest because it just seemed right, being Autumn and all. I feel I should point out that these cowboy booties and saddle bag have been on repeat lately. I’m not sure that I own more comfortable shoes than these booties at the moment. Which is exactly why I’ve been wearing them so much as I wore out my everyday flats. Both pairs. And have not found a comparable replacement yet.

xo

A Plethora of Purple

purple balayage hair
purple balayage hair
purple balayage hair
purple balayage hair
purple balayage hair
purple balayage hair

Top c/o Romwe. Leggings, Meow Boutique. Choker, bebe. Flats, The Shoe Company. Bag c/o Pinkstix. Sunnies, Lulus.

The truth is I’ve had a little bit of fun styling my outfits to match my purple hair these past few weeks. While this was not my intent, it started off as a safe way to rock my purple locks without clashing other colours. Until it eventually took on a life of it’s own. I never realized just how much purple was lurking in my closet until I surpassed the 2 week mark of playing the purple matching game. I actually quit playing the game (before running out of purple garments). Only because it simply became too predictable for coworkers to guess what colour I’d be wearing the next day. Not being one to conform to such predictability, I had to give it up. Although I found that it has not been a struggle to wear other colours with my purple balayage hair.

xo