Life of a Closet Fashionista: January 2013

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

OOTD 1/29/13

Hey guys! I wanted to share my outfit today!

I'm wearing my corset cami from Arizona Jean Co, my grey studded skinny jeans from City Streets, (JCPenny for the win.) my black mid-sleeve blazer from Frenchi, (My aunt sent this to me, she got it from Macy's.) and my Croft & Barrow black suede booties. (I love these boots! I got them at Kohl's within the last few months. So comfy, but very nice!)

With this outfit, I was thinking Casual Classy. It's one of the styles that I choose a lot. I like to mix it up like this, with the casual and much nicer pieces together.

Hope you enjoyed! What's a style that you like? What do you like to do to mix up your wardrobe? Comment with your answers!!

Friday, January 25, 2013

Birthday Portrait

My mom has had my sister and I take a birthday portrait every year since we were born, and I took mine for this year in December. My birthday is in June. Yeah, we're on top of things. NOT.

Well this year my mom let me pick the outfit for a change and I think I did a pretty good job. I loved using these sunglasses for a prop, I think it brings more to the pictures. I got them at Ragstock if you're interested. The earrings are just from Claire's. (Also, you can't see it in these pictures, but I'm wearing bright pink skinny jeans and purple converse low tops.)

Add in some attitude...

My bracelets were really important to me in these pictures, and it's a shame that you can't see them so well. I made some of them and others were given to me, so they each mean something to me. Do you guys have any jewelry or clothing that holds memories? Share it in the comments.

Have a great day fashionistas!

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Macy's Shopping Haul!

Hey, I promised my latest Clothing Haul, so here it is! (It's not exactly a haul, as it's only two things, but I love them so I don't care what it's called.) I went to Macy's yesterday and picked up these two things:

Here's the jacket I got. It's from B Hip by Me Jane. It's got a studded collar and an asymmetrical zipper, motorcycle style. It's a lighter jacket, more of a late spring/summer nights/early fall type thing, but I can wear it around inside, like at school for instance.

Ok, here's my studded wedge sneakers from Material Girl. I've wanted a pair of these for a while, and I finally have one! Here's the breakdown: I really like the zipper, because I don't need to untie and tie them every time I want to put them on/take them off. They're a dark blue inside, which you can see a little of in this picture at the edge, near the zipper and they're comfy, which is hard to achieve in a wedge shoe. I love them, and there's not much more to say beyond that.

So that's what I got at Macy's. (I also got socks but I didn't think that those would be very exciting, so I didn't put them in.) Do you guys think I did well? Comment and tell me!

Monday, January 21, 2013

Shopping Haul

Hey guys!

I finally took pictures of the clothes haul I got during the holidays. The following is each piece and what I have to say about it. I got all of this from JCPenny.

First up: my new red jeans! (These are the Sparkle Skinny Jeans from Truce in red. They also come in blue and purple. Link is right here.) I love these jeans. The denim is really soft, and I love how the sides are dyed black. They are bedazzled, and I usually don't like that, but in this case, I don't think it's too much.

Here's a close up of the rhinestones, and the way the black dye fades out into the red:

Ok, next up is this purple over-shirt. (This one is from Arizona Jean Co. I couldn't find it on the website though, so I can't give you a link.) It's not very thick, and it's not very warm, and it's definitely for warmer weather than we have right now. I tied it up, but it is full length, and long sleeved, but the sleeves can be rolled up.

Ok, here is the Cherry Rose Railroad Corset Cami, also from Arizona Jean Co. This can be found here. This tank surprised me when I saw it from afar, because it's actually made of soft denim. I wasn't expecting that, but it's quite comfortable, and shapes well to my body form because the back is stretchable. (It's all scrunchy because it is sewn with elastic thread. You know what I mean, right?)

Next are my teal pants! These are from B.Wear, and again, I can't find them on the site, but these are close to the same thing. They're super awesome and they make me smile when I wear them. They feel like more of dress pants, because they're 75% rayon, but they have Nylon and Spandex for the other 25%, so they're sturdy but stretchy enough to be comfortable. I personally think that these are great for a casual friday kinda thing, because they do look professional enough to wear to an office, but the color is quite bold. (PS; they do need ironing if you crinkle them up, so fold them nicely and take care of them.)

So that's all I got over the holidays! I will post my next haul very soon, as I did go shopping today, and I got a few awesome things.

Smile on fashionistas! Feel free to comment, I love getting your feedback!

Monday, January 14, 2013

Tube Top Tutorial

Hey guys!

Sorry I haven't been posting lately, I got really busy with the end of the semester. So now that I have some free time, I decided to make a tutorial for you guys. In this tut, I will show you how to make a tube top from a T-shirt. Now, the T-shirt should be a size or two larger than your normal size, because if it's not, it could end up being too tight, which would be a shame.

Ok, here goes!

Take one T-shirt, a size or two too big for you and lay it flat, making sure all the wrinkles are out.

Mark two straight lines from the very top to the bottom, just outside of the arm seams. It's hard to tell in my picture, but I used tape to make it more visible.

Now cut along the line you marked.

And you're left with...

This! Tada!

Now mark a straight line across the top, just below the collar, getting as close to it as possible without actually touching it.

Snip snip snip!

Flip the two pieces and line them up, right sides together. MAKE SURE THEY LINE UP NICELY, OTHERWISE THE TOP COULD GET OUTTA WHACK.

Pin and..

Sew up the sides.

Flip it right-side-out

Fold over the top for a drawstring.

Like so, and pin...

Ok, this pic is a little confusing, but basically it means mark the center front and leave a space for the tie. Use a zig zag stitch, as this has more give and allows it to stretch a bit when you put it on.

This is just showing the space to leave open. Mine is actually a little bigger than necessary, I would suggest making it maybe to finger widths wide instead of the three that I did.