Ultimate Leopard

This is an ultimate combination of leopard. I paired my silk blouse with my faux fur leopard coat and wrapped it up with a Michael Kors leopard belt. Need a pair of skinny dark denim and a classic pair of black heels to balance out all that leopard.

Leopard, Vintage and Gladiator Heels

In my quest to use my leopard blouse with all I decided to use it with a beautiful silk wrap vintage Hanae Mori dress in a snake skin print. The prints are similar in color so work well together. I tied up the blouse to make it look like a jacket. I want to pair with an great pair of gladiator heels from Zigisoho. As crazy tall as these shoes are they are super comfortable. Plus I got them for my birthday! The other look is a lovely vintage St. John knit evening top with black crystal buttons that I used over the top of the leopard top like a dressy sweater for a cute date night look.

Army Green with Leopard Spots

This was the first combination with leopard that caused me to ponder whether you could use this print with anything. I used a tailored army green jacket over my silk leopard blouse. I will pair it with skinny ink J Brand Jeans and my new army green Vince Camuto booties.

Leopard with Everything

Recently my favorite blogger, Kelly Framel mentioned in an interview that she treated leopard print as a neutral because it went with everything. I said "what the heck is she talking about?" to myself at the time and proceeded to forget about the comment. Several weeks past and I spotted a beautiful leopard print silk French Laundry blouse for $4.99 at a thrift store. Hopefully you can see the lovely muted color of the blouse which I loved. I brought the blouse home and hung it along side a pair of army green cargo pants. It looked great. Suddenly Kelly's comment came flooding back... maybe leopard was a great neutral like khaki and goes with everything! This week I plan to explore just how my lovely new blouse goes with almost everything in my closet.

Shiny Gold Chains and Blue Jeans

Obviously a chic bag on a gold chain is a classic look created by Mademoiselle Chanel. I have always loved the 2.55 quilted Chanel bag but since I don't have one I have been thrifting for a similar type vintage bag. I found an 80's bag from Anne Klein that is really nice quality and unique. I've show it with a reptile Judith Lieber bag and a Whiting and Davis chain link bag that I thrifted. The look I love right now with a chain bag is to carry it with a faded denim jacket; kind of the quintessential anti-Chanel jacket with a classic bag. Another fun high/low mix that dresses up the jacket and mellows out the bag into a great casual look.

Marine Biology

This weekend I'm headed to the beach. So of course I am thinking about marine inspired looks. I don't know why, must be the whole buried treasure thing, but going to the beach always makes me think of charm bracelets and pearl jewelry. Some of my favorites are attached including my new sea anemone bracelet from Target. My outfit is inspired by all the nautical looks for spring including a recent favorite movie "Coco Avant Chanel" in which Coco Chanel wears a striped nautical shirt from her trip to Deauville, France. Plus my Steve Madden Luxe sky high wedges with patent leather clouds to hope for sunny weather. Have a great weekend!

An American Girl in Uniform Part Deux

In a veiled reference to the final episode of "Sex and the City" (no pun intended) on the opening day of the new "Sex in the City 2" movie, I designed a more casual version of the summer uniform I posted yesterday. This time I went for an all American look of faded vintage Levis jacket over a new yet vintage style Mickey Mouse T-shirt picked up at Disneyland and Ralph Lauren cargo pants. To give the look some fun and polish I added a pair of Tommy Hilfiger clogs. All items except Mickey tee were thrifted.