April 12th, 2012: Interview Time!

                  

Charlotte Russe suede jacket, JC Penney's white button-up shirt, Claire's flower accessory,

Forever 21 Tati skirt, Purple Fern ring, Forever 21 sunglasses, Charles Davis high heels

It's interview time and you're stressed because you don't know what to wear!  Never fear, Makayla's here!

(Sorry, I've always wanted to do that : ]  )

The basics for an interview outfit are blazers or jackets and black.  I have never been a fan of brown outfits for an interview.  You're dressed to be sophisticated and brown screams nature to me.  Black is dressy, elegant, but down to business.  I also prefer skirts and dresses over pant suits, but this is only a matter of opinion.  I would wear a pant suit if it was in the dead of winter, so I have nothing against them at all.  It's just when given the opportunity, I will take skirts or dresses over them.  Panty hose is also suggested for it, but it is a dying art, panty hose, so I won't take it as an offense if you dislike them.  

The finish touch should subtle jewelry touches.  A ring, a simple necklace, a headband.  Nothing extravagant. Just subtle.  

The note I'd like to make on the ring though is that I bought it from a fabulous local business in Winchester, VA called The Purple Fern.  I suggest to anyone who is interested in eco-friendly items, homemade crafts, or just quirky items.  Top o' the morning then to ya!

"Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future."- Coco Chanel

March 23rd, 2012: Doris' Look

Pink long sleeve shirt, black and white scarf, Sear's skirt, and black heels

Every other day, I try to dress up Doris (my dress form) to what I'd like to wear

that week.  And sometimes, Doris looks better in the outfits than I could ever look in them.  

I had the perfect outfit on Doris.  It was a blue and tan cardigan with a blue tank-top and tan shorts.

Problem?

Doris doesn't wear shoes, so I never thought that when I put on the outfit that I would have no shoes

to match it.
I was furious.  I was so stupid to forget a factor like that, so rushing around, I quickly remembered an outfit that I had put on Doris a few days before, so I ran to closet and dressed myself before 7:10 hit.

I was lucky to remember that, and I will say, ever since Doris came along, my outfit planning has been smoothed out to a clean road now.

Whew!  THANK YOU, DORIS.

“I don’t understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little- if only out of politeness.  And then, you never know, maybe that’s the day she has a date with destiny.  And it’s best to be pretty as possible for destiny.”- Coco Chanel

March 6th, 2012: A Friend To A Friend

Red cardigan (Sears), white shirt (Wet Seal), black and white checkered skirt (Goodwill), black tights (Wal*Mart), American Eagle flats, gold chain necklace (Goodwill)

I went shopping with a few friends a while back at Goodwill and I told myself I was only going to buy a few things.  A few things turned into 3 skirts and a sweater, which adds up, believe me.  While we were shopping, I noticed that the skirt that I had bought in this picture looked exactly as the one that my friend had on.  So, I call it a friend to friend look.  It's okay to steal looks, honestly, people.  I feel flattered when someone steals a look.  It's not a disgrace, don't look down upon someone for doing either.  

Heck, I used to admire a girl in my sophomore class (which by the way, I owe ALL of my fashion sense to her.  Without her, I would not who I am with clothes today).  She always was dressed very tastefully.  She wasn't fashionable in no sense, but everything she wore was with taste.  So, I tried to "copy" her style a bit.  I began to notice things a lot better, and a new Makayla been evolved.  So, you see, I still am who I am, I just needed a little nudge from another person to do so.  

Copying a look is not a big deal.  Copying a lifestyle, now that is a whole other story. 

"Every pattern begins with one thin line, then comes to life with each stroke, becoming more and more complex as the design takes shape.  Life is sorta like a dress pattern.  It can start simply, but suddenly become hopelessly complicated."- Jane Quinby (Jane By Design)

February 16th, 2012: Surprises, Surprises!

Dad's plaid shirt, H&M black belt, gray leggings, black over-the-knee socks, Charlotte 

Russe combat boots, Haitian bracelet

Surprises, surprises!  Number one, I got home and I discovered my birthday present had arrived finally in the mail!!!! 

Yay!!!  My dress form!

So, I've been having a little bit of fun with my new best friend, Doris, and yeah.  I discovered my Dad's shirts are a good source of long t-shirts, and I got to sleep in and drive to school.  Fab.

"Fashion starts out oh so simply.  With an idea.  There are fabrics and forms, patterns, prints, seams, and silhouettes.  But the most important tool that fashion possesses is the illusion."- Jane Quinby (Jane By Design)

February 15th, 2012: Valentine's Day Dumps

I Got Massacred T-Shirt from Tommy Guns Theater in Chicago, hand-me-down suit jacket, hand-me-down jean skirt, fishnet leggings, Charlotte Russe combat boots, Claire's gold necklace, gold belt from Goodwill

Day after Valentine's Day...feeling the sickness, I know.  You've probably sat up all night with your girls, crying your eyes out to man-bashing films, and eating ice cream.  At least, that's what I did.  So now you're feeling the after effect of Valentine's Day.  You're realizing you're lonely, you feel that you're overlooked.  I mean, if ugly girls can get a man, why can't you, right?

My advice?

Eh.  Look at this way.  I know.  It stinks, but you got a whole wardrobe full of clothes that will never betray you.  They love you, and the clothes want to be worn.  You have food in your cupboards that want to be eaten because they love you and they know you can't survive without it.  You have a bed that loves you and it never wants to be separated from you.  

Pretty crazy once you get to thinking about it, I know, but it cheers me up.  

January 12, 2012

H&M Print Shirt (It's actually a short dress, but I just tucked it in), Sears skirts, Charlotte Russe brown leggings, and Report flats.

I know I'm not very winter friendly, but believe me, I'm the biggest cardigan fan ever.  You will eventually see some of my cardigans on my outfits.  I just haven't got around to them yet.  : )  

P.S. That skirt is amazing.  It has POCKETS!  Fashion is amazing, but when you have cool things to surprise you, it makes it 10x cooler!

January 10th, 2012

Arizona Black Button Up Dress Shirt, Tan Shorts (I've had them since I was in the fifth grade...a bit sad, I know), black tights, American Eagle black flats, Claire's headband

People always ask me, "Aren't you cold in tights?"  

My answer?

"Dude, they're warmer."

And I'm not lying.  

It may be the dead of winter, but if I had a choice between tights or pants, I'm going with tights.

They're soooo much warmer.  It may hard to argue, but I think there is a scientific reason why tights are warmer, I just haven't figured it out yet.

I'm really upset though because my regular black leggings got a huge hole in them, and I tried to cut into them to make the rest of them look like it, but then Mom threw them away.  >.>  

So, I'm hoping for my birthday, I'll get new leggings.  

I really need to build on my leggings/tight collection.  So, if you want to know what to get me for any occasion, that is what I want.  : )

January 9th, 2012: Oh, Mondays...

Oh, Mondays...

the days where you just want to scream and run away from everything...

but you still have to live life.

So, I still have to look the part.  

Yay me.  : \

Blue long sleeve shirt (consignment shop), Forever 21 vest, black skinny jeans (Charlotte Russe), 

cream colored flats with black bow (Charlotte Russe), and the necklace was from a local

glass blower.  

: )

Welcome To My Closet

It's a beautiful morning...looks like I'll be spending a lot of time in the closet then.  <3

January 8th, 2012

Sundays are the hardest outfits for me to pick out because my church is a bit old fashioned, and some of my outfits can be a little too eccentric for them.  So, I usually try to stick to a lot of basics.  Dresses, cardigans, high heels, and plain necklaces.  Of course, last night, I had a surge of going through my closet and mix matching all my clothing, and I came up with this for one.  The high heels are Charles Davis, leg warmers were a gift abut four year (meaning I have no idea what they are), my beautiful $4 jacket that I got from a consignment shop, and a Forever 21 dress.  Of course, when my grandma and pap came to pick me up, they said that it looked like I had my pants around my ankles.  That's just my life, I guess.