Invasion of Dress Week! Casual Friday and Weekend Wear!

Woo, what a week! I'm glad it's over, but now I'm feeling the crunch of Christmas right around the corner. Thank goodness I've been distracted by....

Invasion of Dress Week! 

I saved a new dress for last - I got this dress at Winners last Friday for $59.99:

Seeing as it was Casual Friday, I had to wear some denim, so I hauled out my old faithful jean jacket that I got in NYC a few years ago.

Here's a better look at the dress:

It's Calvin Klein, just like yesterday's dress. It's actually a true red (it's looking pretty pink in this lighting, thanks, winter) and is a nice poly weave. It's got pleats up near the waist that give the skirt a lot of fullness and swing.

I added some tough details, like the grommet belt and my studded leather wrist cuff.

It has a gold zipper up the back:

I also layered my floofy Noa Noa skirt under it, and did a chunkier shoe. These are my Tsubo Acreas. I liked the lacy tights - they remind me of ants climbing up my legs, hee hee.

My outerwear:

The colours looked much different in daylight, with the chartreuse and deep red making a sort of Christmassy look. It was actually too warm for the hat, I took it off.

Dress (Calvin Klein), skirt (Noa Noa), tights (Esprit), belt (gift from Ruth), cuff (vintage 80s), shoes (Tsubo Acrea), coat (Planet, consignment), hat (Roberta's Hats), gloves (Club Monaco, consignment), scarf (Danier Leather, thrifted), bag (fake Tod's, thrifted).


Right after work, I had to rush home and feed the cats. I changed up my outfit a bit before I caught the bus back downtown to join L at his work Christmas party.

I swapped out the grommet belt for this thrifted vintage 80s one, changed my shoes and changed my jewelry to dangly rhinestone earrings and my mom's 70s rhinestone bracelet.

You're not going out again, are you?

I carried my sparkly silver clutch.

And I changed into more festive outerwear:

My leather jacket and turquoise suede gloves.

Dress (Calvin Klein), tights (Esprit), belt (vintage 80s, thrifted), shoes (Guess), earrings (Jacob), bracelet (Birks, vintage 70s, Mom's), jacket (Le Chateau, consignment), clutch and gloves (Accessorize), scarf (Danier Leather, thrifted).


Today was spent on very pleasant things: shopping for myself, shopping for L, my mom and my nieces and having lunch with my wonderful Winesday Women!

Today, L dropped me off at the post office to pick up a package - it was from reader Christie! She'd won a prize in my October Wardrobe Challenge, and I sent her this skirt. Today, she sent me a cardigan and a denim skirt, along with a lovely card. I'll be wearing the items this week! Thanks so much, Christie!

Did you notice the crazyass tights up there? They have silver threads that make the pattern, so they're quite sparkly! I got them at Winners for $7.99.

That's my 40th birthday dress (2nd outfit) that I've had for ages (coincidently, another Winners purchase back then). I don't know if I'll ever give it up; it's so comfortable.

Of course, if I had yellow legs, I had to wear my yellow jacket!

I liked the burgundy gloves with this. I got a lot of compliments on this look from salespeople.

Dress (Max Studio), tights (Emilio Cavallini), boots (Aldo, consignment), jacket (Danier Leather), scarf (Danier Leather, thrifted), gloves (Parkhurst), bag (Licence), jewelry set (Shi Studio)

Hope your weekend is going great!

Invasion of Dress Week! Mellow Yellow

The Invasion continues!

When I pulled all my spring/summer wear out of my closet a couple of months ago and stored it away, I saved this dress:

I love the colour so much that I was hoping I'd figure out some other way to wear it, aside from just on its own, as I last did here and first did here on my last Dress Week.

I've layered my Club Monaco striped shirt under it for warmth. Can it really be over a year since I've worn this shirt?

Added the grey belt, and grey shoes and a bit of sparklies (I'm showing off L's cufflinks), and I'm all set.

Ah, my little devil, Vizzini. This morning, I discovered that not only had he been up on the kitchen counter some time last night (BAD KITTY), but he had absconded with my access card for work. I searched around the house with a flashlight (under the bed, under bookcases) for 20 minutes before I finally had to leave for work. I had to stand around in the lobby of my building, waiting for the elevator to unlock my floor at 8:30. Arg. VERY bad kitty.

Doubly arg-worthy: he had also chewed the heck out of my $60 headphones for my mp3 player! Right down to the wires! EXTREMELY bad kitty. I had no music (I've been stuck with "All I Want For Christmas Is You" - thank you, Glee - in my head all freakin' day!) and I had to go buy new headphones at the mall after work.

On the plus side, I was able to finally get a bit of a jump on my Christmas shopping for L. I found everything I had on my Super Secret List.

The stuff:

Kitten heels were so good to my feet! I wore the smaller vintage rhinestone necklace against my skin, and the larger crystal necklace under the shirt collar.

Dress (Calvin Klein), shirt (Club Monaco, consignment), belt (Plum), shoes (Enzo Angiolini, thrifted), crystal necklaces (50s, vintage, crystal one was a gift from my MIL), earrings (Jacob), cufflinks (Le Chateau Men).

Invasion of Dress Week! Inadvertently Seasonal

The Invasion rages on!

I realized after the third or fourth comment today (it was a crazy day), that I dressed in Christmas colours:

I didn't know Vizzini was there - he's so fast!

I also realized I've been doing a theme all week (and I plan to continue it): I'm winterizing my summer dresses. I get a lot of traffic on hits for that phrase, so here's another one for you folks.

This is my Desigual dress that I got back here and wore with autumnal layers. I still haven't worn it for warm weather yet! I'm excited to see how it will look...although that'll be a few months, I'm sure.

I've layered my vintage red slip under the dress, have tights on, and have a thick jacket over it.

I tend to pass over this jacket in my closet due to it being a bit big on me, but I love the shape and the nice brocade fabric of it.

The red boots really seal the deal:

I love those, and they were so easy to work in all day.

I really like how the dress' colours worked against all that red. The white background and bold colours/pattern actually help to offset a lot of the red.

Gotta have the major hardware too. Necklace from Tina, and earrings from Megan.

Jacket (Nine and Company by Nine West, thrifted), dress (Desigual), slip (Suzette Lingerie, vintage, consignment), boots (Miz Mooz), necklace (gift from Tina), earrings (gift from Megan).

I took these pictures last night while I was doing my blog entry.

Vizzini eyes the looming Inigo...he ducks under the table from the scratching post.

Inigo gives him a whack.

Silly boys.

Invasion of Dress Week! Bye-Bye Blahniks

The Invasion continues!

I've been wanting to wear this dress again since I got it - so comfortable! However, winterizing it was not as easy as I thought.  

I loved it with the teal cardigan, to pick out the colour in the pattern. I kept with a brown cardi and belt to tame down the pattern a bit. I forgot to wear a slip under this and ended up with thigh-cling. Ugh.

I also loved how the shoes went with this:

It's blurry because I'm tippy - those are 4.5" heels! And yes, those are Manolo Blahniks! I last wore them in July 2010 and regretted it then, as they are so high. I can almost hear the bones in the tops of my feet cracking. I've only worn them once before that: here, when I first got home from London, where I bought them for $111.00. They're called the "Cecilia Chancellor" (I took a picture of the box, even though I didn't bring it home).

And much as I love having a pair of Manolos, these are going to go to the consignment store. I just can't justify keeping a pair of shoes in my closet that hurt my feet so much. I'm sure I can easily get $100 in trade-in credit for them, and I can always look back at the pictures if I miss them.

It was a relief to wear my boots:

Plugging my music in for the chilly walk to work today. There's frost on the ground now!

By the time I got home, my poor feet were throbbing. There was no way I could wear them for my WW meeting tonight.

Ah, sweet relief! Teal kitten heels to the rescue! I also added a half-slip.

Bye-bye, torture devices.

I won't miss you...much.

The stuff:

Vizzini helped with pictures.

Dress (O-Lala, thrifted), cami (Esprit), cardigan (Kersh), belt and necklace (Plum), shoes (Manolo Blahnik, and Le Chateau).

Invasion of Dress Week! Blue Hipster (and Some Good News)

It's Dressember! And that calls for a Dress Week! 

Check out my other Dress Weeks in the sidebar, if you're interested. Don't forget to check out Patti's Visible Mondays too!

First, some exciting news! The marvellous Wendy Brandes has another fab fashion article on the Huffington Post, and I'm in one of the pictures! Thank you, Wendy!

Okay, are we all calm? Let the Invasion begin!

After all the neutrals of the last week, I needed some colour - stat! This is my blue dress that I picked up a few months ago.

I liked how it looked with the purple drapey cardi:

I found these micro-fishnet and lace tights at Winners last Friday. Awesome pattern, excellent quality, but EXTREMELY annoying...because they are hipster tights! They sit at my hip instead of going to my natural waist. By the end of the day, I wanted to cut them off with scissors. I was constantly adjusting!

My outerwear:

Prince is coming to town this weekend (I wish I were going!) - I think his Purple Highness would approve.

The stuff:

See? I like neutrals! These boots and this belt were perfect to complement the bright colours.

The sparkly bits:

My good ol' 3-strand necklace. This belt is getting quite stretched out.

Cardigan (Bobeau), dress (Just...Taylor, consignment), tights (Winners), boots (Libby Edelmann), belt (Gap), necklace (Plum), earrings (gift from Mom).


I mentioned the exciting news, but I have really good news: L started a new job today! He's been out of work since May, so this is a big relief right in time for Christmas! 2012 is going to be an awesome year!