Winter Accessories!

How much do you love being able to dress up your outfit with fall or winter accessories. These are accessories that can express your style and not empty your wallets. Some of my favorites include knit hats that a friend of mines makes for me. I dress up the hat with a brooch or hair pin as pictured. The pictured hair pin is from Anthropologie and the brooch is from Express. The hats go great with a super casual outfit.

Fall/Winter Boots:

What I love most about the Fall & Winter is being able to throw on a sweater and skinny pants/jeans to go out to dinner or a to a local bar. This look does require some accessorizing to still look like you put in a little effort. While shopping recently I came across these boots and thought….FUN!

Shoes of course are the perfect way to dress up any outfit. Add some jewelry and a FAB clutch to this and you will look like you spent quite some time figuring out your outfit.

How I like to where it: I paired the pictured boots with skinny black pants, H&M Crew neck sweater, statement necklace, and Chanel bag.

Fall Look...Grey Flannel Heels!

HOT THIS FALL…Gray Flannel boots, pumps, and heels. I fell in love with this style while looking through a Nordstrom Catalog! It was one of those items that I did not want to start the fall season without. This look is great to wear with short dresses and black opaque tights, jeans, skinny pants, ANYTHING.

The ones I decided on are from the Lauren Conrad Collection (another girl with great style). It can also be found at Nordstrom and Nemians                                                                                                                                                    

Fall Look- faux fur

Faux Fur has been a splurge of mine for the past two fall seasons. I love my Faux Fur pieces and am so happy to see that it will still be in style this fall. Celeb stylist Rachel Zoe is the one who inspired me to have fun with this piece. It was actually part of my New Years Eve the last 2 years (different ones of course)!

How I like to where it:

I have two FAV ways of wearing this piece….

-Look# 1 -I pair it skinny black pants, fitted long sleeve black blouse, and ankle boots.

-Look #2- Super Wide Leg Jeans, black tee, and stiletto boots.

A stylish clutch and cocktail ring are great accessories for both the looks.

Where to get it:

Rachel Zoe collection at Nemians, Shopbop.com, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Other styles can be found at Nordstrom and local boutiques.

Fall Nail Color

I LOVE LOVE LOVE fall nail colors. Last fall I was in love with Chanel-Pat on the Black, MAC –Nightfall, and OPI Siberian Nights.This fall I have a new FAV that I came across in Harpers Bazar and Rachel Zoe of course mentioned this one in the Zoe Report. I just had to run out and get this the same weekend!   Chanel – Peridot



Fall Looks – #1 Floral Print

Yes it is still 100+degrees in Dallas but I am ready to start shopping and planning my fall wardrobe so I thought why not start writing about all the fall must haves.

As noted in the Spring and Summer floral and denim were huge. Well still trendy, this fall season is a great time to mix both. I thought I’d share my 2 favorite ways of wearing the floral dress come fall.

-Paring a floral dress with a denim jacket. Try some cute long boots or oxfords with this look.

-Pairing a floral dress with black opaque tights, J Crew long cardigan, scarf,  with ankle boots. THIS IS MY FAV LOOK!

As you hear me say over and over have fun with an outfit. Fall is the best time to express your personal style.

Stay tuned for more fall ideas.

Rules of Style at 30!

This piece is a little different than my usual blogs. It is inspired by my two best friends… well I like to refer to them as my ladies!

We’ve been like sisters for over 10 years now and this year we had the privilege of celebrating the big 30 together. During our recent visits together and as we celebrated our birthdays I could not help but notice all the things I admire about these ladies. How lucky was I to have women of great confidence and style in my life. These ladies define their own sense of style and man they do it well! Do they follow trends…yes…but only if it looks good on them! Do they rock every outfit they wear….YES!

What stands out to me is how over the years our taste and style have changed. At this young age of 30 we finally put it all together...Rule #1…..Only wear outfits that you feel confident in.

Here are some other rules of style we follow at 30:

- Have a favorite designer or two or three ;)

- Have a favorite boutique to shop at and keep it as your secret

- Never underestimate the Little Black Dress (LDB)

- Only follow trends that suit your style

- Splurge on an outfit for a great night out

- Splurge on shoes especially fall/winter boots

- Bargain shop for those pieces you know won’t last for more than a season –Never pay full price for trends!

- Have plenty of dresses in your closet

- Dig through your closet and put an unexpected outfit together and wear it with confidence

-                                               - Your “lounging clothes” should rock even when just sitting home on a Weekend (Forever 21 and Victoria SecretPink Collection are my FAVS for this)

- Accessories can make or break an outfit

- Have an investment bag and don’t feel guilty about how much you spend on it (-Nina Garcia)

These ladies definitely represent “fabulous at 30”. I am so lucky to have two ladies in my life with great style!