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Trend Thursday – F/W 2017 Mad for Plaid!!

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Hello Lovelies! Welcome back to another installment of Trend Thursday. Hope you are doing well? You are? That’s awesome. Okey dokey…moving on. 🙂

You know what has been EVERYWHERE? (if you read the title of this post, you would have guessed correctly) It’s PLAID. I know right?! Plaid. Like, that stuff that your grandpa wore. Apparently, because I am nerd and I looked it up, Plaid has actually been a thing since the 8th century BC, when it was used in Celtic tartans. That’s right. Tartans, like in Braveheart! (“They’ll NEVER take our FREEDOM!!”)
Anyway, going off on a tangent here, Plaid and Tartans were everywhere on the runway for the Fall/Winter Ready to Wear collections.

and my personal favorite

 

Isn’t that PRETTY??!! I love it so much. Of course purchasing one of these outifts is gonna set you back a pretty penny. If you got the loot and you want to spend it then, good for you, I’m jealous! Of course, I do not have thousands of dollars to spend on these things, but I still like to look trendy and, thankfully, these things trickle down to us common folk through the department chains like Target. And that’s where I found this beauty.

Isn’t it cute!! A plaid pencil skirt from Target and, BONUS, it’s less than $25 AND it has pockets. That’s like winning the skirt lottery for ladies. Major Score!

They have a few cute plaid pieces from some new brands that they have coming in. This was was from A. N. D. (which stands for A New Day). Adorable. I made this more work appropriate, but whimsical, with a subdued sweater in black and white with a french phrase on it, this was from Target a few years ago and I LOVE it! I finished it off with simple black wedge dress shoes from Payless Shoes. Now – More photos!

Here are the details on these/similar items.

So…whadda’ya think? Are you mad for plaid? Or just mad that this blog post took so long? Let me know in the comments.

XO,
Deb

Trend Thursday – Fall/ Winter 2017 – Burgundy for the Win!

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Hey there lovelies! Thanks so much for returning to my little corner of the web. How are you? Good? Great! Moving on!

As sad as I am to see summer go, I am so excited for fall fashion. For this Trend Thursday, I am exploring the wild world of BURGUNDY. Such a pretty, vampy fall color. Not as bright as red, but just as powerful. Burgundy was ALL over the runways in Paris.

 


 

Such pretty designs and variety of styles. A strong feminine color and it’s so easy to wear – you can easily work it into your wardrobe and it doesn’t have to cost a lot of money. Like this,

Cute, right? I paired it with a pair of destructed Old Navy straight boyfriend jeans, and a GREAT pair of Circus by Sam Edelman Booties that I got on sale for $25! Finished off with a brown woven belt I have had for years, and a necklace that my mom gave me (HI MOM!!!).

Now more pics:

If you are looking to put together a similar outfit details are below. The booties were on clearance, so I wasn’t able to find the exact match but I put together some other great options.

So what do you think – Burgundy? Yes or No?

Trend Thursday – F/W 2017 Tracksuit Trend

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Hey there, howdy, hello!! I decided I am going to try something new this week. Perhaps a series of sorts that I am going to call Trend Thursday. I was inspired when I was looking at Fall/Winter 2017 articles. I was looking at the runway walks and trying to figure out how the everyday person could wear these things now, for a good price.

Some of these runway looks were a little, ummm….out there. I mean? What IS this?

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SOOO, yea. Moving on!

One of the things that was seen, in multiple shows, was something that is coming back around. Like the 90’s Around the Way Girl by L.L. Cool J. That’s right, I am talking about the Tracksuit! The outfit you can wear when you want to LOOK like you work out, but….you probably don’t. The ones from the 90’s were shiny and made little swishy sounds when you walked.

The new crops are made from a bunch of different materials and there seems to be a bit more stylization. Of course, in true Runway fashion, these seem to be a little out of touch with how the normal, everyday person would wear one.

 

Not too bad, but not everyday wear. I think that in order to make this more wearable, you probably shouldn’t wear both the tops and the bottoms at one time. Unless you like looking like you are the lost member of Run DMC.

AND…good news. You can find some really great deals on some sporty pieces that will make you feel like you are running….to the local coffee shop…for a latte. Or is that just me?

I found this one in the Kohls clearance section. It’s from the Juicy Couture line there and I picked it up for $12. SCORE!

I mean…Just LOOK at that cute little cactus design on that. As a joke I paired this with a t-shirt I got for doing A color Run in Boston. NOT my favorite thing ever. I only like to run if the ice cream man is coming. But, I got this nifty shirt! Because this was on clearance I couldn’t find this exact jacket on the Kohls website. I put together some other options

So what do you think? Do you like ice cream? Would you run for it?

XO,
Deb

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