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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Blue Vixen

It's April but it's still pretty chilly outside! I cannot wait for the spring to be sprung around here!

Till then here's a great pick me up outfit to chase away winter blues. My favorite part is that the blue dress is versitile and totally affordable! This shape can flatter a multitude of figures. If you're game, go for it. It's only $60 at Modcloth! Now, that's a great deal for something can can be dressed down with flats or sandals or dressed up with heels and some fun accessories! The way I've put it together is a fun and flirty way to maximize the simple dress.

If you see the spring lurking around anywhere, tell it I've been waiting for so long already!

Blue Vixen

Blue Vixen by sspicknall featuring an enamel bracelet

Jack BB Dakota jack bb dakota
modcloth.com

J Crew j crew
jcrew.com

Sequin enamel bracelet
charmandchain.com

Rock n rose
$63 - theiconic.com.au

Loren Stewart yellow gold jewelry
barneys.com

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Clothing Craving: The Sequin Pencil Skirt Revisited

I mentioned in an earlier post about how I am totally sweating the sequin pencil skirt, which I had first seen in the J. Crew catalog months ago. Except that skirt was about $700! Sheesh! That's about the price of some of their wedding dresses!

Anyhoo, that was back in April and now it's almost July, and yes, I am still craving one of these skirts! J. Crew has even put out a sequin color-blocked skirt at $695 and a sequin print skirt at $795. Wholly moley! That's a lotta money! Do they do the dishes as well?

Despite the ridiculously high price tag from that store where regular pencil skirts range around $160 and other fancy pencil skirts go for closer to $400 (both are still pricey but more like J. Crew prices), I still fell for these skirts! I guess I'm just a hopeless clothing romantic... "I just can't get them out of my head... La, La, La. La-La, La-La, La!" (Kylie Minogue anyone?)

But luckily, I was able to find some great colorful, color blocked and printed sequin skirts. Check out these finds from Polyvore below. Okay I might have to give in soon and grab one of these fab skirts. I am putting together a great outfit in my head as I'm typing this up!

Enjoy!

Clothing Craving: The Sequin Pencil Skirt Revisited by sspicknall featuring short skirts

Elastic waist skirt
$50 - modcloth.com

Karen Kane pencil skirt
$108 - karenkane.com

Jane Norman short skirt
£15 - janenorman.co.uk

Mint Velvet sequin skirt
£149 - johnlewis.com

Pencil skirt
£195 - youngbritishdesigners.com

Pencil skirt
$50 - asos.com

J Crew pencil skirt
$795 - jcrew.com

J Crew pencil skirt
$695 - jcrew.com

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Clothing Craving: The Sequin Pencil Skirt

I have to admit. My first reaction when I opened the J. Crew Catalog and saw a green sequin pencil skirt on the model was sticker shock! It cost $695! For a trend I wasn't even sure I would be able to wear more than maybe once.

First, there was the embellishment to consider. The distinctive green, when paired with sequins ruled it out of a work staple or a weekend staple. On the rare occasions I would go out, I could not imagine many of them working with a green sequin pencil skirt either. Particularly if there was no big fancy place to wear it to. I'm sure someone with more creativity could fit this in anywhere, but for me I couldn't figure out how I could even make a trend like that work. Even within my south asian heritage where I am engrossed in embellished bright outfits, I couldn't wrap my mind around this for a while.

Second, there was the price. I'm not sure about this, but as a 31 year old who just started a career about five years ago and has an enormous amount of law school loan repayments, condo fees, and mortgage payments, I had to ask myself this: Am I supposed to be able to afford this? I guess if someone my age has been working right out of college, got a large law firm job after law school, just finished a medical residency program and was finally getting paid or got a bomb-diggity job and was raking in the dough, this would be totally normal. But then again, if I could afford it, I would have to really reason over the practicality of wearing it enough to have it been worth the price.

After all that analysis though, I actually just started loving this skirt! I threw all my questions out of the window. I mean, the sequins were a non-conventional choice for a pencil skirt but I really dig this look. It's fun! Of course the price still separated me from that exact skirt from J. Crew but amazingly, I found a plethora of sequin pencil skirts in different price ranges and colors to drool over. Even that rainbow one catches my eye. Check out the sequin pencil skirts I found below on Polyvore.com and see what you think about this look. Do you dig it or ditch it?