I’m obsessed with my new diamond necklace. It’s so versatile! I can dress it up by wearing it to a dressy event alone or I can layer it with more casual pieces and wear it to work!
dress: Saks Fifth Avenue, cowl neck cashmere sweater BCBG, purse Chanel, shoes Alberta Feretti, jade colored chain necklace Express.
dress Shoshanna, ballet flats Forever 21, purse Chanel, red bead necklace vintage
dress Shoshanna, purple necklace thrifted, leopard tote Adrianna Vittatani, purple heels H&M
I’ve always liked the flirty, feminine peplum detailing on fashion. Now that it’s so trendy, of course, I love it even more! Here are a couple recent outfits, both featuring peplum skirts. The sunny yellow outfit below was styled for Glamour.com. I can’t remember the dress brand but the shoes are Pour La Victoire.
The below, grey dress is by H&M, a store that depresses me because it requires me to go up in a size. Does anyone else feel this way? The shoes are Pour La Victoire and the ponyhair, leopard tote is Emanuel Ungaro (a tote I bought at a consignment store). I’ve featured the bag in other outfit posts here.
The black peplum dress featured below is Sinclaire 10 from Saks, spiked heels are Sam Edelman, and the purse is Chanel.
I wore the dress in Thailand at the hotel where Hangover II was filmed (Le Bua Hotel).
If you ever get the chance to visit Bangkok, Thailand, you must check it out! It’s the most amazing rooftop I’ve ever seen.
As a follow-up to my last post on orange event inspirational shots, I have here an orange sweater from JCrew that I last wore for a Lafayette fashion presentation. Think it’s hard to style bright orange? Try neutralizing it with brown, navy or white. Below, you’ll see that I toned it down with brown.
I love this necklace. It was a souvenir find from my recent trip to Thailand where I got to meet the designer and buy 3 other pieces at such a steal! Nothing beats shopping against the Thai Baht!
I’m so excited. I just discovered Pixlr, a free Photoshop-like tool that helps you add text to photos, edit and add all sorts of treatments. Look here!
I fell in love with this Chanel-inspired, blazer at Zara and knew it would be the perfect addition to my work wardrobe.
Here, I wore it with a BCBG blouse – don’t you love the exposed zipper detail?
The purse is Chanel and though it comes with a pearl chain add on, it is not shown here.
The skirt is Tahari and the shoes are Nine West. 
Below, is the same blazer worn with a black top and skirt, St. John tote, bracelets from Express and a chain necklace from Jasmine Boutique.
What do you think?
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I’ve worn this dress many times but this is the first time I think I’m posting it. It’s a Zara dress with sleeves that has shrunk in size with each wash go figure. I figure I better wear and post now before the slowly rising hemline becomes an unwearable mini.
The cardigan is by Cynthia Steffe and the purse is obviously Hello Kitty. My husband admitted to me once that he just “can’t resist the cute cat face” (and then proceeded to buy out the Sanrio store in Japan for his very lucky niece). For more style diary entries with the Cynthia Steffe cardigan, click here!
Here’s my outfit from last week. Ann Taylor leopard coat, worn with a casual, off the shoulder grey sweater and my new fuschia cordoroy jeans
The jeans are by AG and I was so excited because I was able to get them for just $33 after my employee discount at Saks.
The purse is also from Saks and is by Prada. I added the charms which were bought during a trip I made to Hong Kong.
The fur stole is from the Limited, and the over-the-knee boots are Guess. This weekend I have to work wahhh…
At the beginning of each fashion season, it starts to feel overwhelming at work. The meetings are endless, the event planning intense, and the press pitches constant. During the first few months of the season, I live, breathe and dream work. And I obsess about it just to stay on top of all the details. February and March for instance, are filled with 10 and sometimes 12 hour days. To keep me motivated and looking forward to another work day, sometimes I use fashion as a fun way to brighten my load.
The most memorable part of this outfit was the exciting moment when I discovered that my dollar store, colored tights perfectly matched this skirt that I had nearly forgotten about. The skirt was purchased at a NJ Korean boutique and I couldn’t wait to dust it off and wear it to work. The tights just gave it new life and energy.
I wore it with an H&M puff-sleeve blazer and tie-front blouse that I bought from Lord & Taylor during their post-Christmas sale. The hat is vintage. I think the last time I wore it was in the ’80s.
The shoes are patent leather Nine West and the tote bag is Juicy. I love that it has side pockets to conveniently carry my cell phone and blackberry.
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Chanel is always a “DO” in my book. So when I was visiting a Thailand temple and I spotted this picture here, I couldn’t help but smile.
This was found outside the temple where the fashion police (monks) enforced the no showing of shoulders rule. Yes, the shoulders are not showing through this tee. But the fact that they wrote the famous fashion marking “DO” on top of the Chanel-logo-ed tee cracked me up. Next to the Don’t which I should have taken a picture of was a photo of a tourist wearing a short skirt revealing what they called her “too sexy” knees.
Speaking of which, they actually make you rent a long wrap skirt in the more strict temples in order for you the tourist who may have shown up wearing shorts, to cover up. Here is a photo of me at Wat Arun in Bangkok where I had to do just that.
I quickly caught on. And while I regretted not packing some longer skirts for the visit, it also gave me an excuse to pick up some souvenirs along the way. What better souvenir is there than a little bit of exotic fashion?
I bought this rust-colored silk skirt that featured elephants at the bottom in Thailand for about $10 or less. I just found through a little research that if you try to buy a similar skirt off of ebay they will run you around $25. So I guess I got a steal.
I kept it casual with a simple white cami and then wore the skirt again later that week with a sparkly sequin cream tee, both already packed from the U.S. with my new tribal looking necklace that I bought from the Hmong tribe in the mountains of Thailand. Tribal influence is huge trend for Spring 2012 by the way! The variety of silks that you’ll find in Thailand is on every street block and it is dizzying but fun to pick your favorite fabric. 
With a little negotiation on prices (only optional with the street market vendors), you’re sure to leave with a deal especially if you are purchasing more than one.
I ended up buying the silk sarong that came with straps -sort of a wrap skirt if you will. Because of the language barrier, I couldn’t figure out how I’d wear the other flat cloth variety. But thanks to YouTube, I now know how I’m supposed to tie them – no pins or brooches needed! Check this out if you happen to have a flat cloth sarong, perhaps it will inspire you too. I’m thinking I could easily do this with a sarong I bought from Hawaii.
I can’t see myself wearing the sarong in NYC but I will save it for another exotic trip as it makes an excellent beach cover-up and is perfect for conservative cultures. I’m sure I’ll continue to wear it with a mix of Western influences as I want to add my own spin to the traditional dress similar to how this other fashionista did from WhatIWore2day’s blog.
It’s not everyday that I want to look like I did below.
