A pop of color

I put this on practically in my sleep. I had to wake up too early to go see the doctor and run some errands. So I grabbed these pants that were conveniently never put away then one of the only tops I have clean (Its a floral lace somewhat see-through fabric). I remembered it was Spring and grabbed this awesome thrifted blazer. Nothing fancy and I like it.

I received this award from the very sweet and fabulous Madeline of Kiss My Sass (ha.. I love that)

I have to tag 12 bloggers! And I shall, on my next post. Right now I have to runnnnn.
Thank you for reading :]

30 Days of Blogging
Day 8- A photo that makes you angry/mad
Well I don't want to make anyone angry/mad so I'm not going to look for such a photo but I just anything... sad... suffering human beings reallllly get me.

It's only exciting because I got new shoes.

My birthday is Monday so my awesome mother took me out today to a very delicious and authentic venezuelan breakfast in a hole in a wall restaurant. It was AHHmazing. I haven't had Venezuelan food that good outside of my grandmother's kitchen. After stuffing our faces until moving was difficult we soldiered our way through the mall. Where I found these.

My mother bought them for me as a birthday present. They are Vince Camuto and super duper comfortable. So yay, that made my birthday great.
I think its time to introduce you guys to my partner in overspending, silly moments, and great times. Mi Madre.

No she didn't have me when she was 16. She was just blessed with awesome genes. Hoping I got some of those too. Ain't she a doll? A stylish doll!

30 Days of Blogging
Day 6- Whatever tickles your fancy
75 degrees and breezy weather. (That was today's weather :]) And rainy days when I have a good book or a good sound track.

Dark Florals

This is the cardigan I just got from UO. Its super light weight and it looks good tied and untied. Sorry for the low quality pictures. Its a shame you cannot see the texture on the top I'm wearing under the cardigan. Its also a floral print but black and cream. The black part is mesh and the cream is almost a velvet texture.
This is me mixing prints, do you like?

30 Days of Blogging
Day 5- Favorite quote
"What if a piece of wood discovers it's a violin" - Rimbaud

Style the denim shirt

I meant to post an outfit from this weekend but the shoes I wore are missing...
So I decided I would obsess over my new denim shirt by styling it five times.

The Free Spirit

The Lennon that Loves Leopard


Nocturnal

The Style Conscience Hippie

Comfortably Stylish

This is where my love of denim shirts started. When I saw this post on The Sartorialist last summer.

30 Days of Blogging
Day three- favorite TV show
Community

If you don't watch it, you should! Funniest show I've ever seen. The writing is GENIUS.

No such thing

(f21 shirt and belt, handed down skirt, vintage bracelets and short chain necklace, Jeffrey Campbell wedges)
I fail by 2 hours and 35 minutes, to make my day TWO post of my 30 Days of Blogging. So I'm going to cheat and post something else later. Possibly the outfit I wore on Saturday to one of the best parties I've ever been to.

I've been ranting about wanting to find a demin shirt but not wanting to pay $60 dollars for one... welllll, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. I stumbled upon an awesome demin shirt at PacSun on sale for only $20 AND my brother paid for it! So I win biggg time. The shirts were made to fit a little more taylored than I wanted a laid back demin shirt to fit so I went a size up. I shall post pictures as soon as I get the stuff I bought from Urban Outfitters. Once this arrives, I will be beyond ready for spring :]

Day Two of 30 Days of Blogging
Favorite movie-
Truth be told, there is no such thing as a favorite movie for me. I've seen a lot of movies and have loved oh so many of them but none hold the number one spot in my heart.
So... what's YOUR favorite movie? Maybe you can help me find mine.

String Bean Jean

(Top and shorts, thrifted; Gray tights layered over black stockings, Target)

I am finally enrolled into school. Not where I pictured myself at 19-21 but I also didn't want to take a year off of school after high school and that turned out to be not that bad of a situation. The next two years of my life will require patience but hey, that's a lesson I still need to learn anyhow.
Now onto the weather... I feel the Florida summer in the air... and on my sweaty skin. I hate FL summers... Expect the outfit post from April Til September to be very naked.

No Excuses

(thrifted blazer; JCP tank top; f21 belt; Jeffrey Campbell shoes)
I want to introduce to you my new shoes. They are the most expensive shoes I've ever bought.They are Jeffrey Campbell and are a dream come true. They couldn't be more perfect if they tried. I think that after cleaning so much baby butt, I deserved something nice for my feet. I wore this yesterday to go shopping with a friend and to grab some lunch. Turns out, these magnificent shoes came with a lot of criticism from others and unwated and unnecessary questions...

My shoes were too tall. They were also too much. They aren't casual. They wash out my skin tone. They are too loud. Who was I trying to impress by wearing these shoes? Why couldn't I wear a different pair of shoes?
There was also criticism of my outfit overall:
You are wearing brown and black! You can't think that belt is going to bring the entire outfit together.
Most of these remarks came from a guy who once dyed his hair blue, another time he dyed it pink and he wears the same green Adidas almost everyday, whether they match his outfit or not. I was beyond annoyed but most of all I was in shock. I am used to people having something to say about things I wear but never this much, and never with an item which I thought wasn't all that out there. At the time of this unfair trial I was too shocked to address all these remarks. All I could say was, I like it and that is the only requirement I need to wear something.
I now want to address all of these remarks.

Your shoes are too tall:My shoes are tall indeed. But TOO tall? Who set the standards for appropriate shoe height? If you are concerned for my comfort... well, I thank you. I too love comfort and that is why these shoes couldn't be any more comfortable if they were 5 inches shorter.
They are too much: I don't know what this means. Again, where are you getting these standards?
Not casual: A wooden wedge, a neutral tan color, almost clogs... which one of these things do not qualify as casual to you?
They wash out my skin tone: Great observation. I happen to think this washing out effect you speak of, makes my legs look longer.
They are too loud because they are so tall: I have shorter shoes that are just as loud. The day people start apologizing to me for their loud annoying behavior will be the day I stop wearing loud shoes.
Who are you trying to impress? Obviously not you or I would be wearing something else. And obviously, I'm not trying to impress anyone else in this town because they all seem to think like you do. So I guess the answer is, no one except my inner fashionista that always needs to be satisfied.
You can't think that belt is going to bring the entire outfit together: Actually I do think so. Can you prove otherwise?
You are wearing brown and black!: I am. I am wearing two neutrals. Yeah... neutrals.
AND FINALLY Why couldn't you wear a different pair of shoes? Because I wear what I please. I being the keyword.

Now that I am done with that I feel I have wasted my time. I don't have to excuse myself for what I am wearing. I don't ask anyone else to explain to me their interests or taste in things. Fashion is an artsy science as far as I'm concerned. There are rules and tricks mostly regarding the fit of clothes and how they are made -Science. But fashion leaves so much room for interpretation, and personal style. -art. In art and science there is pleasure. That is what I find in Fashion... something I enjoy. I choose to follow it and study it for hours just like bird watchers sit in their chairs and take pictures of birds for hours. I dare you to go tell one of those people that what they are doing is stupid.

ALSO
Definition of
Fashion - The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior.
Anyone who is fashion forward is... well, fashion FORWARD. Meaning what we are wearing is part of culture, its a trend, it's HISTORY. Excusing yourself for being educated in such area is ridiculous.
Rumi from FashionToast said this
"people in the streets aren't dressing to please me, why should I take them into account when dressing myself?" Could not have said it better myself.

Palo Alto, CA

(JCPenny blazer; thrifted top; F21 jewelry and pants; Target boots)
I've been having too much fun with photoshop :] But this picture really portrays how this outfit makes me feel. I feel sort of badass, all kinds of fabulous and very excited to have finally have found a blazer that fits me like I want it too. I've been in need of a blazer with a vintage 1980's boyfriend fit. I thought I would find one at a thrift store but no luck. I looked at vintage shops online and I did find a few but they were over priced and there is always that possibility of it not fitting like you want it to. Then I found this! JCPenny seems to have a bad reputation. Not classy, not chic, too cheap? Bullshit. Except for the too cheap part. But my blog is called Poorly Fashioned after all... . I love this place. You have to search a lot but they are very up to date with trends and there is never a day when there isn't a sale. Things are never ever full price. You have to look in the woman's department. Juniors is a total joke. This blazer is perfect. Not to heavy, perfect fit. But here is the trick... Its a size 12. This size was just the right length and right amount of baggy and came with shoulder pads and all. It might as well be vintage. Finds and tricks like this is why I love fashion and why I don't mind being on a budget. The day I went they had all their fall stuff on 60% off! This cost me, $22.

These two things I also got from JCPenny. Once again I went big on the sizes. This tank top is an XL but fits just like a tank dress. It will be perfect for summer. I'm planning on wearing it with strapless bra-like things like the one above. I need to buy more! The tank top was $3!!!!!!! These pants... man I love these pants! They remind me A LOT of these American Apparel pants
that I almost bought online the other day. Thank god I didn't. Once again, there is a great chance the fit might be weird, especially with these hips. These JCPenny pants cost me $15 and fit like they were made especially for me. The bagginess doesn't accentuate my hips, it actually makes them look slimmer! And mannn are they comfortable. I cannot wait to wear them!

This post is titled Palo Alto because that is the name of the movie I'm watching right now. Its greatttt! You should check it out. Indie, funny and sort of romantic.

Lets stitch things up!

(shirt, pants, most jewelry from F21; shoes, Steve Madden; belt, thrifted)
Today was great! I had a photosesh with an awesome girl named Nina Grace (blog). I mentioned her in Some Words and Something Pretty. We took some really cool pictures, I can't wait to see how they turned out!Oh how I hope I didn't look totally awkward in them. I wore that Cache romper I got from Etsy a couple of weeks. Another great thing that happened today was my purchasing of a SEWING MACHINE! On my post Bright Star I mentioned I was really inspired by this movie and that I came up with a few designs. I also mentioned how bad I am at sitting down and getting things done. Well, I surprised myself by putting this design on paper. I figured if I could accomplish that in record time then I can also accomplish bringing that design to life. The only problem, I am no seamstress. But my grandma is an amazing one, so if she can do it. So can I! Next week I start a few lessons. Tonight I begin some self-taught learning.







Vogue December 2009// Since watching the Imaginarium of Doctor Pernassus, Lilly Cole is one of my favorite things in the world. And this Editorial, although in a Winter issue, screams beautiful spring to me. Maybe its Lilly's awesome red hair. Or wait no, its the flats with the socks and the pastels. Lady Gaga is in this... she is also on my list of favorite things in the world... ADORE this editorial by
Annie Leibovitz.

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Bright Star

Bipolar?

(random sweater; thrifted Ann Taylor top,necklace; vintage belt, shoes bracelet; f21 shorts, rings,bracelets)


I wore this to play shuffle board. Yeah... shuffle board. It was my first time and it was surprisingly fun. But I'm definitely not going back unless I'm drunk. I woke up this morning with a cold from hell. Yeah... I imagine hell to be super hot and super cold. Anyhow, I think I might have caught the cold by not wearing real pants while being outside for too long in coldish weather. Or maybe from touching those dirty sticks used to play shuffle board and then proceeding to eat brownies and pizza. Both hand held foods. Eeeek. I really like this outfit. It has a classy feel which stops at my butt where the shorts end. The shoes gave it an 80's vibe and the socks I think went well with shuffle boarding. Old ladies wear socks this way, and old ladies love shuffle board.
I've yet to resume eyeing the collections from NYFW. I'm sure I'm missing out but I felt that since I started the blog the only thing I do is look up fashion related thing in a forced manner. I forgot that I love music and movies and art and literature!... So lately I've been trying to manage my hobbies better. One way I did this was by watching a MOVIE about a girl who is a FASHION student and falls in love with John Keats a 19th century POET! Good right? It's called Bright Star and it was nominated for an Oscar. I loved it. I was so inspired by the way she dressed. It was very 19th century but her outfits were very detailed and you could tell her clothes were different from the other women in the movies. I came up with a few design ideas but haven't put them on paper yet and I probably won't for a while because I have a problem with sitting down and doing things. Watch the movie. You'll love it. The cinematography is great. Every scene looks like a beautiful picture.

Thursday Fun Day

Thursdays consist of me babysitting from 830am to 5pm. But today I'm here until 7ish.What does one wear to such event?

(H&M Sweater; Vintage necklace, f21 burgundy velvet pants)
This is the closest I've gotten to being any sort of stylish while hanging out with babies. I just got these pants from Forever 21 for $5. They are my new favorite thing. Besides the Steve Madden Oxfords. I've decided to call those my Stevo's btw. Obviously, I don't get expensive shoes often. Anyhow, I do not understand why Forever 21 would have these pants on sale. Have they not been paying attention to NYFW. Velvet everywhere. But whatever. We win :] I live in Fl so unfortunately in about a month, maybe less, these babies will be put away until Next December when the temperature drops from 85.

Now where is the fun in my Thursdays? Well, God knows that the only reason I wake up on Thursdays is because of NBC Thursday Nights Comedy. At 759pm I'm sprinting towards my living room and shh-ing anyone who might be making a sound. Community is on at 8. Every line, every word, every gesture in that show, I love. Which brings me to this!












There are numerous reasons why I love this look book.
Fashionable reasons - I mean, look at this look book. Its the epitome of summer.Hats. Sandals. Boys is short shorts. Pastels and whites but yay, still some black!. Flowy dresses. Cuffed pants! The Vintage feel. Nautical theme making us long to be on a boat or on the beach.
Non fashionable reasons- Donald Glover is on the show Community. This lady, from Knocked Up is super funny and whaaaaaaaa James Franco has a younger-just-as-hot brother!? Band of Outsiders Spring 2010 is the look book of my dreams.



So I'm behind on life and just heard the newest Vampire Weekend album... I was scared at first but holy crap. Its better than the first one.