Ooh! I was able to find you guys a 20% off coupon for dressbarn!
Just print out, bring into your local dressbarn store to use! (Maybe pick up one of their cute sweaters while you’re there?) I know you’ve probably already seen the one I found:
Hurry – this coupon expires November 30…so grab it and pay them a visit soon!
Find your local dressbarn here
So Challenge #2: The Studded Ankle Boot is now LIVE on StyleList.com and Bluefly.com…
I’d love to have your vote if you liked how I styled it…
Plus there’s that $1000 Bluefly.com shopping spree up for grabs -AND you can vote every day to increase your chances of winning!
So please vote if you can by clicking the widget above or accessing the contest through StyleList.com or Bluefly.com!
Thanks for your support!:-)
xoxox
Carly
(silk crepe shirtdress, handmade necklace, marled chunky-knit wrap sweater, cross-body chain bag, Prada Ash Suede Studded Ankle Boots, script “love” and “dream” rings)
It took forever to find the perfect shoe to go with her ensemble for the evening. It was going to be a magical evening: dinner, dancing…something romantic and long-awaited. She had the perfect outfit already…
She planned to create something alluring, but edgy and sophisticated. A crepe shirtdress shot through with threads of silver and gold. A chunky-knit sweater in latte brown to keep the November winds at bay. Gold rings with cursive curliques: words reminding her to dream more and to love more. A cross-body chain bag with a brass doorknocker as an amusing detail. She even had the perfect necklace to offset the femininity of the look: a piece she had made herself after a trip to the hardware store, adorned with straight couplings and compression nuts in burnished gold (sourced from the plumbing section), strung on dove gray satin ribbon. (No one would ever realize!)
But the shoe was the piece de resistance; she needed something elegant and understated. Something on-trend but subdued…something to play up the feminine chicness of the outfit but not overpower the muted palette and gleaming accessories.
To that end, she knew she had found a match with Bluefly.com‘s Prada ash suede studded boots. In a beautiful taupe velvet (so not completely matchy-matchy), the high heel was to-die-for – and the gunmetal studding caught the light in a darkly dangerous glitter. They were perfect – and would soon whisk her away on an evening to remember.
The ensemble was not for everywoman; just for those who wanted to be remembered.
Thank you and I’d love to have your vote on StyleList.com!
xoxox
Carly
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So my outfit including the Priorities Navy Gabardine Boyfriend Vest ($90, Bluefly.com) has already been posted to SyleList.com and Bluefly.com…please vote for me! (And be entered to win a $1000 Bluefly.com shopping spree!)
But, always being the overachiever, I decided to style this vest in a number of different outfits since it is incredibly versatile.
With The Boyfriend Husband Jean. Methinks they’re a bit too baggy, but what the hey.
The precursor to the outfit I submitted for the competition. I decided the jeans had to be skinnier-cut in order for the outfit to work.
Channeling Cyndi Lauper.
Military-style. Why is a vest categorized as “outerwear” when you wear it inside your coat/jacket? Wear it on top: outerwear over outerwear!
Ruffled silly.I certainly could have worn it over a coordinating slim skirt for office-appropriate attire, or open over a white tee and destroyed jeans. But that’s so expected!
How would you have styled the vest?
xoxo
Carly
Carly J. Cais I am a DIY’er, designer, sewist, maker, and marketer. Chic Creative Life is where I share what I do, and help others bring their unique style into their own lives.
