Thoughts on personal style

I often get asked the question, "How would you describe your personal style?"

shirt: american apparel
shorts: delia's
belt: forever 21
shoes: forever 21
socks: H&M

To be completely honest, I never know how to answer this question. The one rule that I have every time I get dressed is not to care what someone else might say or think. If the outfit makes me happy then that is all that matters. My only rule is to not have any rules limiting what I wear.

People often expect to hear that someone has an edgy style or a girly style or a bohemian style. I don't think that I fit into any one mold when it comes to this. Sure I have certain trends that I really like and there are certain combinations (like a button down shirt, with a high-waisted bottom and heels! YES please!) that I am particularly fond of, but I think that my style varies too much from day to day to fit into any one style or even a combination of styles!

What do you think of these style labels?

Lisa

cut out all the ropes and let me fall

shirt: American apparel
jeans: pac sun
shoes: forever21

I've seen some of my favorite bloggers like Jazzi McG and Style with Benefits wearing these awesome turban headbands, so I've decided to give it a try and I think I like it! Mine is actually made from a scarf that came with a Halloween costume for the Pink Ladies from Grease. Silly I know, but I work with whatever I have laying around. You have seen this shirt and these shoes before. I love these items and I think they are both very versatile.

It started down-pouring like immediately after I came in from taking these pictures; thunder and all! But before these photos were taken, I had work and then Tony and I went out for sushi! He was even nice enough to get me some tempura ice cream after! It was a wonderful lunch and a great way to kick off the weekend! I'm gonna do some major GPL this weekend. Gym. Puzzle. Laundry. Oh yeahhh

Cheers and TGIF!
Lisa

New Stuffs

The first thing, I got was this crackle nail polish:

OPI has a nail polish called "Shatter," and I have never actually tried that, but this is called crackle glaze and it is by China glaze. I personally think that this polish looks great and it did exactly what I wanted it to do and was cheaper than the OPI shatter brand. I love that it gives you a really cool design without you having to do anything special to achieve it. I have only tried the black one so far but I am really excited to try the teal one. The color reminds me of Tiffany jewelery boxes.

The other thing I got this week was these stockings:

I am SO excited to style these new stockings from American Apparel. I think that they could look really awesome with a lot of different items currently in my wardrobe. I've seen different people wearing socks and stockings in really unique ways and that has inspired me to purchase these.

That's all for now! I hope you enjoy looking at my messy dorm room and leopard print snuggie in the background of the pictures! =)

Lisa

Peking

shirt: american apparel
shorts: pac sun
shoes: charlotte russe

Extremely busy day today. After working all day, Tony and I got in the car and drove to his house. Right after that we went to dinner at a great restaurant called Peking (hence the name of the title). I am SO ready for a great night of sleep. I wish I could have had some natural light for the pictures, but I think the dogs look great. Rex and Roman are the kindest, sweetest dogs and would never hurt a fly, but you would never guess that by looking at them! They look like beasts!

My hair is in a french braid done to the side and tucked under so that it looks like I have shorter hair.  I think my favorite part of this is that the sear sucker shorts and polo shirt give it a preppy appeal, but the distressed, almost acid washed look of the shirt and the combat boot-like shoes give it a dark side. Oh and did I mention? TGIF!!

TTFN
Lisa

Ginseng and Honey

shirt: american apparel
skirt: a'gaci
shoes: forever 21
bandeau: random amazon vendor

Today was a very busy day! I had several meetings today to discuss what will come of the rest of my research this summer. I'm quite fond of this outfit so I posted it elsewhere as well here on my blog. My hair is in this really cool looking fall through effect french braid on both sides, but you can only see the left side. The title comes from my latest obsession with Arizona green tea with ginseng and honey. So amazing! That's all for now.

TTFN
Lisa