Summer Whimsy

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Summer Whimsy

If anyone in the Western New York area saw an awkwardly prancing adult-child with a grin on her face slightly resembling Abu's upon seeing Aladdin this past weekend, that would have been me (See last picture for evidence). I credit some of that joy to the sunshine, but mostly to this outfit you see me wearing. You know how they say that style is an expression of the self, what you wear is who you are and such? Well, this dress is me in sewn-and-stitched form, you guys. A good-girl dress with snark, whimsy and quirk is just my thing.

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Fancy Pants

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Fancy Pants

Summer and pants just don't go together in my books. After five days of relatively uninteresting work wear ('No pants, No Science', say the multiple notices in my building.), I'm usually picking out the most fun, non-pant pieces in my closet on the weekends. But one has to make exceptions for some fancy pants. I mean.. red silk, excessively tasseled, pockets.. the works.

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Striped Maxi Dress

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Striped Maxi Dress

If you're a petite five-footer like myself ( I'm actually 5'2", but I'm also a girl well rooted in reality, people.), you probably run from any kind of horizontal stripes like they are the plague. While stripes will always be trendy, they can be quite challenging to style on certain body types. So how am I clothed in said stripes from head to toe, you ask? This candy colored, pretty young thing asked to be friends and I said faaaine, that's how.

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