If you follow the other blog, Style Insights, you've caught up on my trip back to my home and place of birth, San Francisco and why I was there with outfits and all. But if you haven't, I'll brief you. I was up north to sing for my friend Nicole's wedding.
I had the hardest time with song selection. I didn't wanna just sing any old song, after all I planned on posting my performances on YouTube and I didn't want to re-hash or re-do any songs I'd already done. I originally told her I'd sing Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You, but asked if I could surprise her. So I sang Mary J. Blige - Be Without You and Faith Evans - Love Like This; the most two unconventional wedding songs I could think of and share with you people.
I guess you could say I was waiting for the perfect event to wear this dress I made for my couture class. I was gonna make it a "Vegas" dress, but no trips to Vegas have arise and because of the chiffon-y material, I can't just wear it out since it's pretty dressy. Overall, I'm glad how the outfit came out even though the picture isn't so great (since you can't see my shoes and the sun is in my face and I have that sun squinting look on my face).
Outfit Details:
Dress: Designed and Constructed by yours truly
Belt and Chain: Vintage
Bracelets: Swarovsky and Forever 21
Shoes: Jessica Simpson Dany
Dress: Forever 21
Suede Fringe Vest: Forever 21
Metal Cuff: Forever 21
Necklace: MAC Certification Necklace
Wedges: Xenon by Jeffrey Campbell
So I posted this look on Lookbook a couple days ago. So I basically strutted around in my sky high Jeffrey Campbells from 10am-3am. All the while working @ MAC Cosmetics, Bowling with friends, and Karaoke.
As much as I love these shoes, they kill me! Platforms for me at least are supposed to = comfort. But these take a toll on the balls of my feet and actually made my second toe (next to the big toe) numb that I had to give my feet a break the next day and wear frumpy flats (I've been wearing JC Platforms like every single day lately...YES even on my days off). These are super tight around your foot that I actually got blisters on my Achilles heel the first time I tried breaking these in since I kept scooting my foot back to the heel since the front part of the straps were really tight. Maybe I just have to wear them more often?
And if you follow me on twitter, you'll know I also went lighter with my hair. It actually looks a lot lighter than it did when I first got it done. I feel like it's getting lighter and lighter with every wash so I try to dry shampoo as often as possible (as gross as that sounds).
So that night after I closed at work, Jerald and I met up some friends and went bowling at Action Lanes in El Monte. After we went bowling we noticed a Karaoke bar inside the bowling alley so we decided we'd go there. People in there were really fucking serious! Some people brought their own VCD/Laserdisk Karaoke songs to sing to. I was like DAAAAAAAMN!! The wait for Karaoke was really long and like any Karaoke bar, it's basically who you know or if the DJ likes you. I waited 50 million songs before I sang this jam that I've always wanted to sing. Real Love - Mary J. Blige:
As you can tell, I was heavily inebriated by the time I got up there. The background vocals are really loud which is why you'll find me covering my ear at certain points just to hear myself....and when you add alcohol and having the background vocals too loud, you get me singing kinda off. LOL.
Sorry for the lack of outfit posts. Most of the time I've been posting my looks on Lookbook. I feel like my blog has been a myriad of posts about shoes I lust over.
So I pretty much wore the same accessories in this outfit in the last post. The necklace is now available on my etsy! In love with these shoes, I couldn't think of any other amazing shoes to wear with this outfit:
Outfit details: Top: Denim Corset Top from Forever 21 Bottoms: Gap Bermuda Chinos Bracelet: Swarovski Golf Jet bracelet. Necklace: Designed and made by me; now available on my etsy. Shoes: Jeffrey Campbell Charli C Clog (obsessed with Jeffrey Campbell if you didn't know already)
I'm trying to change my outlook on how I work out. Personally, I hate sweating because once I work out, it's pretty profuse and gross feeling. Which is a "duh" because getting up your heart rate would do that but I hate the feeling...and don't get me started on how I feel about running. All my shit jiggles badly making me feel very itchy once I get started jogging like a fucking gerbil or hamster. Lately I've been doing a lot of the Zumba classes at the gym to stay motivated and it secretly makes me feel better and cracks me up inside when I see people struggling to catch the beat (LOL... I'm evil). Instead of focusing on the fact that I hate sweating and everything jiggling, I'm trying to fall in love with getting in shape (along with trying to eat healthier even though I've slipped this week since it is my birthday week).
I ramble but, on the topic of fitness, Forever 21 has come out with Active Wear so you can look cute jiggling around the gym. I might have to check some pieces out since my workout wear really consists of baggy shirts that belong to Jerald and sweats I wear to sleep (and no I don't sleep in the sweats after I work out...nasties...)
In the world of fast fashion, I came across Forever 21's informing shoppers that they're coming out with a Resort collection and that it is currently for sale.
