New Arrivals - Kate Spade

It's official.

I'm obsessed.

It's another Kate Spade post guys, #sorrynotsorry in advance.

And their new arrivals are labeled as a Lights, Camera, Action!, oldies cinema look! I was in love before I even looked!

Price: $448

This Olivia dress is my favorite of the dresses. Probably because it's the most colorful and reminiscent of summer, and I'm still in a summer wear mood. I love the cinched waist and the bright colors, plus it has a cute flirty skirt.

Price: $448

This Leah dress is beautiful, especially for a business setting. I love the high waisted pencil skirt and the cute tie-neck detail. If I could find a blazer of the same shade to throw over it, it would be perfect!

This Joyann dress required a front and back shot. Because as sleek and elegant as the front is...

Price: $378

...The back adds a whole nother level of sexiness to the dress. I absolutely love it! Especially that little bow right at the small of the back. Wonderful!

Price: $368

Then there's this Jazz skirt. It's beautiful, simple, and elegant. Two thumbs up from me!

Price: $458

I love this cute black purse. It's extremely sophisticated, perfect for the office! And the inside is lined with little bows. Too cute!

Price: $148

I'm loving statement necklaces more and more with each passing day, and this necklace is the kind of necklace that I would love to rock with a cute dress!

Price: $35

It's a clapboard iPhone case.. Need I say more? Love!

Price: 250

Kate Spade honestly has the best bangle watches ever. I really love this creme colored one. It would go well with so many outfits!

Price: $175

This one is really different from the bangle watches I usually like. The big face is usually a turn off for me, but I love how it's mostly black with just small details of white and gold. Too cute!

Price: $250

This Gold Bazooka one is just a guilty pleasure watch. It's gold with pink details, what's there not to love?? I'd probably never wear it, but it's cute to look at.

Price: $328

This Carrin Heel has me swooning. It would be perfect to wear to the office. Nude with black makes for a sophisticated color combination. Plus it'll go along with most outfits.

Price: $328

My favorite part about this Dijon Heel is that it has the cute Kate Spade bow at the front, but it's color choices are sophisticated enough that I could wear these with almost any suit to almost any business professional occasion. I love it!

Price: $298

Then we have the two Kalle Wedges! I love the elegance of this black one.

Price: $298

But this brown one would be perfect for a casual day, or even to wear with a cute sundress.

Price: $328

Out of everything, this one is the truest sign of an upcoming fall... But I can't be angry because this Rickee ankle boot is gorgeous! I would probably wear it with every single one of my fall and winter outfits if I owned it. Look at the cute bow on the zipper! Adorable! Plus it was made in Brasil! Can I please own this???

That's it for my favorites from the latest Kate Spade arrival. I swear they make each collection more beautiful than the last!

Saying Goodbye To My Dorm

This post has come a lot sooner than I thought it would...

My lease at Kennesaw is finally over.

Talk about bittersweet.

I can't wait to a cheaper dorm, because $580 a month for my teeny tiny dorm room with no kitchen is absurd. I'm moving to a $555 dorm that has a stove, a living room, a washer and dryer. That's $25 cheaper for a lot more things than I have now. Only negative part is that I'm going to have 3 roommates this go around instead of just 1. Hopefully we'll all get along *fingers crossed*

Even though I'm sort of looking forward to changing scenes, this room has been my home for the past year, and I hate moving around. I think I just finally truly settled in the place, and now it's time to pack up and move on again. I just barely finished decorating the place, and here we go again.

So you guys got to see what my dorm looked like while packing up, but here's what my dorm looked like before moving time came around:

My poster from my Life Teen 'graduation' that the class of 2013 made for us, surrounded by two beautiful butterfly portraits that I bought this year:

My butterfly boards that I got from Wal-Mart hanging over my closet:

This is by the door to my room. The cross that Luis gave me for my 15th birthday (we weren't even dating yet!) and a key hanger that I bought this past year:

The shoe hanger over my door... honestly one of the best things I bought all year. Along with a cute little "I <3 Me" pillow door decor thing that I've had forever:

My (somewhat) organized closet:

My awesome coordinating bed. The fact that my comforter and pillows match make me happier than you can imagine. Plus my and Luis's little stuffed animal family in the corner:

My calendar, which is pretty much the only decor I haven't taken down yet, because I'm afraid that because it's a stick on, I won't be able to save it until the next dorm:

My lamp, courtesy of Luis, and the super messy makeup and jewelry drawer behind it.

I also have a little frame that hangs over my bed with the "Don't Quit" poem, a Mother Theresa quote plaque, and another cross hanging over my make up/jewelry station that I didn't take pictures of.  (Do you see the butterfly/love/Christian theme of my wall decor??) I worked so hard all year to make this place homey, that now I'm sad that it's so super empty and filled with boxes. I'm going to miss it.

But hopefully my dorm this upcoming school year will feel just as much as 'home' as this one felt, and I'll make friends with my new roommates.

Here's to a great, new home!

My New Favorite Pair Of Shoes

I found the cutest pair of heels ever!

Look at how beautiful these ladies are!

I found them at that mall I went to in Tennessee a few weeks back. They were on super sale and I absolutely just could not resist!

Look at how cute they are! The heels aren't too high, so Luis doesn't complain. The style is super sophisticated, so I can rock them with some cute business outfits. And that bow *swoon*

I think the bow is what really won me over.

So it didn't even matter that the shoes are a size too big, because I couldn't find my size, they were actually the last pair the store had in any size.

I'm just totally in love, so I'm going to have to start shopping for more outfits to wear with them!

Stylish Night Out

So I haven't done one of these in a while...

A Polyvore post!

Today's theme is.. You guessed it! Outfits for a night out!

Here's our first outfit!

Too cute. I was thinking about making this a summer-y post, but then I saw this gorgeous Kelly Ewing dress and fell in love! But really, the true beauty here is the Kate Spade Skinny Mini Bow ring, because we all know how much I love Kate Spade! I'm actually loving this entire outfit, especially my cheap $5 dangling earrings from Charlotte Russe!

The thing about my style is that half the outfits I love can be doubled as clothes for the professional world. If I swapped out those strappy suede sandals for a pair of pumps and maybe toned down on the jewelry some, I'd have a great office outfit here. But I did get a little pricey with this outfit. The jacket is Versace and the small shoulder bag is Saint Laurent Cassandre. The ring is Kate Spade again, as I was pleased to find out when I started looking at the individual items. Overall, I would totally love having this outfit in my wardrobe!

I feel like I should clarify how I create my outfits. I don't look at brands or prices while putting the outfit together. I put an outfit I think looks cute together, and after I publish, I look at the individual pieces to see where they're from. (With the exception of my rich girl post that is)

Anyways, on to the next outfit. This red shift dress is simply gorgeous! I couldn't resist it, even though the picture of it is faded *insert sad face*. This outfit has inspired me to complete the full transition into a prepster and heavily invest in pearls. Oh my goodness, the pearls did wonders for this look. I'm going to have to hunt some down during my next shopping spree!

That's it for today's outfits! Let me know what you think about them!

Alexander McQueen

So by now we all know that I'm a bit of a clothes freak right?

So of course I try to keep up with all big names and look at new arrivals (as you all know I love new arrivals) and even what's going on in the fashion and celebrity worlds.

I love a lot of Alexander McQueen's stuff, after all, he did design Kate Middleton's beautiful wedding dress!

I mean, if a fashion designer is good enough for Kate Middleton, he/she's good enough for me!

And he has plenty of other celebrities wearing his pieces too! Just look at Anne Hathaway rocking one of his pieces too!

Plus there's that one red dress that both Kate Middleton and Kim Kardashian wore that was simply gorgeous.

But he showed up on my radar as more than a fashion designer recently. He showed up as a bit more intellectual and kinda revolutionary really.

The Huffington Post Style Twitter account posted one of his quotes yesterday, and of course I retweeted! It said, "I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress."

I think that's kind of an awesome quote!

And then last night I decided to hop on Netflix and watch a few TED Talks, and I ended up watching Aimee Mullins's talk about her 12 pairs of legs on the Beauty & Fashion: Beneath the Skin Deep series. Guess who popped up in conversation in the middle of the talk? Alexander McQueen. He designed a pair of legs for her and had her walk on his runway!

No one could even tell that she was walking on prosthetic legs! They were wooden boots that doubled as her legs!

First the quote, then hearing about his work with the prosthetic legs (and knowing that he made Kate's wedding dress!), I was officially intrigued. So went online, looked at his work, and read up on him. He actually was a pretty cool guy, despite his obsession with skulls and death

So here are some of the pieces I really liked from the Alexander McQueen Collection:

Price: $2,085
Sale Price: $834

Definitely digging the peplum and the white block on this block stretch pencil dress.

Price: $3,995
Sale Price: $1,599

I love the gold detail on the neckline of this embroidered crepe draped pencil dress.

Price: $1,295

I love the design on this stained glass jacquard mini dress!

Price: $1,995
Sale Price: $799

I just love the simplicity and elegance of this cap sleeve pencil dress.

Price: $1,855
Sale Price: $744

I love the high waist and the detail on the waist of this honeycomb mesh corset midi-skirt.

And then Alexander McQueen also has a supposedly more affordable line of clothes called McQ. Here are my favorites from this collection:

Price: $585

I'm loving both the camouflage puff print and the silhouette of this knit mini-dress.

Price: $620
Sale Price: $309

I think this might be my favorite dress out of all of them. The contrast bandage detail is stunning, and so is the white line framing the silhouette.

Price: $1,045

This felt biker jacket just looks so sophisticated and bad at the same time to me. Like I could look like a sexy biker chick wearing this.

Price: $450
Sale Price: $224

I love the curve hugging silhouette of this zip s-bend dress and I'm going crazy for that zipper open detail of the dress.

Price: $605
Sale Price: $304

Normally I don't like these super designed dresses, but this mineral print s-bend dress is just drop dead gorgeous. I love everything about it!

Price: $915
Sale Price: $459

Last, but not least, is this beautiful tailored monochrome paneled dress. I love how it has a low neckline that still manages to be modest. Plus the design of the dress is really clean and sophisticated.

And that's all I have for this post. Beautiful clothes from a great person.