this is not hip

So I am unsure of my direction at this point in time. Lately I feel like I have been bumming out a bit when I had meant to dress up more this semester. I mean bumming out as in wearing a lot of shorts and men’s v-necks, not sweatpants or flip flops or university t-shirts or any of those other college student atrocities.

What I really need in my life right now is more casual dresses. It is so easy to look put together with a dress on. All you need is some nice shoes and maybe a scarf or tights/socks and you look fab.

Someone posted this C&C dress at newestwrinkle and I think I am in love

C&C California Heather Kara Dress - $84.00

$84 is more than I would spend on a casual dress. $84 is nearing the special occasion dress range, but this dress is so simple and versatile and gorgeous that I am considering blowing some dollahz on it.

This dress is so simple but I love it. I wish there were more views of it on the site:

Velvet Torch Bubble Dress - $54

I may be trying to mature my style, but this is really fun and also on sale:

Sailboat Dress - $22.50

This is probably really unflattering but I like the colorblocks and lines

Lux Carnaby Dress - $48

This dress has a cool relaxed fit in the front and a deepdeep scoop in the back. Casual and classic, I think it is sweet. Oh Urban Outfitters. Time and time again you wrong me and yet I keep coming back to you.

Lux Deep Scoop Dress - $48

Okay you can’t go wrong with a tank dress, right? And this color is fab.

Lux Tank Dress - $38

I really like the cut/fit/material/price on this one. I just have to decide how opposed to hoods on dresses I am.

Lux Sweatshirt Dress - $29.99

This is pretty and perfect. I wish it had more colors.

Lux Sharie Dress - $58

I love the cut of this dress. I cannot decide between the poplin or polyester materials for it though.

AA Cross-Front Dress

Okay this post turned into a horrible long UO binge and I’m sure is interesting to no one but myself and now I must sleep

So for the past week or so I have been lusting after this

Marc by Marc Jacobs Bauble Watch on Chain - $125

It’s part of a line that’s been out for ages and Nordstom is the only place i could find this particular piece still hanging around. And I was going to buy it in a few days if I was still just as into it. But as of today Nordstrom no longer has it in stock. Ughghsdfsdkl

Bad luck

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For some reason I have been all like OMG I NEED RED SHORTS and I’m not really sure why. I know such a purchase would be so impractical because it’s july and fall clothes are coming out and everything and I’m really looking at boots and jackets right now, but I want them so much. I would wear them with so many things.

I tried on these at American Apparel and I loved them. They are $44 dollars which is more than I would like to spend on a July summer clothes purchase, but I could wear them with tights and things in the fall/winter right?  I’m just afraid bright colored shorts will be all passe next summer and I will have to give them away.

Stretch Bull Denim Short Shorts

Speaking of tights and shorts, I saw this photo on the flickr group wardrobe_remix and I liked it a lot.

I cannot figure out how she did fishnet tights and heels and looks cute and not trashy. I want to be able to do this so much. I am envious of people who can make fishnet tights cute. I have not bothered to buy them because I’m afraid I will just look a little skanky. Also I am jealous of heels girls. Who isn’t? But its really my goal next year at school to dress up a little more. I will stick out a lot, but I think it is nice to dress up. I bought some red wedges I did not need at all and I want to wear them out all the time.

And completely  unrelated, lookit how cute this boy I pulled off Face Hunter is!

The blush or whatever he has going on it fantastic! It totally would not work in the states, but it works in Paris! Maybe it should be able to work in America.

First off I would like to brag about a fantastic purchase I made.

Fabulaire shoes on sale $15 - Rack Room Shoes

They are 23403824 times better looking in real life, so comfortable (I walked around Charlottesville in them the first time I wore them) and so perfect for going out/looking nice shoes. I love them so much! And $15! I am the best at buying shoes!

Anyways so I just ordered two sizes of those Cheap Monday jeans in the previous post so now I will no longer be a jerk and will give you guys the link so go and buy yourself some $30 Cheap Mondays.

Okay so American Apparel is the bane of my debit card. I keep buying clothes from there and then they tell me LAURA! We have 9879 more awesome clothes for you to buy and I’m all like come on guyyssss. Of course last time I ordered from TrendyBlanks.com. If you click on the wholesale link you can choose from a limited selection of aa clothes for like 1/3 of the price. I bought a bunch of shirts, a couple leotards, and a pair of mesh shorts that I am wearing right now. If you use TrendyBlanks, put my email address (nillabean87@gmail.com) where it asks who referred you and I get $20 credit! It costs you nothing so do it!

Anyways, on to the things I have been looking at. First I saw this dress at AA and I was like, I like the concept but eh.

$34 Funnel Shift Dress

But then one of my favorite posters on newestwrinkle posted herself in it and I was like omgawesomedress.

But then she’s like all gorgeous and thin and looks fantastic in everything. But she makes me want that dress so much!

Also I’m getting new glasses soon and I really want these:

$50 Carbonlite Sunglasses  

But they are like $50 before I go get lenses put in them (usually like $80) and I’m afraid this whole thing with the big frames will go out of style before my eyesight gets worse again and I’ll be stuck with mad passe glasses. I love them so much though. Not sure what to do.

This vest is so overpriced, but it is so practical considering the large number of oversized tshirts and plain dresses that would go with this. I’m so torn.

$36 Unisex Solid Rib Vest

It is not possible for AA to have pictures that are not ridiculous

Also:

AA, i can’t believe you are selling this. And for so much money.

$36 poplin reversible vest

Like, there is a whole rack of these for $3 at everyone’s goodwill. You can’t do that.

ONE MORE THING

I really want some moccasins. Particularly brown ankle boot moccasins. And everyone knows Minnetonka shoes are where you turn for moccasins. I can’t decide between these two styles though:

Back Zipper Hardsole

Minnetonka 482

I think i like the 482’s a lot better. I’ve heard Minnetonka shoes are mad comfortable. I probably have too many casual shoes, but whatever. These look so effing cute with dresses and things.

Okay this post got so long. I will stop now!

So I think Cheap Monday jeans are so fantastic. and I was looking around the Barney’s Co-Op website and I saw these on sale for 29.99.

And so my natural response was OMGHOLYFUCK I NEED THOSE JEANS. What an awesome color! They look so fantastic! So I confirmed my size and got all excited and then Barney’s tried to charge me $12 for shipping. Fuck you, Barney’s! I am not paying $12 for $30 jeans!

I want them so bad though. Maybe i can find them somewhere else. grr

So I finally sucked it up and made 2 american apparel purchases a few weeks ago.

Cotton Spandex Two-Toned Fitted Mini Dress $32

Oh my god I love this so much. It’s so easy and flattering. If only there was occasion to wear it casually in lynchburg. It’s a little too short to just wear around town I feel. Also I like the look and idea of it without a bra the best, but when I try that it is nipple city. I will have to find a way to remedy that. Anyways, I believe this dress is flattering on most body types, so I think everyone should go buy it now yes.

Unisex Tri-Blend Short Sleeve Deep V-Neck $18

I really was planning on only buying the dress, but AA was going to charge me a ridiculous amount for shipping and I could get free shipping if I bought $50 worth of stuff so I went ahead and got this too since I had heard how amazing and comfortable it is. And oh my god it is the most amazing shirt. I got the small size (it comes in unisex sizes), but I could have stood to get the extra small and I’m tempted to buy another one with my next AA purchase. It’s so lightweight and relaxed and comfortable, but can be dressed up quite a bit and incorporated into like any outfit. Fantastic.

Now recently I saw this leotard in a picture of a girl wearing the slim slacks and a vest over it and I was like omg love.

Cotton Spandex Jersey Halter Leotard $28

I am so tempted to buy this in a color and black or gray and wear it all the time year round. I kind of like the low-cut no bra look on smallish boobz (not crazy about it on the busty model featured above). Am I crazy?

Interlock Pencil Skirt $30

I can’t find a flattering outfit photo of this skirt on AA, but I’ve had a recent obsession with high waisted skirts and have been wearing my one polka-dotted one so much that I am tempted to buy an awesome color of this AA one considering the raving reviews I have heard about it and its versatility. I’m scared though, because while I love the high-waisted skirts knee-length skirts aren’t fantastic on me because I have big swimmer’s calves. But they look so fantastic on other people I want to try them out!

Okay sorry for the huge aa binge. I got my first paycheck and I am flipping out.

So I just wanted to say that I love these shoes so much

Encinitas Crisscross Skimmer $38 at Urban

I think I haven’t bought them yet because they seem like they might look worse in real life than they do on a screen. I’ve seen other versions of these shoes around that i love way more, but nothing for a reasonable price. I really want sandals like this though. Someone please find some for me.

Also who is not surprised that Urban ripped off the Mexican Embroidered dress that has been mad popular at thrift stores and on ebay the past few months?

Lux Embroidered Mexicana Dress $78 at Urban

Thing is, seeing has I haven’t found the original to be especially flattering on me and this one has tailoring that actually shows a waist I’d consider getting it if it wasn’t ridiculously priced.

But personally, I am shocked and appalled that Urban has not come out with a version of the hipster headband clearly seen all over lastnightsparty and the cobrasnake for months now.

Or the grandma glasses that I am seriously tired of seeing on the same sites.

Seriously, Urban Outfitters, you know the rule. If Cory Kennedy does it, you should too.

So I’m on a clothing diet right now. I haven’t bought anything in a while and I’m just trying to figure out how to make my current wardrobe work. I don’t wear like 70% of it most of the time anyways and I need to figure out how to.

Also I feel pretty uninspired lately, though there are a couple things I want.

I want a cool leather jacket.  Preferably brown. I just think it would totally work with everything I have and the style I’ve currently been getting into. It is so hard to find a quality jacket that isn’t ridiculously expensive, but I will be keeping an eye out.

Also I want like 3543 American Apparel items, but I don’t really want to order online since they aren’t that cheap and I have never tried anything on there. I really just want to save up a ridiculous quantity of money and then go wild on basic shirts, skirts, dresses, socks, and maybe a lame bathing suit. On most style sites I look at, like 50% of each girl’s outfit is AA. Maybe I will just go after school is out and drive up to rmond for the day and shop.

Okay so the past week I have been thinking a lot about swimsuits. I know it’s not even spring yet, but whenever I walk into Target I see their ubercheap suits already out and dominating the entrance and think about what my annual swimsuit purchase will be.

I’ve been thinking I need a bitchingassawesome one piece. There is something totally classic and attractive and forgiving about a well cut one piece.

So I was looking at the internet and saw this and I like it a lot.

It’s so fucking cute and classic. But I seriously have no idea where one would get something like that.

And American Apparel has these pretty bitchin lame bodysuits.

I’m kind of a secret fan of the lame thing AA is trying to push, but these seriously weren’t doing anything for me until I saw a girl on newestwrinkle show a pic of one she tried on.

No offense to her, but it all pictures of her showing her favorite outfits, it is plain to see she is a big girl with more to love in the stomach area, but in this swimsuit she looks way hot. I seriously want this pretty bad and it is only $30. I wish I hadn’t left my credit card at home because I want to order it like now.

Only problem is, it has only lined and usually I depend on a small amount of padding in the boobage area in one pieces to prevent my small bosom from squishing into nothing from the tight fabric. And the lowlow cut seems like it requires cleavage to be appealing. But we shall see. I wanted to buy some eggplant leggings from American Apparel anyways. I wish AA was nearby and not an hour away so I could actually try these fuckers on and see if they are worthwhile.

So I’m writing one more blog entry tonight. Whatevz.

I was reading Paste while waiting forever at the Health Center at W&M and I saw Toms Shoes listed as an item to buy. Apparently this dude was in Argentina and wore these shoes and was inspired by how comfortable they were and designed these shoes after the tradtional Argentine shoes. Also if you buy a pair of Toms he gives a pair to a child in need. I think that’s a cool idea.

Anyways I really like the shoes and $38 is not bad for a pair of way comfortable shoes and a good deed.

Also I think these limited edition Toms individually painted by a graffiti artists are waysupercool, albeit $10 more.

So that’s that. Toms seem like cool shoes. Someone buy them for me.