Look of the Day: Truth or Dare

Remember when you were in middle school and used to play Truth or Dare ? Well, I played that game many times but you could always count on me to pick Truth only, as I was too much of a coward to go with Dare. However, lately I’ve been feeling more adventurous, which has translated into me daring myself to step out of my comfort zone. Recently, in the area of fashion, one of those dares involved wearing shorts again.

A few pounds years ago I used to wear shorts (and short shorts at that!) all the time. But at some point during my weight gain journey, I judged shorts as not flattering on me anymore and quit cold turkey. Truth is (no pun intended!) I wasn’t comfortable showing off my newfound curves, and it’s been years, years I tell ya, since I last wore a pair of shorts in public…come to think of it, I don’t think I even wore shorts in private all these years. Anyway, as part of my process of fully embracing my body, no matter what size (a process I discussed in this post and this one), I decided to give shorts another chance.

You most likely won’t find me in a pair of short shorts anytime soon, and clearly the ones worn in today’s look of the day are more of a Bermuda style, but it’s still progress in my book! I tried to dress up the shorts with a collar shirt and my new pointy-toe shoes, which I’m not entirely sure were the best choice, but I still liked the result just enough to feature it here on the blog. So, what do you think? What shoes would you have paired with this look?

Collar Shirt: from Marshall's - Shorts: Mossimo from Target
Shoes: Aldo - Belt: H&M - Clutch: vintage
Necklace: Afghan Lapis (gift from my mother-in-law)

Recuerdan cuando estaban en la secundaria y solían jugar Verdad o Reto? Pues yo jugué muchas veces y siempre escogí solo Verdad porque me daba miedo pensar siquiera en el Reto. Sin embargo, últimamente me he sentido más aventurera lo cual se ha traducido a que yo misma me rete a salir de mi zona de confort. Recientemente, en el área de la moda, uno de esos retos fue volver a usar shorts.

Hace algunos kilos años atrás yo solía usar shorts (y de los mini shorts hasta eso!) todo el tiempo.  Pero en algún momento en mi trayectoria de subir de peso, juzgué que los shorts no me eran favorecedores y los dejé de golpe. La verdad es que no me sentía cómoda exponiendo mis recién adquiridas curvas, y han pasado años,  años les digo, desde la última vez que me puse un par de shorts en público… ahora que lo pienso, creo que ni siquiera en privado me puse shorts en todos estos años. En fin, el caso es que como parte de mi proceso de realmente apreciar mi cuerpo, sin importar la talla (proceso del que hablé en esta publicación y en ésta),  decidí darle a los shorts otra oportunidad.

Seguramente no me encontrarán vistiendo los mini shorts próximamente, y como podrán ver los shorts del look del día de hoy son mas estilo bermudas, pero aun así es un gran avance para mí. Traté de darle un toque más sofisticado al look agregando la camisa de cuello y los zapatos con punta puntiaguda, los cuales no estoy completamente convencida que hayan sido la mejor opción, pero aun así me gustó el resultado lo suficiente como para publicarlo aquí en el blog. Ustedes qué piensan? Qué zapatos hubieran escogido para este look?

Look of the Day: New York State of Mind…

After seeing the damage left behind in New York by hurricane Sandy, I’ve found myself in a New York state of mind more than ever. It’s no secret that I love New York, and my thoughts and prayers go out to all who have been devastated by this disaster. And thinking of New York is that I decided to take pictures of this outfit. I had originally planned to wear this look in NY back in September, but the weather was too hot for it. Luckily the weather here in Arizona has finally cooled down, so it seemed like a good time to wear it.

This look it’s a bit business-y and serious, so I decided to spice it up a bit with some sexy platforms. What do you think? I hope you like it as much as I do.

Wishing you darlings a wonderful week!

Blouse: Forever 21
Dress: H&M
Handbag: Deux Lux via Marshall's
Shoes: Payless Shoes
Right Hand Rings: Charming Charlie

Look of the Day: In(vest)ed

It’s finally Friday,  which I would usually be pretty happy about, except I have a crazy busy weekend coming up, and not socially busy but work busy, so I’m not really feeling the Friday spirit today.  Next Friday is looking more promising for me though, since I’ll be leaving for Los Cabos, Mexico the very next day. It happens to be a work trip, but it’s Cabo baby! I’ve never been to Cabo before, and luckily I’ll have plenty of time of my own to enjoy some of what it has to offer, so definitely excited about that. Also, as a bonus, one of my bff’s happens to live there, and though we stay in touch often and are still very close, I haven’t actually seen her in years. So altogether, I just can’t wait for this trip to happen.

Moving on to today’s look, it is the last outfit I shot last weekend, and I think I’m definitely going to try to keep doing this “shoot all outfits on weekends” thing, whether I’m actually wearing them out or not, because my social life is not active enough to keep up the blog’s content all on its own. So, about today’s outfit, I just gotta say I’m not big on wearing jeans (interesting choice of words since the reason is I feel too big when wearing jeans, ha!), as a matter of fact I’m not a fan of wearing pants in general. Maybe it’s just a crazy idea of mine, but I feel more comfortable and flattered by skirts and dresses. However, winter is quickly approaching and as much as I try to hold on to my skirts and dresses by wearing tights, eventually the weather will win the battle and I’ll be wearing jeans and pants most of the time. So, I decided to do an outfit wearing jeans as part of trying to get mentally prepared for the wardrobe adjustments I’ll have to make sooner rather than later.

Now, one of my favorite things about this outfit is this fabulous silk vest I scored for next to nothing at Banana Republic last year. The vest itself is fabulous, although I’m not sure is quite as fabulous on me, but I love it too much to care. I have tried wearing it belted before hoping that makes it better, yet it’s still debatable. I guess I’ll just have to show you the belted version some time soon so you can decide which way it looks better on me.

The studded clutch I got about 4 years ago and I have gotten quite some mileage out of it. I have always loved it because it gives just a little extra something, a wink-wink, to my usually conservative outfits.  However, this year I’m even more excited to keep strutting it around after seeing the fall/winter accessories collection from Valentino, it is full of studs! Glad this trend isn’t going anywhere just yet, we all need a little bit of rock’n’roll in our lives, right?

Wishing you guys a fantastic weekend.

 

Vest: Banana Republic
T-shirt: Old Navy
Jeans: Gap
Necklace: Urban Outfitters
Brooch: vintage
Studded clutch: from Marshall's
Right hand ring: Aldo
Black cuff: vintage
Shoes: Payless
Sunnies: Valentino

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