Look of the Day: Overdressed? Never!

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” Oscar Wilde

This quote by Oscar Wilde has recently become quite popular online. I’ve seen it tweeted, pinned, and posted on Facebook dozens of times by dozens of people, and not only do I agree with it, but it has also been my personal philosophy for a while.

Since I have always loved dressing up, figuring out what to wear to an event, whether it’s casual or dressy, is half the fun of it for me. However, I used to worry about trying to fit in with my outfit. I certainly didn’t want to be underdressed and looking like I didn’t belong there, but I also didn’t want to be overdressed and looking like I cared too much or put too much effort into it.

Then, a few years ago, I sort of had an ‘aha’ moment while reading another quote, this time by the arguable style icon, Rachel Zoe. In her book Style from A to Zoe, she wrote “In my mind, being overdressed is not a bad thing at all. What’s the worse-case scenario? That you’re the best-dressed person in the room?” For some reason, her words really hit a nerve for me, and I realized that if I love fashion and dressing up, I should just do it and enjoy it, rather than trying to please other people with my sartorial choices. And that’s exactly what I have done ever since, dress for myself and my enjoyment.

Now, all that said relates to today’s look of the day because with this outfit I was technically a tad “overdressed” last Saturday night when I attended a friend’s laid back Holiday party, but I didn’t mind; first, because of my aforementioned philosophy on the subject; second, because I loved my outfit and was glad to have an excuse to wear it; and third, because I was too busy having a lovely time with friends to have time to worry about such petty concerns.

So, what have you been wearing or plan to wear to the Holiday parties this season? Please share!

And don’t forget to enter my Holiday giveaway!! You can find the instructions on how to do it here.

Dress: Cynthia Rowley- Jacket: Forever 21- Tights: Express 
Necklace: ILY Couture- Shoes: Aldo- Bag: Vintage

“Nunca puedes estar exageradamente arreglado ni ser exageradamente educado.” Oscar Wilde

Esta cita de Oscar Wilde se ha vuelto muy popular recientemente en las redes sociales. La he visto tuiteada, pineada, y publicada en Facebook docenas de veces por docenas de personas. Y no solo estoy de acuerdo con ella, sino que también ha sido mi filosofía personal por algunos años.

Ya que siempre he amado la moda, decidir que ponerme para un evento, ya sea casual o formal, es parte de la diversión para mí.  Sin embargo, solía preocuparme por tratar de encajar con mi look. Es decir, no quería arreglarme tan poco  que pareciera que no tenía nada que hacer ahí, pero tampoco quería exagerar en mi arreglo y parecer como que me importaba o me había esforzado demasiado.

Después, hace unos años, mientras leía otra cita, en esta ocasión de la discutible icono de la moda Rachel Zoe, me cayó el veinte.  En su libro Style from A to Zoe, ella escribió “En mi mente, exagerar en tu arreglo no es algo malo. ¿Qué es lo peor que puede pasar? ¿Qué seas la persona mejor vestida en el lugar?” Por alguna razón, sus palabras realmente me llegaron, y caí en cuenta que si me gusta la moda y arreglarme, pues debería hacerlo y disfrutarlo, en lugar de tratar de complacer a los demás con mis outfits. Y eso es exactamente lo que he hecho desde entonces, vestirme para mí y mi gusto.

Ahora, todo esto tiene que ver con el look del día de hoy porque con este outfit estuve técnicamente un poco “exagerada” en mi arreglo el sábado pasado cuando asistí a la reunión navideña de una amiga, cosa que no me molestó;  primero, por mi ya mencionada filosofía al respecto; segundo, porque amé mi outfit y estaba feliz de tener una excusa para ponérmelo; y tercero, porque estaba muy ocupada disfrutando con amigos como para preocuparme por tonterías.

¿Y ustedes que se han puesto o planean ponerse para las fiestas navideñas esta temporada? Cuéntenme!

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Look of the Day: Leather + Neon

I am once again on a bus, this time headed back home, and a little sad that a weekend is just not enough time to see and catch up with everyone I would’ve liked to. However, I will be back in my hometown to celebrate New Year’s Eve, and I’ll have a few more days then, so hopefully I can manage to meet up with all my friends & family.
Now, about today’s look, it was a very easy one to put together because it involves several of my favorite trends and classics: leather skirt + turtleneck+ b&w stripes + neon + statement necklace + mary janes with a twist. You pretty much can’t go wrong when involving any of these pieces in an outfit… and putting them all together into one, well, that’s just fabulous in my book.
As you know from previous posts (like this one and this one), I am obsessed with neon yellow, and this necklace is by far my favorite piece of neon I own. I just can’t get enough of it but hadn’t had the chance to show it off here on the blog. It was such a fantastic find, I got it on sale at Dillard’s for just around $12!!
Hoping you all had a wonderful weekend and wishing you an even better week ahead.

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Leather skirt: bebe
 Striped turtleneck: Merona for Target
 Mary Jane pumps: Enzo Angiolini
 Neon necklace: from Dillard's
 Bangles: from T.J. Maxx
 Clutch: vintage

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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