The Garrott Tee: Look #3-Weekend Warrior

We're 3 weeks/3 looks deep into the Garrott Design Tshirt Challenge.

Ok its not a HUGE challenge, just a bit of a riddle of sorts--just how will I wear my tshirt differently this week from last week?  What can I do to keep it out of jeans, tshirt, tennis shoes territory?

This time around, I present to you (my signature clothing item of course-the cutoff shorts) what I call

"Weekend Warrior"

It was only a matter of time till I showed you all how I would pair the Garrott Tshirt up with my favorite bottoms--my white trash denim cut-offs. 

I once mentioned way back in September that these babies were being retired for the season...yeah right!  Who did I think I was, and whom did I think I was fooling?  Toss on some tights or leggings underneath and they're as good to go anywhere as I thought they were this summer.

(to which I laugh thinking of all the higher-brow establishments, and tons of lowbrow places, I wore them to as if both called for equal dress)

Cut-offs, with leggings in my case, add a little extra spunk and quirkiness to the Garrott Tee, especially great for a Sunday of errands, and dinner, and then a show.

(the dinner=high brow, the show=lowbrow...and I was just fine in both settings-I'm a chameleon like that).

To add to the spunkiness of the shorts with the Garrott Tee,

I though it almost necessary to show you

some color...some pops of interest here and there. 

The last two looks were pale and mostly tones of grays and black with the exception of the blushy colored skirt of Look #1

Plus, on the weekends, why not get a little punchy with the bright tones?  The weekends are my time, I don't have to impress anyone but myself...therefore I wear what I like, not always what's "appropriate".  Sometimes too much color of different sorts can overwhelm at the office persay,

but weekends-nothing holds me back.

It's still a wee bit chilly considering its only February, so I went with a slouchly long cardigan-lightweight however and a bold shot of juicy goodness in the form of my Poppy/coach bag.  (it always manages to make any outfit pop...heh heh, maybe why its POPPY??? probably not.--but on a side note, I do like that I just said "heh heh" as if my name is Beavis-gah, can't wait for the return of Beavis and Butthead on MTV!)

And on that note, I think I need to exit this blog.  I am all over the place, being spastic, writing whatever gibberish pops into my brain...seriously, why jump from "color" talk to "Beavis and Butthead"?

Adult ADD!

So kids, as always, I challenge you to style up a tshirt in an interesting way, or get the Garrott Tee (only $20) for yourself; show me how you'd do it up right.

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Wearing:

*Gray Tshirt-Garrott Design

*Yellow Cardigan-Urban Outfitters

*DIY Cut-off shorts-Gap

*Black Leggings-Uniqlo

*Beige boots-Jessica Simpson

*Orange leather bag-Poppy by Coach

Vintage View #13

Aaaaaah, the dreaded afterwork photo-op!

Why am I so bad about waking up that extra 5min early to take care of this in the morning when I'm all bright eyed and bushy tailed?

Ok, so here's the deal...

You might recall I wore this last weekend, or in whatever post was my last Weekend Rewind.

Although then, I was not able to get a proper full outfit shot, and I was wearing my girl-gang vest.

This here, well this is more how I planned to wear it that particular Saturday night.

Just goes to show, my weekend attire (although very much on the short side of town) can pull double duty and suit my needs for the "ever so fashionable" fashion industry in which I work.

This dress here, its one of my newer of vintage purchases.  

It's from Beacon's Closet of course, where I find myself frequenting more and more these days.

I like the goldenrod and brown coloration, always a tell-tale '70s sign.

In fact, these shades, along with the rusty tobacco color of the purse, remind me of nothing but the 1970's...even when paired on modern day attire.

Last time I wore it, I think I had way too many eras going on in one outfit...I had the dress, then I had a 1950's brown clutch (same shade as my boots), then I had one of my vintage owls, and then these modern day boots.

I think I did a better job this time around of toning it down a notch knowing the dress speaks loud enough for itself.  No need to go and confuse the general public as to what I'm really going for here.

This time, a little more simplistic, it was key to me really liking my outfit today.

Outfit Details:

*Yellow vintage dress, Beacon's Closet

*Brown suede boots, Franco Sarto

*Brown vintage Coach purse, Thrift Store

*Beige bracelet, H&M

*Gold hoop earrings, F21

And woohoo--tomorrow is Friday!

Who's excited? 

This girl right here...I've got a relaxing, not nearly as crazy as usual, weekend lined up and I'm rather quite looking forward to keeping myself in check and not getting all trainwreck crazy like this summer proved to be for me.

Enjoy kiddies!

Coach's MYNY Poppy Campaign--featuring ME!

Starting Tomorrow-

Coach is set to launch their online 

MYNY Poppy campaign.  

I was quite surprised when I was asked to be a part of this...I mean, ME?  Who?  

To my delight, the items they offered me to style up were so very easily translatable into my everyday approach to dressing.  So I was completely excited to give them a go around town knowing that I would still feel exactly like myself-staying true to my style, just rockin some new threads for Coach!!  And doing it my way-the only way I know how!

I was to be spending that very day uptown, doing some museum trolling along the Upper East Side.  Taking cues from the school girls of the UES, I gave it my own twist--a lot more downtown--than say the average uptown girl.

The Alex Striped Blazer in Charcoal was the starting point, with its slight hint of Harry Potter/school girl undertones, I knew a full little mini would compliment it well.

Wanting to keep the color palate simple and clean, in order for my Poppy Leather Glam Tote in Persimmon to shine as the focal point, I opted to stick with an otherwise crisp scheme of black, white, and gray.

Some quick add-ons such as my silk scarf, a large vintage necklace, and a few rings, and of course the sunnies, and I was set to go.  

This is MY STYLE-and exactly how I take an otherwise classic brand like Coach and make it work with my more "rough around the edges", rock n roll thing.  

Lucky for me Poppy is spunky, young, and often times bright; as I said before very easily translatable into my everyday attire.

Wearing:

*Alex Striped Blazer in Charcoal, Poppy

*Leather Glam Tote in Persimmon, Poppy

*Black Tulle Mini Skirt, F21

*White V-neck T-shirt, Uniqlo

*Black Opaque Tights, HUE

*Black Leather Booties, Nine West

*Printed Scarf, F21

*Black Sunglasses, Kensie

*Silver Vintage Necklace and Rings, Thrift Store

A big thank you to Coach and to PurpleLabNYC for reaching out to me and offering me this exciting opportunity.  I really appreciate it, and I had a marvelous time in the clothes.

Very fun, styling up the products, showing you my take on fashion, in my usual "Wild as a Mink" way.

Make sure to stop by this same post on or after 6/30/10 to see the ad campaign;

just click HERE

Or stop by coach.com , click on "New At Coach", and go to "MYNY" to see the feature.

Yay!

Daily Wear: Long Time Forgotten

Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson sing "Good Hearted Woman", if I can be so bold as to change one word in their first line it would go something like this,

"A Long Time Forgotten are dresses that just fell by the way"

Oh my god, actually I love that song and I don't need to be adding my own lyrics to it just because I wanted to say that this dress was a long time forgotten. Ooops, in fact, I never even wore it before I went and forgot about it.

I pulled it out of the closet last night when I was playing dress-up with my stupid old clothing. I was trying to find new ways to wear some of my pieces, and I came upon this. I think the reason I never wore this dress, for nearly the one year I've owned it, is because the center front neckline proves a little bit difficult for a busty gal like myself. So much so that I had to do that ol' safety pin trick to hold it together. I hate that!

Another thing I came across that I didn't even know I owned---THESE TIGHTS! What, where have they been, and when did they enter my life? Maybe sometime back in college, but seriously-how do I go all these years not even knowing I had these? Whatever, they'll be getting plenty of wear now that I know these exist in my collection. But yeah, where have I been and how did I not know I had these pretty little lacy bits????

You know something kinda quirky I do? I find myself 9x out of 10 wearing these two necklaces together. If I wear one, you can bet I'm probably wearing the other. I don't know why I think I have to wear them together, I think its got something to do with their lengths. They kinda balance eachother out and I'm not a dainty girl of any sort so wearing just one necklace would never be enough!

Wearing:

Gray jacket, Urban outfitters

Blue dress, I ♥ Ronson

White lace tights, ????

Taupe suede booties, Calvin Klein

Brown vintage purse, Coach (via the thrift store)

Now excuse me, I've got to continue cleaning my dirty-A$$ apartment because this weekend we've got another Dusty Rose Vintage photoshoot lined up, and my house is the depot of fun this time around....so I gotta spiffy things up before I even attempt to let the girls and boys hang out here.

Oh I'm so excited for this weekend though, its supposed to be so nice and I think we'll be hanging out and shooting in Prospect Park--LOVELY!!!!!! That's all I'm gonna give away-you'll just have to come back in a week or two if you want to see what we crazy gals are up to in DRV's vintage fare!

I'm about to ramble moreso if I don't make like a baby and headout, cleaning to do and its late...so off to sweep then off to bed! Nite nite.