vintage leather bomber jacket!!

I was SO excited to find a vintage leather bomber jacket while thrifting on Friday. It was only $5!!!! There are definitely a few knicks and holes, but that just gives it a more rock n roll vibe. I am so in love with it. I'm wearing it with some wide leg gap jeans (with the cuff messed up, argh), white american apparel tee, and a diane von furstenberg scarf that I also thrifted for $6! I absolutely love the thrift stores here in Danville.

amazing vintage furs

As I said yesterday, I have had some amazing luck thrifting here in VA. I found the above vintage faux fur on Friday for only $19.99! The sleeves are a tad too short but for that price I couldn't pass it up. It's also missing a button so I think I will redo all the buttons. Otherwise it's in great shape and I just love how 60's/Edie Sedgwick it looks!

Then this morning, I went to another thrift store in town and found this black fur coat for $15!! I couldn't believe it; the collar is actually real fur of some kind. And it has the name of the original owner stitched inside which I have pictured below. I'm so thrilled over these two coats--a vintage fur was something I was hoping to score while rummaging the vintage racks here in Danville. I had no idea I would find two lovely coats.

What I Wore--Christmas Day

I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas!! I have been meaning to post Christmas pictures for the past few days but have been too busy enjoying being lazy at home--so here they are! Above is a picture of my lovely Mom and I on Christmas day (hi Mom!). And below is a more detailed picture of my entire outfit....I ended up cropping my face out because I looked so goofy in all the pictures my Mom took of me. Anyways, I am wearing an Alexander Wang sweater dress, vintage levi shorts, tights, and these adorable Calvin Klein booties from Santa. I have had the most AMAZING luck with thrift store shopping since I've been home. I will post my finds tomorrow once I snap pictures of everything.

inspired the by the sartorialist-part 2

Two weeks ago, I posted about this layered button up look that the Sartorialist had snapped! I was really excited to try the look out the same way the guy in the navy shirt did, but I didn't have a tie. So when Mr. Q came up for the weekend, he was so kind to loan me one of his ties so I could complete my look, which I wore to work yesterday. I began the day with the tie inside the blue shirt, but then decided I liked this look better.

For some reason, I feel like I look so young in that picture. Maybe it's because I took it first thing after I walked home from work in freezing cold weather, and my cheeks and nose are red. Anyways, happy holidays everyone! I'm off to Virginia tonight and can't wait!!!!

this witty unpredictable shot is critical to analytical analogy

This weekend Mr. Q was in town and it was freezing and snowing the whole time! I pulled this ushanka type hat (above--goofy picture of me, but that's beside the point) out of my storage bins for the first time in years. I instantly fell completely back in love with it. I have no idea why I haven't worn it in so long, it's super cute and really warm. While we were out Christmas shopping this weekend, we went to these little vendors in Union Square, and I saw the most adorable trojan-esque snow hats! I really wish I had bought one for myself, but I have the worst habit of buying things for myself when I am Christmas shopping for others so I refrained from purchasing it. But they reminded me of the hats from the F/W 02 Christian Dior collection. I was a junior in high school when this collection came out, and I remember watching the runway show on the Style Network on tv and being completely fascinated with these hats! I think it was the first moment that I really started paying attention to high fashion designers and their collections. After all these years, almost every winter season I think back to those hats. I wish I owned one--they're quite fabulous.

she leaves only good wishes behind....

edie by LeaAnne

Last weekend, I brought Factory Girl out of my DVD vault. And since then I've basically been watching it constantly. For some reason when I love something, I will watch it/listen to it/wear it constantly and then I grow amazingly tired of it. Anyways, I've become quite hung up on Edie Sedgwick again--as I was when the movie first came out. She is such a captivating person with a mesmerizing personality and amazing sense of style. And Sienna Miller does an incredible job of portraying her in the movie.

my dream shoes

So last night, I was lucky enough to score my dream shoes of F/W 08! I have been drooling over everything Stella McCartney has made on the curved wooden wedge bottom! I thought that outsole was just genius and art like, I am in love with it. And I also love that all of Stella's products are animal free. But alas, they are almost always still way out of my price range, which is why I was sooooo happy to get these amazing boots for a great deal! I basically sold my soul to my Mom for them, but small price to pay, right? I still can't believe I actually own these beauties. They truly are like a work of art. I danced around my room in them for like an hour last night with Rihanna's "Disturbia" on repeat. I know I'm a geek! My pictures are not that great, I was having a lot of trouble with the lightin and getting the whole shoe in the picture so I just decided to take pictures of them on my step ladder--which doesn't really do them the justice they deserve.





I just found this picture on style.com which shows the details a million times more than my crappy pictures.