Adore Your Style: 5 Things To Avoid Until It’s Officially Fall…

It’s that time of year where yes I admit it is getting colder, but that doesn’t mean you can break out those boots just yet. I’ve been seeing a lot of people push the envelope on breaking welcoming fall. I admit I have the itch to break out my sweaters and spend my night on the couch with a pumpkin spice latte just as much as the next person, but here are my top five things you need to avoid at least til October. Yes you can wait two more weeks, I know you can do it.

1) Boots. Tall boots, short boots, UGG boots, I don’t care what they look like, keep them in your shoe closet. You spent too much money on that pedicure to give up on your sandals just yet.

2) Sweaters. When the weather is still in the 60’s there is no reason for you to be bundled up looking like it’s going to snow any minute. My solution if your that cold is to throw on a cardigan. Leave the puffer jacket at home.

3) Scarves. I know your dying to break out the twenty million scarves you own just as much as I am, but you probably still have a summer tan to show off so why cover that up? If you must, make sure the scarf is at least made out of light fabric, has a bright pattern or great graphic print.

4) Tights. I mean who even likes to wear these constricting, not comfortable, who even invented these things in the first place?

5) Turning on your heat. I’m doing you a favor here. If you pay for your heat you know just as much as the next person how much your electric bill goes up during the upcoming months. Invest in a few warm (and cute) blankets and throw them over your couch for a welcoming fall look.  Your bank account will thank you.

I know you have probably downed your hundredth pumpkin spice coffee by now, but don’t let go of summer just yet. We spend five to six months out of the year wishing summer was here. You will have plenty of time to rock out your boots, cuddle up with a book under your fireplace and complain on a daily basis on how uncomfortable tights are.

What are some summer items you can’t part with just yet?

Adore Your Style: Turn Something Old Into Something New

My mom says I’ve always been a fashionista. Ever since I could walk I was raiding her closet, trying on her clothes and of course accessorizing with her highest heels and prettiest jewelry. I guess that never changed because one weekend when I was home visiting from college I forgot all of my jewelry at school (tragic I know), so I figured I would just borrow some of my moms. That’s when I found this gorgeous ring. Rough around the edges yes, but for some reason I loved it. Therefore, I decided I  would permanently borrow it. 

Fast forward a couple of years later and I’m out of college, moved to New York away from my family and unfortunately my mothers stash of jewelry, when I come across the ring during a cleaning frenzy and I am transported to my childhood. After going to many jewelry stores looking for opal rings I just could never find one as beautiful as this one. So I decided to get the missing stone replaced and the ring cleaned. I found out that the ring was actually worth close to $300, and at $70 for the repair I couldn’t go wrong. After showing my mother (who was surprised I even had it….oops) and grandmother the new ring I was shocked to find out that it actually came from my great grandmother, which it makes it even more special that no store bought ring could ever match. Every time I wear the ring (which is every day, can you blame me?), I feel that a part of home is with me, and of course I love having pieces that are one of a kind.

The next time you find a great piece that might be a little rough around the edges take the time to get an estimate from a jeweler. Sometimes the piece is timeless and just needs a little tender loving care. 

Are you guilty of permanently borrowing items from your mom’s collection?

Adore Your Style: Finding the Right “Bootie”

It’s officially the end of summer. Even though Labor Day officially marks school starting, the end of pool parties and barbecues, I’m taking this opportunity to embrace the start of fall. Leaves turning, pumpkin everything and of course updating my fall wardrobe.

The first item on my fall wish list had to be caged, peeped toe booties that weren’t going to cost me a fortune, I’m no Carrie Bradshaw that can live on a writers budget and buy Manolo’s every month. However, after saving my pennies and doing some extensive research I found the perfect heel to fit the look I was going for and in my budget.

Thanks to my grandmother’s genetics I was blessed with enormous calves. No lie, you can find me in the shoe isle every fall crying every time I try on boots with zippers because they NEVER fit. Ever.

The bootie look can be hard to pull off for full figure calf girls like myself. Your basically cutting your ankle off right at the bottom of your calf, and I’m sorry no matter how cute that bootie is it’s only going to make them look bigger. These Christian Louboutin booties are to die for, but for $1,195 they better make me look like my legs go on for days, and unfortunately with the cut of the bootie right across the top that is not going to happen.

Photo: http://us.christianlouboutin.com

My solution? Guess made these gorgeous platform caged heels that have a bootie look to them but actually elongated my calves since the caged top actually goes down at an angle, and at $40 I couldn’t say no.

With this look you will never be that girl in the shoe isle crying again that your calves look like the size of China. I even had a lady in the store say my legs looked fab in these! Rock this bootie look with a pair of boyfriend jeans on a cool fall night, and pick up a pumpkin spice latte while your at it.

What is something your dying to get for fall?