saguaro style

What feels more like Summer than this amazing flowering pink oleander bush with my just-thrifted 50's inspired pinup-ready dress from Plato's Closet?  It may not be my 'typical' style but it fits like an absolute dream and I LOVE the fruity gingham mix. It just feels right. I also really enjoy the mixmatch-ness of the dress with these recently gifted 'pixel' patterned Sven Clogs! This whole outfit just feels very fun and flirty and I'm already planning on wearing it again and again! I'm wearing: thrifted dress, oui fresh sunglasses, amazon headband, kate spade bag from mercari, gifted sven clogs This was my first time straightening my hair in MONTHS. I can't believe how long it got! I'm feeling it. I also picked up these high waist insta-famous levis wedgie jeans and I have to say---I love them and I'm just as surprised as anyone! I always thought Levis jeans fit me strangely but these (after admittedly needing to size up since they are stif...

I've had the harness for a few weeks before really properly attempting to wear it out and fully styled. Here's what I came up with for my first attempt and i'm pretty happy with it! I still don't feel super confident about tying it the right way, and the straps are a bit awkward (thanks, curves) but I'm going to keep workshopping the piece before deciding if it's going to work in my closet long term or not. I definitely see it as having far more potential for layering in Fall and Winter! Suede and leather are a bit much in the desert summer.  I'm wearing : tj maxx lemon dress, free people 'baby cobra' harness from poshmark, thrifted sunglasses, yeti x coach fanny pack from eBay, sven clogs (diamond low heel) I have been wearing my new-this-season tube top on repeat lately. I love how airy and breathable it is. It really matches a ton of stuff too. Here was a basic outfit for spending a night over my parents when my husband was away on a trip. I wore...

As you could see, it was another day, with another cute and normal rewear outfit for a hot Summer day. I am a doom scroller and shop/sale lurker in my downtime. I enjoy listening to a podcast and scrolling though sales/wishlists/ebay auctions/poshmark new listings or whatever often enough. For a while, I was curious and intrigued by Yoox--the idea that it was a sort of tj maxx/warehouse style discount site but exclusively for high-end designer pieces. The prices seemed to good to be true--and yes, dear reader, they ARE too good to be true! These Love Moschino orig $400+ boots were on clearance, and in my size a eur 40 since the brand runs small and I read the size chart. The boots were definitely super pretty for sure BUT they arrived DAMAGED for parts! Over five of the silver studs on the boot were MISSING and there was no replacement. It was not disclosed that these were damaged/as-is in the description. They also were not the leather makeup I was expecting as it said in the descript...

Here was my outfit to see (a niche) Adult Puppet Show parody of the 80s movie 'Alien.' You probably know that I love a theme, so I took some eighties inspo for my big-shoulder-pad-focused outfit for the night out downtown Phoenix.  I wore: vintage hat, thrifted dress, secondhand coach x pacman bag (mercari), gifted sven clogs (laser leather), old pac sun glasses Here was a basic brunch outfit and what felt like but maybe wasn't (?) my first time wearing a band tee under overalls. It was something I saw others do a lot, but I haven't actually done it myself, at least, not any time recently or in my ootd blogging archives... I would do it again! It was easy and fun. A bit hippie but in a good way, I think. Sublime tee from my mom and overall dress is vintage, from Poshmark. These Sven Clogs were gifted and are a Summer 2023 style that is a great dupe for Birkenstock but in my opinion WAY more comfortable and versatile.  Here I am in another pair of gifted Sven Clogs, the...

Tie-Dye...it's one of those things that is often in fashion flux, but it will always have a place in my heart and closet. Not only did I go to a very hippie college, but I also was an Arts & Crafts camp counselor for quite a few summers in high school, so tie-dye was a big part of my teen years and gives me warm fuzzy feelings. Even if tie dye comes out 'bad' it's still good and you can still go in with more dye. Sometimes I thrift dirty/dingy white things intentionally to keep in a tie-dye pile for home crafting. Another Arizona benefit...tie-dying in the summer here means super-quick-dry results! This dress came tie-dyed and probably a lot prettier than I could've done myself. The sorbet-like pastels are really satisfying and go with a ton of my accessories (as you can see) and really helped set of my current shoe-obsession: these custom flower sandals by Tessa Clogs. They feel super made-for-my-feet and I love them so much. They are true Happy Shoes. I'm ...