Blue Suede Parasol

I ♥ NY!

Blue Suede Parasol — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:52:35 +0000

Heyyyyy! I haven’t blogged in a long time! I know, I suck at life… don’t judge. I’ve been super busy working and preparing to move to NY. Guess what??? I’m here! Finally. The drive from Pensacola wasn’t so bad. I made some stops along the way so it wasn’t a straight, boring 24 hours in the car.

Anyways… I’m très excited to be here and get involved in the fashion scene and everything else NY has to offer. I’ve missed the city life so much! Those four years in Pensacola were nice, but it feels awesome to be in an actual city again! ♥ PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION! ♥

Right now I'm just getting everything set up in le apartment and whatnot. I shall look for jobs soon. I’m looking for something in the fashion industry (of course): fashion PR, magazines, anything really. I just want to dive in and learn! But first I need to learn about these frAckin’ subways. The subways in Japan are less confusing! This is going to be interesting.

Oh, NY… how I ♥ you already.

Best Distressed.

Blue Suede Parasol — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:10:15 +0000

This outfit was so easy to put together. I actually wore this for an Independence Day get-together-type-deal-thing last week. I wanted a casual, comfortable, and simple outfit to wear. I didn’t want to do the whole red, white, and blue thing… because that’s not my style.

I can never find destroyed/distressed jeans that are made the exact way I want, so I made my own. I found these old Wet Seal jeans in the depths of my closet as I was cleaning it out and I thought I could do something to them… and I did! I took some scissors and went crazy! I cut out the back pockets because I didn’t want the “W” on them and then destroyed them a ~~little~~ lot in the front. (I actually received a lot of compliments when I wore these jeans out last night.)

P.S. I’m so obsessed with that oversized straw clutch! I can fit EVERYTHING in there. I’m on the hunt for another oversized clutch. Any ideas?

What I’m wearing:
Tee with pocket & Earrings- Express
Jeans- Wet Seal (and some DIY magic)
Shoes- Steve Madden
Chain necklace- Thrifted
Charm necklace- H&M
Ruby/diamond necklace- An ex-boyfriend
Leather belt- Thrifted
Oversized straw clutch- Thrifted

I’m Slightly Obsessed: with a Jeffrey Campbell Wedge!

Blue Suede Parasol — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:42:11 +0000

Jeffrey Campbell’s Fashion is Art or Tick wedge is ridiculously amazing! I’ve been obsessed for a couple weeks and every time I try to order them on Modcloth, they’re always sold out! And I can’t find them anywhere else.

I’m really feeling peep toe wedges (because they show off my pedicure, duh!) and these are gorgeous! I could definitely wear these with anything! Perhaps a perfect opportunity to mix prints?! If I had these I don’t think I would EVER take them off.

I Heart Jeffrey Campbell by bluesuedeparasol

Anyone know another place I can order these from???

Sex and the City 2: Fashion & Trends

Blue Suede Parasol — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:48:26 +0000

As we all know, Sex and the City 2 comes out ~~tomorrow~~ today!!! But I have to be honest… the only reason I’m excited to see the movie is for the fashion. They should’ve stopped at the first one to preserve the greatness of it. Or at least called the new movie Sex and Abu Dhabi by the looks of the trailer. I’ve been a fan of the series for a while, mostly because it highlights fashion and the New York lifestyle… but I digress.

So lately, we’ve all been harassed with the SATC2 teaser trailers (and Mercedes and HP commercials) which includes the amazing new fashion! I think it’s a different kind of fashion this time around. It all seems sexier and of course more mature. All the latest fashion trends are featured in the movie including maxi dresses, harem pants, turbans, and cut out dresses.

One of the styles that I instantly fell in love with just by watching the trailer is Samantha’s Keith Haring for House of Field dress. It is H-O-T! (It’s actually been on the Patricia Field website for a while.)

And of course, we must pay recognition to the numerous Halston Heritage dresses that dominate the movie for some reason. I mean, it’s not like SJP designs for HH. Oh, wait she does!

These are only a few of the dresses that make an appearance in the movie:

I’m très excited to see it! I feel like the clothes and accessories should be credited at the end of the movie instead of the actors!

Photos: Patricia Field, Singer22, Bloomingdales, Net-A-Porter

Cheap(er) Frills.

Blue Suede Parasol — Mon, 17 May 2010 17:14:21 +0000

I was on Net-A-Porter looking at dresses and came across this beautiful Notte by Marchesa fuchsia silk mini dress. (I’ve been in a frilly mood lately.)

The only problem is… I don’t have Marchesa money. But, guess who makes a similar dress? Zac Posen for Target! His new line for Target features a two-piece ruffled dress that comes in red and black/blue. It’s no fuchsia silk… but I’ll take it. Plus, it’s two dresses for one price; it can be worn without the ruffles to create a completely different look. And it’s only $79.99!

Selma Blair looks amazing in the dress at the Zac Posen for Target 24-hour shopping party in NYC.

This is how I would wear the black/blue dress:

Photos: Target.com and Net-A-Porter.com

Face Off.

Blue Suede Parasol — Fri, 14 May 2010 04:37:59 +0000

Sooooo… let me just confess. I love, love, love getting dressed up and couldn’t imagine my wardrobe without stilettos and makeup and whatnot. But… I don’t see how some people are able to wear makeup every single day!

I usually “put on my face” about 3 days out of the week. I want to be recognized as myself on days when I’m not wearing makeup, so I make sure people see me without it. You know that friend who wears makeup religiously? It’s a scary sight when you see her without it, huh? I don’t want to be that girl.

The main reasons why I do wear makeup are to complement an outfit and to try to look my age (because I look like I’m 5 most of the time). Alternatively, my rationale for not wearing makeup everyday is that it takes too much time to apply and I’m lazy. Putting on makeup takes about 45 minutes from my sleep that I can’t get back. Apart from laziness, I also like to let my skin breathe for a few days.

I think you can still look put together when not wearing cosmetics, even though on most occasions celebrities have demonstrated otherwise. There’s a difference between looking torn-down and fresh-faced. Example: Heidi Klum. She’s in People‘s “Most Beautiful People” issue sporting an au naturel look and I’m loving it!

It looks like going bare has caught on as a ~~profit ploy~~ trend. Jessica Simpson is on the cover of Marie Claire‘s May issue without makeup and Kim Kardashian is in Life & Style makeup-free.

Photo: People

Dress for Success.

Blue Suede Parasol — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:27:44 +0000

So this outfit I wore last week was totally out of the blue. I went into my closet with the intention of throwing on jeans, a tee, and some Chucks but I just starting grabbing things off of the hanger that I haven’t worn in forever… and I couldn’t stop!

Dress- Heritage 1981
Belt- Nine West
Shoes- Some cheap boutique in Miami last year
Necklace- Vintage (my great grandmother’s)
Flower headband- ? I forgot
Shirt- ? I forgot

Stop. Romper Time!

Blue Suede Parasol — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:11:52 +0000

Since it’s now approximately 1 billion degrees here in Florida, I like to be sans jeans most of the time. I’m already sick of shorts and dresses so I decided to give in to rompers. Best of both worlds. I used to HATE them. The same way I used to hate turtlenecks. And that’s saying something! They’re so constricting and claustrophobia-esque! But then I realized they’re actually really cute and I need to get over myself.

So now I’m on a mission to find a cute one. As much as I’m obsessed with black, I’m pretty positive I wouldn’t buy a black romper because the style and design is drowned out in black. And besides, I feel like rompers are meant to be fun and colorful.

ShopBop and Urban Outfitters have huge selections of rompers. I’m in heaven.

These are some of the hot rompers I came across:

This Geren Ford romper is my favorite. You can take it from day to night!… or night to day.

This is a classic look.

I’m obsessed with all of Mara Hoffman’s designs.

I love this chill look.

eBay + Fashion = ?

Blue Suede Parasol — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:07:55 +0000

Whenever I think of eBay I tend to think of murderers and creeps selling empty PlayStation boxes. But that’s just me. Well, according to an Associated Press article eBay has up-ed their game in two ways. #1) They have dedicated a part of their site, fashion.ebay.com, to focus on fashion lovers and their quest for bargain shopping. Yes, there will be designer labels!

They gave the site a new design and new navigable features. It looks semi-legit. I mean, it’s divided into brands, styles, and other categories. That’s an improvement upon searching through about 8 billion pages of people’s tattered baby clothes, right?

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#2) Part of the site, called Fashion Vault, (which officially launched Monday) will be the place that features flash sales, similar to Gilt, theOutnet and RueLaLa! It’s supposed to be like a “private” sale site, but eBay is hoping to expand it into an online outlet mall type thing in the near future.

eBay will be working with different retailers in order to add new and discounted items to the site. Narciso Rodriguez is one of the prospective sellers they’re hoping to grab and Aldo is already set to be added later this spring! I’m très excited about that! And… shipping is free!

We’ll see how it goes. I just hope the site doesn’t produce additional lawsuits for eBay.

Here’s the Twitter feed for the Fashion Vault site that tweets the latest sales: @fashionvault.

Black & Blue

Blue Suede Parasol — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:51:49 +0000

Spring has sprung! And just because it’s spring I don’t automatically convert to bright florals, pinks, and flip flops. I believe in black too, so that’s what I wear… just a little skimpier.

My personal beliefs about black are that it never goes out of style, it’s easy to wear, and it makes you feel comfortable!

This is one of my outfits from last week:

(I wish I could buy these same pair of shoes! They got ruined when I was in NY for New Years Eve. )

Dress- BCBGeneration
Shoes- Bakers
Blouse, tights, short necklace- H&M
Belt- Thrift shop
Long necklace- Thrift shop
Clutch wallet- I forgot