Favorite Winter Looks Of 2013

ice queen 

snow day 

have love will travel

necessity does everything well

tiny miracles of beauty 

the twisting schoolgirl

two times a lady

 

city sidewalks

We had our first near-snow of the year (not calling it the first snow until it sticks!) a few nights ago, so in honor of that I thought I'd post my favorite winter outfits from last year. Many of these outfits had coats layered on top that I briefly ditched for pictures. It was an incredibly cold and snowy winter so pictures were often snapped quickly and I reached a point where I couldn't be bothered to wear proper boots because literally every day called for snow boots. Anyway, it's time to locate all my mittens, scarves, and hats!

Fall Favorites from 2009 to 2012

2009

2010

2011

1 / 2 / 3 / 4

2012
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

My last fall favorites post featured a few outfits I liked from 2013 and it was quite popular, so I decided to feature a few more from other years. It's interesting to see how I keep repeating the same items--the navy jacket, I'm still wearing it. That little navy dress? Yep, definitely gonna be in a lot more posts this fall. If I can survive the archives, I'll do a recap of my favorite winter looks through the years at some point. Especially since 2011 is a bit deceitful in it's appearance because I basically only had the bobbed haircut for about a month and then I started being a pixie.

Favorite Fall Looks Of 2013

vulpecula 

I'm trying to get in the mood for fall by looking at my favorite outfits from last fall. I'm not usually one for recaps, but I don't look at my archives often and it actually is interesting to see what I was up to around a year ago. And as much as I like playing with other hair colors I can't really imagine being anything but a redhead in autumn--all of the rust colored outfits I want to wear would clash with pink hair (or the blue from last summer!). Anyway, I'm looking forward to some fun adventures in October with Thomas and some friends. Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, and hay rides are definitely on our agenda. Thomas might be too old to experience an American Halloween like I had as a kid going door-to-door begging for candy, but there are a lot of other Halloween-y activities he can experience for the first time when he visits in October.
 

reddening october treescountry charmcastles in the skybread and buttermoon phasesfemme fataleclare glen

Of course, this look from 2012 might have been my best fall post of all...I might repeat this whole outfit this year.

Postcards from Ireland

I'm currently enjoying some of the most beautiful weather in Northern Ireland and being on my computer for an extended period of time is a pain. So today I thought I'd share a few of my favorite "touristy" snaps from my Instagram. They're not the same quality as I can get with my camera, but sometimes it's nice to leave the camera at home.

Miscellaneous

*Crazy Blind Date by Jorge Balarezo

Saturday Links:
-the prettiest jellyfish installation (swoon, can I do this in my home???)
-three hair styles for flower crowns
-adorable GPS penguins will guide you to your destination
-coveting this ruffly dress
-pastel girl gang comics & "shyrens"
-an interactive thunderstorm for your home
-are you excited for the new Sailor Moon?
-an Ohio housewife flew around the world in the 60s
-I really want this goldfish dress

Miscellaneous

*Audrey Hepburn in Rome

What I wore this week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

“What would it be like
to live in a library
of melted books.
With sentences streaming
over the floor and all the punctuation
settled to the bottom as a residue.
It would be confusing.
Unforgivable.
A great adventure.”
-Anne Carson

Saturday links:
-how many people are in space right now?
-don't forget to enter my Sheinside giveaway
-the 7 deadliest fashion trends
-oooh the prettiest electrical tower
-all the dinosaurs
-a new species of bat was found (and it's cute)
-hilarious captioned adventures of George Washington
-this cake is too pretty to eat
-Pluto could be a planet again? I'm so confused

Miscellaneous

*photographs by Loomis Dean

What I wore this week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday

“Watch out for intellect,
because it knows so much it knows nothing
and leaves you hanging upside down,
mouthing knowledge as your heart
falls out of your mouth.” -Anne Sexton

Saturday links:
-if you want to smile, watch this boyfriend do his girlfriend's makeup
-reminder: you should do good things even if they don't make a difference
-this dress looks like lacy moon phases to me (and I want it)
-why you should avoid exfoliants with microbeads
-have you seen this amazing squid?
-sweet designs featuring naughty french phrases
-life inside the Bolshoi theatre
-you can get 20% off at White Plum with code "CLOTHESHORSE20"
-I want to live inside one of these flower installations

Miscellaneous

*collages by Kelly O'Connor

What I wore this week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Something to chew on: "In the fashion magazines that crowd the rack of bookstores and corner shops, beautiful models live beautiful lives wearing beautiful clothes in beautiful homes. Whereas my Happy Victims are neither strikingly attractive nor occupy handsomely appointed dwellings. And yet in all of Japan, they’re the ones who buy these brands most, not models. These Happy Victims unilaterally dedicated their lives to the brands they love despite getting no kudos from the sellers. But they’re magic to my eyes, they radiate positive vibes that transcend all reason." Happy Victims by Kyoichi Tsuzuki

Saturday links:
-don't forget to enter my Loop Theory giveaway!
-sweet music video & perfect summer tune
-behind the scenes at the Natural History museum
-I want all the novelty purses
-a new study finds that people with high “justice sensitivity” are driven by logic, not emotion
-I want this folksy dress
-my dinosaur accessories are for sale on Etsy now
-a pretty visual history of typewriter art--words becoming pictures