Teen Style Tuesday: A Series of Fall Outfits
SCORE! Today, in our final pre-Halloween Monday morning thrifting excursion, the skirt dd had been eyeing was the 99 cent color tag. She didn’t even notice the brand-new tags were still attached until coming out of the fitting room! It’s hard to tell in the pictures, but it’s an Eddie Bauer corduroy brown herringbone with a single pleat in the front.
And since I had to re-shoot all the pictures due to my photographic incompetence, I’m just going to be quiet now … grumble, grumble. I probably wouldn’t be able to say anything nice anyway. I have told you that I have zero interest in photography, haven’t I?
Update: since this post is (marginally) about daughters, it seems appropriate to mention the new blog carnival at Real Life: Mothers and Daughters Blog Carnival. Check it out!
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Real Fashion for Real People! Tessa’s Business Look
The ever-frugal Tessa featured this inspirational quote on the email she sent in:
The philosopher Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, “If you would learn to be subservient to the king, you would not have to live on lentils.”
Said Diogenes, “Learn to live on lentils, and you will not have to be subservient to the king.”
–The Song of the Bird, by Anthony de Mello
Tessa makes her sartorial “lentils” look pretty tasty!
Quiz Style: Glamorous
Personal Style Idiom: Classic with a bit of trend thrown in.
Lifestyle segment: Business
Top: J.C. Penney, $4
Skirt: Vintage at thrift store, $2
Belt: Red croc print from J.C. Penney, $2
Shoes: Red patent slingbacks from Shoe Carnival, ~$28 (but I had a gift card, so they were free!)
Handbag: Vintage from a flea market, $6
(I just have to say, that’s an inspiring use of red.)
This week of Real Fashion for Real People has been such fun. When shall we do it again?
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Real Fashion for Real People! Jody’s Evening Out
“This is the same top/jeans that I wore in the “Is Black Slimming” post you did awhile back. My hubby and I were just going out on a date, but he wanted to stop and take some pictures of our hayfield on the way. He asked if I’d get in a picture or two. ~Jody
I’m a classic contemporary with a twist of romantic.
Casual Wear (we were going out for a supper date)
Knit Top: JC Penney’s on sale for $17
Dark wash Jeans: Boot-cut style at GAP for $50 (I wear them for a couple years)
Sandals: Joseph Siebel for $100 (I have feet that need good shoes, which
last me, but I saw the same sandal style at Walmart for about $20 by Dr.
Scholl’s)”
Thank you, both to Jody for participating and to Jody’s husband for taking her out and taking the picture!
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Real Fashion for Real People! Fabulously Broke Wears the Shirt Dress
Fabulously Broke in the City submitted this great shirtdress look:
Personal style idiom: Classic modern feminine with subtle twists to give it some individuality, with a hint of rocker chick at times
Lifestyle segment: Social (although I would have long loose hair instead of having it up)
Dress: It’s a teal button-up shirtdress from H&M for $29.50. Wish I had bought a size or two larger, because I forgot to account for sitting down and not realizing the buttons would be popping open so easily! 
(Don’t worry, I use safety pins)
Necklace: Aldo I think, and was definitely under $15. It’s a bunch of chains strung together and held by a single circle. I like the “toughness” of it, while still being feminine.
Pin: This is to hold the waist-tie together so it adds something to the outfit, and ties in the necklace, and also so the tie doesn’t come undone. It came in a set of 4 other pins (fleur-de-lis, English lion and an English coat of arms from Aldo for $10.
Boots: Nine West, last summer, I think they were on sale for $79.99. I’ve used them many many many times with many different outfits, and are worth every penny, especially since I take them in for regular repairs to keep them going.
Thanks for playing, FB!
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Real Fashion for Real People! Icy’s Formal Work Outfit
One of the things I love about blogging is getting a more global point of view. Like remembering that, just because it’s 100 degrees here, doesn’t mean that’s the case everywhere. Elsewhere, like Australia where Icy is, it’s winter.
(BTW, did you know that in Australia the best coffee is made with a plunger?!?!?)
On to Icy’s Real Fashion for Real People entry:
Personal Style: Somewhere between Alternative and Contemporary.
Lifestyle: Work formal (what I call “business”).
What follows is Icy’s description of each piece. On her own blog, she posted a few additional thoughts about the way the pieces go together.
Bottom: My best black high-waisted pants from Cue.
Top: Maroon and black striped shirt from Ojay, black vest from Target, maroon tie from Rivers.
Shoes: Black cowperson boots made somewhere in Georgia (the Baltic state rather than the United one). cowperson? lol
Thanks so much to Icy for participating! You’re too clever!
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The Most Entertaining Carnival Post Ever
Not here. It’s The Festival of Frugality over at Ask Mr Credit Card.
It was just a random thing that I happened to post an extreme frugal blog entry on Monday this week, and then remember that Mondays are the deadline for the Festival of Frugality. I’m so glad I did. Go see what he did; I’ve never seen anything like it, but it makes me think we bloggers can challenge ourselves to be creative.
Speaking of a challenge to be creative, there’s still time for you to send in a Real Fashion for Real People entry.
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Real Fashion for Real People! Kick-off
Announcing Real Fashion for Real People! as suggested by Alyson.
If you aren’t too busy with vacation, please consider participating. (If you are going on vacation, perhaps it would be good to try on your outfits beforehand anyway.) Ideally I would like to feature an outfit or two from each style personality type for each lifestyle segment: leisure, casual, business, and social.
Here are the guidelines:
- Use things that all of us wear, that we can afford, from places we actually shop, and for the lifestyle that we really have. (Just no designer pieces that are unrealistic for most people.)
- Please include what you think is your style personality or blend from my quiz. You may also include any other descriptors you can’t do without: “rock chick”, “bohemian”, “beachy”, or whatever.
- Email the pictures to me (rebecca at between my peers dot com), with a brief description of the outfit.
Like this:
Personal style idiom: Primarily a blend of contemporary and functional, with a slightly stronger than usual need for individuality.
Lifestyle segment: casual.
Top: Old Navy sleeveless tee + cami, both via a daughter.
Hoodie: $1 at Value Village, BRAND NEW WITH THE TAGS STILL ON!
Skirt: clearance at The Gap. Several summers ago.
Shoes: hand-me-down from my grandma.
Submit your outfits by Wednesday July 11, for publication the week of the 16th through the 21st. This will be fun!
