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Closet Raid: How I Organize My Baubles

I’ll be the first to admit that I have a weakness when it comes to accessories… and shoes… and dresses…

Over the years I’ve amassed a pretty sizeable collection, so I thought I’d take a moment to show you how I keep some of my favorites organized and on display.

Urban Outfitter Earring Stand

This nifty little ceramic tree keeps my favorite earrings within reach.

Urban Outfitter Necklace Holder

Bronze branches prevent my delicate necklaces from getting tangled.  In case you haven’t noticed, I have a thing for wildlife-inspired jewelry, especially birds, cats, feathers, and leaves.

Urban Outfitter Ring Holder

My precious silver kitty safeguards a few of my rings…

Urban Outfitter Ring Holder

…while kissing bunnies take care of the rest.

As for my jewelry collection, I stock up on most of my trinkets at places like Forever 21 and H&M.  When I’m in the mood for something a bit more substantial, I’ll check out street vendors (there are some awesome hand-crafted wares in SoHo), flea markets, vintage stores, Henri Bendels and eBay.  All of the display stands you see here were purchased at Urban Outfitters.

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Closet Confection: Little Red Riding Hood

leopard blouse, high waist jeans, red patent pumps, red duffle coat

When: Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Where: Work

What: Coat ($99 Guess via Burlington Coat Factory), jeans ($23 Forever 21), blouse ($40 Michael Kors via Bloomingdale’s), shoes ($20 Guess via Filene’s Basement), gloves (Ugg Australia via Century 21), sunglasses ($10 Girl Props)

I’m making up for yesterday’s fiasco with an abundance of outfit photos for your viewing pleasure!

leopard blouse, high waist jeans, red patent pumps, red duffle coat

I bought these funky little half-tinted glasses a while ago but never really had the guts to wear them.  I figured my coat was bright enough to distract folks from paying attention to my glasses.  Actually, now that I just typed that sentence up I’m not sure if that logic really holds: wearing something mildly distracting to draw attention away from something that’s really distracting.  Hmmm… perhaps I should have thought that through a little bit more.

Oh well.

leopard blouse, high waist jeans, red patent pumps, red duffle coat

In other news, my company recently relaxed it’s dress code.  That means I can wear jeans anytime I want, as long as I’m not meeting with clients. Yippee!

I decided to take advantage of the situation by test-driving a pair of high-waist bell bottoms that will supposedly be all the rage next season.

leopard blouse, high waist jeans, red patent pumps, red duffle coat

leopard blouse, high waist jeans, red patent pumps, red duffle coat

leopard blouse, high waist jeans, red patent pumps, red duffle coat

leopard blouse, high waist jeans, red patent pumps, red duffle coat

leopard blouse, high waist jeans, red patent pumps, red duffle coat

I used to live in flare  legs and boot-cut jeans back in high school and college, so this was a nice change of pace from the skinny jeans everyone’s been rocking for the last couple of years.

What about you ladies?  What style of jeans do you prefer?

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Arm Candy + Why I Should Really Start Reading User Manuals

bracelets

{Rugby sweater, vintage skirt, bracelets from Henri Bendel + street vendor, Croton watch}

On Monday, my husband and I went to check out the Capsule Menswear Show where we took some “awesome” outfit shots on the snow-covered rooftop. Unfortunately, I had been playing around with my camera earlier. So when I got home, I discovered the hard way exactly what an ISO setting is.

All of my “awesome” shots just looked like a fuzzy mess.  Fortunately, I did manage to salvage the above pic.  So relax and enjoy it while I dive into my new reading materials from Amazon…

books

Man, I really should have ordered these sooner.

P.S. Don’t forget to check out this month’s giveaway!