15/30--A Re-Mix Fail, Saved

I'm trying to have a bit more fun with my pictures. I hope it reads well today and not lame:)


Day 15: Half Way!

While getting dressed this morning, I knew it was supposed to be warm-ish and windy, so the hair went back and I wanted to be comfortable. I nearly committed a re-mixing fail by wearing an outfit that consisted of challenge items, but not re-mixed at all. At the last second, I decided to swap my leggings for skinny jeans and my boots for pumps. I left on my black socks. I think it worked just fine. I added my hot pink scarf and bundled it up tight around my neck to cover that bit of exposed chest. Right before I was about to leave I noticed how sunny it was outside so I grabbed my shades to complete the outfit.


These jeans have little silver studs that go all the way down each leg. I thought they might be a bit too much with this sweater, but I think I was wrong. I'm surrounded by people that are not very creative with their clothes and they don't take chances or mix patterns/colors/embellishments, so sometimes I worry that I'm a little over-the-top. I need to get over that and not worry about what other people might think of my outfit. I think I succeeded with that when I wore my green tights the other day.


Do you ever do that? Worry about other peoples style modifiers defining you and what you wear? How do you get over it?

How long is too long? Or too short?

I love the show What Not to Wear on TLC. I'll confess though, I usually only watch if the featured person is about the same body type as me. I have gained a lot of tips from that show and it is definitely reflected in my wardrobe and style.

The other day they were talking about how shorter women, and women with shorter legs should not wear longer tops because it makes their legs look stumpy. I'm really not sure how I feel about that comment. I like my tops to come to mid-hip at their shortest, really. I feel like anything shorter makes me look boxy up top. And I'm not sure if I agree with the comment about longer shirts making the legs look stumpy. I think I have pretty average length legs at about a 30" inseam.

I've lined up these pictures of myself from shortest shirt length to longest. That does not include the over layering piece, just the shirt underneath. I think my legs look the longest in the crappy camera phone pic in the middle. But I'm not convinced that the shirt length did that, I think the cropped jacket gave that illusion. I think my legs look the next longest in the picture second from left with the long red sweater. But again, I don't think the shirt length caused the effect, I think the heals did. Maybe the heals and the shirt length worked together on that one, I guess. I think my favorite length after looking at these photos is the one second from right. It's not too long, it's not too short. And I think if I had worn heals there, it would have been the winner.

Maybe the thing is that I know I'm not tall and I know I have average length legs, so maybe I just don't care how long or short my legs look. Ha! This was probably the most unscientific post, ever.

What do you think about making your legs look long? How do you do it? And do you really care at all?

Casual Chic.

Honestly, what does that mean? A friend of mine told me last night that an event she is going to says "Casual Chic" on the invitation for the dress code. It got me thinking, what exactly does that mean? I feel like everyone is using it as the dress code for their events lately. The first thing that pops into my mind is a funky, somewhat dressy top, fitted jeans and hot shoes. But, I imagine there are some people that do not think jeans, fitted or not, are acceptable at events.

For instance, I feel like my outfit for work today almost fits the Casual Chic bill. I would probably dress up the jewelry a little more and add a fun clutch, but otherwise, I feel pretty casual, yet chic in this outfit.

**Pretty please, pay no attention to my hair and face in this photo. I had not yet straightened my hair or put on make up. I was going to take a new picture after I was finished, but my batteries died, so you are stuck with the frumpy head.**

Lace cardi, Target. I think it's got just the right amount of funky-prettiness to it. The tank is actually a little sparkly, this picture does not capture that. The skinny jeans have studs down the legs for a little flair and the shoes, I think, speak for themselves. A nice heal, a little point and patent leather.

What does Casual Chic mean to you?