Holiday Outfitting 1

Photos by the awesome Kevin Smith

We are well under way into the holiday season, gift shopping, gift wrapping, tree picking, caroling with our neighbors, egg nogging and decorating our homes have become the norm for our everyday routines. The other duty, holiday parties and many of them are mandatory either by your bosses or family. As if busy bees need another thing to think about, holiday outfits! Picking out your festive outfit can be difficult especially if all you see available is a sequin dress or red/green outfits, holiday outfitting does not have to be so obvious and redundant. Your holiday ensemble can represent you, in a slightly more obnoxious way! Toppers (coats/jackets) are also an important feature to the overall look, it's the first and last thing people see on you, why not make a dazzling impression?! Fortunately, Primark has you covered, literally! 

Unconventional Holiday Stripes

Rather than donning the usual plaid or cashmere knits, why not try some leather and some stripes?!

Top: Stylemint, skirt: thrifted, tights: American Apparel, belt & ring: Forever21, necklace: Anthropologie, wedges: Jeffrey Campbell

Try keeping the look pg-13 by keeping the leather to a minimum of one piece. You don't want to come off as a "dominatrix" especially if you'll be around family! This leather skirt was a great find, it's high waisted and it hits at mid calf. It's also very comfortable, not as stiff as other pencil leather skirts.
Add stripes with burgundy and your good to go to any festive event!


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                                                                                                                           Jacqui

Stardust Magazine Launch Event

This past summer, some of you might remember that I was a part of a new magazine, Stardust Magazine, founded by Sophie Xu and Justin Julius Santos. I styled one of the spreads, with model, Andrey Prikhodko. This past Friday was the launch of the magazine, it was a really fun experience to meet with everyone who also worked with the premiere issue, which is appropriately called the "Birth" issue! The turn out, at the event was great, the food was great but best of all, the magazine was insanely amazing! I've looked through the magazine about 50 times already, front to back, and back to front! The photos are just so mesmerizing that you have to take double, triple, and quadruple takes! 

The event was held at Curated Goods, a wickedly good vintage store in the Northern Liberties area of Philadelphia. The furniture sold in the store remind me of pieces from one of my favorite television shows, Mad Men, very mid century modern. Everything in the store is authentically vintage, which is really rare to find nowadays with stores like Plato's closet and Buffalo Exchange. If you like authentic vintage finds then definitely check this store out!

Awesome peeps, from left: Tina Furr, Drake Murray, Daniel Wooden and Amanda Keo

The cool kids breaking it down!

Remember Andrey?!

The BF taking pictures of the awesome green, leather couch

Swabreen Bakr, a great Philly blogger, of Urbsvox.com

Amanda's sweet kicks!

Holly Smith, part of the duo that makes FakingFashion.com, a great inspirational fashion blog!

Sophie Xu, one of Stardust magazine's lovely co founder, photographer and editor!

A part of being fashion bloggers and stylists, Holly and Charlotte also sell vintage pieces that they reconstruct. Janet Jackson, circa 1980's revival jacket!




Yummy cupcakes and Stardust buttons!

 Beer Cakes Philly was a sponsor of the event, "Turning your favorite Philly beers into delicious cupcakes!" These cupcakes are out of this world good! 

My outfit that night....

Top: Gap, new favorite cardigan: American Apparel, jeans: J Brand, wedges: Jeffrey Campbell, jewelry: forever21, gifted, bag: Urban Outfitters

                         

Love wearing gold and this cardigan is my perfect fix! I am very much looking forward to the future of Stardust Magazine and thanks to Justin Julius Santos and Sophie Xu for a wonderful event! Hope you had a great weekend!

PS, don't forget to check out the magazine!

                                                                                                                         Xoxo,

                                                                                                                            Jacqui

Philadelphia's Black Tie Affair

Last night, I attended an event called the Black Tie Affair, it was in conjunction with The Philadelphia Collection's fashion week celebrations. It was nothing short of amazing! It was a social hour mixed in with a mini fashion show, a precursor to Philadelphia's fashion shows this weekend. It was great to talk with some young and local fashion designers and looking at their work was simply inspirational! 

Designers from Left- Bishme Cromartie, Closet by Cristobal, Lillie,  Faithful by Michael Thomas

All of these were by Cory Couture

I tried to get images of all the designers, but unfortunately a lot of my photos came out too blurred for posting. The top photo was right before the fashion show, the models were stoic, standing on a platform  like statues while displaying the designers garment(s). I'm especially in love with Bishme Cromartie's piece, I love metallics! The next photo was during the fashion show, highlighting Cory Couture. His work is spectacular, the draping the colors, the fabrics, so in love! 

The location for this event was perfect in an outdoor setting. Since it was the first day of Autumn, the weather was nice and cool without being to hot to sweat or too cool to shiver. There was a big, beautiful fountain that changed the colors of the spotlights, right in the center. The models walked off the stage and around the fountain for their walk, it was incredible!

Dress: Forever21, jacket: thrifted, belt: Zara, necklace: Urban Outfitters, rings: gifted,  forever21, shoes: Jeffrey Campbell

For this event, I made sure I looked fashionable, comfortable and most importantly like me. Love this maxi dress from Forever21, it's one of my favorite finds! It has equal doses of old school glamour, with the sweetheart neckline and modern day edge, with the all over pleating. I'm a huge fan of old Hollywood glamour! 

Here are some more pictures of fashionably dressed people.

Chandra Deal of Faithful by Michael Thomas

Rakia Reynolds (middle) of Skai Blu Media showing off her awards

                                                                                                                                  Xoxo,

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White Out.

This was my outfit for the Most Fashionable Women event. I chose to wear something simple yet fashion forward. I didn't want to wear anything too extravagant, especially since I was going to be taking photos and schmoozing! Since I was wearing white, I was extra careful not to get anything on it! 

Dress: Free People, jacket: Forever21, wedges: Jeffrey Campbell, bag: UO, jewelry: anthropologie, forever21, gifted

                                                                                                                       Xoxo,
                                                                                                                          Jacqui

Sunny Fashion.

Sunglasses have never been a big thing in my wardrobe until recently. I'm most likely to lose them, or accidentally sit on a pair, yes that has unfortunately happened to a very expensive pair of Versace glasses! I think that the more budget friendly options are the way to go because of the unfortunate accidents that can easily happen. Well, I never thought much of glasses, as long as they did their job of protecting my eyesight i was set, even if it didn't match my wardrobe. A couple of years ago when Chanel and and all of the major labels starting introducing the new frames and tints, I was sucked into it's allure! After that I started building my collection of eye wear, even including the hipster frames!

Recently, the kind people of Firmoo were kind enough to send me a pair of awesome sunnies! 

Blouse and jeans: Forever21, bag: Urban Outfitters, belt: thrifted, wedges: Jeffrey Campbell,  sunnies: Firmoo 

I picked this pair because it had a really cool gradient tint to it and it's huge frame, perfect fit for my face. It also has an aviator shape to it which I love! Firmoo's glasses are made of quality material that aren't going to break on you, I have tested it in ways that may make people cringe for a whole week to ensure it's durability. It passed with flying colors, I totally give it my two thumbs up! And right now, for new customers, the first pair is free, pretty awesome! Check out Firmoo for good, quality glasses, believe me, it's worth it!

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                                                                                                                        Jacqui

Easter Mindset.

Dress: Forever21, Scarf and belt: J. Crew, Jacket: thrifted, Jewelry: Forever21, gifted, Wedges: Jeffrey Campbell

I had to throw a picture of the pup in there! 

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                                                                                     Jacqui

Polka Dots and Citron.

Jacket: Forever21, Scarf: J. Crew, Sweater: Urban Outfitters, Skirt and Sunnies: Forever21, Shoes: Jeffrey Campbell, Rings: H&M, gifted

Polka dots on a trench, absolutely adorable! It's totally my style, and this new "citron" color!

                                                                        Xoxo,

                                                                                   Jacqui