Hit the Road

A very happy #ManicureMonday to all you lovely people out there. I was lucky enough this week to have a guest model on the team. Say hello to the beautiful Briana LoRusso! She'll be a guest one more day this week and you'll see how different all the looks she'll be wearing are, but for today, her look is strictly 'live to ride grunge'.

 

This week's mani is for all the car enthusiasts out there in the outernet. Roads, traffic lights and street signs cover Briana's nails probably more nicely than they do the actual roads. Here are her rider threads:

The spotlight flatters her, doesn't it?

Think you're not hardcore enough to dress grungy? Think again. Just because you think you have a set 'style' that you can't stray from doesn't mean it's true. Getting dressed in the morning is deciding who you want to be that day. If you're feeling a little extra hard-nosed one morning you should dress to fit the part! No one will judge if you decide to wear all black with a leather jacket and some extra eyeliner. Just wear what you want to wear because YOU want to wear it.

sweatshirtL forever xxi

jacket: sans soucy @ marhsall's

pants: forever xxi

belt: forever xxi

shoes: target

necklace: forever xxi

headband: urban outfitters

 There's no cooler place to hangout on the weekends but the back of a pickup truck right? 

- nali xo

Seeing double

You know you've hit the jackpot when you're able to find two of the same item of clothing in one thrift trip. Usually thrift stores are run on whatever people happen to drop off and donate, and usually people don't have two of the same thing. My sister Monica and I came home anything but empty handed after luckily finding the same pair of H&M leather shorts in different colors in our own respective sizes. If this doesn't call for a collaborative photo shoot I don't know what does.

 As you can see, the shorts are almost identical but worn in such different styles. Pleather is easily dressed up or down depending on how you accessorize it so leather shorts and tights are a perfect starter for any kind of outfit you put on this winter.

blouse: delia's

cardigan: abercrombie

shorts: h&m @ buffalo exchange

belt: sears

earrings: mode land bijoux

tights: payless shoes

flats: sears

sweater: target

necklace:  ny & company

belt: wet seal

shorts: h&m @ buffalo exchange

tights: urban outfitters

boots: flea market

sweater: tommy girl

belt: marshall's

necklace: ralph lauren @ buffalo exchange

leg warmers: wet seal

boots: burlington coat factory

Here is a master outfit that can be worn with either pair of shorts.

Get yourself into another layer of (fake) skin; the weather now calls for pleather (;

- nali xo

lights, camera, action

This #manicuremonday, I decided to create a look for my nails with a look that came to me while i was watching the Great Gatsby the other day. It could have been any movie really that would have inspired this idea, except for the fact that I LOVE that movie and had gone to see it in theaters more than once. On the big screen, the colors, movement and chemistry between characters literally got under my skin because it was so overpowering. Once I got the DVD however, I realized that A. I will never have a television as large as a movie theater screen and B. the DVD only played the movie in widescreen format. (dun dun dun....) I hope I'm not the only one who hates watching movies in widescreen format because otherwise I just sound like a big baby (which I probably am) but now at least I know after having read this, some other people won't be able to stop noticing those unnecessary parallel lines of doom. Because I spent so much time trying to pretend the top and bottom borders on the screen weren't there, my movie experience actually ended up revolving around them (surprise, surprise) and my efforts were fruitless. *wipes tear*

ANYWAY

Here is what came out of my series of complaints

widescreen nails!

People do all kinds of crazy things with their nail polish so I figured why not take something positive out of something very, very negative (;

Although completely unrelated to the Great Gatsby or Hollywood moviemaking at all, here is the outfit I chose to pair with this design

Anytime I feel like a big, fall sweater is not dressy enough, I pair a flannel or other patterned collared shirt underneath for a small pop of color. I dare you to try something way out there next time you wear a sweater and leggings.

flannel: target

sweater: segue (vintage)

leggings: pink @ victoria's secret

shoes: etienne aigner @ macy;s

- nali xo