Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Macy Grey

This week has been an interesting mix of blue skies, clouds, and rain. Love me any blue bird day, but I have to say, a grey and foggy morning in Seattle where you can barely see the skyline? Not gonna lie... I kinda like it. I spent the morning wandering around the city. I started at Pike Place market, grabbed a hot cup of coffee (with a splash of pumpkin because I'm a basic bee #noshame) and meandered from there to take in some solid people watching and jump around my favorite shops downtown. Bomb. Do you remember when Macy's used to be The Bon Marché? Or "The Bon" as it was commonly known as? Ha! Thooose were the days. The days I spent wishing I was Kelly Kapowski and dating Jonathon Taylor Thomas because I mean, obviously. 90s Nostalgia, is what we call that. The Bon Marché is actually still etched into the Macy's Seattle building and I love it. A little piece of childhood history. I swooped a number of pieces there today and of course their ridiculous deals almost make me feel like they're just giving me stuff for free, it's glorious. I just luhhh me a good deal. Or two. Or even five will suffice! This boyfriend sweater really has me going. Do I already own too many? Perhaps, but it's Seattle here, people. You can never have enough oversized sweaters that hang in all the right places. Peep it:

Photos by Maddie Lismore

Ray-Ban shades
Coach purse
Rachel Roy tee
Lucky sweater in stores now
Aritzia leather leggings
Rachel Comey kicks
Vintage, Catbird, and Fresh Tangerine rings

The Freshest of Fresh

When I was 24 I couldn't understand any person who didn't stack their wrists with bracelet upon bracelet. Beaded, friendship, gold cuffs, leather wraps. You name it, I repped it. And to be honest, I felt two levels cuter when I had my bracelet babies on. They were my armor. I know, kind of ridiculous isn't it? I compare it to a manicure. Like why the eff do I feel so much better when there's shiny stuff on my nails? It's actually bizarre when you think about it.
As trends have progressed and my age has... what's a different word for increased? As my age has become wiser, I've jumped on the simple is more train when it comes to jewelry. Now don't get it twisted, simple is more is different than less is more because I definitely rep hellza rings, but I'm just not feeling gypsy gems, hippie opals, or stacks of bracelets anymore. In fact, within the past few years I've felt the same way about my rings as my 24 year old self felt about my hippie bracelets. So basically you'll always find my fingers embraced with clean gold, rose, and silver digs.
I had a hard time making this transition on the retail side of the spectrum because these simple pieces are seriously overpriced and were putting a dent in my wallet. Some people have their retail exceptions, you know? I'll spend a fair amount of cashola on shoes or fur coats (obvs), others are all about the perfect bag or necklace, but I'm not down to drop too much moola on jewelry, I just can't bring myself to do it very easily. But this gap of simple and fun jewelry pieces at an affordable price has finally been filled, and I'm feeling pretty effin jazzed about it, guys. My fingers don't turn green, and I stare at them with pride. I finally found my new armor. My level of excitement tripled when I found the studio of my armor is based here in Seattle. Woop woop! Samesies city! Okay but for real, I may have gone a little too ham the other day to illustrate my love for the freshest of fresh, Fresh Tangerine. But eff it, when you know you know. Nahimsayin? Peep it:

Photos by Maddie Lismore

Fresh Tangerine jewelry

Forever 21 coat may be in stores but not online - similar ones found online here and here

Aritzia boyfriend sweater - similar one found here

Aritzia cashmere crop top

Solsana kicks

Baggu bag

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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Practical Shmactical

Christmas with the family this year was great! Fam, friends, food, fabulousness. I'm sad it's over but it's always a bitter sweet goodbye. The end of all the built up excitement through Christmas music, ugly sweaters, and pretty lights is sad, but you also get to enjoy the gift of giving... and receiving, heh heh. As a kid I couldn't handle the countdown to Christmas and pretty much didn't sleep the entire month of December. Next level excitement is what we call that. I also believed in Saint Nicholas until third grade so..... yeah. That's too old. Anyhoo, this year I'd been eagerly hoping and awaiting a jacket I'd been eyeing for over a year now, which is the Stutterheim Stockholm jacket that Pipe + Row carries. I know, I shop there entirely too often, but I just can't help it! They got it goin on. When my sweet mama went to swoop my jacket baby of glory she apparently looked at it with pure confusion and said to Kayla, Pipe + Row owner and close friend of mine, wow.. Hayley really picked this out?? It seems so... so.. so practical.

Touché, mama.. touché.

I may not have a like for pants and rep shorts when it's 55 degrees out, but hey, I'm still from the pnw and can spot a bomb dot com rain coat a mile away. Especially when there's realistically only one sweet one on the market.... Peep it: