The Parallel Universes Resolution: Archive

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OOTD 2.27.2012 :: Why wait?

Have you ever been in a situation that tests you? That challenges you to your very core, so much so that you emerge a different person on the other side of the mission? Forcing you to take risks yet you still may lose? And you deal with it all, keeping the smile on as best you can? Welcome to my life right now. Impatience is one of the more unfortunate aspects of my personality. It’s...

Feb 27th

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OOTE 2.21.2012 :: Me and Penelope

Ever buy a piece of clothing because it’s pretty and then struggle with how to style it? This was the dilemma I faced with Anthropologie’s Penelope Cowlneck, a top that seems simple from the front and hides a pretty open lace back (seen below). The top will get the full review treatment over on Effortless Anthropologie later today. I always envisioned it as a going-out top and I...

Feb 23rd

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OOTD 2.21.2012 :: Performance Review

The title of today’s post says it all — it’s performance review day at work. It’s a day I always simultaneously look forward to and dread. Outfitwise it means that I fall on the business side of business casual. I tend to give Banana Republic shit for their inferior quality (they deserve it!) but credit it due here. This dress has been a dependable, well-made workhorse...

Feb 21st

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“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in...”

Feb 16th

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OOTD 2.14.2012 :: Delayed Gratification

Whoever created Valentine’s Day was pretty smart. Sticking a warm-and-fuzzy holiday in the expanse known as February breaks up the winter blahs. (Naming it after a martyr has a whiff of smarm that I also enjoy.) I’m a hopeless romantic so this is always one of my favorite days of the year. In my circle of friends however we’re pretty split among whether its worthwhile to...

Feb 14th

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Feb 14th

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Feb 14th

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Feb 14th

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Feb 14th

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OOTD 2.8.2012 :: Prepare for pattern

I am pretty easy to win over, especially when it comes to shopping. All you have to do is appeal to my ego. So when a store associate from the Soho Club Monaco emailed me personally to come check out the new women’s collection my brain’s shopping neurons and delirium neurons both cackled in glee. Musn’t disappoint! They said. The problem is that if you spend lots of time...

Feb 10th

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Feb 8th

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OOTD 2.7.2012: IFBCon Dry Run

Tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the year — IFBCon! Each year the Independent Fashion Bloggers coalition gathers some of the coolest thought leaders to speak on panels to the blogging masses. For the past few years the conference has been at Milk Studios in NYC, one of my favorite fashion destinations and a spot I’ll be hitting a few times next week during NY Fashion Week. Of...

Feb 7th

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OOTD 2.1.2012: Toughing it Out

Many designers seem eager to relive the 1990s in their clothing. Me not so much. One of the few things I can get on board with is a nice plaid. Rag and Bone’s Saami dress reeled me in with its sharp mix of plaids in a modern shape. (The warmth factor doesn’t hurt either.) Much as I’m tempted to throw on a pair of Doc Martens with these I went for aslightymore work-friendly...

Feb 2nd

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OOTD 1.30.2012: Wayward Westward

I’ve been a Kate Spade lover for a long time, mostly digging the brand’s fun & flirty clothing over the bags. That all changed recently. When the Westward Collection was announced last summer I was immediately drawn to the Wanderlust Satchel, a bag that simultaneously fed my desire for a camera bag (with room for my iPad to log/edit the photos), cool faux ostrich and sweet,...

Jan 30th

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OOTD 11/18/2011

Fall is such a curious season — it appears and disappears within the space of just a few scant weeks. The concept of a fall wardrobe abstract and could encompass so many items: summer-weight dresses rendered in rustic colors, warm wooly hats and mittens meant for shivery nights. It’s a fun and frustrating game to play. I wouldn’t give up New England falls for...

Nov 18th

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