STYLE ADVICE OF THE WEEK: Some Like it Hot

When I came across this Fashionista, I almost thought it was Marylin Monroe. She wore short platinum blonde hair, a red dress, big dazzling earrings and cherry red lipstick. It turns out it wasn’t Marylin after all, and in fact she didn’t even realize how much she resembled the starlet until I pointed it out.

I love this Fashionista’s look because she is sporting a classic style that I haven’t seen from someone in my generation in a long time. I love matching colors, as I have mentioned a million times before, and her dress and lipstick looked fantastic together. She used Hey, Sailor! Lipstick by MAC; I love MAC’s lipsticks because they’re smooth, reliable and don’t wear heavy on your face. Her red dress is from Marshall’s, and she said it was a steal at only $12.99! To read up more on maxi dresses, you can see my article from a few weeks ago here.

I love this Fashionista’s choice of earrings, too. Her earrings from H&M really turn her outfit from cute and simple to classy and bold! H&M has more stunning pairs like this available, including these earrings at only $7.95. I cannot get enough of these loud accessories! The Rhinestoned Chandelier Earrings and the Draped Fringe Earrings from Forever 21, and the Fan Spike Earrings from Topshop are more standout accessories that will make your ears sparkle in that 40’s fashion.

Her White Fringe Flap Over Handbag from Target added a more modern twist to her outfit, but it pulled it together nicely, adding a cool, white accent color to her loud red dress. And last but not least, this Fashionista had a hairstyle that blew me away. By twisting a few pieces on each side and gathering them in the back with bobby pins, she created a pin-up hairstyle in about 5 minutes. I really think this Fashionista is a class act and a classic beauty!

 

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STYLE ADVICE OF THE WEEK: Some Like It Hot

Lets face it stripes are just about always in style and luckily for Fashionistas out there everywhere stripes are awesome. We’ve seen them make a huge power play this past year and show up on everything from sweaters to earrings to flats. I spotted this Fashionisto one late afternoon and snagged his photo around this awesome old school land rover.

The past few days have been unseasonably chilly here in Tucson with our fair-weathered friends in the Midwest and east coast stealing all our sunshine it was a total necessity to pull out long sleeves and dark denim even post spring break. For the Fashionistos looking for a similar look like the one here J.Crew has ultra soft pullovers. Tons of colors, stripes, and fabrics ranging from cashmere, cotton, or a multi blend for those (like me) prefer to forgo the dry cleaning and self-wash. The cotton Sutton-stripe sweater is most similar to this week’s Fashionisto and is offered in a sweet black and white combo.

For my lady Fashionistas I advise multiple options for a similar look. Initially I really loved finding this awesome short sleeve sweater at Urban Outfitters, it’s a bit pricy but the versatility that comes with a short sleeve sweater is totally worth the price tag; literally wear it all seasons. However when I found two oversized gems  from Mango I was uber delighted to share. Both the relaxed-fit stripes jumper and the striped open work jumper give a new twist on stripes.  Especially the latter I’m personally contemplating ‘adding to bag’ if you know what I mean.

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