purple

"It's Carrie Baby!"

Sunglasses: Primark (Ireland), Dress: FCUK, Yellow Belt: J.Crew (Kristine Constantino), Blue Suede Heels: Stuart Weitzman, Champagne: Veuve Clicquot, Styled & Photographs by: Kristine Constantino

"It's Carrie Baby!" The initial words that come to mind when you want to go out with your gals and have an evening to "remember..." or not? Carrie (is unfortunately) the main character of popular 90's sitcom SATC, but her essence is so much more than that. Carrie's style is girly, fun, flirty, and completely OUT there. I'm not fond of Carrie but I do admire of her ability to be a total girly-girl and consistently push the envelope with her clothing choices. I, myself, am much more of tomboy!

“A dress should be tight enough to prove you’re a woman, but loose enough to show you’re a lady”
— Marilyn Monroe

My good friend, and obvious fashion guru, Kristine Constantino convinced me to push my limits and go in a direction I would normally shy away from - what do you guys think? "It' Carrie Baby!" Even though I view myself as much more of a Samantha ;)

purple people eater

Nothing says, "purple people eater," quite like a headless human. Heads are overrated anyhow, right? I will always remember something my grandfather told me when I was 17:

“Want to lose 15 ugly pounds? Chop off your head.”
— Grandpa

Such a wise man he is, well look I did it! Am I skinny now? *sigh* #whatever. I'm sure each of us have a color that we naturally gravitate towards. If you don't know, just go look in your closet or armoire, or wherever it is you keep your dressings. In my case, I love purple. My predilection for this color started at the naive age of 4. Similarly at that somehow defining time in my life, a friend's Dad (lord only knows how I remember this; considering most of what happened prior to 2006 is a total blur) remarked, "Kelly, you know one day you'll like boys more than you like the color purple." I don't know mister, you see, my purple ensembles will never wake up one day and tell me they don't love me anymore. Thanks for that Carrie. Moving on, it is summatime and I am still rocking a cashmere blend magenta/purple-ish scarfy. As if there is any other color I could wear with this outfit?!?! CLOTHES > BROS, don't forget it ladies!

Scarf: J.Crew, Tank: Mandy Tachis' closet, Jeans: Adriano Goldschmied, Jackie Cardigan: J.Crew, Ring: Belonged to my late grandmother, Espadrilles: J.Crew, Photos: Kristine Constantino www.linkedin.com/in/kristineconstantino

Cheers to all my other purple people eaters out there, get on with yo badselves! ;-)