Simple, clean, luxe… this is what I’m feeling when I’m on Shopjake.com. I came upon this site while searching for the Graydn Leather Jacket (which I’ll be posting about soon!). Jake has 3 locations in Chicago and thankfully this website now. A few of the designers he offers: 3.1 Phillip Lim, Alexander Wang, Tashkent by Cheyenne, MCQ Alexander McQueen, Mayle, and one of my new favorites — Graydn.
Be warned, this is not a luxe for less retailer. This is the real deal! Most items range from $200-$1000. What you do get though is Jake’s great taste in clothes. I know I’ll be checking out Shopjake.com regularly from now on.
Happy birthday to me.. Happy birthday to me… I’m a year older this week! That makes me a Virgo in case you didn’t know. A perfectionistic, obsessive, and sometimes overly emotional Virgo that is. I had a wonderful birthday this year with the people I love most. I also realize how great taking the day off on your birthday actually is. It’s a crime that we don’t automatically get the day off on our birthdays.
Now that I’m a year older, I’m challenging myself to add a new accessory to my repertoire. I think every woman should break the ice of some kind of accessory every few years and eventually they will master the art of it. I’ve dabbled with belts over the last couple years, handbags and shoes
don’t even count, sunglass shapes these days haven’t been doing much
for my rounded face, and jewelery is always there –but challenging
nonetheless. So what’s next on my list? Scarves! Summer scarves that is.
Over the past few years I’ve let a lot/more than enough black creep into my wardrobe so I’m hoping my whole scarf movement will bring back some color to the darkness. Also, summer scarves were so big this summer I’m hoping to catch some of the action before it cools down. I love that the summer scarf dresses you up and dresses you down all in one. It adds interest and an edgy not snobbish sophistication to your look. And lastly, it can be so versatile since there’s endless colors, patterns, shapes, sizes, and textures to choose from.
If you’re interested in a summer scarf for yourself, here’s a few places to try…
BUT FIRST a quick video on a few ways of tying the scarf.
Hey Manolo lovers and Jimmy Chooholics… need your help and input. If you’ve been around The Luxe Mix since the good old days when I first started this, you should recall a post I did about high heels and how to wear them comfortably. This is a topic near and dear to my heart. So near and dear to me that I actually invented my own shoe pad. Mmmmmm Hmmmm, that’s right ladies. I have the perfect solution to all your toe boo boos and foot owwies. I tried pretty much every shoe pad out there to try to make my life at work on heels a little more bearable. I’ve tried everything at the store and a ton more tricks that I had up my sleeve.. until finally one day I said screw it I’m going to make my own shoe pad.
Thanks to Choxie Snoops, who has stepped in like the ever-energetic and superpowered leading lady that she is, we are bringing these foot pads to life! We are just getting ready to soft-launch our first batch of them in a couple weeks.
You can get your very first sample of our shoe pad by filling out 10 quick responses on our Heel Habits Survey. This offer is limited to fill it our quick! We’ll be giving away pads to the first 100 respondents. Please be patient for your shoe pad sample as we will be sending these out when we soft-launch our first batch.
Made popular amongst my friends by “No Bones” Julie.. liquid leggings are still hot these days and seemingly impossible to find. I first saw them on Lindsay Lohan prob. in US Weekly (where else?) and knew they’d be big for night life wear. What could be next for leggings? So far we’ve seen zippers, bows, ruching, exotic materials/textures, lace, buttons, reflective… I can’t wait to see what’s next!
Here’s the few pairs of liquid leggings could find. Ladies, cast your votes on which pair is a must-get. Also, if any of you dare to wear these out, I’m curious to see how you’ve worn them so send me a picture if you have one!
Did some damage at Santana Row this weekend.. then decided to put on my own fashion show. Lucky you get front row seats HAHA!
PS. Post-shopping-splurge (generally about 48 hours after the thrill of the kill), both Snoopy and I had some post-shopping second thoughts. I may return at least 1 pair of the 2 pants that I bought, and 1 top. BTW, both these items didn’t make the cut to get featured in my video. The power of the subconscious…
Before watching this video let me explain… As you know from my previous post I was drooling over the LV Camouflage/Monogramouflage Speedy. Thanks to one of my best GFs I was alerted the LV in Valley Fair had a few of them in stock. I believe they told us that there were like 5,000 units in total and their store had received 5 of them. I did some unthinkable things to get to the store in time to scope my precious out… but… but… I was totally disappointed! It looked scary big and just scary to me in person. I think that’s the problem with looking at a product photo for too long. You get disillusioned. Long story short I didn’t want it anymore (which i regret more now since I’m getting more used to it!) and I got this other bag which.. just watch… overall my story just sucks but I figured I might as well make a video!!
