remixing fashion and luxury for reality

I was hunting suits at Neimans over the weekend. Lately, I’m get the feeling my luxe for less threads don’t cut it for important meetings with customers and days for presentations. A little voice was telling me wearing a power suit from Theory was going to help me stop saying umm and uhhh and look like a million bucks! So off I went to Neiman Marcus in Palo Alto, my go-to-default shopping destination when I’m too lazy to make it up to San Francisco. I had 8 or 9 things balancing on one arm while fingering through the rest of the racks, silently cursing the sales girls for not coming to my rescue and off-loading my load. It was a busy afternoon or maybe it was my sloppy flip flops but no body wanted to help me that day! I finally made it to the dressing rooms with about a dozen or so things and proceeded to slip in and out of my suits. During my private fashion show I peeked my head out to call for a sales girl to grab me another size and that’s when I caught sight of this hottie named Rexy. I kept wanting to call her Sexy Rexy. Take one look at her picture and tell me she doesn’t belong in a magazine or on TV!

We got to chatting about Rexy’s hair. It was stylish, edgy, original (This picture does not do justice)… I got her secret but like my hair would ever look like that! According to Rexy, she curled her hair with hot rollers, then took them out and pinned the curls to her head with bobby pins. Went to bed and woke up with awesome hair! She fixed a few strands in the morning with her hot iron.

What I liked so much about Rexy was that she embodies strength, beauty, brains, and confidence all in one. Her easy and carefree spirit was a refreshing breath of air in the uptight environment NM can be. We chatted at length about her passion for hair, makeup, and fashion. Somehow between all her jobs she is getting ready to launch a swim suit line (that she designed) and when it debuts you’ll be sure to find it here. I love the look Rexy puts together here — tube over a white-tee. I like to do this with a white tee and tube top too + jeans. It’s a great look to dress down but still look put together.

Go Rexy!

This taking photos of myself at the office is tricker than I thought. I’m sitting here trying to play it cool and take the shot when no one’s looking… Do you want your co-workers seeing you snap photos of yourself (full-length body shots)? There’s no good way to pose in front of my laptop and get my full body in the picture, without raising a few eyebrows. Don’t worry though I will find a way. If you have any ideas pleez do send them my way

Anyhow, here’s the best I could do today. Really all I wanted to show you today anyway was my new AX cropped denim jacket! I bought it a few weeks ago at Valley Fair Mall in San Jose, along with 2 pairs of jeans and a pair of jeans for my husband too.

I love the cropped sleeves on this jacket and the way the front crosses over. It’s shown buttoned up on the AX website but really I don’t recommend it that way. I wore mine over a grey loose shirt, white pants and my white and beige python Jimmy Choos.

AX Cropped Denim Volume Jacket

I’m trying something new today. Per Mayor’s request I’m going to post a photo of me! It’s kind of a funny concept but I’m going to give it a try and see how this goes. I’m playing around with Apple’s PhotoBooth Application (which is what I used to take this photo of myself). I’ve been struggling for a long time trying to figure out how to take a photo of myself and it finally dawned on me just now — DUH I can use PhotoBooth! Photobooth uses the embedded camera on the Macbook Pro to take photos, but the nice thing is is that it will delay the capture a few seconds so it gives you time to set up for the picture.

This is me ladies! It’s Friday in the office so I went for a semi-casual look.. nothing too ratty. Lately, I’ve been letting myself slip a bit and wearing jeans and oversized sweaters to work. I thought to myself this morning I should dress in such a way that matches how I feel about my work. I don’t want to appear too laid back or sloppy!

I started with a white tank and threw on my over-sized white button up that I got in Korea the last time I was there from a store called Supermarket in Apgujongdong. The one thing about this shirt is it’s a little too thin and flimsy so it’s riding up and poofing out a little more than I’d like. I also added a belt I got the last time I was in Vegas at the Elie Tahari outlet. This helped pull in the poof and make me look a little less pregnant. You can’t really see the pin stripe pants but they were from… MY FAVORITE GUILTLESS PLEASURE (forever 21 I was struggling with which jacket to wear. I tried on a cardigan but it just didn’t feel right, then tried a jean jacket but that was too casual. This cropped beige jacket I have on was the final and last thing I was going to try and it ended up looking the best (at least i think). I can’t recall the name of the boutique I got it from but it’s in Burlingame. That reminds me I’m going to have to drop by there soon!

Well let me know what you guys think of my semi-casual-Friday-look! And have a great weekend!