remixing fashion and luxury for reality

I WANT this top from Paper-Doll.com by Lune Noir. Anyone can wear a regular old black tank but it takes patience and some shoppin skillz to find basic pieces like this black top with ruching AND stud details.

Tank Girl Top by Lune Noir — $80.00

These leopard print wedges would make a stylish statement at the office… without massacring your feet. 

Leopard Print Wedges from Rampage.com – on Sale for $29.99

Below are two ways I’d wear these pieces, one for the work day and one for a weekend day out and about. All the images below are clickable and you’ll be able to get to the sites that sell these items directly. All thanks to a DIZOPE new tool LL helped me find! www.polyvore.com

For those of you who are looking for ideas on what to wear, this post is for you!

What’s a Look Book?
"Look book" is the term used to reference a collection of images that are assembled to help illustrate "looks" or "outfits". It could be a clothing retailer or a fashion magazine, and in my case a blog!, who puts together a Look Book. The main objective is to help inspire the reader with complete looks from head to toe. It makes it easier for the viewer to picture the product when it is paired with other nicely coordinating pieces. Look Books are a fairly new trend but I believe they will become increasingly popular and important to the fashion retail industry.

I haven’t had as much time as I’d like to photoshop together looks for you in my Luxe Mix Look Book so here’s some sites to refer to whenever you want some insta-inspiration on outfit ensembles.

Note: I’ll keep adding to this as I find more. Please help us out by adding any you know of yourselves in the Comments section!

Index of Look Books:

Pink Mascara Look Book (Philip Lim, Diane Von Furstenberg, Ya Ya)
http://www.pinkmascara.com/lookbook.html

Shopbop Look Book
http://www.shopbop.com/lookbook/lookbook_main.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302047459&lookFolderID=2534374302047459

BCBG Look Book
http://www.bcbg.com/spring2007/home.php

Activeendevours Look Book
http://www.activeendeavors.com/lookbook/

Max Studio Look Book
http://www.maxstudio.com/website/lookbook/LookBook-1.htm

Anthropologie Look Book
http://www.anthropologie.com/jump.jsp?itemID=2219&itemType=CATEGORY&all=1

Club Monaco Look Book
http://www.clubmonaco.com/032007/lookbook.asp

Luxe Mix Look Book
http://www.luxemix.com/luxe_mix/luxe_looks/index.html

Karmaloop Look Book (Urban/Street Wear)
http://www.karmaloop.com/lookbook/index.asp

Free People Look Book (Urban/Bohemian)
http://www.freepeople.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/products.browse/categoryID/f4fc7ff0-570a-4600-9c16-2e1b8bc0b63c

RavinStyle Look Book
http://www.ravinstyle.com/shop/outfits.asp

Banana Republic Look Book
http://www.bananarepublic.com/browse/category.do?cid=12025&pageID=-1

Some Look Books for Men too!

Billionaire Boys Club (Hip Hop/Urban)
http://www.bbcicecream.com/lookbook/

This warm cali weather is makin me crazy… crazy happy! All I want to do is sit around outside in cute sheer tops and short skirts, sippin iced espresso. I keep telling myself to brace myself for one more cold spell but it doesn’t seem to be coming.

Here’s a look for my date night, for a night like tonight. In case you haven’t noticed dresses are in big time. Gotta get some cute dresses, mini dresses, and longer flowy ones if you want to last this spring season. I chose this satiny pink dress from Forever 21. Under $25!! It’s prefect for a date night since it’s sexy enough to wear out to a club or bar and with a coverup I won’t get cold or be too exposed while en route to dinner or wherever. When wearing dainty pieces like this pink satin dress I like to contrast it with something less feminine and soft like this motocycle jacket from Max Studio. I paired all this with some cute gold bangles and dangly earrings, snakeskin pups (featured in Obsessed for Snakeskin Stilletos), and this foldover clutch — oversized clutches are also huge this season. I like the brushed almost earthy effect of this Jimmy Choo clutch since it dresses it down a bit.

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Shop this Look:

Motorcycle Jacket
Paris Dress
Kenneth Jay Lane Gold Bangles
Dangle Heart Earrings
Jimmy Choo Metallic Fold Over Clutch
Jimmy Choo Snakeskin Pumps

Related Posts:

Greys and Blacks from Day to Evening
Fashionably Focused in the City
Basic Neutrals for a Basic Day at the Office

It’s Saturday. You’re about to head out for a day with the girls toting around Union Square… the Ferry Building Farmers Market… or maybe just strolling down the Haight. You know you’ll be on your feet until dusk and you’ll want to be fully focused on the task at hand — shopping. Here’s a look I’d pick out just for you. Comfortable flat boots your feet will thank you for, a slouchy hobo you won’t waste arms or hands on, and a durable distressed leather jacket so hot you know every sales clerk will give you the nod.

Links:

Mike & Chris Distressed Lambskin Jacket

Blue Heights Paige Denim Sinny Jean

Jean Paul Gaultier Leather Hobo

Loeffer Randall Kit Boots

Disney Couture Tinkerbell Necklace

My first Project. I’m helping a friend step up her look to a new level. She’s not unstylish by any means but she wants to freshen up her look. I applaud her for leaning out of her comfort zone. So many women have the potential to improve their daily style but seem content to walk into the office everyday with the same old ribbed sweater and basic slacks. I can’t say I’m not guilty of falling into a style rut every once in a while but it’s important not to fall too deep. On those days I spend a little extra time putting my look together I find myself more effective at work that day or a little more loose and light.

I’ll go into more detail as to how I’m approaching this new project but for now I’ll leave you with my very first "look" for my girl "Snoopy".

This is something I see Snoopy wearing to the office or to meet a client (she works in Real Estate). She could also pull this off for a social day time gathering on the weekend. What I like about this look is that it’s classy with the romantic peasant top and soft trench, but the pants add the edge and helps to offset too much sweet. Same with the eelskin slingbacks. Nobody will mess with a girl in snake skin stilettos. The bag is so hot I want one myself! Snoopy said she wanted a big bag. I think this one is big enough but has structure and such a nice finish to it, it’s not one of those bags which overtake the outfit.

Here’s the breakdown:

Kiku Blue Peasant Top
Alice + Olivia Beige Wide Waistband Pant
Dolce and Gabbana Eelskin Slingbacks
Karen Zambos Vintage Couture Swing Coat
Decoupage Pendant
Kooba Parker Bag in Camel

Hope you like it Snoops!