6 Obsessions: Designer Black Leather Handbag

As the seasons start to change (or are supposed to...it's still 100 degrees here in LA), I always like to cultivate some points of focus for my wardrobe. This week, I will be posting 6 of them total...and this is my last one. This post features my ultimate unicorn piece: the perfect black, leather designer handbag.  Since these can get up into the 4 digits, my attempts to find these in the clearance racks are vast, yet very unsuccessful thus far. But someday: I WILL get one of these beauties.

Designer Black Leather Bag by pinkbot featuring leather handbags

My ultimate dream bag is one of the Alexander Wang Rocco bags with silver spikes...*swoon*

OOTD: Birthday Babe

Outfit Details:
Dress - ASOS Curve
Shoes - Vivienne Westwood x Melissa
Hair Bow + Spike Ring - Domino Dollhouse (dominodollhouse.com)
Necklace - Tarina Tarantino
Sunglasses - Betsey Johnson
Birthday Babe Button - Gift from Tiffany

I turned 31 this week and thought I'd change it up from the usual house party to a pool party, thanks to Tiffany's generosity (a pool is very much an integral part of a pool party!).  I wanted to spice up my FAVORITE ASOS dress (yes, I have 3 of the same sleeveless one above and 2 of the 3/4 sleeve style) with a favorite from the back of my closet: these winged Vivienne Westwood x Melissa platforms!  These shoes are surprisingly comfy and easy to walk in.  I also had my black/white striped Simply Be bikini on underneath the dress, but failed to take actual photos of the reveal. LAME, Tracy!

Tiers of Fall

Even though it's still in the 90's here in Southern Cali, my favorite season is approaching and I cannot wait to get back into my jackets + long sleeves! My taste/style hasn't changed very much, but there was one clear categorization became apparent: price. So I have separate my fall wish list into $, $$, and $$$. Thanks to Jeffrey Campbell, $$ has a shoe addendum...finally some Lita's WITHOUT a brown sole and/or busted upper. Also, I've include some goodies I recent bought as well to get a full visual of my fall fashion plan. I think it's also important to see how you can full embrace a style regardless of price. Enough chit chat, onto the goods!










What are you loving this fall? As I hope I demonstrated above, I'm all about drapey layers, HUGE rings, oilslick patents, leopard print, and occult imagery.

Bridesmaid

I'm so excited about my buddy Frankie's upcoming nupituals! She's having a crazy carnival themed wedding, outdoor, in the summer. As a bride-y lady (that's what she calls me), she wants me to pick my own dress, but with her color scheme and flexible-ness, I'm having a hard time picking!! The color choices are yellow, turquoise, red, or pink. I have yellow hair, so at the risk of looking like a Rainbow bright character, the yellow dresses are probably out. Red is also not my color, so that's skipped too. So, it boils down to Turquoise or Pink. I'm totally fine with mixing colors (and so is she), so I'm going to include the jewelry options and shoe options...then I'd love some opinions!

Here is a sampling of the Tarina jewelry she's obtained



Here are my favorite group of dresses, thus far



And, the bride is wearing Vivienne Westwood for Melissa shoes...they are SO fabulous I might get a pair too! Here are some options for those



I think my ideal outfit would be the blue Evans dress (third from the right) or the magenta eShakti dress (farthest right) with either the magenta/red heart pump or platform wing sandals. What would you choose?

Covet Thursday

I've been dreaming about these shoes ever since I saw previews of them flittering around the internet. Patricia Field now has these Vivienne Westwood for Melissa platform shoes up for pre-order...up to size 13!?? Not sure if this is a misprint or if it's just awesome...I'm hoping for the later. Regardless...they are entirely worthy of Covet Thursday.