Lions and Tigers and... Bargains! Oh My!

Sidebar: Spotify is changing my life and may or may not be affecting my thoughts as I post today-- Read: super happy with oodles of music.  I'm trying to balance this effervescence with tomorrow's sure melancholy, as it rightly should be.

So.  Today, I feel unaffected and want to celebrate my compartmentalization of fear and grief with a post about nothing important.  And yet, like sports and movies, fashion in strange ways helps make the world go 'round, makes us forget, unite together, learn to forgive, and feel silly and happy again.  Yeah, you better believe it.

Let me begin with this:

Leopard Print Scarf from Redopin via Yesstyle.com

I'm not a fan of animal prints in general, but like color blocking, I can appreciate it in baby bursts.  Animal print accessories?  Okay.  And then there's this:

Dior's Leopard-print Bronzing Powders

Model a la Mitzah Bricard, long-time muse of Christian Dior

Dior's Mitzah inspired nail polish

Photos courtesy of Marie Claire

And of course, this mouth watering spread from Vogue Korea featuring the gorgeous Arizona Muse.  Oh that name...

That fur looks real... and so beautifully styled with this burnt orange blouse.  Photo from Vogue Korea

Check out the rest of the article about this spread at Who What Wear. 

I digress, this was supposed to be an excited retelling of all my recent thrift store finds.  Now, briefly, I present:

Look What I Found by Edith:
Seems like most thrift stores are full of barely worn F21 clothes, BUT every once in a while you stumble across a gem.  Here's what I've recently snagged from discount and thrift stores:
1) B.B. Dakota Olive Green Parka at Crossroads Trading Co.  ($20) after reading this article at The Beauty File and deciding it would be my summer/fall transition jacket.
2) Ann Taylor Oasis Dot Print Tiered Dress ($15, from $168) at Goodwill.  
3) Tucker Silk Poppy Print Tunic Dress ($8) from Goodwill.
4) Joe's Jeans Lion Print Raglan T-shirt ($5) from Goodwill.
5) Magdalena Wide Leg Pants ($30, from $198) at Anthropologie.
6) Franco Sarto Woven Cork Wedges in Cream ($30) from T.J.Maxx.

Needless to say, I need to post pictures.  I'll try to get on that.  But for now, happy thrifting, my friends!
Yours,
Edith

Color Blocking

Color Blocking: Accessories by edithandruby

So I'm not the hugest fan of color blocking, but it seems to be lingering...  It all makes me think of Mondrian for some reason and I feel bored, and oddly restricted.  But it seems to be everywhere and leaking into fall soooo, I figure the only way I find my way into trends is through accessories.  Baby steps, or Baby Blocking if you will...

The possibility of Baby Color Blocking excites me.  Why you ask?  Well, let's turn to the brilliance of much cooler bloggers than yours truly.


1. If you haven't checked out Honestly...wtf, do it out right now.  The DIYs are positively wonderful.  For example:  Color Block Moccasins.  

2.  Another from Honestly...wtf:  Nail Art that's a little more tribal than color blocking, but you can adapt appropriately. 

Something like this maybe:

Photo courtesy of Beautylish.  Check out their nail tutorial.

3. ipad Clutch from P.S. I made this:  Feels very Kate Spade.

4.  And last but not least, lest we forget makeup in all the color nonsense:  Sephora's Dare to Play collection is nothing but fun even though I'll be the first to admit that my color palate ranges from a broad spectrum of neutrals.  There has never been a pastel or neon anywhere near my eyes.  But, like I've said before, I'm trying to learn to be a little braver in my daily routine.  

photo via Sephora

That's all I've got today.  Hope you all have a wonderful Labor Day!
xo,
Edi

dictionatomy: TEXTBOOK

There are a million correlations between fashion and literature, but my favorite of late has been the ever popular tumblr feed of John Jannuzzi called Textbook.

Maybe I'm just overjoyed to see that I am not the only dork who imagines my protagonist to be an active persona in my modern life.  But better than my literary fantasies of sitting them down for coffee (and choosing an appropriate mug for his or her personality), Jannuzzi styles them! Helllooooo!

Check it:

This is Henry VIII.  Love the middle ("On the hunt for a wife" look)

Queen Elizabeth I.  Gorgeous. 

Tinkerbell.   Ah-freaking-mazing.

Undine, water sprite.

All photos courtesy of Textbook

Let me also just say that his character notes for their outfits are just wonderful.  I could wander through this tumblr forever.  Specifically anything inspired by pre-Edwardian England.  Sigh.

Hope you find Textbook as glorious as I do.  Fashionable literature, literature in fashion, and the witticisms of an obviously well-read writer, I don't know what more I could ask for in a blog. 

Last one, because it's just lovely...

Mercedes from The Count of Monte Cristo (Full Disclosure: I haven't actually read this yet, I'm trying to find an original French copy.  Homework!)

Get lost in the dreamy, literary couture.  I did...

xo,
Ed
p.s.  Scout Finch.  Oh yes.  Now, Atticus maybe?

 

edit:  I just found Atticus, glory be.