10 Things You Need In Your Wardrobe

1. Basic Black Dress
2. Trench Coat
3. Dress Pants
4. Classic Skirt
5. Jeans
6. Any Occasion Top
7. Skirt
8. Day Dress
9. Jacket
10. Sweatsuit Alternative

Before you go shopping again, go through your closte and make sure that you have the basic pieces that you need before you go out and get the pieces that you want.

X0X0 Ashley

Embellished

Forever 21 Embellished Shoulder Top

This happens to be one of the new tops that I purchased to add to my work wardrobe. Since the dress code at my job has changed yet again, had to do a shopping trip to pick up some new pieces; tops mostly. I wore a black embellished shoulder top which drapes down a little in the front. Super cute! Also got a lot of compliments on it today =) Secret from a fashionista: if someone loves what you're wearing and asks where you got it from, never tell them exactly where you got it from. Give them hints because what will happen is you will see people walking around wearing the same exact thing that you were wearing. So for example, I bought my top from forever 21. I would tell people you can buy it from stores such as Target (i've seen it there), Forever 21, LVLX, Papaya...pretty much stores that are likely to carry the same kind of clothing. Let people compliment your style but don't let them steal it! Do you tell people where you get your clothes from?

X0X0 Ashley

Katy Perry OPI Collection

Katy Perry's New OPI Collection

• Teenage Dream (sparkly pink shade)
• Not Like the Movies (silver metallic shade)
• Last Friday Night (bold metallic blue shade)
• The One That Got Away (dark berry shade)
• Black Shatter (beautiful black top coat that creates texture with the help of a cracked/leopard pattern when applied over another nail polish)

OPI and Katy Perry teamed up to create some fab shades inspired by her innovative style. Just what I need! Yet, more nail polish for my collection, lol. I can't wait to try "The One That Got Away" and "Black Shatter." The Katy Perry Collection will be available starting January 2011 and will be at ULTA stores for $9.00!

X0X0 Ashley

Magazine Mojo

Teen Vogue November 2010 Issue

I was so happy to finally get the new November 2010 issue of Teen Vogue today. Not surprised, Lauren Conrad was on the cover. Even though there was 126 pages in the magazine, I didn't read every single one. To me (some) fashion magazines are starting to get boring. Most aren't even about fashion anymore. At times it seems as though they have ran out of things to talk about and just place some random articles inside. I think some magazines are starting to lose their mojo. At times I used to love looking at the magazines and articles online just because you can zoom in and really get a good look at the pictures and articles. Now, I don't even really care. Starting to feel like I'm wasting my money on subscriptions. I no longer get the feeling that I had like when I received my first Teen Vogue magazine. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited to get them but when I open and start to read it's a bunch of crap. Out of this issue I think there was only maybe two or three parts that were okay to me.


When people subscribe to fashion magazines, we all have our own reasons for doing so. Some just like to see the celebrity best dressed, some just like to read more about the cover stories and some like to read the makeup section. For myself, I subscribe to read the really good fashion articles and I love to see the fashion spreads. I love to see how every model in the magazine is styled and what they are wearing. All depending on what you like, we all open a magazine looking for something different. If you're a makeup artist, most likely you would pay more attention to every ones makeup in the magazine. I feel that they need to write more about things that readers can connect to. Write about things we want to hear about. What are some of the things you look for when you open a magazine?

X0X0 Ashley

Quotes For the Fashionable

Some of these quotes you may or may not of heard of before but these are some of my favorite fashion quotes.

"Only great minds can afford simple style." -Stendhal quotes

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months." -Oscar Wilde

"Fashions fade, style is eternal." Yves Saint Laurent

"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening." -Coco Chanel

"Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are." -Quentin Crisp

"Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follow religiously the new." -Henry David Thoreau

"I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men." -Marlene Dietrich

"Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut jeans; its' an open mind." -Gail Rubin Bereny


For more fun fashion quotes, click here!

It's Never To Late

My apologies for the lack of updating and posting. I have not had much free time lately and I miss posting on a regular basis as I used to. I have been working like a mad woman lately. My days have been consisting of work, sleep and reading. I'm currently reading "The Shopping Diet" by Phillip Bloch. I must say I'm enjoying it and going through it rather fast. The last part I read was "Step 7: Reorganizing Your Space." Definitely so far I've learned a few tips and tricks. It was especially helpful because I'm an aspiring fashion/wardrobe stylist (and if you didn't know..Phillip Bloch is a celebrity stylist but you probably already knew that, lol)

Particularly these past few weeks I have been working some of my networking magic but just a little more than usual. I'm proud to say that it paid off! Saturday is my first major photo-shoot that I will be styling and I couldn't be more elated. Can't give out too much more info but I will definitely keep you readers posted! Also make sure you add me and check out all of my links below =)

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On A Shopping Diet..

Have you ever been on a shopping diet before? Yeah, me neither but it sounds like somethings that I may need to try. As much as I love and miss shopping as much as I used to, I just need to control myself (and my money as well, lol)

So I heard about "The Shopping Diet" book by Phillip Bloch and I thought to myself, "hey I don't have anything to lose but more money so why not get it and read it. Who knows, I might learn something valuable! =)

Next time I go shopping (whenever that could be) I will be sure to force myself to pick up key pieces only! We all should know what "key pieces" are! *(clears throat)*

However, I will add that I seem to get a little sidetracked sometimes..but it is time for a change! It's time for me to shop smart and save some $$!

Are you a smart shopper?

xoxo

How To Spot A Fake Designer Item

If you are going to spend your money on a designer item such as handbags, wallets, any accessories or etc, be sure that you are spending your money on the real thing and not a fake. Most times what sellers seem to do is sell the fake for the same price as the real hoping that because of the price, (you) the customer will think that it is real.



Things to look for:

1) Compare the real with what you consider purchasing

2) Price Difference

3) Do your research on the seller
(name? email? phone #? or address?)

4) Look for placement of logos and compare to the real. They should match EXACTLY! If not, talk to the seller!

5) Look for discoloration, strings, crooked zippers, bad stitching, missing buttons, etc..

*Example: if the straps on the Luis Vuitton purse you wanted to order are dark brown and the one you want to order is light brown, PAY ATTENTION to things like that. Do your reasearch to see if it comes in a variety of colors or not. If it doesn't.... BIG RED FLAG!

It is okay to be an online designer item shopper but just be a safe one!!

Watch this short video on signs of a fake designer item..

Click here to watch a short video on signs of a fake designer item!

Enjoy :)