stone fox style

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Sunny Day

Top - Marshalls

Kimono - Alternative Apparel

Necklace - Goodwill

Shorts - Salvation Army

Shoes - Cotton On

Friday, June 14, 2013

For me Summer means beach, even if I am all the way in Colorado, I still want clothes I would wear on an evening stroll by the Florida ocean. I want a dress that I can imagine doused in seawater. Whether I was splashed or the tide caught me by surprise and caught the edges of my dress, I want clothes that sing wear me in paradise like the mythical sirens off in the distance. These clothes, especially this dress, (that also comes in a sandy taupe color) remind me of my home that I miss so much, the home that I took for granted. Living in paradise was a blessing, and though paradise can be found anywhere with the right state of mind, these few items bring me back to my days looking over the ocean with a tropical drink in hand.

Sea Goddess Dress - Lulu's $45

Morainn Aldo Sandals ~~$120~~ $67

Gladiator Sandals Ecote $49

Wanette Sandals Aldo ~~Sold Out~~

Monday, June 10, 2013

White Buffalo

I am not exactly satisfied with these photos, but I really wanted to capture this outfit and had to make due with what I had. I was recently evacuated from my apartment due to asbestos exposure, so it was a long and hot weekend to say the least, and not the good kind where you get off work.

Meanwhile, I have been having some altering opinions when it comes to style and what it means to be fashionable which means I have also come to the point where I want to push myself a little bit farther. I have had a quibble as of late with "trends". They aren't going to go anywhere and there is nothing wrong with following trends, but does that make you fashionable? I am guilty, we all are, but I can't help but feel this urge to push myself to take it that extra mile. I always have that internal conversation right before I walk out of the door, "Is this too much?"

"Should I take this off?"

"Are one of my friends going to make fun of me?"

But why do I even care? Why do we care? It's great that stores are selling clothes that are indeed edgier, but if we copy what is on the mannequin is it exactly edgy? And if I am blogging about it, I am hoping in a sense, for my style to be appreciated, which means it would also hopefully become mainstream at some point. It is a vicious circle, but I live to create my own scathing reviews of trends and I am sure people love to do the same for what I wear. We do it because we represent ourselves in what we wear, our inner personalities, I truly believe, are conspired by our closets. Or at least the sense of understanding what it means to present yourself via clothing. One day I might be a hippie and one day I might be in all black, but these are my mantras, and much like the art of one artist, you see the connection between it all. It all tells a story, and I know mine, for the most part, but do you know yours? I encourage you to take that journey and even if it's just for fun, try to not seek the guidance of others for what you should wear, because then you aren't telling your story, are you?

Be a white buffalo.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Featured Trend: Statement Necklaces

Be One of a Kind with Kleines Blond

➳egyptian structure ➳african inspired ➳vintage stype ➳handmade in florida

Have you ever looked future success in the face? It's a rare, but every once in awhile there will be that person that you knew from home or from school, and you have this gut feeling they are going to do something with their lives. This recently happened to me with my dear friend Casey Huth. This hilarious little blonde fashion guru, full of spit and vinegar, recently started making these killer statement necklaces.

Now, we all know that statement necklaces are the trend of the summer, but these tribal boho inspired beauties are unique enough to make any stylish girl want to give up an arm. I have witnessed a plethora of young girls lately who are teetering on the edge of daring, they are wearing short necklaces and I can see deep down that they want to go for it, but they are playing it safe. My advice? Screw that. Never play it safe, if you are going to wear statement jewelry (which you should) you might as well dive into the deep end and buy yourself one of these, before they go from $50 dollars to $1,000 when Casey, aka Kleines Blonde, makes it big.

Shop her Etsy here

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Weather Permitting

Summer in Boulder apparently means eighty degrees and sunny one day then sixty and cloudy the next, with guaranteed three pm showers every day. Not that I'm complaining at all, the variety is refreshing and the rain reminds me of my tropical climate back home in Florida, and the overcast skies make for amazing photos, but finding the right clothes for this weather can be a task. Which is why I love this vintage floral dress from Nifty Thrifty. It is made of a light cotton but is long sleeved which makes it versatile for temperature changes, and its the perfect length where I can run errands or get lunch with a friend and not feel uncomfortable. Every girl needs a dress like this, it works for the office with the right shoes or for a casual day on the town. Add a hat or throw your hair up and you're ready to go.

As for my summer essentials, my Nikon FM2 is my number one accessory for this summer as well as my headphones and iPod. Maybe when I get around to it I'll actually make a playlist for everyone that has been asking me for one and share it on here as well. Casual floral dresses are my next favorite Summer time trend, will floral ever go out of style? Probably not. And I am such a wannabe punk that it feels nice to be a little girly every once in awhile, so more floral and color never hurt my closet.

Want to see what I want in my wardrobe this summer? Check out my Summer Style pin board on Pinterest!

Dress - Nifty Thrifty

Chelsea Boots - Target

Hat - Cotton On

Jewelry - DIY (Will update etsy soon)

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Out of Touch

Is it possible to make a summer resolution? Is June sixth months little too late to say, "hey I'm actually going to keep up with my blog from now on?" Probably. But hey, vices, vacations, and work are distracting? Give me a break. After reading The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Stephen Pressfield, I found myself intensely relating to his examples of making excuses and finding distractions from doing your work (writing, drawing, painting, etc). Whatever it may be, there is a resistance that is attributed as the opposing force to your creativity. For myself I often find that I feel sick, mentally, when I do not do my work, but with so much distracting me I let the resistance win and went through my day to day tasks only to wake up the next morning and do the same thing. My resistance came in the form of focusing my day on when my next shift was at the bar I worked at, what errands I had to run, and what paper I had to write. Even though I had free time in between all of those distractions I still fed the resistance by watching tv or scouring the internet for new trends online (that even though I wanted to blog I probably wouldn't because my resistance had turned into an uncontrollable monster).

Now I am working to excersize my creative muscles again, it has been difficult but it is like riding a bike, you never forget. Here is the first post of my summer of creativity, with some photos from my recent trip to San Francisco to visit the man behind www.forthefreedom.com. On my trip I also met the ladies behind Beautiful Savages, these North Dakota natives, clad in Brandy Melville, were welcoming and so very fun. Immediately they asked to take my picture for their blog and I ushered them to join Lookbook.nu, it's funny to think that techgeeks get together and go on and on about the latest who knows, and when you get a bunch of fashion obsessed girls together it's exactly the same.

Anyways heres to a summer full of organic mint mojitos, battling my resistance, and working as a fine dining server at one of Boulder's premier restaurants. Lord help me.

Bryn