Winter boots!

It's almost that time again. Long pants, boots, scarves, cashmere sweaters and snow! I enjoy the summer but the winter is my favorite time of the year. Scarves and boots are the most enjoyable part for me. I like to just wear jeans, boots and a button down. Then from there I have to start progressively wearing warmer and warmer clothes. And by January I wear nothing but my hunter boots, plaid pants and a thermal jacket. It gets way to cold to look good... You can do a lot of different things with a pair of dark brown leather boots. Like these from Bluefly. Cole Haan brown leather boots! What could be better? I can't wait for the cold long winter months when it gets dark at 5pm and can wear them all day! My favorite thing to do is go shopping when it's snowing. Don't know why it just is; I like to be warm while doing it! The best advice I can give about winter fashion is nothing light colored!!! Don't ever wear dark brown or black boots with a light colored pair of jeans. It looks ridiculous. I always buy dark wash jeans but I make it a point to have them brand new looking when I wear boots. I have found Ralph Lauren jeans do really well with keeping their color. I always set the color in my new jeans so that the color will stay as long as possible. I did it to Ralph Lauren jeans and a pair of Rock and revival jeans; the Ralph Lauren pair stayed darker much longer. Light jeans are only good for the early spring. They have that look like you just pulled them out of the closet after a long cold winter. It looks good for a while but eventually it doesn't. Who likes jeans in the summertime anyway? I know some people do but I don't and I think people are stupid for doing it! For old times sake this winter I'm going to pull out my Favorite pair of Nudie jeans and wear them with my new boots!


-Austin

Sunglasses!

I may not wear sunglasses very often but I know what looks good and what doesn't! My favorite pair of glasses I have seen all summer are these by Carrera! I really don't like sunglasses that don't have that little piece over the bridge to put a gap between glasses! One piece glasses DO NOT look good on men. They are totally fine for women but for men, no!

Tom ford makes great aviator glasses but this is a train wreck.. I hate glasses like this. They just look stupid! I don't know what he was thinking by making these. People walk around looking like aliens with this trashy style on their face.

I see sunglasses as the deciding factor on an outfit a person has on. If your outfit and glasses don't go together don't go out! They are on your face so it has to be perfect! If the colors don't match then you obviously need to change; that is why I don't wear sunglasses. It's hard to get a perfect match. I don't like my eyes to be hidden because People can't see my distaste in things if I have glasses on! I will have to admit I love Wayfarers. You can wear them with anything as long as the colors go together. I like to see a super modern outfit with Wayfarers. They give anything a laid back look. If you're going for the 60's look put on some shorts with a pair of leather loafers (no socks).
I love aviators they make me think of the beach. Just somewhere you don't have anything to worry about and just want to relax! See the difference in these two pair of glasses! Both Tom Ford. Love the bottom pair and hate the top pair!


-Austin.

Customer service!

Bonjour! Ca va? Ca va tres bien pour moi! Alright enough french. Hope everyone is doing well! I just got back from a well deserved vacation; tan and ready for more shopping! So this article doesn't have a lot to do with clothes but more of how we as fashionable people are treated in a store. So while I was on vacation I dealt with the nicest support team at 'Gilt Groupe' completely over twitter! They are so nice! I have always hated going into a store and being treated like I'm a burden on an employee! Seriously that is their job to help me! Get over yourself! At gilt it is so much better! Even though it is an online store their twitter workers are very nice and mostly comical! I had a conversation with one of them yesterday about writing a bill for New York City office buildings to have pools in them! You don't find nice people like that very often! Bluefly is another online store that has very nice people working twitter! I have noticed the more high end the store the nicer the employees are. Rude employees don't stick around long after dealing with me. I was in Urban Outfitters one day and this employee didn't say one word to me while I was checking out. Then I complained to the manager and she wasn't working there the next time I went in. I have had one bad experience with Nordstrom and the employee snubbed me! BUT I have a BFF employee there so he helped me instead! In stores like Burberry, Louis Vuitton and Gucci. I don't want to be kissed up to but it's just common courtesy for a store employee to treat a customer nicely! Helping tip: always go for the employee dressed the best! They usually know what they're doing.


-Austin.

Stripes #2!

J Crew blazer.

I received great feed back from the first article I decided to take a very sassy Fashionista's advice and write about more stripes! She said "I'm addicted to stripes. I'm digging neon accents. Not an 80's neon track suit but little bright neon pops!" We agree on almost everything fashion wise so of course I rolled with it! I couldn't find anything great for this post but I saw a few things and got an idea of what she was talking about and I thought it was great! For example I saw this blazer paired with jeans, tan heels and a neon belt! It was so elegant but it looked like the woman wearing it just threw it all on. The colors played really well. I suggest the whole outfit from J Crew. I have always loved neon colors but not till recently when the 2012 summer shows started I saw actual clothes that were neon that I liked. Normally I saw neon on like 12 year old kids walking around in skinny jeans! If you read my jeans article you would know how much I hate skin tight jeans. It looked so bad. Now I'm seeing people wear neon with a little thought put into it! I love it! Again I really don't like vertical stripes unless they are really thin or seersucker. Even the fantastic blazer above would look terrible if it was vertical. It's like looking at a wall. You look all over for something interesting but there isn't anything interesting to look at!!! So if you want some nice stripes for your summer and fall wardrobe go to J Crew!

-Austin!

Stripes!

This a very generic post about stripes. Nothing to exciting just good old stripes. So last Saturday I saw these strip V-necks that you see in the picture above; I thought 'I have to have these'! So I got them in white and black. This might come as a shocker but the very next day I had no clean T shirts besides the ones I had just bought (this happens more than I would like it to). So I wore the white one. A few hours later I get a surprise visit from my very pregnant sister! She asks me if I had lost weight. At first I was shocked because she has NO room to talk. I said "No, I'm just fat". She said that wasn't it and continued to go on and on about me looking thinner. I totally forgot that stripes are great for hiding that ridiculous fat that just sits there on your stomach and annoys you constantly. Any way the point is stripes are great! I have always loved plaid and checkered but never got into stripes till now. I will definitely add them to my fall wardrobe! I would suggest the same for anyone! Under no circumstance I mean that literally NEVER wear a suit that has vertical stripes the size of the ones in the picture. You would be hard pressed to find one I think. If you do DON'T pick it up! Leave it their and leave it to the mobsters from the 50's! If you like vertical stripes go for something light and summery like seersucker or a very thin line suit. A centimeter at the most!


-Austin!

How to wear white!

 The other day my friend asked me if she could wear tan shoes with white. I said yes you can. when you wear something a bit darker somewhere it makes everything else look more polished and bright. Don't over do it with like white accessories, never wear all white and then black shoes. I like to wear a white shirt with tan seersucker shorts or solid white shorts with brown shoes or sandals. You just look brighter with something dark to play off of it. So yes it is okay to wear white with tan shoes. Besides I'm not a huge fan of white shoes. They get dirty And stay dirty; I don't like dirty shoes.


 These are examples of the direction of color that I would take.  The shorts can go with something a little darker but if you wear a white shirt I do not suggest wearing black shoes. You will look ridiculous; for the sandals a creamy color goes well with the white and it's not to off white that it would look bad. If you have read any of my previous post you would know my obsession with leather sandals and these are a perfect choice!

Les Hommes.

Roberto Cavalli

-Austin.

Summer necessities

1. I am obsessed with gladiator sandals; these are great! You can get these at Aldo (my favorite shoe store.) Very soft and light weight. I don't normally like shoes without a heel backing but these are great without it! Perfect for the beach or the pool. Or do like I do and wear them in places you shouldn't and enjoy all the funny looks people give you!





2. Bumble and Bumble has the most amazing hair products! I love to use their grooming cream with surf spray! It makes your hair look really good without a lot of time or effort! I hear people gloat about how expensive the products they use are. My hair looks better than theirs and all I spent was 30 dollars!

3. This surf spray by Bumble and Bumble is the only type of spray I have ever put in my hair. It works so great with the grooming cream. It gives it that relaxed just back from the beach look and feel. It's especially great for women with long blonde hair. In my opinion blonde hair is the only color that looks good with nothing done to it.







4. I don't really see a point in wearing sunglasses unless you are at the beach or in the desert. I was shopping in Neiman Marcus yesterday and came across these glasses by Carrera! I tried on a few different pairs and feel in love with these. I didn't buy them because I couldn't decide between red or black! I think they are great! Even though I'm probably going to end up buying them in both colors! That's what is great about fashion you can have whatever you want in any color you want!







5. I enjoy cloth belts during the summer because they aren't as stiff and hot as a leather belt; they come in any color and design you can think of! This Paul Smith belt is especially great because it has a little leather and it's stripped! I love strips; Paul Smiths brand color!






-Austin