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First signs of spring fashion
Tuesday, April 08, 2014
To me one of the first signs of spring fashion is that floral prints are on everything in the stores. As soon as the new spring collections hit the floors we are taken over with floral prints. That is not a bad thing to me as I am one of those people that loves floral prints and I do celebrate them as soon as the weather warms up. Here where I live in Winnipeg the season of winter is a lot longer then in most places so I have to be patient and wait to wear all of my spring clothing, I must say the waiting is hard! As you can see in my photos there is still some snow lingering around but within the week it should all be gone. Being that there is still a little snow on the ground wearing full out flower print is a little weird so I must start off slow and wear it in little doses. My jacket is the perfect floral print piece to wear to begin this spring season with as the floral print is more subtle with just smaller floral patches. I am so looking forward to wearing more floral prints as the weather continues to warm up!
What print are you looking forward to wearing?
Jacket - BCBG Max Azria
Dress - Banana Republic
Belt - BCBG Max Azria
Clutch bag - Mary Frances (Force of Nature)
Hat - Parkhurst @ Winners
Earrings - Winners
Flower hair clip - Ardene
Sunglasses - Icing
Necklaces - Forever 21
Leather gloves - Touchpoint @ Winners
Floral crystal bracelet - BCBG Max Azria
Studded leather bracelet - Winners
Tights - Jessica @ Sears
Shoes - John Fluevog (Miracle Medugorje)
Wooly Spats
Monday, March 31, 2014
Wearing unique and fun footwear is something that I can't get enough of and I love finding something that I have never seen before. I guess this blog post is kind of like a second part to a blog I posted earlier this month about the special moccasins I had specially made for me by Julie Pedersen. When I visited her to pick out the design and colors for my moccasins I noticed that she made spats too. Spats are awesome as they are just like decorations for your feet. They zip on and off so easily and you can wear them over any pair of shoes of boots that you already own. I had to have a pair made for me as they make such a fun addition to any outfit. I started out by wearing all burgundy and then added the yellow spats over my shoes and they truly put a smile on my face. I accented them by adding a few more pieces of yellow and the whole outfit popped!
Do you have something that you put on and it makes your whole outfit pop? I would love to hear about it!
Spats - Julie Pedersen
Jacket - Danier Leather
Dress - Banana Republic
Belt - Forever 21
Scarf - Winners
Hat - Bianca Nygard
Earrings - dconstruct
Gloves - Vintage @ The Ruby Slipper Vintage Shoppe
Hat ring - Icing
Quartz ring - Winners
Watch - Isaac Mizrahi @ The Shopping Channel
Clutch - Danier leather
Tights - Pretty Polly @ Winners
Shoes - John Fluevog - Mini Dollface
The winner of my Vedette Shapewear Giveaway this month was: Nadene M, Congratulations!
Polka Dots and Plaid
Friday, March 21, 2014
I know a lot of people know the expression "How times flies" and as I get older the more I think that expression is true. This will be my final post of my 12 Month of Vedette Shapewear challenge and I can't believe it has already been 12 months! For my last post I had to chose a piece of shapewear to style as part of my outfit and I really wanted it to be a fabulous piece to end on. Vedette just recently added some shaping swimwear to their line and I just had to have one for myself. As of right now there are 4 different styles to choose from. The one I chose was the Bettie (click here to see the Bettie). It is the cutest pin-up vintage style swimsuit in a polka dot print. As you can see it is still quite cold here so I wasn't going to wear this swimsuit as a swimsuit so instead I styled it as a top with my outfit. It honestly feels just like wearing a pretty bodysuit and no one would ever know it was swimwear except yourself which makes it a very versatile piece. As this piece is made in a white with black polka dot pattern it can go with pretty much any color but I wanted to do something more fun than just adding a plain color. I think by adding a plaid patterned coat and patterned tights that it made a nice unexpected mix with the polka dot pattern. The Bettie swimsuit slims my waist and hips making me feel completely comfortable and not self-conscious which is good for when I actually wear it as a swimsuit. I can't wait for summer so I can wear this beauty on the beach! If you interested in the other swimwear pieces (click here) to see them.
If you would like to win a piece of Vedette Shapewear for yourself check out my last blog click here for all the details on how to enter! Contest closes March 26, 2014!
Shaping Swimsuit (bodysuit) - Bettie @ Vedette Shapewear
Coat - Michael Kors @ Winners
Gloves - Danier Leather
Skirt - BCBG Max Azria
Belt - BCBG Max Azria
Hat - Giovannio New York @ Danier Leather
Sunglasses - Juicy Couture
Handbag - Kate Spade New York
Necklace & Earrings - Heide Haus @ The Shopping Channel
White cuff - Swarovski
Red bracelet - Expression @ The Bay
Ring - Icing
Tights - Pierre Mantoux @ Winners
Shoes - John Fluevog - Lily Darling
Call Me - Vedette Giveaway
Friday, March 14, 2014
So it is finally here, my final month of my 12 Months of Vedette Shapewear Challenge. I can't believe it has been that long already as I have really enjoyed styling all of these fabulous pieces of shapewear into my outfits. As with every month I have to choose 2 pieces of shapewear and style 1 as an outwear piece with my outfit and 1 as an innerwear piece to wear under my clothing. So in choosing 2 pieces of shapewear this month I first chose the Dana (see the Dana here) to wear as my innerwear piece. The Dana is a high waisted shaper that comes in 3 different leg lengths. I chose the one with the shortest leg length as I wanted something to wear under shorter skirts. The Dana was the perfect choice to wear under my little feather skirt. This skirt has absolutely no stretch to it and I felt the shaper was the perfect way to fit beautifully into it. The Dana smoothed me out in the waist and hips and I love that it has the shorter leg length as not to peak out from under the bottom of my skirt.
I am very excited that the weather has decided to warm up a bit here (not much but enough to give me a little hope for warmer weather) and I can just feel spring will be upon us soon. The weather even warmed up enough for me to not wear a winter jacket to take these pictures. Yay!
So would you like to win a piece of Vedette Shapewear for yourself?
The really great news of my 12 Months of Vedette Challenge is I will be having 1 giveaway each month for one of my lucky followers to win a surprise piece of Vedette Shapewear of their own!
The Giveaway is International!
MAKE SURE TO LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO BE ENTERED INTO THE GIVEAWAY AS WELL AS FOLLOWING THESE STEPS (if you have already followed all the steps before just let me know)
Here are the steps to be entered!
1. Like Vedette on Facebook - Vedette Shapewear Facebook
2. Follow Vedette on Twitter - Vedette Shapewear Twitter
3. Follow me on Bloglovin - Winnipegstyle on Bloglovin
4. Like me on Facebook - Winnipegstyle on Facebook
Once you have done these 4 things let me know in the comments and you will be entered to receive 1 surprise piece of Vedette Shapewear in your size! Make sure to let me know you want to be entered into the Vedette Giveaway!
Contest closes March 26 , 2014 and I be emailing the winner shortly afterward so they can tell me their measurements and shipping details!!
Jacket - BCBG Max Azria
Blouse - RW & Co.
Feather Skirt - BCBG Max Azria
Telephone Clutch - Mary Frances
Hat - Icing
Sunglasses - Ardene
Earrings - dconstruct
Gloves - Danier Leather
Ring - Icing
Cuff bracelet - Swarovski
Watch - BCBG Max Azria
Pearl Bracelet - Lia Sophia
Tight - Pretty Polly
Shoes - Chie Mihara
Mukluks
Thursday, March 06, 2014
Since winter seems to last forever around here a cute pair of warm winter boots is a must have for me. I know most people think winter boots are just to keep their feet warm so they don't care what they look like. Well why not have boots that are warm and gorgeous all at the same time! While looking for a pair of boots that spoke to me and my fun style I came across Julie Pedersen and her beautiful boots which to my surprise are made in my own city of Winnipeg! Her boot designs are so specials and I just had to meet her and have her design me a pair of her Mukluks or as she calls them Muckies. I knew I wanted them to be a fun color and hot pink was what I decided on. Julie helped me work out the rest of the details and they came out even more gorgeous then I imagined them to be. She makes all her boots by hand so they are all one of a kind and beautiful works of art! Please check out her site and see for yourself at Julie Pedersen, I know you will want a pair! I have been wearing my boots with everything when I go outside, who knew hot pink would go with so much!
How are you keeping warm this winter?
Feather jacket - BCBG Max Azria
Blouse - Forever 21
Skirt - Banana Republic
Belt - BCBG Max Azria
Handbag - Bodhi - Safety Pin clutch
Gloves - Banana Republic
Bangle - Jessica @ Sears
Watch - BCBG Max Azria
Hat - Ebay
Sunglasses - Ardene
Tights - Forever 21
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