Clothed with Grace: maxi

Monday, November 11, 2013

Chelsea and Ginny Take On: Thanksgiving

Since Thanksgiving is almost here, Chelsea and I decided to take it on. You know what that means? No, I'm not talking about Black Friday shopping, though that is fun. I'm talking about Thanksgiving Dinner and the need for comfy clothes. Enter my maxi dress, it feels like pajamas, but looks like actual clothes. Nice! I decided to try it as a skirt and love the result.It was pretty easy to throw a fitted tee over my dress, then I added a denim jacket and fun infinity scarf. I'm now official convinced that maxi skirts aren't only for warm weather, and I'm now on the hunt for one like this. To me, this will be the perfect Thanksgiving look, with plenty of room for turkey and all the other goodness my mom, sister, and husband will bring to the table....I don't so much cook....

Denim Jacket: The Limited (like a decade ago) almost exact

Shirt: NY and Co. $3 (thrifted) similar

Dress: Loft $30 love this option!

Scarf $1 (Dollar Tree, yep.) similar

Bracelets: Moxie , Renegade Stella and Dot

Boots: Wanted $29 (via eBay) similar / same in black

Chelsea has made an amazing Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie for the occasion, make sure to stop by Whatcha Makin' Now to get the details. You better believe I'm requesting she make it again when Thanksgiving gets here!

Linking up with:

What I Wore Wednesday

Get Your Pretty On

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

What Shopping Has Taught Me: Size Doesn't Matter, fit does.

I thought it would be fun to do a little mini-series this week about tips I've learned shopping. Today's tip is size doesn't matter, fit does. What you are looking at today my first maxi dress. That's right, folk, my first one. I don't know if it's the fact that I'm short or what, but I think I've always had in my head that I just won't find one that is the right length. Also, I am way to clumsy to hold a dress all day that is too long when I walk. I actually tried this dress on this summer at Loft in a medium and hated it, it was too big, too long, and it just looked awful. Do you think it occurred to me to try another size? Nope, I just thought it was me. About a week later one of my most stylish friends was sporting this dress at a BBQ and she look amazing. Sigh.

Anyway, I was in Loft recently and this dress was now on sale, I decided to try a small on and what do you know? Perfection. Perfect length, fit, etc. Now I also want this one and this skirt too. So cute. Moral of the story, try two sizes before deciding the item is a yes or no. I tend to do that with tops, but now I'm realizing I need do do that with everything. My tip is to hold the top, dress, or pants up in the size you think will fit. If it looks fuller, try a smaller size too. If it looks narrow, try a size up too. Everything is cut differently and stores vary in size. Although I have a lot of size small tops from Loft, if I tried a small at Old Navy, it would probably be way to small. No one sees the size but you, what others do see is the way your clothing fits, and that's definitely what counts.