Throwback Thursday New Year's Eve Style

Dress: Vera Wang

Bracelet/Headband: Deepa Gurnani

Shoes: Saint Laurent

Bag: Zac Posen

Earrings: Vintage

Makeup: Elizabeth Jones

Photography: Franz Swantko

Hello!  How are you?  What did you do to celebrate New Year's Eve?  I usually enjoy events and then post them afterwards.  How about you? These photos are from New Year's Eve, so I thought I'd do a Throwback Thursday post to show you what I wore.  We were able to snap some photos a little before the celebrating began at our beautiful local Renaissance Hotel.  This was the night to wear sparkly attire, so I  pulled out this beautiful gold/ champagne sequin and black lace dress from Vera Wang that I purchased at Saks.  I was waiting for an event to wear this dress, and New Year's Eve was definitely it. It was raining a lot that day so my hair developed flyaways, but oh well...what can you do about the rain right?  

This bracelet I am wearing is from Deepa Gurnani, a brand I recently discovered and I have to tell you that I am in Love with their work.  This piece was originally a headband, but I thought it was so pretty and matched my dress perfectly, so I wrapped it around my wrist a couple of times and made it into a bracelet accessory.  

What do you think about wearing highly embellished headbands also as bracelets?

Car Washes and Lace

Crochet Lace Tunic: Alexis

Platforms: Gucci

Denim: Paige

Handbag: Thrifted

Sunglasses: Gucci

Tank: Old

Hair and Makeup: Nora

Photography: Franz Swantko

Hello!  How are you?  I am posting some old photos from summer.  I hope you don't mind. It's still super hot over here.  It's too warm to wear cozy wool sweaters and all that amazing velvet just yet.  However, I cant wait for the weather to change so I can put on my boots, leggings, and coats!  

Do you prefer summer or winter outfits?

It was so fun taking these photos at the car wash.  I had my eye on those bright blue walls for months!  When I spotted them, I knew I wanted to capture a bright summer outfit in front of this background.   To be quite  honest, my dirty Honda could use a car wash right now.  I've been so busy, that lately it has been growing fur on it haha:) 

You've probably noticed how tall these beautiful hibiscus red suede Gucci platforms are.  They are at least seven inches high, and are great for people who want to appear a wee bit taller.  Actually, they go great under bootcut or flare leg denim too.  This high-low ruffle lace tunic by Alexis was so interesting, I couldn't pass it up.  This crochet lace is so pretty and can easily go over a tank or a long sleeve shirt.  

Also, can you believe I found this awesome little red sequin bag at a thrift store?  If you look closely, some of the straps are broken, so I restyled it by tying the ends of the strings into knots so the beads wouldn't slide off.  Those beaded straps swing around like fringe, and I actually like the way it looks. 

What do you think?  Have you ever taken something that's broken and made it into something useful?  I'd love to hear about it in the comments below.