la france

jeans | top | necklace | shoes

So on June 21st through July 31, I'll be studying abroad in Lyon, France, and I am beyond excited! I've been studying the language for six years and am majoring in it and know this trip will help my skills immensely.

However, as it is France, I will need to be clothed in incredibly chic outfits, and as it is school, I will need to be comfortable. Here is the beginning of my brainstorm for comfortable, chic outfits.

je le veux

I'm about to turn to prostitution to purchase these gorgeous black boots, which cost $179. Even the money I got from selling back my text books won't cover half of them (the fact that my school extorts money through books is another bag of issues). The fact that these shoes actually come in my size make me even more thrilled. Options:

1) find a sugar daddy
2) become a prostitute
3) beg and plead mommy
4) wait till I find a job, which will not be till the fall and by that time they'll be sold out of size 12s
5) cry myself to sleep every night


And in conclusion, may I just say that I don't require such expensive footwear... but stores that sell less expensive footwear believe women's feet stop growing at size 10. And while I have found a few gems at Payless and Torrid, which carry size 12, they're not the chicest of footwear retailers. Especially payless.

je les ai achetés

I bought the gray version of this long, comfortable tank from Wet Seal, because it immediately reminded me of the easy, relaxed style of Alexander Wang, and as I mentioned before, I've been searching for a great tank top. These aren't racer back like I've been seeking, but they're still super soft, LONG (for 6'2'' people like me), 100% cotton (not the nasty stereotypical polyester blends of low end stores like Wet Seal), and $7.50 each. I'm obsessed with this great find. See the rest of the colors here.

m'inspirent

Here are some really adorable outfits I from net-a-porter bade with some basic items. I find these all to be quite inspiring and feel like looking at them would help me if I didn't know what to wear one day.

Left to right, top to bottom:
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 8 / 9

je les ai achetés

While continuing the trend of retail therapy with one of my roommates, I purchased this lovely yellow dress from Forever 21. I don't have that many clothing items that I can wear on the weekends, and this dress is just perfect for summer nights in the heat. I'm going to wear it with my brown gladiators and bronze charm necklace.

And while I hardly ever find anything worthwhile in the baby prostitute apparel retailer Wet Seal, I really loved this simple black top:


It surprisingly fits be very well and it's so simple I can add all sorts of accessories to it. I wore it to a party last weekend with skinny jeans and red ballet flats.

vingt et un

As much as I'd like to upgrade my shopping style to items that don't say "50% cotton, 50% rayon" on the tag, sometimes I just have to go into those cheapy trendy places like Forever 21, Wet Seal, and Charlotte Russe. Of course Forever 21 is my fave, so here are three looks from their site that are standing out to me and giving me that shopping itch.

taylor momsen

I wish I was half as stylish as Taylor Momsen when I was her age (15!). I'm finding her edgy look to be quite inspiring, and only wish I had a leather jacket that hot. First image from INF, the rest from Just Jared.