Socks Galore!

So I'm over on Sock Dreams trying to find some lovely socks. I love pairing white socks with black flats. There's something really elegant about that. Annnnyway, more for my sanity than yours, I'm compiling a list of socks that I'm considering. As you may notice, I'm shying away from tights. Not because I don't like tights but because sometimes halfway through the day I feel like taking off my tights and stashing them away but I can't remove tights in public.

anklets


Betsy Peekabo Shorties($12) / Cotton Tabis ($7) / Crochet Anklets ($5)


Cotton Lace anklets ($10) / Slouch Lace Anklets ($10) / Fishnets with Lace ruffle($5)

fishnet


Industrial Net Stockings with Ruffle Top ($10) / Stay up Fishnet with Woven Satin ribbons ($9) / Lycra Thigh High ($18)

footies


Betsey's Ballerina Girl ($12)

knee highs


Diamond Jester Trouser socks ($8) / Florence Trouser Socks ($8) / Bones Tube Socks ($14)

loose socks


Super Ms ($12) / Pippy's Extra Long ($18) / Super Longs ($40)

over the knee


Harajuku Toeless OTK ($16) / Harajuku Lace Ribbon ($18)


O pastels ($6) / Long Cuffable ($12) / O Chevrons ($10)

Whoo. That was a doozy. So what do you think? Which are your favorites and which can you live without? This is a severely simplified list from what I had before but it needs to be simplified more and set into Spring and Fall categories. Hmm. I wonder if I could get some of my friends to make these. Hintyhint. Do I hear a birthday gift?

Also I just realized that I really love sky blue and lilac. The last three socks came in both colors so it was hard to choose! Oh and as for the $40 socks. No, I'd never spend that much on them but they're really nice to look at.

So please tell me what you think.

Bringing in Spring

I said in my last post about how I gave away a lot of my clothes so has to help out my wardrobe. To be honest, I really don't buy very much clothing. My mother definitely taught me quality over quantity and the little DIYer in me has a habit of wanting to make things that are costly but shouldn't be so.

At any rate, I'm in need of a spring jacket. I have a great purple coat but it'll be too warm to wear. It almost makes me sad cause I recently got it. It's so lovely! But I have to face facts. I need a new jacket. I might've said earlier about how I want a tuxedo jacket with sharp coattails like the below. But with shorter tails and long sleeves. I'm not sure if I can find one so I might have to make one.

So I've been crawling various sites trying to find a nice one and I saw a lot of really cute jackets and vests but my favorites would have to be the Nanette Lepore and Marc by Marc Jacobs jackets (respectively) that I've seen at Nordstrom.
I love yellow as an accent color. My favorite color is purple and luckily enough they go amazingly well together. I have to love the second vest too. I love the great big bow on it. I'd love to pair it with a simple white shirt and some shiny black jeans. And some impeccably girly jewellry. Girly with an edge.

Things I'm Loving

I was just looking around online and saw these two beauties. I wish the jacket were in a shiny black but I still love it. The ruffles!

Gryphon coat on Shopbop.

And in the vein of the long dresses, this lovely one at Neiman Marcus. I love the color and the little bow. I can just imagine the dress moving in the wind like the ripple of a wave. And a woman with a long billowing carf, jingling earrings and a fitted jacket. Oh love.

Elie Tahari