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Leather Leggings

November 19, 2016

Happy Saturday Everyone! Now, when you have worn those black pair of jeans for the 50th time this season you ask yourself “is there another option tonight other than wearing another pair of black jeans?” The answer is: yes, there is! A lot of designers over the past few years have started to make leather pants or faux leather pants for those of us that don’t want to spend an arm and a leg on them. The pair that I am wearing is from Paige denim and the front of the leggings are leather and the back are a stretchy thick legging material. For me every time I think of full leather pants I think of that episode of Friends where Ross decides to purchase a pair and then can’t get them back on during his date with a girl. That is literally my worst nightmare, but these have the best of both worlds. They have the comfort of a legging but then they have the edgy look of leather on top of it. These are a few years old, but there are other designers that have made similar pairs recently. If you are interested in getting a pair of leather leggings here are my suggestions. If you don’t want it to look like leggings, opt for a pair that at the waist they have belt loops to make it look like they are leather pants. Second, if you are going for a faux pair try them on in store or just find them in the store even if you know your size. Some faux leather leggings are great price wise and may look great pictured online from the different online retailers, however, when you get them in the store or in the mail if you are ordering online they don’t have the same shine to them as you thought. I personally bought a pair from Amazon recently and when I got them in the mail they looked almost identical to the shiny pair of leggings that I purchased in the past from American Apparel, but the pair from American Apparel were double the price! Thankfully the pair I purchased was returnable, but I have had so many friends that purchased pairs from the fast fashion website like Gilt and Ruelala and they were not returnable so now they are sadly stuck with them. Remember also, if it is a legging it will be more comfortable to wear in general because leather pants don’t have much give in them so if they are tight on you now then they will continue to be tight on you forever. Check out these retailers for some of their selection of leather leggings.

Dark Denim- Frame

November 5, 2016

Happy Saturday! These past few months I have had to get all new jeans because of me working out a lot more, but it hasn’t been that easy finding the perfect pair of dark denim. For months I searched and I couldn’t find a pair that i was absolutely in love with. There is always an issue with the pairs that I was finding. When it came to fit it was difficult because I am still working out a lot so I wanted a pair that wouldn’t be too big in the next coming months. Then there was the problem with the color. It was either so dark that it almost looked like black, too dark that it almost didn’t look like jeans or it was lighter in certain parts so it didn’t really look like dark denim. I found a few pairs that were almost leggings, but for winter in New York that was not going to work. Finally I found them! These pair of Frame Denim Le High Skinny jeans in a dark denim wash are unbelievable. They are are a great wash of dark denim, but like any dark denim be careful the first few times you wear it. They tend to bleed off onto your clothes without you even noticing it. I have washed these jeans now only once, but when I washed them I made sure that they were washed alone. The worst mistake for washing brand new jeans is to wash them with other clothes and to also put them automatically into the dryer.I would not do that if you don’t want them to shrink. If you do get any of the dye from your new dark denim on any of your clothes I have learned to soak them in a bowl of cold water with salt for an hour then switch out the water and do it all over again until the dye has mostly come out. Make sure that you wring out your item of clothing after each time you change the water. If you want to see some other great denim from Frame check out their website here and see all of their amazing styles. Frame Denim

Saturday Night Vibes – Wallet On A Chain Purse

October 8, 2016

It’s Saturday night and you are about to go out with all of your friends and for us girls there is always the dilemma of what purse are you going to wear with your outfit. The reason why this is such a dilemma, at least for me, is because I don’t want to be carrying around a huge bag the entire night, but I also want to make sure that I have all of the necessities that I need for my night. Enter: the wallet on the chain purse. This bag is honestly the most amazing purse that I have ever purchased. It has closure that can only be opened when you press on the two silver buttons so you know it secured. I love the details on this bag and the pop of color of orange to offset the traditional Louis Vuitton pattern. When you open the bag, the purse part has slots for all of your credit cards and a pouch in the back for all your cash. It also has a zipper pouch in the front which I normally put my keys in so they don’t fly out when I open my bag. On top of that, it isn’t too long on me when I wear it just as a shoulder bag and not necessarily as a cross body bag. That is always my problem with being short; if I don’t wear bags like this cross body they will lay almost next to my knees, but not this one. When purchasing a wallet on a chain purse my biggest suggestion it to make sure that the bag is able to close fully. I have had too many friends who have gone out and they think that their wallet on the chain bags are closed and nothing is falling out to them coming home and noticing that either their phone is gone or someone stole it from their purse when they weren’t noticing. As my mom always says keep your whits about you and have fun, but also make sure that all of your things are secure.