Flare Jeans are back just in time for Fall

Flare Jeans are making a come back just in time for fall...

For years now skinny jeans have been the hottest denim trend.  Recently the boyfriend cut jeans have really gotten popular, but for may years it has been all about skinny jeans.  High waist, mid waist, low cut, super skinny, cropped or distressed, skinny jeans have been all the rage in denim.  At first I was not a fan of the skinny jeans, I always loved a good pair of boot cut jeans but once I found my first pair of good fitting skinny jeans I was in love.  They were perfect to wear with taller boots, no more having to battle to tuck in that extra denim.  They looked great with sandals, flip flops or heels, basically any and all shoes were fab with these jeans.

Photo from SilverJeans.com

I personally have always had a love for vintage fashion.  I love the mid length full skirts of the 50's, prairie skirts of the 60's and of course bell bottoms from the 70's.  Basically every decade before the 80's had some major fashion staples that I love.  I was dreading when I started to see the 80's making a come back but I did enjoy some of the brighter colors, not so much neon but the brighter corals, yellows and greens were fun.  I am really excited to see flare cut jeans coming back.  They are a close resemblance to the bell bottoms just not as dramatic.  I love flare cut jeans with a basic tee or button down solid tee, leaving it tucked in slightly in the front or on one side.  Mid and High waisted flares look rocker chic with cropped graphic tees and tanks.  Wedges, boots and heels are great with the flare leg jeans, the more height the better with the jeans.

 I went ahead and put together a quick outfit idea on Polyvore playing around.  I went with a basic white tee shirt, Silver Jeans Suki Mid Flare jeans, a plaid blanket scarf and some ankle boots.  I added a tan hat, layered necklaces, matching belt and lots of arm candy.  Below are some links to some of the items from Polyvore, as well as some of my bargain finds and favorites.  I will be adding some more photos of styles I like with the flare cut jeans in weeks to come along with my own styled outfit choices using the Silver Suki Flare jeans.  I love to add a fitted blazer over a tee shirt for a more professional look, and of course a kimono or crochet trimmed long vest for a boho chic look.  The styling options are endless, and I am happy to see so many new denim trends for fall.

 My previous post I shared the moto jeans that I love with some tall riding or cowboy style boots, graphic tee or band tee and leather jackets for that rocker, biker look.  Can't wait to start getting some of my new items I ordered for my closet, looking forward to playing around and styling some cute stuff to share with everyone.  Enjoy this post and would love to hear what you think of flare jeans making a come back for fall.  I started seeing them back around spring but then summer was here and everyone was in shorts or capris, but now I am seeing flares everywhere.  I personally think it is refreshing to see the change, I love skinny jeans but I am ready for a new look and vibe with denim.  I am always game for distressed jeans, the more distressed the better and I feel the same way about vintage looks.

Find this look for less below...



Silver Jeans Company Suki Mid Flare

   Suki Flare Silver Jeans $84

Ankle Boots $25.19 eBay




Plaid Blanket Scarf Wrap Shawl $6.99




Maurices.com

Lacey Ryan Layered Horn Necklace $29


Maurices.com

Lacey Ryan Destiny Bracelet set Maurice's $29.00



Forever 21 Tan Fedora $22.90



The H&M white tee is a great priced find from the photo above and details are below. I wanted to give a few options for less for my bargain shoppers who love to save.  I personally like to save on the tee, scarf, and all the accessories so I can splurge on a great, high quality pair of jeans.  Silver Jeans are my all time favorite brand, I have pairs that I have owned for over a decade and still look like new.  Not only do they last forever but the fit is always amazing.  Check out @SilverJeansCo on Instagram and visit their website for many styles at Silver Jeans Co.

Polyvore Outfit details from above...

Casual Flare Jeans Outfit idea by cr8tivemamarazzi featuring an opi nail lacquer

Plaid blanket scarf
$39 - etsy.com

H M jersey t shirt
$12 - hm.com

Maurices flared jeans
maurices.com

Tory Burch chelsea boots
toryburch.com

Lacey Ryan bracelet bangle
ahalife.com

Lacey Ryan brass jewelry
singer22.com

Missguided tan belt
missguidedus.com

ROIAL Cuban Fedora Tan
karmaloop.com

Essie opi nail lacquer
beauty.com

Happy shopping and styling, XOXO

Tex-Mex, Cold Beer & Live Music...

TEX-MEX COLD BEER & LIVE MUSIC...

Flannel, Tee, Jeans & Boots

Who doesn't love a weekend music festival or concert. I know I love all types of live music, mix in some Tex-Mex, cold beer and on a Saturday a little college football, that is a perfect day for me. This weekend had a little country concert festival with some amazing chili and food trucks with so many choices of food. Dressing for this event was a breeze with my awesome graphic tee by A Rosy Outlook. One of my favorite Etsy shop finds and loving their sister store Boho Circus. Did a recent blog feature on these two stores last month. These family owned gems have some of the coolest graphic tees from bohemian, gypsy style to Texas themed apparel. They also sell home decor, goods and accessories. 

   

My favorite part of fall fashion is layering and boots.  I love to layer pieces and accessories, then who doesn't love the chance to break out their boots.  Where I live it is usually in the 90's year round but we do get the occasional temperature drop and as soon as we do I break out the layers, scarves and boots.

   

I picked up this flannel at Target the other day.  It is made by Merona and has a checkered almost buffalo plaid print on the inside and when you fold over the sleeves.  Link to purchase is below.

  

Shopping:

My jeans are from American Eagle, I got them at their outlet store a while back and they are from their blue label line.  I know they are skinny jeans and found a pair similar.

AESkinnyJeans $49.95

The boots were from Target last year, I got them on clearance at the end of the season for $12-15.  You can find similar pairs at Target this year.

My flannel is from Target by Merona.

PlaidFavoriteShirtMerona $22.99

My tee shirt is by A Rosy Outlook.  You can get it in a tee or tank.

TexMexColdBeerLiveMusicUnisexTee $24.95

Photo from Arosyoutlook.com

TexMexColdBeerLiveMusicTank $28.00

Here's to music festival and carnival season approaching.  Enjoying live music, cold beers, football and some good ole Tex-Mex.  Have a fabulous week everyone.  

    

Rocker Chic and Boho Chic Affordable Fall Outfit Trends

Fall Boho Chic Trend

 I am always on Pinterest looking for outfit ideas and inspiration, I will find a few outfit ideas I love and then I try to find similar items to style the same look for less. I have a couple I am working on and excited to have found many pieces that are similar to the photo. Can't wait to share with my fellow bargain shoppers and bohemian style lovers.  I always like to add my own twist and style to these outfits, whether with a different style top, shoes or accessories.  We all have our own individual style and it is always fun to rock your own style with some of the newest trends.  

      

Pinterest photo of the outfit I love, I adore this look for fall using a slip style dress with lace or crochet accents, paired with oversized sweaters or flannels, tall socks and boots.  Then add lots of funky, cool boho chic accessories and you have a killer gypsy inspired look for fall or winter.  

First up the dress under the sweater, this was an easy find. She is wearing the Free People voile lace trapeze dress.  Below is a link to this dress, it is available in many colors and the options are really endless.  If you look on the Free People website they have a section where they show you outfit ideas using this cute dress.  I am so excited to receive mine now that I have seen so many ways to wear it.  I love that it can be worn basically every season.  In the spring and summer as a dress of course, then in the fall with leggings, tall socks, and boots.  Winter layered with sweaters, flannels and accessorized with chunky scarves.  I really am happy I found these and for an amazing price (below).

FreePeopleVoileWhiteLaceTrapezeDress $88

 Of course being the bargain shopper that I am I had to find less expensive alternatives, I have seen many cami style slip dresses, or dress extenders that are popular online right now for wearing under tunics and sweaters.  Most have a lace or crochet bottom, but I wanted that same look and feel.  After some searching,  I came across the above dress. They come in many colors.  Be sure to check the size chart and measure, Asian sizes can tend to run small.  This one, if measurements are on point, which I hope they are because usually when ordering from China or overseas I go with a XL, only a few times the item arrived huge usually they run really small.  I went with their size chart after measuring myself and ordered a large.  It should fit loose and have plenty of room.  Either way usually these international eBay sellers are really good about sending you out a replacement free of charge, usually just charging the postage. I ordered a white and mocha.

VoileWhiteLaceTrapezeDress Ebay $8.99

My dress came here is a photo of how it looks, just like the original style. My only advice always when ordering from China or Korea order a size or two larger, especially this dress you want it over sized to wear under sweaters. I went with a large and XL the XL is perfect for wearing with sweaters the Large is shorter and needs leggings or shorts under it. My Free People $20 crochet back sweater comes this week but found this cream and beige sweater at Walmart for under $10 in photos. They have lots of colors. Went with a XL to wear off the shoulder and tie side for similar look to above style. 

How did I do for styling the look for less? Let me know what you think. I know a lot of people have this same look pinned on their Pinterest page and loved it, I got the dress for $8.99 and the sweater for under $10. Still have another color similar dress with lace bottom featured below on it's way and the same Free People crochet back sweater but in blue, gray and white tones for another styled look. Can't wait for them to arrive to share. 

The above link is for the seller I purchased mine from, but if you search lace trapeze dress many sellers and options will pop up.  I am sure if you look on Amazon also you can find many sellers also.  I didn't have time to check Amazon only eBay.

The oversized sweater is also from Free People it is out of stock but can be found below for comparison

FreePeopleLaceBackOversizedPullover $69.95

Still working on options for the sweater, found a few sellers on eBay selling same sweater pre worn for anywhere from $30-50 auction bid prices, but not in the cream only in a Blush pink color.  Hoping I will have some more options later today. Going to look for some other sites and brands that may have something that looks similar to the Free People sweater.  You can basically use any oversized sweater, and I think a thinner material would work nicely.  Excited I found a lace back cream/beige top in a small, but oversized and runs large so was reassured it will fit me no problem with plenty of room for the look I want.  It was up for buy it now at $26 or make an offer, I figured why not and offered the seller $20 since the sale was about to end with no buyers excited my offer was approved.  I wanted this sweater for several ideas to style it with but love that I have the items I really was drawn to on Pinterest now to put together a great fall look.  I have boots and sock already, along with lots of great boho chic and chunky fun jewelry to really dress up my look.  

Love these socks and actually own them from last fall, they are the Fiddler socks by Free People.

FreePeopleFiddlerRuffleSocks $9.95

Sadly these are no longer in stock so had to search some again.

Found one pair of Charcoal but a little over priced. Must be since they are sold out.

FreePeopleFiddlerCharcoal $28

I came across these peach socks on eBay

PeachRuffleTopBootSocks $19.99

Then of course a large variety of tall cute lace trim and some with a fold over ruffle look, in many colors.  Don't want to bore you with the details so be sure to search eBay for Ruffle detailed tall boot socks, or over the knee ruffle top socks…

Have to get my girls going for some things we have planned but will be back later to finish up this post and add more finds for recreating this look.  Remember you should always add your own touches, that why I like that usually the items aren't available I like to pick out my own pieces to make the look mine.

Starting with the slip dress underneath.  Found a few styles that were similar but really like the below style and may even like it in black with a gray sweater, socks and black boots.




AdjustableDrawstringLaceTrimDress $6.58

Available in white and black.  Not exact but pretty close for a similar look.  Its always best to put your own twist on the outfit and that is what makes styling and fashion so fun, is seeing a style you love then making your own look with pieces you own or similar pieces that you love.  Always make sure to be you and make your own statement.





FreePeopleGraySweater eBay Auction

Right now you can get it for $10.50 but will most likely go up,  It is a size XS but you have so many options on ebay and I am sure Amazon probably has some, as well as other fashion sites.  Doesn't have to be Free People, try Forever 21 and H&M they have some amazing oversized trendy sweaters for amazing prices.






LaceUpOverTheKneeBoots $53.99





More outfit and accessory details coming, working on finding more boots, socks, awesome bohemian jewelry pieces, and other options for these looks for less.

Fall Rocker Chic Trend





CultofIndividualityMotoSkinnyJeans $168




Current/ElliotMotoSkinnyAnkleJeans$268 on sale $79


Next up love these Moto skinny jeans for fall.  I have seen some really cute outfit ideas and was on the hunt for some affordable pairs.  
 I found several on eBay that I love, so went ahead and ordered a pair to see if I like the fit before I commit to ordering multiple colors.  I can't wait to style these with boots, sweaters, trapeze style tops, and long sleeve tees. 







BlackMotoSkinnyJeans $34.99



 



LightAcidWashMotoSkinnyJeans $29.99








StripedHankerchiefHemTop $22.98


I will be adding more styles of moto jeans, styles of tops, accessories and links of course to where you can find everything.  Make sure to check back later today or Monday for more outfit ideas, inspiration and links.  Thank you for passing by...

Xoxo ✌️❤️

Just a quick side note, I am in no way trying to sell anything, I am only adding links to the pieces I like to make it easier for readers to find the items and order if they want to. I use to always have links on most of my posts but since I had to use my cell phone to post for a while since my laptop was broken I could not add links and had to hand type web addresses. I had a lot of readers ask me to bring back the links so I have. Then a comment about the ads was made, the ads were always on the site just when I was using the mobile only app the desktop ones were disabled. Just recently they started using mobile ads also. I have removed the amount of ads and only have two areas for the ad campaign through google. I enjoy having the ads to shops and sites for readers, I try to make sure they use ads for places I shop and wear clothes from. Again the changes to my blog are small and I have not changed at all. I still dress the same and enjoy sharing my love for decor, fashion and bargain shopping. Hope everyone enjoys it and if anything please feel free to comment or message me. Ty so much to everyone for your continual support, means so much to me ✌️❤️ or message me. Ty so much to everyone for your continual support, means so much to me 

What I wore update for last week

Week of #ootd posts

Below are my weekly roundup of ootd posts from Instagram. I still need to link my Instagram account to my blog but working on finishing the editing of old posts to fix typos and adding links I haven't had a chance. For now here is lasts weeks fashion posts. Some I shared on some other posts this week so I will do my best to leave those out. Hope you enjoy. Happy weekend. Xoxo 

Sunday funday is always my favorite day of the week next to Friday. I love weekends but who doesn't lol. Shorts are from Target and tee was from Bealls Florida. 

On the top I am wearing a BBF, Save the sharks tank. 

Hella Good tank by Pam & Gela paired with Target gray and white marbled joggers. Got this tank off eBay for $20 was excited to add it to my collection of graphic tees and tanks, along with my Pam & Gela top collection. Love their designs. 

Had Dr. Appointments so always like to be comfy. Decided to wear a cotton gray maxi skirt from Marshall's, with a basic black tank and a striped grey and black tank over it. Horn necklace is by Lacey Ryan and you can find it at Maurices.com. Bracelets are silver bangle Alex and Ani charm bracelets. 

My arm candy that day, Alex and Ani. Also have on one of my PuraVida bracelets, you can use my promo code MelissaSep10 for 25% off your order. 

A night out in this sexy little fringe maxi I got on eBay for under $15. Paired it with Turkish bohemian inspired pieces I also got off eBay, the necklace was under $10. 

My bracelet is from Forever 21 and the hand bracelet is by Lacey Ryan.  The feather ring on my middle finger was a hand made artisan bracelet from Rockville in Jacksonville back in April and pointer finger ring is from Bohemian Vibe Boutique. 

My Free Spirit tank is by Bohocircus, paired with a floral kimono vest with fringe from Target, JCrew boyfriend jeans, Bohemian Vibe Boutique ring and fringe tote, and Adam Rabbit raw citrine necklace. 

Comfy clothes for relaxing on a raining day. Distressed boyfriend jeans by JCrew and Hollister boyfriend cardigan. Been on doctors orders to take it easy so comfort has been my main fashion focus. 

Striped vneck tee from Kohls, paired with a long black ecote skirt from Urban Outfitters, my necklace is a Indian made piece from Cherokee, NC.

Be Local tee from a shop on eBay, have to get the name off my Instagram, saw this on my feed and had to have it because I love cattle skulls. Paired it with an army green military jacket that has a removable fur collar which I don't have on here too hot in Florida. Jacket is from American Eagle many years ago. 

Aztec print dress from Kohls paired with a knit cream long vest from Maurices. Paired with Adam rabbit citrine necklace and leather cuff from Disney. 

Bohemian definition tank top by Boho Circus. Lace kimono from Pacsun and my skirt that I have had on major repeat from Forever 21. The belt is a beaded piece with a wood clasp, sent to me by one of my readers.  The necklaces are a feather gold charm necklace which was part of a set from Forever 21 and then you have the longer necklace from Buckle.  It is a long double chain with a crescent moon, then a circle with a silver stone, arrowhead and two quartz style crystals that dangle. My leather cuff is a personalized cuff with my kid's names, is a souvenior from Disney. 

The Easy Rider raglan by Spell Byron was just the right tee for a rainy dreary day on bed rest. Paired with their jogger style pants, I was super comfortable and warm. This tee is so soft and light weight, I love these types of tees. Who doesn't love a soft tee shirt? 

Last up my post from today, to get me in the fall and Halloween decorating spirit. Wearing a cream plain basic tank and Buckle brand distressed boyfriend shorts with this gorgeous coral and orange ombré, ecote poncho from Urban Outfitters. Accesorized it with some Lacey Ryan beaded bracelets and my leather cuff from Disney, then layered up some of my favorite necklaces, including a babe charm, (my hubby always calls me babe or wifey), my rhinestone feather pendant and a long raw citrine necklace made by Adam Rabbit Jewelry on Etsy. 

Hope you enjoyed my weekly ootd posts from my Instagram account and have a great weekend. XOXO ❤️✌️