Pincurl Vintage

So I’ve been gone from the blogsphere for quite awhile. Not that I haven’t been reading blogs, but the amount of insanity my life has contained these last few months is incomprehenable. But now I’m back (I mean it this time XD)

So back to the invention that prompted me to blog: Afterparty shoes from Redfoot. I saw these on the Fashion Police Blog, and it was love at first sight.

They’re ballet flats that fold up to fit in your bag, so when the killer heels you were crazy to wear in the first place start taking their tole, you have a comfy pair of shoes to toss on. I gotta say, I would have sold my soul for these at the Washington DECA Confrence. (Which was amazing, but I’ll touch on it later. My big pet peeve came up at it, which justifies a rant). The pair shown are the Nicole style, but they have a handful of cute designs (even sandals for the summer) But anyways, if you want to order a pair (they’re a little expensive by my standards, but I’m an eternal thrifter), check them out at Love those Shoes.

Now onto my rant from the DECA fall leadership conference. First, I have to say, I had the time of my life. The energy was amazing. The thing that bugged me was the sheer number of girls wearing the faux two piece dress (high waisted pencil skirt with a blouse or button down underneath). The reason it bugged me? I have been doing this for a long time now- I just dont feel the need to sew my shirts to my skirt. It leaves too little creative room. First thing out of my friends mouth when we get to they Meydenbour (spelling is off, I know)-”That chicks dress is almost identical to your outfit”. Then we look around, then we started counting. We got to about thirtyfive before I said screw it and quit. Then we went to macys during some down time. I found a dress literally identical to my outfit (a vintage skirt and blouse paired together),except the dress at macys showed more cleavage. It really stole my thunder. When I got home, I looked online and saw pretty much every major designer had some version of it. On one level, it was cool to see that I was ahead of the trend (I was doing this before fall fashion week, and apparently I didn’t pay any atention becuase I dont remember seeing them.) unconsciously, but on the other hand it irked me to no end. Does anyone else have that problem, and does it annoy you when you start seeing everyone joinng in?

I’m really sorry for the rant…It’s been building up for about a month and a half (I really do need to blog more).