Frugal and Fab: Lace and Leather

I love balancing sweet with sexy when styling outfits.  This outfit is a perfect example.  I’m wearing a Forever 21 sweet lace skirt (which gets tons of compliments at only $19.99 with my sexier, harder, Ann Taylor, leather jacket.

The polka dot purse is Aldo and my ballerina flats that I wear when I know I’m going to be running around the store handling events is Kelsi Dagger.  The whole outfit costs about $200 making it Frugal and Fab!   

 

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Fab Fete: Barry Brinker Trunk Show @ Saks

For today’s Barry Brinker Trunk Show, I hired a caterer to serve mimosas and styled a gorgeous fashion model into 7 outfits with matching trunk show pieces. It was so much fun.  Who wouldn’t enjoy dressing such a perfect body? I wish I had her 34-24-34 measurements.  But alas, my waistline keeps growing with each passing year it seems!

 

The first two outfits were from Elie Tahari’s latest collection.

I just loved these colors with the model’s hair color.

This bright look is made up of Saks Fifth Avenue’s latest beauty bag promotion and a neon yellow outfit from Theory.  The shoes are Jimmy Choos.  I loved that they had a little sparkle.

Isn’t this sunny yellow so bright and fresh on her?

For an entirely different look, I dressed our lovely model, Margarita in a more sophisticated neutral from designer Piazza Sempione, shoes – Prada.

Everyone loved this necklace / ring Barry Brinker combo.

I wouldn’t have picked this outfit for myself but I knew Margarita could rock it.  All these horizontal stripes in candy colors made her super slim body stand out even more.  Here, I paired her casual cotton dress from Splendid with Tory Burch flip flops and a straw hat.  Check out the close-up of the Barry Brinker jade necklace shown below!

The next outfit was for a sexy evening out.  I wanted to make sure to vary the outfits and styles.  It was so much fun given Margarita looked fabulous in everything.  I sort of wore these outfits vicariously through her.  You would need such a perfect figure to pull the below off.  The talented designer, Barry, accessorized this one for me using some long pearls for sort of a 40s feel.

The shoes are the model’s own.  I thought this look had a sexy, vintage feel.

Above, is a dress from Joie, Jimmy Choo sparkly flats and a couple necklaces again from Barry Brinker. I loved the muted orange stripes with her hair.

Which one is your favorite outfit? ?

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