Laurie B's Style: Rodarte for Target

Rodarte for Target hit the stores yesterday and I made sure I made it early to Target to snag some of the pieces I've been drooling over since the collection pictures were released.  While all the other bloggers, writers and fashion critics out there said that this collection looked "forever 21-y" at best...  I walked in not expected much.  And this goes to show... don't be a follower, fashion lovers!   Form your own opinions.  My expert fashion opinion? (And yes, I am a professional with almost a decade of fashion industry expertise...) While perhaps on the bow shoulder dress fit was a bit unusual,  I actually found the overall collection super cute and totally wearable. The denim was hot, the lace cardigans were not only chic looking they felt great on the skin, the silk cami's were like butter, the dresses were adorable and the chunky sweater was so yummy.  My purchases included: the tea cup blue dress that fit me like a dream, the mustard and black lace cardigans, the mustard with nude mesh skirt, and the denim jacket.  All great pieces and all fab additions to my growing wardrobe and repertoire of my continuing documentation of the Laurie B Style Files.

  So why wait to wear, right?  On the job last night, while styling the hot chick rock band Vanity Theft for their first LA show at the Viper Room, I rocked some of my new Rodarte for Target goodies.  A pretty bangin fashion confection if I do say so myself....  Frankly, I looked hot and I felt hot.  And feeling good is the best part. It's the best accessory.  All in all it was a fabulous outfit that ended my fabulous week and weekend.

Fashionably yours,

Laurie B

  

Lace leggings... the Megan Fox test drive

I'm a lady of my word, right?   So I decided to take the Megan Fox lace leggings with a heather grey sweater look out for a test drive this past weekend.   Results?  Pretty cool actually! Lots of turned heads, inquisitive eyes, and even tons of compliments!  Both men and women alike, dig this look! And men especially! Mostly because they love the lace tights, but can I blame them? They look pretty hot.


But I had to do this the Laurie B Style way.  So I paired my last years Express black lace tights with my Alice and Olivia peep toe rock booties.  Then up top, I'm wearing a 4 year old Sweeties white tank dress, topped with my new BCBG short sleeve sweater and a Betsey Johnson leopard embossed belt.  For Jewelry,  I'm wearing vintage bangles from the Melrose flea market, a to-die-for Michele Watch and my earrings are from H&M, like 3 years ago.  Gotta love those items that outlast the sands of time!   


I am all about mixing the old with the new and the inexpensive with the expensive.  This is how you create a well balanced, creative and effortlessly chic look. But always put your own twist on an inspiration. Because, while I took my inspiration from Megan Fox, this new look is all me!


Fashionably yours,
Laurie B

The POSHGLAM Covergirl

When I first moved back to Los Angeles from New York I started up two writing gigs.  One of Examiner.com as the LA Women's Style Examiner and a second for the fashion website POSHGLAM.com.   Well back in June, I think, POSHGLAM threw an LA Launch party at the Club Ecco in Hollywood.  Not POSHGLAM's fault at all, but the party was lost in the sea of random club dancers and bachelorette parties.   And funnily enough, a friend of mine kept getting hit on by women and now vehemently refuses to wear boyfriend jeans ever again. (and made a lovely comment about that on my my old "boyfriend Jeans" Examiner article.)  She may have been upset, but I still think it's hilarious!   But back to the party.  So I'm closing up my tab and running for the hills because this was really not my scene and  I finally find the POSHGLAM camera guy and I said, "Hey! Grab my picture!" and the rest is history!  And months later I re-appear front and center for POSHGLAM's New York Dinner party.   I'm definitely doing the red carpet over the shoulder look.   And I really love my outfit that night.  It was a Betsey Johnson white satin jacket I have had since 2004 and the top is actually the Matthew Williamson for H&M scarf I acquired in a shopping mayhem this past May. And I think I paired that with shorts....I think.   Either way I'm sure I was rocking some bangin' shoes!


Well thanks POSHGLAM for making me your cover girl...even though I don't write for you anymore.  Should I be getting paid for that? Just kidding...


Fashionably yours,
Laurie B