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Lace Shorts in October

We have been blessed with a couple of warm, WARM days this week (pray it stays this lovely for my move this weekend).  Amazing for a Wisconsin Fall!  It was warm enough for shorts and t-shirts! 
So I got to debut the shorts I snagged off the end-of-season clearance rack at Marshall's a bit sooner than next year.  YAY!

I was seriously envying these lacey shorts on other girls this summer.  Most of my shorts are denim...more in the American classic laid-back style (which rocks: don't get me wrong), but I really wanted a pair of shorts that could be more ladylike, like these. 
I still kept their debut laid-back enough, though, by wearing a button-up (floral print, yes, but still...).

 

Cardi: Gap || Button-up: Target || Shorts: Marshall's || Boots: thrifted || Earrings: old || Bag: thrifted Nine West

Quite a Dotty Pin-up

Subtitled: 

Hodgepodge Hottie

I had some fun with print-mixing!  AND a retro silhouette with a modern twist!  
I was attempting one of those
that doesn't got together AT ALL, but somehow it just...goes together
kind of looks.  This is something I don't do really often, so I'm quite a novice, but I thought it turned out.  :)  Probably because I stuck with a fundamental element that I know quite well: a retro silhouette.

A little bit tropical, and little bit pin-up, and a LOT a bit crazy, that's me!

Showing that little piece of skin right under your ribs (above your belly button) has been such a hot thing to do this Summer.  This is the first time I've ever accomplished it in a classy way that I actually like (...aaaand it's already September...sigh, I'm a little slow, I guess).  But I put a Fall trend in there, too, to sort of bridge the gap: red lips with plain eyes and very pink cheeks.

detail of the print-mixing

Top: thrifted || Skirt: thrifted || Belt: thrifted || Shoes: Target || Bag: thrifted || Arm Party: thrifted || Scarf: thrifted || Sunnies: Marshall's