Mamanista Friday: Peplum

Peplum is a CurvieBirdie's best friend!  It covers that "extra" you want hidden, plus it gives more curves for those of us that have a more straight body type.  I will rock this style anyway and anytime!

 Top: Thrifted, Dress: Asos, Bag: Aldo, Shoes: Steve Madden

Birds of a Feather . . . .

I work with a bunch of very stylish CurvieBirdies.  Our lovely sales assistant Julia was rocking the H.E.Double Hockey sticks out of these pants!  I had to show ya'll this petite CurvieBirdie's style!

The top and pants are both thrifted!

OOTD: Asos Leather Skirt, Twelve24 and JustFab

Last week, I thalked about blue jean jackets as being a staple piece that all CurvieBirdies should have in their wardrobes.  To further make a statement, I decided to wear that same jacket that I rocked for Mamanista Fridays to an event this weekend.

 Jacket: Thrifted, Top: Target, Belt :Twelve24, Leather Skirt: Asos, Leather Booties: JustFab Luxe

Mamanista Fridays: Curvie is Sporty Chic

Its friday and time for another edition of Mamanista Fridays on The Babyshopaholic.  Each week, a theme is chosen and fabolous mothers everywhere get a chance to showcase how fly they are and can be!!! 

This weeks look is Sporty Chic . . . . . .

 

 

OOTD: Asos and Shoe Dazzle

Another OOTD featuring Asos.  When I was on maternity leave sitting in the house, I did all my shopping online.  Asos always has a good deal to be found.  I got this dress for the summer, but decided I would "Winterize My Wardrobe Wednesday" for ya'll today.

 

OOTD: DVF and Gap for

It’s TGIF!!  Now that I am back to work, I know what that really means!  Hehehehe!!! Today”s OOTD is super awesome, but Ima let ya’ll see it for yourselves!!

OOTD: Mama got Style and Lay-B-L’s

Happy Friday CurvieBirdies!!  It feels so good to get up and get dressed/cute and go to outside.  When you at home with an infant, you wear tanks, tees, and sweat pants!!  Today, I’m stepping out in St. John!!!

I actually bought this sweater over a year and a half ago, but never wore it.  I just happened to find it when I moved, and here I is!!

Outfit Breakdown:

St John Sweater (thrifted from Lily Kai):     $30

Torrid Jeans:                                                  $23

Target Tank:                                                  $3

Target Scarf:                                                  $4.24

Shoe Dazzle boots:                                         $16.??

Total without shoes:                              $30.24 

Can you believe I got that St John sweater for $30?  These sweaters and normally $600-$1000!!!!  BOOOM!!!      

How often do you thrift?  What was the best item you found thrifting?                                       

Style Me Friday: CurvieBirdie’s Point of View

 Hello CurvieBirdies!!  It's time for Style Me Fridays again which is sponsored by the beautiful Fashionista Next Door!!  This weeks look is the versatile look of the grey tee.


Inspiration:




My Look:







Please excuse the mirrored images in the background.  Had no idea that would happen when I took the pics!!!

Outfit Breakdown:

Thrifted Harve Benard Blazer:                                       $5.00
Old Navy Grey Tee:                                                       $2.00
Ashley Steward High Waist Pants:                                $??? 5 yrs old
JustFab Wedges:                                                            $free
Shoe Dazzle Bag:                                                           $20
Accessories:                                                                   $20

Outfit Total w/o Accessories:                                     $7.00

Yep, another cute outfit on the low low!!!  I don't know how I do it myself.  I surprise me sometimes!!!  So you tell me what do you think of the grey tee trend?  Would you wear a grey tee out when you dress up?  What about with a skirt like the inspiration pics above?

Style Me Fridays: CurvieBirdie’s Viewpoint

Hello and Happy Memorial Day Weekend!!!!  This weeks style me Fridays look is denim double take.  I wasn’t really sure where to go with this look, but I hope ya’ll like!!

Inspiration:

 

My Look:

Outfit Breakdown:

Tommy Denim Top:                           $3.50

Lane Bryant Jeans:                            $6.99

Target Wedges:                                   $29.99

Jewelry:                                               $15.00

Total w/o shoes/jewelry:                   $10.49

 

Don’t forget to go to the Fashionista Next Door page and checkout other CurvieBirdies and their Style Me Fridays challenge looks!!!!

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A Little Birdie Told Me: It’s Thrifting Week!!

Hello ladies and gents. I have been super busy this week, but I have some really great event news.  This is Thrifting Atlanta Fashion Week, and there are some great events that are taking place this weekend.  If you like to thrift like me, then I will see you out at:

 

Show us how Pretty Girls Rock "Thrifted" Dresses
Friday, April 26, 2013
5:30 pm
INSO Hair School
2200 Northlake Parkway, Suite 330
Tucker, GA 30084
We will have mini-hair touch ups and make-up application tips
Plus, we will select the best dressed to win a prize in the following categories:
-- The Little Black Dress
-- The Freakem Dress
-- The Maxi Dress

-- The Corporate Dress

The Thrifted Style Wars

Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 2pm

House of Adrene

264 Peters St Suite B, Atlanta, Georgia 30313

Fifteen Fashionable Atlanta bloggers with strut the runway in the Thrifted Style Wars Competition on Saturday, April 27th, 2013 at House of Adrene Boutique in Castleberry Hills!
They will showcase the following Spring trends using thrifted fashion to demonstrate how easy it is to score and style the latest trends. After the runway show, a grand prize winner will be selected and presented with a prize package valued at $100!

• Black and White

• Beautiful Beading

• Luxe Leather

• Peekaboo Pieces

• Short Suits

 

My First Love Vintage Trunk Show

Two Stylish Kays

 

COZE
255 Trinity Avenue SW
Atlanta, GA

Sunday, April 28, 2013 from 1:45 PM to 5:00 PM (EDT)

 

So these are my weekend picks.  I plan to make it out to support, and I hope to see you at one of the events as well!!

Do you have any great events you are going to this weekend?  If so what are they?  Do you plan to attend any of the Thrifting AtlantaWeeks events?

Style Me Fridays: Curvie Birdie’s Viewpoint!

It’s the weekend baby!!!  Today’s style me Friday is boyfriend jean with a black and white top.  Well this one is simple enough, so I hope I nailed it.  Eva makes it look so good, so let’s see how this CurvieBirdie compares!!!!

Inspiration:

OOTD:

It’s hump day, and this week is flying by. It’s been very cold in ATL, so I am dressing in layers to stay warm!!  Check me out!!!

Style Me Friday: White Pants

Happy Friday CurvieBirdies!!!  Well Style Me Fridays is back!!!  Today’s look is white pants.  I know that it has been declared ok to wear white anytime, but I’m still on the fence with that.  Anyway, here is my Style Me White Pants look!!

Inspiration:

Now Check out my look:

 

OOTD: If it Weren’t for Old Navy, I’d be Naked!

Happy Friday everybody!!!!  I am so glad the weekend is upon us.  And I hope the weather gets warm this weekend so I can get it in!!!!

So this is today’s is a combination of Old Navy and Thrift.

 

Outfit Breakdown:

Old Navy Dress:                                   $5.00

Thrifted Blazer:                                    $2.50

Shoe Dazzle Boots:                              $39.99

Target Scarf:                                        $4.28

Accessories:                                          $13.00

Total Without Shoes or Accessories:    $11.78

I love this look! Also, my blogger friend Dea from Pretty Girls Rock Dresses is having a dress challenge.  So I am trying to increase my dress wear before the springs gets here. 

So how did I do?  Do you like these colors together?

Winterizing Your Wardrobe Wednesday

Hello CurvieBirdies!!!  Today we have a young lady that has also mastered the art of winterizing her wardrobe.  Please meet Ms. Jennifer!!

When I saw her, I was like this is the perfect winterizing your wardrobe outfit. She uses a bright colored skirt and belt then adds the black tights, jacket, and boots. Way to go added a little bright color to fall/winter!

 

I love that gold bow bracelet!!!  Super hot!  Great job Jennifer.  You hit this one on the nose in my opinion.

Outfit breakdown:

Thrifted Jacket:                  $2

Thrifted top:                       $1

Thrifted belt:                      $1

Accessories:                        $6

Skirt:                                   $20

Total:                              $30 !!!!

Love the look, love the price!  Have any of you started to winterize your wardrobes yet? 

Weekend Finds

Happy Monday!!  I had an incredible weekend!  During my shopping time, I decided to go to the thrift store to see if I could find any cute knick-knacks for the house.  I didn’t find anything for the house, but I did find something even better!

Diane von Fürstenberg !!!!!

This shirt was just sitting there waiting on this curviebirdie. Her button down tops are normally around $300, but guess what I paid . . . .$3.99! BOOM!!!!!

 

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I am still in shock myself.  Still can’t belief it!!  So what is the best thing you have found while thrifting?

OOTD: Weekend Style

It’s Monday again, and I hope we all can get through it fabulously!  This weekend, I went to the Center for Black Women’s Wellness 5th Annual Family Health & Beauty Expo.  It was a tremendous event with free health screenings, products, and super hot fashion shows!!!

I will be posting pics from the fashion show later this week, but first check out my fashion show weekend style!!

Cute right? I know!!!

Price Breakdown:

Cato Vest:                                         $4.95

Thrifted white shirt:                         $2.35

Thrifted scarf:                                   $2.50

Dots Leopard jeans:                          $9.00

PrettyGirl Glam earrings:                $12.00

Icandee accessories:                         $15.00

Nordstoms red shoes:                       $29.99

Total without shoes:                     $45.80

Total without accessories:          $18.80

So how did I do?  I only paid full price for the accessories!  Boom!!!!!  Have you all started thrifting yet?  If so, tell about the fab pieces you have purchased.

Something To Chirp About: Macy’s Size-ism Talk

Hey CurvieBirdies.  Last week I told ya’ll about an event at Macys.  I was asked to speak on a panel for Macys about size-ism.  There were four people on the panel; all with different backgrounds speaking on the topic.

 

So finding what to wear to this event was a bit difficult.  I wanted to dress conservative while still showing my curviebirdie flair to it.  So here is my look!

Cute right?  I know!!!

Here is the outfit breakdown:

Thrifted Jean jacket:                                   $4.50

Thrifted White shirt:                                   $1.25

Target Black vest:                                       $14.98

Lane Bryant Chelsa pants:                         $24.48

Thrifted Lily Kai scarf:                               $6.00

Icandee accessories:                                  $20.00

Thrifted Shoes:                                           $15.00

Gorgeous smile:                                        $PRICELESS !!!!!

Total without shoes:                                  $71.21

 

A lot of pieces went into this look, but still low cost for looking fabulous!!!  What do you think?  I tried to add my thrifted with new and old pieces to sum up how this Curviebirdie rocks it!!!

Also, here is the link to the panel discussion.  Hope you enjoy!!!  Please all comments are welcome on your thoughts below!

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Winterize Your Wardrobe Wednesday

It’s hump day; almost made it through another week!  So I have a small dilemma.  I have all these really cute summer clothes, but the season has changed.  I am not quite ready for sweaters due to me living in the ATL which still has 75 – 80 degree weather. 

So what I have decided to do is to “Winterize my Wardrobe.”  In order to do this, you will need a jacket, boots, scarf, or some tights.  I will be doing this for the next few weeks, and you ladies and gents can tell me what you think!!

 

I am wearing a summer skirt and tank which I would wear during the summer months.  So I added a jean jacket and scarf.  I kept the pink summer bag just for a touch of color.

Outfit Breakdown:

Lane Bryant jean jacket:                                               $old

Target Skirt:                                                                   $5.38

Thrifted tank:                                                                 $1.25

Accessories:                                                                    $25

DSW Boots:                                                                    $55

Total without shoes:                                                $31.63

 

So what do you think?  Do you plan to winterize your wardrobe?

Weekend Style: OOTD

This was a gorgeous weekend in Atlanta.  Beautiful weather equals big fun and cute fashions.  I didn’t do too much this weekend, but I managed to get cute and get out of the house.  Here’s my weekend look:

 

 

Outfit Breakdown:

Lane Bryant Jean Jacket:                              $ 12.99

Old Navy Mulitcolored tank:                          $4.00

Thrifted Jean Skirt:                                         $2.50

Dots Belt:                                                         $2.00

Shoes from Shoe Guy:                                    $29.99

Total without shoes:                                  $21.49

 

So I hoped everyone enjoyed their weekend and also had a chance to put on something cute and get out of the house.  Were you able to get out this weekend?  Any good sales or finds?