Monday Blues With A Lil Plaid Too...

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Happy Shoesday Tuesday lovas. Yesterday was a chilly day in the citayyy and I am so over this weather. I am so ready for some dresses, skirts, and sandals I don't know what to do with myself. In the interim, however, I kept it cute with a blue on blue look for the day donning my Stan Smith Adidas, GAP jeans, Old Navy Jean Jacket and Uniqlo Navy Blue Turtleneck.

Of course I needed to add a pop of color so I threw on my Uniqlo red plaid overcoat and my grey Westerlind hat to top the look off. It was the perfect combination for this ridiculous in between weather moment we are having. But dahlings, spring has most certainly sprung and we are here for it!!

The Look: Baby Blue

The Location: NYC

Sneakers: Stan Smith's $75

Jeans: THE GAP

Denim Jacket: Old Navy

Hat: Similar style here at ASOS for $13 bucks!

Shades: Ray-Ban Clubmasters purchase here

Turtleneck: Uniqlo purchase here

Coat: Uniqlo. Similar styles on She Inside

Bag: Marc Jacobs similar style here

Lippie: Kat Von D Outlaw avail at Sephora and here

Ciao!

Great on the Great - MJ Inspired on BIG Bday

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Though I look like I am not having it {I was giving face hunty}, I was full of JOY yesterday as it was the first of many warm and sunny days to come. I didn't want to get too excited and freeze my ass off in the evening so I layered up, grabber my trusty motorcycle jacket, opened up my new Yves Saint Laurent clogs, threw on my red socks for a pop of color and was on my merry way. 

What I didn't realize is that I was serving up some Mike J. for the gawds! It was fab if I dusse so myself. Welp kids be on the look out for more of my getups. I'm gonna try this 'personal style' blog thing out while I continue to bring you shoe-worthy news. 

And lastly, we love the spring and summer. It's always great and unbeatable energy in NYC. 

See below on how to get the look!

The Look: MJ Babe

Location: NYC

Shoes: Hee-Hee. Fell madly in love with these YSL clogs. The detail is subtle, but still makes a statement. Steve Madden has a super cute pair here on-sale for $50

Socks: Ralph Lauren Dress Socks $9.99

Jeans: The GAP

Jacket: Vintage Schott Moto Jacket from Sara's Closet. Get similar one here. Prices vary. 

Turtleneck: Zara and I love Uniqlo's too. 

Bag: Marc Jacobs. Find similar styles at Nordstrom. Prices vary.

Dress: worn as vest BCBG. If you have time scour through Amazon! 

Till next time...scnarf ;) 

Run It Back

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Hola mi gente. It's been a minute I know. The last time we had a Shoe Files moment, I was living in Lala Land. Though I loved it, my time was up and I returned to my stomping grounds of NYC. Something great came out of that experience and I hope to be sharing it very soon.

Some tangible lessons - Fear not! Just do and respond to your vibration with the universe. Move as God tells you to. Everything will be alright.

With all of that said, we are back in full effect. Shoe Files is slated to become a regularly updated feature to the site that I hope you will enjoy. In the mean time and in between time, check out my wears and links on where to buy similar styles.

The Look: Biker Babe Chic Shades: Ray-Ban Clubmaster Shirt and Pleather Pants: H&M Boots: Chanel Bag: 31 Hour Phillip Lim Coat: J.Crew

The Location: New York Fcukin City

Rebel With A Cause: REVOLTing...

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On Tuesday I had the pleasure of accompanying a very dear friend of mine to her DJ set of the REVOLT Live show at the Highland in Hollywood. It was a great experience and super fun. Of course I had to ensure I donned a relaxing yet chic look. I decided to go for unbothered-rockstar which meant, wild hair, red lipstick, ripped denim of some sort and boots.  

The Look: Jacket: GAP; Tank Top: GAP; Pants: GAP - honestly the GAP should cut me a check! Shoes: Chloe heeled motocycle boots

Location: REVOLT Studios Hollywood and Highland 

Shoe close up....

I love nothing more that a twist on a classic style boot. This round toe and stacked heel = ultimate comfort.

Want the boots? Shoebox has a pair in size 8.5 only or you can search 'Chloe Boots' on ShopStyle (my favorite for locating what I NEED). 

Ciao lovas.

P.S. These boots are also avail in the classic moto boot style - I may need to have those too!

Here's a peek at DJ C. DeVone on set


Welcome to LA LA LAND

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Hello lovas, its been a minute since my last Shoe Files post, but ya girl has been busy basking in this LA sun. I recently relocated from New York City to Los Angeles and let me just tell you what a joy it has been! I've stepped fully outside of my comfort zone so I can get some shit POPPIN! With that said, you best believe I have already hit these LA streets donning some of my fav and recently 'straight out the box' footwear. Have a look-see for yourself...

On the train ride out west - yes I took the Amtrak this journey is all about comfort zones - I purchased these baby blues from Barney's Warehouse. They were promoting an offer that just could not be refused - an additional 50% off CLEARANCE. 

The Look: Bare legs: mine; Shoes: Pierre Hardy.

Location: Macy's in Glendale as I was purchasing cookware.

During GRAMMY week I hit the town with my beauxs. We hit up every spot from the Hollywood Hills down to DTLA. 

The Look: Shades: Ray-Ban; Bag: Phillip Lim; Dress: GAP; Earrings: Henri Bendel; Shoes: Isabel Marant.

Location: Hollywood Hills, Mulhoulland Drive Mansion.

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Next, I had the pleasure of witnessing the wonderment of Mr. Stevie Wonder himself during a taping of his GRAMMY tribute. Everyone from Beyonce to Jill Scout to Janelle Monae to India Arie to Jay-Z were in the building.

The Look: Jacket: H&M; T-Shirt: GAP; Denim: GAP; Necklace: Zara; Earrings: Henri Bendel; Watch: Michael Kors; Bracelets: Various; Bag: Phillip Lim; Shoes: Alexander McQueen - and yes yall have seen these before they are my FAV.

Location: LA Live/Nokia Theatre.

On my next jaunt, I hit up the Louis Vuitton Series 2 exhibit sponsored by LACMA. 

The Look: T-Shirt: Zara; Leather Skirt: Vintage; Shoes: Christian Louboutin; Moon: My personal star.

Location: Hollywood, LACMA

Close up: My Galata sling back and these luscious LV's, which I need by the way. 

Here some flicks from the exhibit:

Shoe making process; something you must see at some point in life...

Yes pink heel....

The bootie that was being made...

Reflections of my shoe future..Greta Garbo's shoe trunk....

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Couldn't resist the wears....

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And finally, OSCAR week arrived and all my ladies from ESSENCE magazine were in town for the illustrious Black Women in Hollywood event. On my way out to meet up with the homie, I needed to make some adjustments to my attire. I purchased these lovely sandals at a sample sale and the zipper on the left foot had the nerve to get stuck. Welp, I got some scissors and went to town on them heauxs creating a 'new' sandal.

The Look: Sandal: J. Crew; Bag: Marc Jacobs; Denim: GAP

Location: My loft

Sweater It Out

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Hey lovas. Happy Holidays! I hope this season of comfort and joy is treating you all well. Its been a couple weeks since my last post, but fret not. Mama has been working hard, long and fast and furiously to bring you the final Shoe Stories installation of 2014. In the mean time, in between time, here's a cute a little Shoe Files post for ya. Enjoy!

This was the only item from the Isabel Marant x H&M collection I purchased last year and let me tell you - it was worth it! I most certainly have gotten my cost per wears out of it. 

The Look: Sweater: Isabel Marant x H&M collection sweater; Pants: H&M Leather look pants; Hat: My daddy's Yankee fitted; Shoes: Marni x H&M collection

Location: La officina again

I woke up this morning complaining about not having enough pairs of plain black pumps et voila, a lightbulb went off in my head and I remembered these luscious Marni x H&M collection lucite heel pumps that were nicely stowed away in my closet. This is why you can NEVER have enough shoes - your lightbulb moments need to come true...often!

The shape and geometry of these babes are perfect! 

My legs are so damn short and it shows - dah well. Check out the sleek nicely rounded point of those shoes!

Get The Look:

Black & White Sweater: Faith Connexion $168 on the Outnet.com

Faux Leather Pants:  You can head to H&M as these babies are still in stock for $34! or you can check here JC Penney Nicole by Nicole Miller $24 

Yankee Fitted: Check out the options at Lids

Shoes: Burberry Patent Leather Wedge Booties $495 (sale price) 

In case you've forgotten, click brand names within Get The Look and you'll be taken directly to sites for purchase...

Spending Ereythang on Alexander Wang

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As I've said before, if you missed the Alexander Wang x HM collabo, you phucked up! LOL. Wednesday was hella cold and this neoprene crop top was just the thing I needed. I usually decide what I am wearing on my feet, hence the name of my site From The Bottom Up!, the night before I need to head out somewhere - work, play, strip club whatever - its always feet first.

I was stumped the night before this look, as what I intended to wear on my feet, I don't own which, is a cute pair of stacked heeled booties (if you have any suggestions, shoot me a note at ftbup7@gmail.com). 

In any event, I remembered my precious Wang crop top and built my outfit from the bottom down that morning. And tada, here you have it. 

The Look: Boots: Stuart Weitzman Studded Boots; Top 1: Alexander Wang X HM crop top; Top 2: GAP Button down; Denim: GAP Legging Jeans (mama needs all the stretch she can get)

Location: La Officina it was entirely too frigid to take flicks outside!

Rings: J. Crew Nails: OPI Lincoln Park After Dark

h and MC Lyte happened to stop by la officina that day - boop!

Get The Look:

Crop Top: try this MM6 Maison Martin Margiela from Shopbob.com. It's sleeves, but can still be worn with a button down and will change your look up a bit. 

White Button Down: I mean anywhere ladies, GAP, Target, JC Penny, ASOS et al.

Denim: Again easy breezy, these are GAP.

Boots: My recco would be to do a search on Shopstyle for Studded Ankle Boots. There'll be more than enough options to choose from. I'm personally gawking these Chloe boots - Suede Suzanna Studded Ankle boots. Available at Barney's.

In case you've forgotten, click brand names within Get The Look and you'll be taken directly to sites for purchase. . 

Daddy, Pom Pom's, & Kicks

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Hey lovas! How goes it? Yesterday's fit is already going down in the books as one of my favs! I decided to kick-it-out and rock my brand new Nike Air Raids and built my entire outfit around them. I wanted to pay homage to my father and decided tapping into my tomboy-chicness was the right thing to do. Yesterday marked 2 years since he had passed away and I was missing him and always miss him tremendously. 

To my surprise, however, it was the best day I had had all week! So enough with the ying yang. Check out these fun flicks, get into this look and learn where me and my kicks have been, so far!

The Look: Kicks: Nike Air Raids; Leather Moto Jacket: Vintage Schott; Turtle Neck: Uniqlo; Sweats: GAP x GQ collabo; Hat: Duckie Confetti; Glasses: Vintage Cazal; Bag: Alexander Wang X H&M

Location: The Highline 

Channeling my father 100%. He always had a fly hat on and some dope Cazal's. #iammyfatherschild 

Get The Look:

Hat: My lovely little co-worker put me on to this designer Duckie Confetti. She knows I love nothing more than a great headpiece and this is so me!

Glasses: I love these glasses. Today was my first time wearing these and I've had them for at least 2 years. Cazal's are the flyest. Find some Vintage Cazal's on ebay. 

Top: The best shop for basics. Uniqlo.

Leather Moto Jacket: This is one of my favorite jackets. Also seen in my previous Shoe Files post. You can own it or something close to it check here, Schott or Macys .

Sweatpants: I love a great pair of sweats and there was absolutely no way I could walk past these stylized pair on one of my jaunts to the GAP. These are from the GAP x GQ, but they still have some great sweats in-store. 

Kicks: I've said before and I'll say it again, I'm a tomboy at heart. I was the chick who guys envied because my sneaker collection was better than theirs. Whether it was a new pair of Jordan's or Airmax's I probably owned it. These Nike Air Raids are the newest edition to my kicks closet - and yes I have a closet that houses only my sneakers! Find them here. 

Bag: Spending ereyythang on Alexander Wang! Nothing much to say here except, if you didn't make it your business to even try and hit up the Alexander Wang x H&M debut, you failed. Find a great bucket bag here. 

The Switch Up Queen

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Hey lovas, how's it going? Missed ya mucho! Welcome to the first installation (I <3 this word) of Shoe Files. I'll be sharing quick snapshots of all my favorite 'stomp and shout' worthy looks, keeping a 'file' of my fav shoes and 'tracking' where my shoes have been. 

I've been going back and forth on whether or not I wanted to launch this feature on the site. See, I don't want this to be your typical style blog. My passion is in really telling the story of others that love shoes just as much as I do. BUT then I thought, why would you listen to me if you don't even have a chance to enter my own closet?!?! *Light Bulb Moment* Welp the wait is over dolls and dames. I caved!

The Look: Shoes: Alexander McQueen; Leather Moto Jacket: Vintage Schott; T-Shirt: The GAP x Visionnaire collaboration; Leather Skirt: Vintage

Location: Around the corner from work 

The Switch up! Same day. Same locale. 

Shoes: Vans Skater Sneakers 

Get The Look:

Leather Motorcycle Jacket: Schotts - though mine is vintage you can have your own carbon copy!

T-Shirt: My t-shirt is from the GAP x Visionnaire collabo check any GAP location or for something similar look here - Nasty Gal

Leather Skirt: Anywhere gyals - start here - Bloomingdale's

Shoe 1: My Alexander McQueen's are long gone, but I recommend these haute Ryan Haber Collection booties called Monster! I mean I NEED these myself. 

Shoe 2: Simple chic Vans