must-shop sample sales January 20 - on Gilt: Final sale shoes, final sale handbags & accessories. on Rue La La: Missoni accessories, Block, Shae. on Refinery29 Reserve: Stephanie Johnson travel cases, Public bikes, AlleyCat Trade & Beth Lauren Jewelry.
This is totally random, but I can’t stay quiet any longer. Yes, I wear leggings. I wear them only at home, because frankly, I can’t pull off leggings w/dress or tunic very well. Every night, when I’m “in” – finished walking the dog, finished working – I change into leggings and a tank top to chill out and watch a movie or read. And right now, my leggings of choice are these, by Bop Basics:
I bought these with a Shopbop Bop Basics coupon code a few months ago, and they are by far the softest, most comfortable leggings I’ve tried. I also have two pairs of Splendid leggings and one pair of American Apparel leggings. The American Apparel leggings are not soft, but they do hold everything “in” better than the others. The Splendid leggings are pretty soft, and comfortable, but both pairs have holes now in the seams (easily fixed, but still). The Shopbop Bop Basics leggings are maybe a little large, but so comfortable, and SO SOFT, I always choose those over the others.
Whenever Shopbop has another coupon code, you MUST snatch up a pair of these, you won’t be sorry. I’m going to get another pair…
Who makes your favorite leggings? Do you wear them only around the house? or everywhere?
I told you I needed this Jerome Dreyfuss bag! After obsessing about it for 48 hours, I went ahead and ordered it from Active Endeavors last week and it arrived today. I haven’t actually carried it outside yet, but I’ve loaded it up with all my stuff, and so far, I love it. The leather is the SOFTEST textured leather I’ve owned, and the bag itself is incredibly light; I’m actually surprised by how light it is. The only thing I’ll have to get used to is the flap over the top of the bag. It closes only with a leather strap through two d-rings (which I will probably never use), but stays in place very well. I’m just not used to “closed” bags anymore! But I have a feeling I’ll manage.
The skirt is by American Apparel. I was intrigued by the high-waist, and thought I could try to work with it. I ordered the XL (because I have found that AA runs pretty small, for my hips anyway) and washed and dried it on HOT so it would shrink a bit. It fits very well now, and you can see I tried it the high-waisted way, and then folded down. I think I prefer it folded down, and would like to wear it with a v-neck or boatneck tee instead of this crew neck, but I was wearing the crew neck and too excited to try everything on, so I left it…
And last, but not least…the shoes. I spent the entire weekend thinking about what I needed to add to my wardrobe to get ready for warmer weather, and one thing was a comfortable pair of wedge sandals to replace my 3-year old Prada sport sandals that are looking a little ragged. I have literally worn them out over the years, and they have been good to me (got them down to about $.25 per wear), so I wanted to go with another pair of Prada Sport sandals. These are SO comfortable, and very easy to walk in. I was concerned about the t-strap not being flattering for my leg, but I think they work.
Prada Linea Rossa Platform Sandal
Details:
American Apparel Interlock High-Waisted Skirt
Jerome Dreyfuss Robert Bag
Prada Linea Rossa Platform Sandal
