Leather time - look who's back agin!

So another thing is back, back from the forgotten days of glamorous-leather-worshiping-80's... you know what I am talking about, don't you? yes, leather pants... and just like with the fur i raved about below, those too, are not real. The second coming of the leather pants is more of "look like leather, feel like leather (not quite but a little ) but are NOT leather itself" rather than actual genuine leather, I mean, who can afford "that"?? I am not sure if this trend is as ecologically/PETA influenced as the fur's is, but who really cares about that reading a fashion blog, so, what was I saying?... oh, of course you can still get real leather pants (no, and I don't mean those from harley davidson's) but those will cost you an arm & a leg and a little finger from the remaining limps, since I am not even close to such spending budget, I decided to snatch me some fakes at a "mainstream" retailer, yes, one of my favs: H&M, but places like For21 or Charlotte Russe had bunches of fakes on hangers during my recent visits, so if one look,s one will find! it was not too hard to notice that those are in, however are recommended for those who are brave enough to pull off the look... I was a little worried that I will look like a wanna-be biker's forgotten and drunk girlfriend, but I think the above pics prove that I did not have to hide all day in the office's bathroom - yes I did wear them to work :) I decided to soften the look with a very airy ballerina top with a very soft pink tone - to which I dedicated two posts already and decided to call it salomon. If one thing can be taken from my mindless talking/writing tonight, it is that, bare with me my readers, that leather pants are cool again!

outfit details:
pants: H&M
Shirt: Gap
top: Macy's (not sure whose, need to check the label)
shoes: amazon
little blazer: H&M

Bearpaws a la Dynasty on my Back - fur is back!

So... there was a time when I remember myself thinking that fur (and that being real and its fake equivalents) was just ugly, pure gross, nasty, foul, stupid and stinky, I presented a - why would anybody want to wear it? - kind of attitude, even though my mom owned one or two, and all my aunts did too, I remember they did smell, smelled like naphthalene, an interesting chemical thingy used to prevent moths from shredding furs and other wearable goods to pieces in those huge dark wooden closets... oh, dear memories... so what I am saying is that it has been a while since fur was "IN", I think more than a decade... NOW, time for yet another digression: Lets stress that fur was probably last seen by broad audiences on TV while airing episodes of my beloved Dynasty - OMG! does anybody know how to get a DVD or something, it was an epic series in the entire eastern block, Warsaw traffic safety officials noted decreased traffic activity - the country would literally stop and watch! There was one more alike series that my mom made me watch, cant think of the title, it was happening in Texas and for some reason all women, all the time would wear fur jackets, I guess my naive nature prevented me from asking "why would you need a fur coat everywhere you go in freakin TEXAS?" but I never did ask, so it does not matter now, wait, wait, wait, I think the title was "Dallas", have anybody watched it?!!! either way, let me tell you, not as cool nor graoundbreaking as Dynsty, hahahaha....
Anyhow, fur disappeared from the mainstream fashion for a while (except occasional rap... or hip hop videos and some occasional red carpets weirdos' appearances) and I never missed it, but now, this winter/spring season and even a little bit the last one, I started spotting furry things, cripping out everywhere, thus I strated craving one... I mean not real fur, that still seems wrong on many levels, but just something fur-like, fuzzy and warm and cozy and sassy and cute and a little fierce and bitchy, yes, yes dear readers, all this comes with owning a little something-fur-like. So... recently, I became an owner of one furry, fuzzy vest, I love it, it is warm and cute, since it is a vest, as I just said, it can go with many outfits without overpowering any look.
The above pics were taken back in March and it was my fur premiere that is why I paired it safely with a black turtle-neck dress, then I decided I may look a little too conservative so I went crazy with the pink tights... about cool, colorful tights I think I wrote somewhere down below, so I wont stress the importance of owning some cool tights any more.
I only have a couple older, colder spring applicable outfits to come and then I am yet current with almost summer like looks as it warmed up in Chicago recently, almost too good to be true....so maybe those will become relevant again...

Navy & Blues

So I took some pictures way back, back, back in March (it is April, March feels like ancient history)... yes, yes it does. Sooo... now I really need to get back into some serious blogging and use them all before the warmth spills over Chicago for good and such outfits, like the one above, will no longer be relevant in any imaginable way, here in Chicago as soon as it passes 65F people forget about the hell of winter and live like it never existed... till October, sadly, as the mean biatch always comes back.... Anyhow, the centerpiece of above photographed outfit, well, it is the jacket, I dwell on my love affair with jackets in previous posts, so I won't repeat myself twice, I have been eyeballing boyfriend jackets with flip-sleeves for a long time now and I could not wait til I finally get my hands on one or a million.... yes A million, exactly, as this trend hits one of those spots for me (digression: trends come and go like winter in Chicago, some of them I like because "it is in" and appears to be super cool at the moment, but I don't feel any connection to it, it is not "mine", then on the other hand, there are trends that once spotted you can not forget about and you find yourself thinking "I have been looking for something like this my whole life or at least half of it. OR: I waited for this to be finally hip so can be sold in stores, my idea finally materialized! HALLELUJAH! this shopping-hunt-for-something-not-sure-what-exactly feeling that we all shopaholics feel way too often is finally fulfilled...). end of digression. That, that is me with boyfriend jackets, and as of today I believe I have three already, wait for it and you shall see more, as I am planning to use my boyfriend jackets as cover-ups for all those summery tops and dresses that I WILL get to wear soon, although today's Chicago temperatures are not making this thought easy nor obvious. Au revoir soon my dear readers, I promise, soon!
Boyfriend Jacket - Nordstorm Rack
Skinny Pants - Old Navy
Polo shirt - Ralph Lauren
Belt- Urban Outfitters
Booties - Amazon, Amazon, Amazon!

Spring dreams

The great thing about the virtual world is that it makes imagining things that ARE NOT REAL sinfully easy, yup, it lets us believe we can have it all, all this stuff hidden behind thick glass door, and the virtual world is opening that thick door for us... so I - a magpie(shiny things for your nest kind-of-a-girl) - captured in online shopping captivity - killed some time to satisfy my (having nice stuff) cravings without actually spending the money!
I created a spring-happy-even-if-it-rains set. What do I love about it? Well, first, the ruffle trench, I don't have to introduce the trend, nothing new, heard it, knew it kind of a thing, ruffle trenches "media coverage" is all over the place, the evidence can be also seen in stores... So what's soooo special about this one? well, it is definitely cute, yet it remains within the "classic" look, so even if one sad day ruffles will not be as hip as they are right now (which I hope will never happen), this trench will defend itself, beautiful... and the price, it is beautiful too it is the cheapest item apart from tights(check them out upside down :) Why isn't Newlook in the USA? I demand its USA presence!!!
Second trend is in fact an obsession-classified: I love tassels, and fashion loves tassels, so in this harmonic symbiosis I plan to accessorize with tassels, this spring and summer and you dear readers, be creative, tassels can appear on belts, necklaces, bags, earnings, bracelets, attached to any kind of shirt or jacket...
Don't get me started on Burberry and rain boots... one day Anja I say, one day :)
And for a dessert, let me talk tights, colorful tights are STILL IN - so readers, get on with the hype, and I mean bold-bold colors, crazy-courageous patterns, don't delay, go ahead, wear some colors before the summer hits with its warmth, now is the time to do it, now tights are not meant to be unnoticeable, not any longer, they are coming out of the shade of necessity, now, tights are a fashion accessory, that has an ability to make the entire outfit complete...

Salomon, salmon, a fish would say: color of the kings!

I don' t want to start my newest post with: Didn't I tell you so?... but guess what dear readers, this warm, pastel pink, this pretty subtle shade of creaminess of pink beauty is ALL OVER THE PLACE, EVERYWHERE, OMG, ALL OVER... did you notice? I did and felt somewhat satisfied that I felt the magnetic attraction to it back over the Valentine Day's and now it is officially "a spring is in" color! I felt like a real fashion pro. Anyway, not waiting a minute longer I pulled out this shirt that is like a decade-old and rock it with some white tank top lace and a beige sweater (it is still a little chilly in Chicago, can not go spring-spring quite yet). I think subtle-ness of this color goes well best with colors that are subtle, thus my color choice was beige, whites are recommended, also I have seen good pairings with pastel shades of blue and green too, also as always we have black, it will always work, however, as often I would recommend it primarily for an evening look...
Funny story - may explain this awkward and weird title of my post:
C, the pie-maker I married, brought to my attention that here a color that is salmon is hot pink and that probably refers to uncooked salmon meat that is pretty vivid, almost purple if a fish is a tid bit old - yuk...yuk yuk, we Poles do not think of rare food, especially when we think about color comparisons, thus we refer to a salmon color that is exactly that, this pastel, soft, cream pinkish color that I love above, which resembles a deliciously simmered, juicy and ready to eat chunk of fish! I think in this cultural difference battle, pie-maker has to acknowledge our sophistication. The last thing to reveal today is that I have a silly tendency to confuse salmon and Salomon (the king, right?) when typing, not to mention when talking, as I often times mispronounce both... why they must be so hard to say? a good noble wise king and a tasty fish? I dont know...

Outfit details:
tank-top: Vero Moda
shirt: H&M
pants: Urban Outfitters
cardigan: Forever21

Yellow Accents Continued

Yuuup, that is right, I guess there is something to it, as soon as I get a color accent in my head, it sticks with me for at least two outfits, I did not notice it as much, but since recently I have been keeping a better record of what I wear, yeah, I do continue to ride on one idea for at east two days, ask me about efficiency of concepts :)
What can I say about this outfit, well I love my big beads, and my new pointer-finger-ring, oh wait readers, those are accessories, lets get back to the outfit, so yeah, it is a really simple recipe for an office outfit, color coordinated, "grown-up" colors (black, gray, beige, brown etc) and then a nice bold color center-piece, a jacket or a cardigan or a simple sweater, I felt more corporate, office-y yet unique and out-of-the-pack... and of course the beads, did I mention the beads? it is always good to revamp a simple look with some beads :)

OUTFIT DETAILS
pants: Old Navy
black shirt: Vero Moda (bought in Poland)
sweater: Gap
necklace & ring : H&M

Military Inn, Jackets Checked!

I must admit to something, dear readers, blog surfers (should I refer to you as surfers? hi hi) I am obsessed with jackets, there is something ultra-superior-over-sweaters about them... those jackets, sihhah, more stylish, more mature, always elegant, so yeah, I have a weak spot for them. I don't have nearly enough, not to mention claiming that I have as many as I would like to. The reason for such deprivation is simple: jackets are always twice as much as sweaters, so I pass by those beautiful, super-sophisticated jackets hanging proudly on the store-best hangers, to eventually settle on a sweater or, if I am lucky and feeling even a bit more splurgy, a cardigan...but sometimes I snatch them jackets on sale, and then it is like Christmas, yupiii feelings inside and out.

Recently, I snatched on sale a military jacket, how are these on sale especially since the trend is in full swing and shall continue to bloom&boom, I do not know - clueless - but not wasting time to ask unnecessary questions, got me one. I can see it how calling it different names works, I could possibly name it: The Beatles jacket (remember St. Pepper lonely heart club band?) or circus jacket... but I would never thought of michael jackson, but on the day I wore it, I heard it the most, so let it be: Michael Jackson jacket... anyway, name as you will, such jacket is super cool, it is a piece of its own, and this style (christen as you please) is going to be BIIIIIIGGGGG, today I walked into an H&M they had at least 7 different versions of such jacket :) I wanted them all, but hello, this is not a rich woman holding the wallet, at least not yet, so...

I think this jacket can be worn with pretty much anything, here above, I am playing it safe. I decided to start it off with similar color accents (yellow) so with the under shirt and the scarf with yellowish,black and gray nicely combining all the pieces together) but it does not have to be as safe, couple days earlier I wore it with a purple dress and black tights. Military jackets I want to see you everywhere all ways possible!

Outfit details:
Jacet: Forever21
Pants: H&M
Shirt: Forever21
Scarf:Poland import
Boots: Uggs - still winter in Chicago and I take the CTA :)

oppppsss I did it again, didn't I?

Is it winter, is me? it is my true and honest obsession with gray? not sure, maybe all the above... I noticed that for the last couple days, I have been subconsciously choosing gray tones, which we agreed on were the hit of winter, since it is almost spring I should be a little more vibrant shouldn't I?... Well, maybe I am like this groundhog, I can tell how much winter is ahead of us and apparently a couple more days as I keep putting on those gray themed clothing assembles :)
Anyhow, I love love love absolutely love the concept for this look, absolutely love, (enough already...) there is something cute & elegant, yet cute & girly about the following pairing:
+ "interesting top"and that being a cool pattern, vivid color, interesting texture/design
+ a pullover, jacket or sweater
+ a wide belt (or a skinny belt depending on your sweater or jacket), ooooh I am so glad this look is popular now, I want it to stay around forever, for sure, ( we just need to have Michele Obama sport this look even more and everyone will keep on following )
So mix and match your belts, sweaters and tops, accentuate your waistlines, feel super sexy, sophisticated and.... polish(ed)!
Definitely, this combo receives my very first official polish(ed) certification - this style I shall call my own too from now on. I believe is deserves such recognition because : it's a flattering look to any figure, it adds elegance and complements any "not sure what I'm missing" look, it guarantees assemble wholesomeness! also the mix and match possibilities are almost endless, an extra stretch to even a very limited wardrobe.
In the mean time, over and out readers, happy mix-matching! not necessarily in gray :) either!

Pants: Nine West
Shirt: Old Navy
Sweater: H&M
Belt: Forever 21

My heart desiers aka if i was a rich man...(woman)

Anjas heart desires ... by anna_fashonism_fetishism

If I was a rich woman, dabadabadaba dim...I would get me the items above, no particular occasion, just to go to lunch with friends or cinema... okay so you are probably wondering, what is she talking about here, well, let me explain my dear readers, so yesterday was my birthday and it is usually a day when we feel entitled to splurging, don't get me wrong I am not a splurge-yy type at all, but I like "looking", "dreaming" and "imagining myself in it" then as every good girl, I treat it as an inspiration to find cheap substitudes... anyway the above collage is something to shop for if I had a lot of time to kill and a lot of zeros in my account... then I would hop into my jaguar and drive myself to Bloomingdale's or someplace alike, where rich people go to buy their nice richy things. That is how I would fulfill the above shopping list, item by item :) simple as that...
but for now, I will use this as inspiration for more realistic substitions and still rock such look once spring comes. There are three loves coded in this collage that I will try to implement this spring and summer:

I love everything that has sequins, I am like a magpie, I am drawn to everything sparkly, shiny and glossy, I am so excited that recently (I noted with beat-skipping heart) sequins and other sparkling goodies are stepping out of the darkness of the night RIGHT INTO the daylight, my face smiled when I saw my ultimate style guru Sarah Jessica Parker aka SJP stepping into a morning show studio for a MORNING INTERVIEW (Live with Reggis & Kelly) in a sequin mini skirt! and as always she looked fabulous, therefore, dear ladies, don't be timid, let it sparkle, let it shine, I will be so on to sparkle this spring and summer that being the rays of sun and still okay to do in the luminesence of the moon.

I love gold, I loooove gold, funny enough fake gold, fake big gold jewelery and golden accentc, also I feel really god in warm, gold tones clothing and make-up wise..luckliy gold scraze is not going anywhere and I hope it is here to stay for good...unless I get bored with it myself, mhuaahhhaahhaa...

I have not tried it out yet, but I love it on other people, you wonder what, well, I am talking about this lether, sex- skinny-pants look, of course leather pants are very expensive but the look is catching on and plenty of stores put out on thier hangers and shelves syntetic leather-not-leather version that I am planning to grab...yeah I am planning to wear some leather (not-leather-leater) pants shortly....

Okay, enough ramblings, off I go, possibly get me some realistic, vallet- friendly goodies, yet bare with me, inspired by what my heart desires...