How I'd Wear It: School Basketball T-Shirt

Whatcha Wearing?

St Jude T-shirt , for sale here in my style.ly boutique

Leather skirt from Goodwill

Tights from Uniqlo

Shoes from Crossroads Trading Co

Glitter belt from a vintage jacket bought at Beacon's Closet

Bracelets from Daylab and Buffalo Exchange

Bottle necklace from my mom / multi chain necklace from some mall shop

Full disclosure #1: St Jude is a Catholic elementary school in Cincinnati. I didn't go there, but I have a friend who did. This was one of my thrift store finds while visiting family in Cincy on our way out to LA, and I'm having a hard time not keeping it for myself! Such great colors and I love that it's sleeveless! Sure, you could pair it with some shorts and wear it to the gym (or to play basketball), but I think it's much more interesting with leather and lots of hardware inspired jewelry. This would be a great outfit to wear out dancing--comfy and cool!

Full disclosure #2: I could barely get this skirt zipped up. It used to fit perfectly, but my workouts have been scattered at best over the past few months with travelling and the move. Time to get my ass back into shape! Good thing I'm climbing the steps of Mount Doom again tomorrow...

Are You Gonna Go My Way?

Whatcha Wearing?

Vintage dress & bag from Beacon's Closet

Hat from Buffalo Exchange

Belt from Casablanca Vintage

Bracelet from Covered Bridge Antique Mall

Sandals from some cheap little place in SoHo

First off, let me apologize for making you look at my feet in the last photo. My nail polish is chipped and the gold/orange color didn't photograph well. Let's not even get started on the state of my heels. Clearly I don't take very good care of my feet! Despite that, I wanted to show the cool buckles on the sandals.

Matt and I headed to happy hour last night at a little cafe that's really close to our apartment. Two thumbs up for half price craft beers! The cheese and jalapeno quesadilla we split was pretty delicious (and spicy!) too.

This old rusty car was parked outside the gates of a body shop on our way to the cafe, and Matt thought it was a good place for photos. I have to agree--they ended up looking pretty cool!

I'm linking up with Thrifter Thursday at Coffee & Cardigans.

How I'd Wear It: 90s Florals

Whatcha Wearing?

Vintage dress, for sale here in my style.ly boutique

Socks and cuff from H&M

Ring from Daylab

Combat boots that I bought a million years ago on a clearance table

I photograph the clothes in my etsy and style.ly shops on a mannequin since everything doesn't fit me and I want my listings to be uniform. That doesn't stop me from imagining how I would wear them! In fact, I imagine how I would wear just about every piece that I buy. Even though I make a point of styling the mannequin to show a complete outfit, I can't fully deck it out in accessories and shoes. That's where "How I'd Wear It" comes in.  Each week, I'm going to take some of the clothes I have for sale and do exactly that...show you how I'd wear it if I was to keep it for myself. And let me tell you, I have a hard time not keeping some of this stuff for myself!

This was another one of those long, shapeless, frumpy "teacher dresses". I just gave it a quick hem into super mini dress territory, and suddenly it's a bit of 90s grunge-style floral greatness! Super comfy and easy to wear. Striped socks for some fun pattern mixing and big combat boots for some ass-kicking complete the look.

How would you style this dress?

Fiery Finish Vintage: Now on Style.ly!

Last week I decided to try selling a couple dresses on a site I just learned about called style.ly, and to my great excitement, they both sold within a few hours! I've put together a set of items (some of which are pictured here) to sell there this week, hopefully with the same great results. You can visit my style.ly boutique at http://style.ly/boutique/Chrissi-Burnett-258540. Let me know what you think!
I have to say, I'm especially in love with the blue & white scalloped top in the first photo. Lucky for you that it's too small for me...

Instagram: Settling In

Here are my favorites from this week! You can follow me on Instagram @chrissiburn.

Culver sign at the Kirk Douglas Theatre / Lazy afternoon at Venice Beach
Backyard BBQ / Delicious papaya that we turned into salsa
Beautiful day outside of Sony Pictures Studios / The Aero Theatre in Santa Monica
Fun patterns in the entrance of the Aero / Amazing butternut squash soup made by Matt

Gentlemen, You Can't Fight in Here! This is the War Room.

Whatcha Wearing?

Maxi dress, sandals, & sunglasses from H&M

J Crew shirt from Buffalo Exchange

Bag from Salvation Army

Bottle necklace from my mom

I wore this last night to see one of my favorite movies, Dr Strangelove, on the big screen for the first time. I have to say, it was a great experience seeing it with a crowd. So much laughter! If you're a fan of great films and live in LA, I highly recommend checking out the American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre. In the short amount of time we've lived here, we've already been there twice. They have a pretty amazing lineup of movies, so I can see us becoming regular customers.

Magic Hour

Whatcha Wearing?

Silence + Noise top from Beacon's Closet

Levi's jeans from Crossroads Trading Co

Vintage hat from Atlantis Attic 

Bag from Salvation Army

Shoes and cuff from Buffalo Exchange

Necklace from Daylab

Sunglasses from American Eagle

I have no idea where I found this belt!

Look, I'm not on my balcony! We headed to a friend's house last night for some drinks and a few rounds of a game called Wormhole 7. Imagine bocce + shuffleboard + space theme + a black light as a game in someone's backyard and you might start to have some understanding of what we were playing. Yes, it was made up in that very backyard and yes, the rules are still being formulated as we go, but it is so much fun to play! Perhaps someday it will be in everyone's backyard!