This Must Be Dirty Pop

Oi! It's been such a long time since I've posted! Sorry, y'all! I've had a lot on my plate because I've been moving... I let you know where my next home-away-from-home in another blog post soon! 

A while back, I went to a K-pop concert. My good Korean friend works for a company that hosts concert events and was able to help us out  with tickets- we got such stellar seats!  We saw Wonder Boyz, Ladies Code, Norazo, and a ballad singer. Norazo's performance was my favorite - it's a 2 man group where one is the energy (dancing and jumping around) and the other is the face (verrrry attractive guitar player). Wonder Boyz had some pretty smooth moves, too. We had a great time, even though the concert was a lot different from what I'm used to back home. We saw 5 performers/groups and the entire concert lasted only 2 hours! Everyone only sang about 2-3 songs each. The concert started exactly when it said it was going to and ended at the scheduled time as well. And the biggest difference of all - folks didn't really dance. They stayed in their seats until the performers asked them to stand up! My friends and I all wiggled in our chairs to the beat but some audience members were falling asleep! 

Because I didn't know what to expect from this concert I tried to go with comfort, style, layered warmth. Y'all know how much I love a good sweater dress and this pink animal print is just the right amount of funky. I put on the leather vest for extra warmth but also because I like how it hits me right at the waist. 

I think my favorite thing is all the jewelry. I'm normally too lazy put on a bunch of stuff but I love how it looks when I do. I'm obsessed with bracelet parties; one of the fun things is how versatile it can be. You can go boho,  mix-and-match metallics, or play with different textures. Chanel said before you leave the house, take off one thing but with bracelet parties, before you leave the house, I say ADD one more thing! 

Sweater Dress: Clothing Swap | Vest: Korean thrift store | Boots: DSW | Rings, Earrings and Bracelets: Gifted or Clothing Swap 

Mod Babe

From the Archives: 

Things have been crazy over here so I haven't been able to post as much as I would like. However, here's a style post from a little while back that I'd like you to take a look at! 

I got this houndstooth mod-inspired sweater dress at a clothing swap from my black-wearing-fashion-guru-friend, Sasha.  I normally stay away from this kind of silhouette - the drop waist mod shift dress because it doesn't flatter the pear-shaped lady very well. It makes the smallest part of my body look larger than it actually is, usually. However, this length is really short and it almost skims in the middle just a smidge - just enough to flatter but still read "mod". And I couldn't resist not going along with the whole 1960's theme - I love a good theme - with the big flowers and red cateye sunglasses. To keep the whole look nice and winter cosy I added my knit hat with the faux fur ball in the back. And what mod outfit isn't complete without some go-go boots?! (Okay, wrong color but I can pretend). I really wanted to add some thick black eye lashes via Twiggy but there wasn't enough time when I took the photos. :( Next time! 

Hat & Sweater Dress: Clothing Swap | Sunglasses: Target | Boots: DSW 

All Bundled Up

Yesterday I woke up to snow falling and I was so excited to finally to do a winter wonderland photo shoot. But by the time I was able to run outside, the snow had melted on the pavement and had stopped flurrying. So here's my (doctored) version. 

When I did see all the snow falling in the morning, though, my first thought was, "Oh, crap! What in the world am I going to WEEEAR?!" and I sent myself into a panic. 

I don't think this Georgia girl will ever really get used to snow.

So I grabbed the warmest thing I had - this gray, wool sweater-dress.  When I first put on the gray sweater-dress, my first reaction was, "oh, wow. That makes me look mega curvy. I don't know..." Especially since I've been wearing a lot of black lately (all my sweaters are in dark colors, I don't know why!) I wasn't used to seeing me in gray. But then I thought,  "That's stupid. I AM curvy. It will keep me warm and I like it." This was the first time I wore it and MAN, it's so warm! I decided to walk a little in the snow when the flurries were coming on strong and while my knees were chilly, the rest of me wasn't. I was impressed.

I figured because of the light color of the sweater-dress, I would continue with this winter's biggest trend - winter pastels. So I threw on my pink hat and (what color is this?!) sea foam suuuuuuuper-long-amazing-scarf. The extra little touch in keeping with the cute, sweetness of it all was my gray bow belt - one of my favorites! I don't wear it as much as I would like; I think in part because the color gray as an accessory throws me off for some reason.

Now while I just "threw on" my darling pastel knitwear, the things under my outfit I most definitely did NOT just throw on. I hiked up - with a lot of effort, I might add - a pair of tights, thick pair of stockings, and thick socks all before putting on my thick black leggings. I also have on a tank top, and long sleeve shirt under my sweater-dress - all carefully tucked into the various tights and leggings in according to Lindsey's method of winter wear OCD. But the long sleeve shirt wasn't just for extra warmth - the wool is a little scratchy so it helped with that.

What tips do you have for winter layering? I'm always learning! 

Sweater Dress: Goodwill | Belt, Scarf : Clothing Swap | Hat: Comma | Boots: DSW

Ladies that Lunch and the Sweater Dress

This is my 3rd winter here in Korea and I think I'm finally getting the dressing-well-in-winter thing down. (Georgia gets cold, but not like here - so windy!) When it changed to super cold, at first I was all grumbly until I remembered I have like... 5 new sweater-dresses. Score! I knew this hunter green little ditty would go great with my new tights. Fall/winter is a great time to play with different textures. Like these fantastic tights - they have this tiny leaf pattern but far away it just looks like a cool pattern. I also can't tell if they are brown, gray or something else. 

Then I paired my tights with two different types of sweater material. Like a goober though, I forgot to take off the purple sweater to show you how flattering the sweater-dress really is - it's got a different type of cable knitting around the waist and it just skims my curves. Also it's got short sleeves! 

I didn't want my arms to get cold but I wanted the option of being able to take off a top layer so I chose this purple number. It's a little mumsy but I love it. I call it my "ladies-that-lunch" sweater-jacket which is a huge style in Korea; they usually style it in the shops very Jackie O - big pearls, tweed pencil skirt. The white piping and little puff sleeves make it look sharp and almost tailored even though it's technically a sweater. 

The last little detail was my brooch to go along with the "ladies-that-lunch" theme. Not sure if the pale pink goes with all the jewel tones, but whatev. I wanted to pull in the sweater-jacket so that the bottom would hit right at my waist. 

How would you wear a sweater-dress? 

Also, don't forget to enter the I've Got Nothing to Hide Blog Giveaway, if you haven't already!! It ends this Thursday, Nov. 21st at midnight, Seoul time.  (10 a.m. Thursday morning Eastern time.)

Dress: Thrift Store | Jacket: Tomato | Tights: Homeplus | Shoes: Homeplus | Brooch: Mother's | Earrings: Naughty Cat | Glasses: Naughty Cat