Category Archives: what i wore
Sunday Style: Punchline [Pinspiration]
After totally wearing out my black pencil skirt (it has safety pins holding the lining together — ouch!), I bought a new one in purple. It felt like a risk at first but I’ve gotten a ton of compliments on it so far. The next risk was pairing it with so much orange. But if you look closely in the plaid, there are strands of purple woven in so the purple skirt pairing becomes a total knock out!
And the Pinspiration:
Now onto the Punchline. After lots of deliberation about which pair of Rivet & Sway frames to get, I ended up revisiting the Punchlines in Neapolitan and think we may have a winner! I love the classic shape, the vintage air, the hint of a cat-eye, and I can’t get ENOUGH of the pink! What more could a girl ask for? I was invited to the R&S showroom to see their new collection but I know I already have a homerun on my hands with the Punchline.
If you’re dying to get your hands on a pair of fabulous frames like the Punchline, stay tuned for a Rivet & Sway giveaway!
Linking up: What I Wore Wednesday
Posted in what i wore
Tagged daily outfit blog, fossil, jewelmint, nordstrom rack, pinspiration, punchline, rivet & sway, sunday style
4 Comments
Sunday Style: Black Sabbath
Pink and black has long been one of my favorite color combinations. On my 8th birthday, I can clearly remember running around in a bathing suit that was bright pink with black polka dots and a cute little peplum (for heaven’s sake, I’d wear that today). Recently I’ve had an insatiable craving for bright pink and satisfied it with this new Revlon nail polish and pink Clinique lipstick. Of course, a little pink goes a long way. What better to pair it with than all black!
Shirt: Nordstrom Rack | Tank top: Adea | Necklace: blue bijou | Leather skirt: Thrifted, Value Village | Tights: [somewhere] | Booties: Macy’s
In truth, after a rough week I was really dressing in black to match my mood. And I love the edge of leather, bright pink, and a faux hawk. Besides, dressing in black makes me feel like a Seattlite. (And according to my outfits page, I seem to wear more black than I realize…)
Linking up: What I Wore Wednesday
Daily Outfit: One Mint Julep
By far my favorite trend for Spring | Summer 2013 is the color mint. I can’t get enough of it and was tickled pink (or mint…?) when I found the perfect chiffon mint top at DownEast Basics. So in continuation of the trend to name all my outfit posts after songs this year, I bring you One Mint Julep!
This just happens to be my 400th post on Cable Car Couture since 2009! Happy 400!
Linking Up: What I Wore Wednesday | Plane Pretty Sunday Style | The Mrs. and the Momma Best of Friday Style Link-Up | Two Thirty-Five Casual Friday Link-Up | Long Distance Lovin’ Friday Fancies | Visible Monday
Daily Outfit: Red Alert [Pinspiration]
Sometimes the best outfits come together randomly on a Friday morning as you stand in front of your closet. That’s exactly what happened for this outfit. And sometimes the best place to take outfit pictures is in the mattress isle at Ikea. Just sayin’.
The Pinspiration
If you’re needing inspiration for outfits, Pinterest is a must. It’s full of great examples of real women remixing clothes from their closets. With these images from Seersucker and Saddles and The Glitter Guide fresh in my mind, this outfit came together easily.
Via: Seersucker and Saddles on Pinterest
Via: The Glitter Guide on Pinterest
Where do you get your style inspiration?
Linking up: Monday Mingle | Best of Friday Style | What What I’m Wearing | Sunday Style
Posted in accessories, personal style, what i wore
Tagged cashmere, daily outfit, ikat, kohl's, nordstrom rack, ny&co, pesky cat designs, pinspiration, tortoise and blonde, van heusen
14 Comments
Daily Outfit: 50 Shades of Grey [Pinspiration]
Perhaps it’s just my mood but lately I’ve been wearing a lot of grey. A lot. And I’ve been loving it.
[Recently my camera fell on the ground and the lens has been having a hard time auto focusing, so forgive the slightly out of focus images.]
This outfit had been inspired by something I saw on Pinterest that I can’t find anywhere so here’s the next best thing from Cupcakes and Cashmere.
Linking Up: What I Wore Wednsday | What I Wore Wednesday | Watch What I’m Wearing | Thrift Love | Thrifter’s Anonymous | Sunday Style | Style Showcase
Daily Outfit: Call Your Girlfriend [Pinspiration]
Ever since I can remember, Victoria Beckham has been a style icon of mine. From her hair to her wardrobe, I am continually inspired by her style choices. This weekend for date night with my husband, my Pinspiration came from Victoria Beckham.
Something about Saturday night, a smoky eye, and changing the part of my hair made this graffiti’d bridge the perfect location to shoot.
PS: If you’ve never seen the one shot video of Robyn’s Call Your Girlfriend, watch it!
Linking up: Monday Mingle | Watch What I’m Wearing
Daily Outfit: Back in Black [Pinspiration]
I live in Seattle and in my city you see an awful lot of black. We get like 300 days of rain per year, so you can’t blame us for dressing the part. Most days I fight the black on black, but every so often I embrace it. Particularly when we have all this Utah snow as a backdrop!
Earrings: Francesca’s | Turtleneck: Old Navy | Sequin skirt: DownEast Basics | Tights: [somewhere] | Ankle booties: Macy’s
Today’s Pinspiration.
(Since I hadn’t seen the image for a few weeks, I neglected to add appropriate accessories. I could have always reshot with more jewelry, but I froze half to death for these pictures. So it’s fine.)
Monochromatic outfit rule of thumb: be sure to add texture to add visual interest!
Linking up with: What I Wore Wednesday
Daily Outfit: Wear Pants to Church Day
Earrings – made by me | Cheong sam shirt – thrifted | Black pants – Kohl’s (?) | Feather bracelet – Francesca’s | Shoes – thrifted
December 16th marked a special day for Mormon feminists around the world. Today was Wear Pants to Church Day where women wore pants and men wore purple to show how women of our faith desire greater gender equality. While there are many women that have never felt unequal as a woman, this doesn’t negate the experiences of those of us who do.
Women traditionally wear skirts and dresses to church and while there is nowhere in any official church manual that precludes women from wearing pants, people were up in arms about women wearing pants to church. They felt like it was a political protest and that church was not the place for it.
C. Jane Kendrick said it beautifully: “It’s not a protest, it’s an outreach.” Today I wore pants in solidarity to stand with women who feel alone, out of place, and misunderstood. Today was an opportunity for us to bear one another’s burdens, to mourn with those that mourn, that comfort those that stand in need of comfort.
While I was the only woman who wore pants to church today in my ward, I didn’t feel alone — I could feel the sisterhood. Today I was part of something bigger. And I haven’t felt that excited to go to church in a long time.
And yay for my husband who wore purple (a color associated with women’s suffrage) to church today as well!
Did you wear pants to church today? I want to hear all about it!
Linking up with: Visible Monday | Watch What I’m Wearing | Lily Among Thorns
Posted in what i wore
Tagged all enlisted, feminism, monday link party, mormon feminist, mormons for pants, outreach, pantsgate, solidarity, wear pants to church
24 Comments
Daily Outfit: Riveting, Darling
The day I went to Rivet & Sway’s Pop Up Shop to try on swanky frames, this is what I wore. An anorak jacket has been on my wishlist forever and now that I have one in my closet, I can’t get enough.
So grateful for a husband who makes me laugh. And is willing to take my picture.
Linked to: Rolled Up Pretty and What I Wore Wednesday
The Hunger Games’ Effie Trinket Halloween Costume Makeup Tutorial
A critical part of becoming Effie Trinket from the Hunger Games for Halloween is the makeup. For my Effie Trinket Halloween costume, I enlisted the help of celebrity makeup artist DorothyInez to recreate the look from the movie. DorothyInez used all MAC and Motives makeup and recreated the look perfectly! Throughout the process we found ourselves literally laughing out loud for how ridiculous I looked. It’s comical — prepare yourself!
Here is a step by step tutorial by professional makeup artist DorothyInez with photos demonstrating how to recreate Effie Trinket makeup for Halloween.
- Before applying makeup, exfoliate your face to remove dead skin cells which will make the makeup apply more smoothly. Then moisturize your face generously.
- If you are wearing a wig, put on your wig cap to pull you hair back.
- Choose a foundation a few shades lighter than your natural skin color, then apply all over your face, including your lips. Go as light as you want to.
- Apply concealer as needed.
- To set the foundation, choose a matching light powder. Translucent powder will do in a pinch.
- If you have dark eyebrows like I do, cover them with concealer.
- Choose a bright shade of yellow and apply all over the eyelid, up to the eyebrow. Apply this shade of yellow on your eyebrows as well.
- Choose a bright shade of teal and apply it in the middle of your eyelid from the line of your lashes up to the brow, tapering inwards slightly.
- Apply a dark blue or teal eyeliner underneath the lower lashes, including the waterline, the inner rim of your eye.
- Apply a thin line of black eyeliner to your upper eyelid.
- Apply a pink blush to your cheekbones. Carry a bit up in a “C” shape around your eyebrows and onto your forehead.
- Using a pink lip liner, draw an exaggerated lip shape. Keep in mind this will not follow your natural lip shape.
- Fill it in with a matching pink or fuschia lip color.
- Apply mascara.
- Put on your wig.
Voila!
Don’t forget to check out our Effie Trinket Halloween Costume tutorial for more tips on how to pull together your costume!
May the odds be ever in your favor!
Posted in beauty, halloween costumes, what i wore
Tagged effie trinket makeup tutorial, effie trinket photo makeup tutorial, halloween costumes in your closet, halloween makeup tutorial, how to do effie trinket makeup, makeup artist dorothyinez, step by step makeup tutorial for effie trinket, the hunger games
4 Comments
