Style Icon: Mollie King

I felt it was time for me to write a post about a style icon who was a little more modern, and who better than Mollie King from The Saturdays? She is just so adorable and british, and every time she goes out she looks impeccable.

Her style is very girly, preppy, and classic. She wears certain trends, but she never overdoes it, and as a result her outfits could fit into many different eras of style. She loves prints, especially polka dots, collars, and statement jackets.

For jackets, I kept it simple and classic, with a tan trench coat and a black moto jacket. For dresses and rompers, I chose a leather look shift dress (which is perfect because leather and leather look is a trend, but shift dresses are classic) and a lace romper. Mollie loves big bags,, that are held on the wrist, in neautral colors that can be paired with anything. For shoes, she wears heels pretty much all the time, mainly classic pumps and heeled booties, but for some flat shoes you could try some brogues or ballet flats with a cute little bow. And finally, she loves statement and printed shorts and skirts, so I put a few options up in varying styles - a standard denim hot short in a girly color, a pair of culottes in a neutral color, and a pair of patterned cotton hot shorts. 

Some items I didn't include but are essentials to get Mollie's style are classic blue jeans, white or neutral shirts or t shirts, and t shirt dresses. But, I figured that these are pretty standard wardrobe pieces, so I left them out of the polyvore set.

What are your thoughts on Mollie King's style?

Love,

Caro

What's in My Bag

I have been seeing "What's in My Bag" posts and videos around the internet for years. And now that I have my own fashion/style/whatever blog, I figured I would give it a shot. 

All right, so first things first: the bag. I posted this bag one or two weeks ago when I got it from Target, and this is the only bag I've been using since them! I am so in love with this bag, and I can't wait to use it for school in the fall as well. 

Next is my phone. Funny story, generally speaking I have this iphone, my Scottish iphone 4 (just as an ipod and for games), and my really old 80 gb ipod so that I can listen to music in the car without killing the battery on my phone.

And of course, I carry my wallet with me. Pretty self explanatory, I also got this wallet from Target a few weeks back.

This was originally a makeup bag that I think I got for free for subscribing to Seventeen a few years ago, but I just use it as a cute place to put pads and tampons.

I realize two mirrors might be excessive, but I didn't realize the portable hairbrush had a mirror when I bought it, and it doesn't work that well anyways. So these are just some little hair and possibly makeup tools (I really don't carry makeup around in my purse with me, especially just day to day) in case my face is not playing along that day. I also usually have a black scrunchie, but its currently in my hair.

Apparently I have some little socks that you use at the shoe store when trying on shoes if you don't have any socks on. This is from Sunday when I went shopping for my birthday presents with my mom and she bought me some shoes, and for some reason I've just left them in my bag. 

I wore this watch a few days ago and had to take it off for something, and it just got left in my bag.

And of course the keys. I have a set of house keys, with a million key chains, and a car key. I didn't put the car key on the key chain just because I share that car with my parents, and there are only two keys, so we just leave them on the table downstairs when we're not driving. Except I always forget and put it back in my bag because its a habit. I should probably put it back downstairs...

And of course there are some loose receipts. One of these is actually a piece of paper from my grandpa's doctor, because I took him to his appointment the other day. I try to put receipts back in my wallet and then get rid of them when I know I don't need them, but sometimes I'm in a rush so I just toss them in my bag.

And of course, what bag wouldn't be complete without some lip balm? I love this eos lip balm, I have the one in raspberry I think, and it is absolutely amazing. I got this from Target a few weeks ago when I got my bag and my wallet. 

Since I'm currently in California, I keep a pair of sunglasses in my bag in a cute little sunglasses case that my friend Jessey got for me. I have a few different pairs of sunglasses that I switch out, depending on what I'm wearing. So these are my vintage tortoiseshell ones, because I was wearing my new tortoise watch the other day.

Some gum I got at the airport. Pretty self explanatory. It keeps my breath minty.

And last but not least, my earbuds. I usually wear the squishy ones, but I lost one of the ear things the other day so I've had to switch to these standard apple ones for the time being.

And that, my lovelies, is everything that is currently in my bag. What do you guys keep in your bag?

Love,

Caro

Today's Purchases

So I did a little shopping today - I drove down to Urban Outfitters and Target. I was looking for a headband thing and a ring from Urban Outfitters, which they did not have, and a watch from Target, which again they did not have. Which made me sad. I've decided to wait for after to my birthday to decide if I want to order the watch (it is gorgeous, and exactly what I've been looking for, and only $15). But, while I was there, I picked up a few other things.

I got this gorgeous satchel bag from Target for $34.99. It is a beautiful deep navy color, and a perfect size to carry notebooks to class. I can tell I'm going to be getting a lot of use out of this bag, from airports to class to general day to day life. Did I mention how beautiful it is?

The other item I picked up from Target was this interesting wallet. I can't figure out if that animal is a wolf or a fox, but either way he adds a cool, unique detail to the wallet. And the great thing is it holds so much stuff! Unfortunately I couldn't find any links to this specific wallet on the Target website, but I found this similar one with a cute little elephant on it. 

I picked up these sunglasses from Urban Outfitters for only $10! They're super flattering on my face too, which is awesome, and they have a really cute subtle cat eye thing going on, which is a big trend in sunglasses this year. Again, I couldn't find a link on the Urban Outfitters website for my specific pair, but they have some similar ones here and here.

The last thing I bought was this pair of earrings from Urban Outfitters, on sale for $2.99. They are these pretty tiny dangling tulips (at least I think they're tulips, I'm not really a flower person). At the UO I went to they were having a sale on some jewelry, so I recommend checking it out because I absolutely love their jewelry. 

So yeah. That's everything that I bought today. Not a whole lot, but since my birthday is coming up and I had to spend some money last month picking up a lot of new essentials, (and I've been treating myself to a few things on Ebay), I'm trying not to buy a lot of things, or even go shopping really. Trying to save money, and all that. 

Are any of you guys saving money? Maybe for something special? Let me know in the comments!

Love,

Caro