Chris's/Kris's Closet (Kristin) October 13, 2012

Kris's Closet

Inspired by great bloggers like Folake of Style Pantry and Tamia of The Style Sample, we decided to open up our closets to the world as well. We are ChristinaKristin of Columbus,Ohio. We are two women close in age, with two different takes on style and completely different personalities. My style is usually wild, bold, adventurous and colorful. I would use the same words to describe my personality and life. My name is Kristin. Welcome to my closet!

Saturday I rode to Lebanon with my fella to take care of some business. After the work was done, we headed over to Caesar Creek Flea Market. I bought my first pair of cowboy boots and some earrings. We headed back to Columbus where I spent the evening with my dad and my guy eating home made pizza and watching the Ohio State & Indiana game. Go Bucks! I took these pictures in front of my fella's place. I love his door! He made the door himself. This is what I wore.

My shirt is a wrinkle free yellow button-up dress shirt that use to belong to my grandma. I love these because they don't need and iron. I hate to iron! The shirt is Style & Co. originally from Macy's.

This denim, collarless jacket is now a closet blog regular. It is a thrift store buy originally from the Gap. I bought it a month ago when the weather started changing.

My tribal print mini skirt was a gift from my friend Deepika a couple months ago. She brought it back for me from New York. I found this same skirt on sale online @ http://www.karmaloop.com/product/The-Tribal-Skirt-in-Purple/254453

My necklaces are all from Shoetique, located in Town & Country at 3760 East Broad Street  Columbus, OH 43213.There was only one of the middle one but the other two are available. I own three of the beaded ones because they look great worn together. The style can be worn as a choker or long necklace. You can adjust it to many different lengths as shown.

The bracelets are from a vendor at the Pickerington Violet Festival this past summer. Two of them tie on wood beaded bracelets and the middle one with the real scorpion has pull strings. I found a scorpion bracelet on etsy at http://www.etsy.com/listing/91526865/black-scorpion-sitting-on-natural?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_search_query=real+scorpion&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_ref=auto1&ga_search_type=handmade

The handbag is a closet blog regular, It is Louis Vuitton, the first bag I bought myself ten years ago. The cognac leather boots are Chinese Laundry from Nordstrom. They are two years old and getting really oily and worn but I love them. They have had a new version of these every year. You can find this years version @

 http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/chinese-laundry-south-bay-over-the-knee-boot/3291333?origin=keywordsearch&contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=Cognac&resultback=225&pprd=0

The glasses are closet blog regulars. They are D& G aviators.

This concludes another Kris's Closet. Thank you so much for stopping by!

Be blessed! Be free! Be fashionable!

Kris,

Chris's/Kris's Closet (Kristin) September 1, 2012

Kris's Closet

Inspired by great bloggers like Folake of Style Pantry and Tamia of The Style Sample,two months ago we decided to open up our closets to the world as well. We are ChristinaKristin of Columbus,Ohio. We are two women close in age, with two different takes on style and completely different personalities. My style is usually wild, bold, adventurous and colorful. These same words also describe my personality and life. My name is Kristin. Welcome to my closet!

  

Saturday I spent the day in Amish Country. The fella and I drove down to get supplies for his business. When the business was done, we browsed a few Amish fabric and furniture stores, bought lots of cheese at Guggisberg and walked across the street to Chalet in the Valley to have a late lunch. I took my first two pictures in the fabric store parking lot. I am obsessed with horse and buggys. The rest of the pictures were taken at Guggisberg, the cheese store. This is what I wore.

I wore a beige cotton dress by Apostrophe. It is so comfortable. I originally bought it from a thrift store in Illinois to turn into a high-low dress but I never got around to it.

My 80's belt I bought at a thrift store a while ago. I am no longer sure which one. I love belts and the 80's produced some of the best ones. You can find great belts of all decades in thrift an vintage stores. I also like to order belts from http://www.etsy.com/ Here is one I found that was similar http://www.etsy.com/listing/96272868/vintage-huge-oversized-glam-belt-tie?ref=sr_gallery_24&ga_search_query=+rope+belt&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=all  My shell pendant came from Authentiques in Bucyrus, Ohio during a Style Adventure. Find a similar one at http://www.etsy.com/listing/54771068/beautiful-shell-pendant-gold-trimmed?ref=sr_gallery_20&ga_search_query=shell+pendant&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_ref=auto1&ga_search_type=all

My straw envelop clutch is a closet blog regular. I got it in Chicago at Buffalo Exchange. You can find great straw clutches on http://www.etsy.com/ as well. My copper cuff arm party comes from a mixture of places. The bottom one with the turquoise is the newest one. It's from the gift shop at Tecumseh. The third one is a penny cuff made with pennies from a time when pennies were made completely of copper. That bracelet I bought from a jewelry vendor at the Ohio State Fair. It is new to the closet blog. I located some of these on esty like this one http://www.etsy.com/listing/45643744/vintage-1970s-hand-crafted-copper-cuff?ref=sr_gallery_8&ga_search_query=penny+cuff+bracelet&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=all The rest of my cuff bracelets are from vintage and thrift shops. Find copper cuffs on  etsy and http://www.overstock.com/

These are my go to D&G gold and silver aviators. They are closet blog regulars. The earrings are also from Authentiques in Bucyrus, Ohio. They are gold, silver, copper and brass colored button style. Surprisingly they are also post. The closest I found to these were http://www.etsy.com/listing/86862931/vintage-50s-italian-glass-earrings?ref=sr_gallery_43&ga_search_query=metallic+button+earrings&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=all

This concludes another Kris's Closet. Thank you so much for stopping by!

Be blessed! Be free! Be fashionable!

Kris,

Chris's/Kris's Closet (Kristin) August 18, 2012

Kris's Closet

Inspired by great bloggers like Folake of Style Pantry and Tamia of The Style Sample,a month ago we decided to open up our closets to the world as well. We are ChristinaKristin of Columbus,Ohio. We are two women close in age, with two different takes on style and completely different personalities. The best way to describe us if personalities were colors would be red and hot pink. I am the red personality because I am usually wild, passionate and bold with fashion and in life. My name is Kristin. Welcome to my closet!

 I went to Bucyrus, Ohio for their Bratwurst Festival early Saturday evening. I had a very low key and uneventful morning and afternoon, so I was excited to finally get out of the house. I have been eating better lately to get rid of some of the weight I have gained this past eight months but at the festival I planned to eat what I wanted and indeed I did. I had brats, fried cheese on a stick, fries, ice cream and more. The food was great but even better was a spontaneous vintage shopping moment at Authentiques and meeting the most polite monkey ever. Yes, I am talking about a real monkey with manners. I put on an outfit that I thought would be comfortable and forgiving, considering the food I was about to eat. This is what I wore.

My bright neon tunic I bought at an Ohio Thrift store many years ago. I love that it captures two summer trends, neon and ethnic/tribal. It is open back and has two ties, one at the neck and waistline. I found some cute tunics on etsy @ http://www.etsy.com/listing/83026238/vtg-80s-boho-ethnic-brown-floral-print?ref=sr_gallery_3&ga_search_query=ethnic+floral+tunic+tops&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=all and this one @  http://www.etsy.com/listing/105481395/gorgeous-vintage-60s-neon-bell-sleeve?ref=sr_gallery_3&ga_search_query=neon+floral+tunic+tops&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=all

My skinny jeans are Mossimo from Target.

Since my back was open and I was not going without a bra, I opted for a matching neon pink beater to go up under the tunic. I purchased this beater at Meijers for $8. I did not find the beaters on their site. However, I found a website that just sells beaters in a variety of colors and for cheap @ http://www.freshbeaters.com/page/403261570

My sunglasses I wear often, they are my go to gold/silver combo D&G aviators (6065). My earrings are also closet blog repeats from Mali on Michigan Ave in Chicago.

My necklace premiered the first time this month in my Style Adventures Vol. 4 blog. It was purchased a couple weeks ago at the Chesterville Flea Market from a vendor. I payed 25 cents for it. If you like my necklace check out this one from etsy @ http://www.etsy.com/listing/106306007/large-dramatic-vintage-brass-ethnic?ref=sr_gallery_6&ga_search_query=large+brass+ethnic+necklace&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_page=1&ga_search_type=all

My bracelets and ring are all closet regulars. I have worn them in many closet blogs. The copper cuffs are from vintage stores, thrift stores and the bottom one with all the turquoise stones is from the gift shop at the outdoor drama in Chillicothe, Tecumseh. The ring and matching bracelet go with my earrings. Again, all of them are from Mali in Chicago. My Louis Vuitton I purchased almost ten years ago at the LV store at The Mall at Millenia in Orlando. It was my first Louis Vuitton. The style is called Papillon. I am guessing my particular bag is no longer being produced but I found a similar one on the LV website @ http://www.louisvuitton.com/front/#/eng_US/search/PAPILLON The distressed 
gold leather sandals I am wearing are Type Z (Desert). They are sold out and I have not found anything similar.

This concludes another Kris's Closet. Thank you so much for stopping by!

We are having a sale on jewelry on etsy. Just click on our shop page from the blog or go to http://www.etsy.com/ & type in ChristinaKristin. Use SHOPCHRIS10 for 25% off at check out.

Be blessed! Be free! Be fashionable!

Kris,

Me giving my new friend a dollar at The Bucyrus Bratwurst Festival . This monkey stole my heart. His name is Jojo.

The most polite monkey I have ever met. He tips his hat and shakes hands.

Chris's/Kris's Closet (Kristin) July 28, 2012

Kris's Closet

Inspired by great bloggers like Folake of Style Pantry and Tamia of The Style Sample, we decided to open up our closets to the world as well. We are ChristinaKristin of Columbus,Ohio. We are two women close in age, with two different takes on style and completely different personalities. The best way to describe us if personalities were colors would be red and hot pink. I am the red personality because I am usually wild, passionate and bold with fashion and in life. My name is Kristin. Welcome to my closet!

Saturday I watched a lot of Olympics, messed around in my garden and cleaned the house. Then I had dinner with the fella at Sago Asian Bistro in Grove City. Afterward we went for a walk at Gantz Park in Grove City.  I ended my night at the Pickerington Violet Festival where I watched Night Ranger, the 80's hair band perform. These pictures are from Gantz Park. This is what I wore.

My tribal print, strapless dress is what I call a "maxi mini". I am too short for a real maxi dress so I don't tend to wear dresses that come past my calves.  I bought this dress last year from Forever 21. I needed to change out of my work clothes for a party and this dress was cute and quick. It also worked well under a blazer when it was cooler out. To view similar dresses click on links below.

1. http://www.forever21.com/Product/Product.aspx?category=DRESS&ProductID=2000035355&utm_source=google&utm_medium=base&utm_campaign=product_feed

2.http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom/women/fair-square-prices/month-long-values/ana-strapless-ruffle-dress/prod.jump?ppId=pp5001260051&selectedLotId=2192705&selectedSKUId=21927050059&navState=navState-:catId-:subcatId-:subcatZone-false:N-:Ns-:Nao-0:ps-24:pn-1:Ntt-strapless+dress:Nf-:action-search&catId=SearchResults

3.http://www.zappos.com/gabriella-rocha-zina-dress-rust

This belt is a tribal belly dancing belt. I bought it from the International Festival that Columbus has every year at Vets Memorial. It is covered in wooden buttons, seed beads and cowrie shells. Click on links to view similar belts.

1. http://www.africancraftsmarket.com/African-tribal-cowrie-shell-belt.html

2.http://www.allseasonjewelry.com/seashell-belts/cowrie-shell-tropical-belts.html

3.http://www.indirani.com/product/tribal-belts#.UBag22FtqSo

My straw envelope clutch I bought at Buffalo Exchange in Chicago for like $12. I love the straw clutches, this is one of two that I own. They go with so much. To view some similar clutches click on links.

1. http://www.etsy.com/listing/100528145/vintage-straw-clutch-by-jordan-marsh?ref=sr_gallery_19&ga_search_query=straw+envelope+clutch&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=all

2. http://www.shoebuy.com/earth-axxessories-straw-clutch-cl-1101/470614/996122?cm_mmc=googleproductads_pla-_-none-_-none-_-{keyword}

3.http://www.etsy.com/listing/53993425/yellow-straw-envelope-clutch-summer-tiki

My flat, black, leather, gladiator style, bootie sandals I have worn in a previous blog. I made some suggestions for them in my very first closet blog earlier this month. Review blog dated 7/7.

These are my copper cuff bracelets that I wear pretty often. I have worn them in two blogs already this month. The "arm party" is hot right now. If you aren't familiar with the term, it means wearing a bunch of different bracelets all at once. So stack and mix to get this look and it can be done with all kinds of bracelets. But I love doing it with my copper cuff collection. If you have skinny wrists like I do, cuffs are he best style of bracelet. The best places to find copper cuffs are thrift stores and antique shops. For vintage and new copper cuffs online I would browse http://www.etsy.com/ and http://www.overstock.com/. My turquoise and gold bracelet and ring set are from a Chicago store called Mali on Michigan Ave. I put up the site for them the first time I wore these in my closet blog dated 7/14.

The gold and silver sunglasses are my go to sunglasses most of the time. They are my D&G Aviators (6065). I have worn these quite a few times in my closet blogs this month. The best place to find quality aviators is the well known ray-ban @ http://www.ray-ban.com/usa. My earrings are handmade by a vendor I ran into at the Dandelion Festival in Dover, Ohio this past May. He does that festival and the Island Fest in Kelleys Island every year. I just saw him on the island last weekend. The earrings are made out of wood beads, gold wire and black seed beads. I could not locate anything similar to them but there are lots of fun wood and wire dangle earrings on http://www.etsy.com/.

That concludes another Kris's Closet. Thank you for stopping by! 

Be blessed! Be free! Be fashionable!

Kris,

Chris's/Kris's Closet (Kristin) July 14, 2012

Kris's Closet

Inspired by great bloggers like Folake of Style Pantry and Tamia of The Style Sample, we decided to open up our closets to the world as well. We are ChristinaKristin of Columbus,Ohio. We are two women close in age, with two different takes on style and completely different personalities. The best way to describe us if personalities were colors would be red and hot pink. I am the red personality because I am usually wild, passionate and bold with fashion and in life. My name is Kristin. Welcome to my closet!

Friday I spent some time with a friend Naima from high school who had just graduated from the school of Aveda. She came over and we played catch up while she did my nails and toes for me because they really needed some help. Thank god for her! Then I got dressed to go to dinner with my fella at Mary Kelly's in Dublin. We took these photos out front before we ate. I was not notified by my photographer aka the fella, that my bra strap was showing the entire time. =(

I wore a tie dye empire waist top by a brand called Casual Freedom that I got from TJ Maxx several years ago with a pair of target brand Mossimo, mid-rise, skinny, fit 4/curvy jeans. Find jeans @ http://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=mossimo+jeans&category=0%7CAll%7Cmatchallpartial%7Call+categories

Click on the links below to view similar tops.

1. http://www1.bloomingdales.com/shop/product/quotation-red-haute-tank-tie-dye?ID=616131&PseudoCat=se-xx-xx-xx.esn_results

2. http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/c-c-california-tie-dye-asymmetrical-hem-tank/3294663?origin=keywordsearch&fashionColor=&resultback=4742

3. http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/free-people-garden-mixed-media-tank/3302060?origin=keywordsearch&fashionColor=&resultback=3813

The large statement piece is a wicker body chain by Candice Cox in New York. The brand is called CanDid Art Accessories.  She has some crazy amazing pieces including this one @ http://www.candidartaccessories.com/

Here is a close up on the complete body jewelry piece. It is my new favorite accessory and I would buy one of almost everything she makes if I could. I get compliments on this every time I wear it. Love! Love! Love!

My sunglasses are gold and silver D&G aviators (6065). I got them last summer at Nordstrom. The earrings are wood earrings I found at an antique shop on the way to Sandusky, Ohio. Click on the links below to view similar sunglasses and earrings.

aviator sunglasses

1. http://us.sunglassesshop.com/d-and-g/6065/brown-29373/11401.aspx

2. http://www.ray-ban.com/usa/sunglasses/rb3479/001-51

3. http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/salvatore-ferragamo-aviator-sunglasses/3339204?origin=keywordsearch&fashionColor=&resultback=817

wood earrings

1. http://www.etsy.com/listing/92057365/diamond-shaped-wood-and-steel-dangle?ref=sr_gallery_5&ga_search_query=wood+diamond+shaped+earrings&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=all

2. http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/natasha-couture-wood-earrings/3279547?cm_cat=datafeed&cm_ite=natasha_couture_wood_earrings:536378&cm_pla=jewelry:women:earring&cm_ven=Google_Product_Ads&mr:ad=13566440033&mr:adType=pla&mr:keyword={keyword}&mr:referralID=NA&mr:trackingCode=1D56A0AF-9083-E111-8435-001517B1882A&origin=pla

3. http://www.chenese-style.com/wooden-earrings.php

My turquoise and gold cuff and matching ring I got in Chicago at Mali. It is a store on Michigan Ave. You can find some of their pieces @ https://malijewelry.com/default.asp. My other bracelets in my "arm party" are copper cuffs I have picked up from thrift stores, vintage shops and the newest one with the turquoise at the base of my left wrist came from the Tecumseh gift shop. I gave some copper cuff suggestions in my closet blog from 7/8. You can find lots of copper cuffs @ http://www.overstock.com/ and http://www.etsy.com/

The clutch I got just shy of a month ago. It is a leather bag by Ann Taylor that I bought at Buffalo Exchange in Chicago. The original price was $138.00. I know this because the original tag was still attached. It looked new and unused. I paid $19.50 plus tax. Click on the links below to view similar clutches.

1. http://www.etsy.com/listing/100134399/leopard-hair-hide-clutch-skull-clasp?ref=sr_gallery_3&sref=sr_a3c8fec35996aee2695d9fd7b4b8edbdc1c7c97d12ee4be4ed75706b73df0f7c_1342306755_14126485_clutch&ga_search_query=leopard+clutch&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_page=3&ga_search_type=all

2. http://www.etsy.com/listing/83915171/vintage-50s-style-leopard-print-clutch?ref=sr_gallery_37&ga_search_query=leopard+clutch&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_page=5&ga_search_type=all

3. http://www.karmaloop.com/product/252855

Theses are brown leather sandal booties by Levity from DSW. They are still available @ http://www.dsw.com/shoe/levity+echo+bootie?prodId=dsw12prod3820311&productRef=SEARCH

They are definitely a couple hour shoes. My feet hurt after two/three hours.

Thank you for stopping by my closet! Be blessed! Be free! Be fashionable!

Kris,