Chris's/Kris's Closet (Kristin) January 19, 2015

Kris's Closet

In this blog post you will get a glimpse of pieces in my closet, learn where I found them

 and where I wore them.  

My name is Kristin. Welcome to my closet!

Yesterday we celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I usually volunteer to help my mom's office but since she is newly retired, I got to plan my own holiday activities. Christina and I went to the King Arts Complex where we checked out art by local artists and sat in on a cooking presentation. Then we picked up some Creole food for lunch and had a business meeting.

I have worn this sweater dress a lot,it is comfortable and easy. It may need to be retired because it has appeared on the blog at least a half dozen times. I just change it up with belts, blouses and other pieces. This is another 60's mod look. I am still obsessed. This was my look yesterday.

Dress: Kenneth Cole Reaction(similar dress)

Vintage Tie Blouse:(Thrift) 

Cape Coat: LAUREN by Ralph Lauren (similar coat)

Boots: Guess (Old) 

Earrings:(Old)

Sunglasses: Quay Yibrow

Turban: etsy (similar turban)

Leather Gloves:Charter Club (similar gloves)

Until next time,

Be blessed! Be free! Be fashionable!

Kris,

Chris's/Kris's Closet (Kristin) December 13, 2014

Kris's Closet

In this blog post you will get a glimpse of pieces in my closet, learn where I found them

 and where I wore them.  

My name is Kristin. Welcome to my closet!

Saturday I spent the day in Amish Country on the Christmas Cookie Tour of Inns. The 7th annual tour was held Saturday and Sunday. Twelve Amish Country Inns hosted the event and provided beautiful holiday décor for our viewing pleasure in addition to a special cookie to take away or eat if you wanted. I had a big Amish style breakfast and the Inns provided finger foods to eat, so I saved all of my cookies for later. The theme of this years event was 'Twelve Days of Christmas'. All the Inns were assigned one of the twelve days to incorporate into their holiday decorations. I had a great time exploring Amish Country which included a few stops in between the Inns to visit food markets and bakeries. My favorite stop was Broad Run Cheese House & Swiss Heritage Winery. Saturday was foggy but warm so I layered up and left the coat at home. This was my look for my day in Amish Country.

Dress: Kenneth Cole Reaction (Thrift)
Button Front: New York & Co (Thrift) 
Tweed Blazer: Style & Co. (Thrift)
Boots: Chinese Laundry (Old) 
Bracelet: My grandma's 
Earrings: Found in Amish Country
Sunglasses: Quay Yibrow
Brooch: It was my Grandma's 
Leopard Santa Hat: My Creation

Until next time,

Be blessed! Be free! Be fashionable!

Kris,

Berlin Resort in Berlin, Ohio

Chris's/Kris's Closet (Kristin) February 8, 2014

Kris's Closet

In this blog post you will get a glimpse of pieces in my closet,learn where I found them

 and where I wore them.  

My name is Kristin. Welcome to my closet!

Last Saturday afternoon I went to a birthday party at a bar called Retro with my sister for one of the nicest people I know. We ate, we drank and danced. It was a really nice party and I was happy to be there.  I take care of my mom during the day, who has heart disease, so Friday I never had a reason to get dressed. Since I didn't get to wear red on 'Wear Red Day', I wore red Saturday. I have worn this dress on the blog before but changed everything I wore with it before. This is what I wore.

Cape Coat: Ralph Lauren (similar coat)

Scarf: Chelsey

Dress:Kenneth Cole Reaction (similar dress)

Ties Blouse:Ohio Thrift Store (similar blouse) 

Leggings:Shoppers World

Belt:White House Black Market(similar belt) 

Boots: G by Guess Trinna Over-the-Knee Platform Dress Boot

Hoop Earrings: Nordstrom (similar earrings)

Leather Gloves: Charter Club

It is late in the season so if you want to duplicate this look,

 you will find that most of these items are now on sale and 

clearance. Spring is very present in the stores, magazines and some of the shows we watch. So everything we can wear now in this crazy winter weather has come down in price quite a bit. Luckily with it being Fashion Week for next fall/winter, it is a good time to take advantage of these sales and clearances. I like to check out the trends shown on the runways online and shop for a few items that will carry over into the next fall/winter season.You can save money that way and will find yourself on trend for that season.

What do you think about my look?

Be blessed! Be free! Be fashionable!

Kris,

Chris's/Kris's Closet (Kristin) February 16, 2013

Kris's Closet

Inspired by some great bloggers, my partner and I decided to start our own blog. In this blog post you will get a glimpse of pieces in my closet,learn where I found them

 and where I wore them.  

My name is Kristin. Welcome to my closet!

 Valentine's Day weekend Saturday, I went to Cimi's Bistro at Pinnacle for dinner with my guy. Then we saw Identity Theft at the movies theater. This first picture was taken at Cimi's and the rest were taken at home. This is what I wore.

 I felt like getting dolled up. So I decided on a look that was preppy meets old Hollywood with a little Pretty Woman with the over-the- knee boots. I love any opportunity to wear red and February is such a red month with Valentine's Day and it being Heart Disease month. My dress is an old Kenneth Cole Reaction sweater dress. It was a thrift store purchase a few years ago. I layered it over a white Charter Club tailored button-up shirt, also a thrift store purchase.

My jacket is a closet repeat. I wore it in my Valentine's Day closet post. It was made by a US fur vendor that I found on ebay many years ago. I bought it for a New Years date around 2006 but I wear it a lot around Valentine's Day mostly. It is red, white and pink rabbit fur. It is reversible but I have never worn it on the leather side because I don't want the hair rubbing off on my clothing.

The pearl brooch on my collar is vintage. I found it thrifting many years ago. The pearl necklace is also second hand from a vintage shop.

The turban, I bought from a seller on etsy for $4 during a sale. Check her out at http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtsyTreats?ref=search_shop_redirect. The earrings are vintage with twist backs. They were also found at Second Time Around in Attica, Ohio.

The ladybug is by Kenneth Lane. I bought it online on ebay.  The large pearl ring is vintage. It is a closet repeat. I bought it in Attica, Ohio at Second Time Around. My polka dot nails this week are my design. I used Sally Hansen's Raisin The Bar (pearl pink) and Nicka K's Magic (red) as my base colors and a white Miginail Art pen to make polka dots.

The boots are over-the-knee Guess boots from several seasons ago.

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

Check out our newest jewelry additions on etsy by selecting shop on the homepage of our blogspot or go to etsy.com and enter ChristinaKristin. 

Be blessed! Be free! Be fashionable!

Kris,