Winter Street Style

I love my summer look.  Most people are stifled both physically a fashionably by heat.  Not this girl.  I love my mini and high waisted pencil skirts with flowy sheer tops and paper thin graphic tee's and of course my sky high strappy platforms. 


Summer represents escape; playing hookie to hit up any pool we can find or the lake or the river or the creek, eating a late dinner alfresco with the sun setting. Winter means beign trapped in a house and under the covers. 

I would, at all times, prefer to wear as little clothes as possible.  Not just because I'm lazy, or feel like I belong at the beach, or have pretty nice legs and hate the restrictive nature/fragility of tights.  There is a certain amount of effort required in order to look put together in the winter simply because of the number of articles of clothing one must don. No one wants to be the girl sheepishly shivering, huddled by the nearest heater, refusing the jacket of everyone that offers out of a mixture of pride and embarrassment. And I was always that girl.  Until I found The Perfect Coat; it was Jones New York, wool, black, with a modern zipper ( i hate cheap looking plastic buttons).  And it had a hood.  So practical! So toasty warm! So giving me fly-aways like a mother! So I'm falling in love with hats.  And dang it if my cute little beanies aren't much cuter with wavy, romantic, curling-ironed hair that my usual bombshell volume just for volume's sake blowout. And dang it if I didn't start to notice that my coated silhouette looked a lot better with skinny jeans or tights.  All of a sudden, I had a winter style.  It's still not my favorite season, but I am really starting to dig on fun tights.  I blame the coat.  And my new Sam Edelman pumps.

So here's some winter styles that battle the boredom of being cold and too far from the beach...

 We start with shoes because that's how every great outfit starts! It's easier to get away with sweet/bad a** combos in the winter.  And each of these cutesy pairs call for some rocker ripped jeans and a leather jacket.  I never thought I would be down with the socks and heels look, but I implore anyone with a serious shoe fetish to try it.  It doubles your shoe wardrobe and there really are so many cute socks out there...try tights or sheer trouser socks first to ease into it. 

 Winter prints worth wearing! Ski sweaters, meet Native American art.  I think you may like each other..

Over used neon has to be one of my biggest summer pet peeves.  But how could anyone hate on the electric blue, cherry red, and other technicolor pants that are punching up this earth tone dominated season?

 

Skinny jeans, booties, a hole here, an asymmetrical hem there, and a leather jacket that looks vintage and you are a rockstar.  Period.