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A Leopard's Stripes and A Stallion of Awesome






This skirt is surprisinly slimming.


shirt-Ralph Lauren, sweater-H&M, skirt-Mikkat Market, shoes-ShoeMint, cuff-Martin&Osa,
ring-JewelMint, necklace-Anthropologie (other necklaces here)


This skirt is so amazing, its fitted without being tight and adds some much needed edge to this shirt/sweater combo. As soon as this skirt came in the mail my immediate reaction was to pair it with stripes to play up the leopard print while also playing down its va-va-voominess. I'm always more interested in wearing pieces against type, pairing the punky with preppy, the sexy with the tomboy, the hard with the soft.  With that being said the necklace adds some art-deco glam to this sex-kitten-on-the-bottom-librarian-on-the-top ouft and was a last minute thrown on when putting this all together.

And I can't even begin to explain how sickening these wedges are.  They make my feet look like hooves, but in a totally sexy way since I am a stallion of awesome! At least that's what I said to a co-worker when he asked what was up with my shoes.

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  1. I have a long (below the knee) black pencil skirt like that. It used to make the rounds of my friends. No matter what your body shape or size practically you look fabulous. It's been present at seminars, funerals, speeches, first dates, last dates, church and countless job interviews. It's so old it has come back in style and it still fits or at least will by the end of the month! I need some hot leopard print pumps go with!

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  2. Can you imagine me walking down the aisle with these shoes at the wedding? Now that would have been fun!

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