One of the biggest trends this fall is the tall riding boot. Your probably wondering where you can get a pair at a reasonable price. Believe it or not Goodwill has them on occasion so always check there. You can get a pair for $6.99 which is really cheap. Normally a good leather pair are gonna run you about $125.00, and make sure they are your size and that the leg part fits your calf, not snuggly but pretty close, you should barely be able to tuck your jeans into them, if they are gappy at all get a smaller calf size, since the gappy look, looks terrible. Also make sure the hieght of the boot comes up to the back of your knee Thats the proper length.
You can order boots from any riding catalog that caters to English or Hunt seat riders, you'll be able to pick foot size as well as calf size and length. If you find a boot that laces up the front of the ankle thats called a field boot, you might not like that kind of boot, your going to want the slip on type.
Be sure to purchase a boot tree, this is a forked piece of wood that you place the heel of one foot into the fork and step on the opposite end with your other foot and then you pull your foot up to release the boot from your foot otherwise you will need a helper to get your boot off. Wear good socks with your boots, anything over the ankle is good. Good sockes will protect your feet from blisters. You will need to wear your boots often to get them to have that lived in feel. The more leather is worn the softer and suplier it gets and it molds to your feet and leg. Also purchase boot trees to put into your boots when your not wearing them, if you don't want to purchase a set then take the sunday paper and roll it up lengthwise and put duck tape around it. Now you have your own set of boot trees for free. The newspaper will also help absorb moisture from when you wear them, this will keep them from getting smelly.
Have fun wearing your boots. Take excellant care of them and they will last you forever.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Whats the WORST outfit or look you have ever seen?
Tell me your horror stories, yes I want to read them. Heres mine, summer 08 two girls bigger then me walk into Walmart (sounds like a bad joke so far) wearing wife-beater tanks, and leggings and flip flops, no bras and their hair was a mess. This image is still BURNED into my retnas.
Another worst look (sorry guys your gonna all hate me for this) slippers with pajamas when you go out shopping. I absolutly hate this. Come on have pride in yourself and get dressed please! And NO I have NEVER EVER done this. My grandmother and my mother always said if you can't bother to get dressed then you don't need to go. Wise words.
Another worst look (sorry guys your gonna all hate me for this) slippers with pajamas when you go out shopping. I absolutly hate this. Come on have pride in yourself and get dressed please! And NO I have NEVER EVER done this. My grandmother and my mother always said if you can't bother to get dressed then you don't need to go. Wise words.
Whats your favorite store to shop at?
So tell me What is your favorite shopping place? Me I have several. J C Penny, Boston Store, Kohls, Fashion Bug, Torrid (my favorite of all) Hot Topic, and many others. As I've been wandering the stores this fall theres been a lot of great looking stuff and a few things that are "What were they thinking" items. Even Walmart has had a few good pieces. Walmart is even going to be carrying Norma Kamali dresses this fall. For those of you who don't know the NK line is usually only at Nordstroms and Macy's so I think its cool we can get some really great high fashion pieces at "Walmart". Just one thing though the smaller Walmarts like the one I shop at the most don't have these dresses, need to go to the bigger ones. I am disappointed by some of the fabrics Walmart has had I find the t-shirt material thats being used right now is too thin, Come on, us big girls don't what see through cloths, personally I've been layering alot more because of the thin material. The layering looks good and with the thin material I don't get over heated when working.
I've also been making over some of my cloths, this summer I got a great shirt from Penny's that because of the sleeves parting up the middle (its 3/4 length sleeves are split up the middle and they fall open) I didn't wear it for a while (I have big fat chuncky sausage arms). I came up with the idea of adding grommets to the sleeves and threading thin ribbon in a cris cross pattern up the sleeve and tying a bow. Well I couldn't find the right size grommets so had to do some more thinking. One morning I woke up and thought safety pins. So I used mid-sized safety pins up the sleeves and then put them around the neckline of the shirt, the pins give it a gothic "Hot Topic" kinda edge and I've gotten alot of compliments on it, even from women older then me they think its neat idea. ( will post a photo later).
I've also been making over some of my cloths, this summer I got a great shirt from Penny's that because of the sleeves parting up the middle (its 3/4 length sleeves are split up the middle and they fall open) I didn't wear it for a while (I have big fat chuncky sausage arms). I came up with the idea of adding grommets to the sleeves and threading thin ribbon in a cris cross pattern up the sleeve and tying a bow. Well I couldn't find the right size grommets so had to do some more thinking. One morning I woke up and thought safety pins. So I used mid-sized safety pins up the sleeves and then put them around the neckline of the shirt, the pins give it a gothic "Hot Topic" kinda edge and I've gotten alot of compliments on it, even from women older then me they think its neat idea. ( will post a photo later).
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Riders Custom Clothier
Riders Custom Clothier was my other label. I know seems an odd name but not for the industry it was in. See I made show clothing for people who show horses. I've done everything from custom tailored hunt coats, (riding jackets) and western show jackets with appliqued designs and sequines and crystals, so I've done some couture work already. If you don't think doing riding cloths is not couture wow you are so wrong. When showing horses you want your outfit different from anyone elses so most outfits are one of a kind. A really great show outfit will cost you $300-$700 and more depending on the time required for construction and of course the fabrics. Great fabrics with stretch can be pricey. Plus when you sew on details you want to make sure they stay put so doing an extra stitch for a button or on a seam makes it worth the cost. Showing horses and riding can be tough on clothing.
The show cloths today are really great statements and are never boring. Let me tell you as a licensed horse show judge here in Wisconsin when you have a ring full of horses that are basically the same color you want to have riders in different colors and patterns so you can keep them all in order.
So thats a bit about my other label.
The show cloths today are really great statements and are never boring. Let me tell you as a licensed horse show judge here in Wisconsin when you have a ring full of horses that are basically the same color you want to have riders in different colors and patterns so you can keep them all in order.
So thats a bit about my other label.
2009 Fashions for Fall
I gotta say the Fall 2009 fashions are fantastic. I haven't seen clothing this good looking in a while. I love the look of the 40's and theres alot of that influencing whats on the racks right now. There seems to be a return to the classics which I love. All the major department stores and discount retailers are stocking up. With the way the economy is you can buy great pieces that can been worn for years to come. Thats getting value for your dollar and I'm all for that.
Why a blog and why about fashion. Hey I've always had a thing for fashion. I've been reading Vogue, Glamor, Bazzar, French Elle, (before it became Elle here in the States) and Seventeen off and on since the mid seventies (I was a teenager then, hated most of the fashion from the 70's espcially what was in for teens). My favorite mags now are Vogue (the fashion bible of course) Teen Vogue, Elle, In Style, & Seventeen.Grandma was a charter subscriber to Cosmopolitan magazine when it first was published in the late 60's, she kept her subscription up until she died, in 2004 that is along time to subscribe to one magazine.
My grandma whose initials are the name of this blog MVSJ, Marguerite Viola Scudder and then my name Julie, I think its a pretty cool name, sounds classy to me. My Grandma was I think a very stylish woman she always was "put together" before she ever left her house, shoes, purse, makeup, outfit, jewelry fingernails etc. I'll be putting photos of her up at a later time.
She always had a fashion magazine laying around her home, it was one of the first things I always did when I visited was to read whatever was the latest arrival. She loved the photo spreads but hated the advertising, tried to explain to her that they where needed to keep those 5lb magazines coming in the mail. Personally I love the ads in the magazines its a way to see more of the fashion thats out there.
One of the reasons I started this blog was a comment made to me 2 years ago while I attened cosmetology school, (at the ripe OLD age of 44, I was second oldest in my class of '08). Those who truly know me, will know what a shocker this comment was too me, when it was uttered I just shook my head and ignored the comment but yes it did and still does bug the heck out of me. Some how one day in class the subject of fashion came up probably because we as hair stylists we need to be up with the trends that are out there and current. I don't remember exactly why I said something in response to something my instructor said but her reply was and I qoute "Oh you just have boys you don't know anything about fashion!" So apparently if you raise boys you don't have a clue about fashion, hmmm... Funny that,... I help my friends and co-workers pick out cloths that look good on them, i.e. color, fit etc. I guess my down fall with this person came when I dug a pattern of a dress out of the garbage at school and was looking it over because my mother always told me to never throw pattern pieces away they can come in handy for anything. Well my instructor gave me the dirtiest look as if how dare I to take that garbage out of the can. So I waded it up and threw it back in the can. Oh yea she only buys couture...NOT. Am I kinda bitter about that comment? YA THINK! That was something that really made me mad and got me thinking about fashion even more, besides this blog name is actually my second design label. Yep I've done some work. More on that a little later.
Why a blog and why about fashion. Hey I've always had a thing for fashion. I've been reading Vogue, Glamor, Bazzar, French Elle, (before it became Elle here in the States) and Seventeen off and on since the mid seventies (I was a teenager then, hated most of the fashion from the 70's espcially what was in for teens). My favorite mags now are Vogue (the fashion bible of course) Teen Vogue, Elle, In Style, & Seventeen.Grandma was a charter subscriber to Cosmopolitan magazine when it first was published in the late 60's, she kept her subscription up until she died, in 2004 that is along time to subscribe to one magazine.
My grandma whose initials are the name of this blog MVSJ, Marguerite Viola Scudder and then my name Julie, I think its a pretty cool name, sounds classy to me. My Grandma was I think a very stylish woman she always was "put together" before she ever left her house, shoes, purse, makeup, outfit, jewelry fingernails etc. I'll be putting photos of her up at a later time.
She always had a fashion magazine laying around her home, it was one of the first things I always did when I visited was to read whatever was the latest arrival. She loved the photo spreads but hated the advertising, tried to explain to her that they where needed to keep those 5lb magazines coming in the mail. Personally I love the ads in the magazines its a way to see more of the fashion thats out there.
One of the reasons I started this blog was a comment made to me 2 years ago while I attened cosmetology school, (at the ripe OLD age of 44, I was second oldest in my class of '08). Those who truly know me, will know what a shocker this comment was too me, when it was uttered I just shook my head and ignored the comment but yes it did and still does bug the heck out of me. Some how one day in class the subject of fashion came up probably because we as hair stylists we need to be up with the trends that are out there and current. I don't remember exactly why I said something in response to something my instructor said but her reply was and I qoute "Oh you just have boys you don't know anything about fashion!" So apparently if you raise boys you don't have a clue about fashion, hmmm... Funny that,... I help my friends and co-workers pick out cloths that look good on them, i.e. color, fit etc. I guess my down fall with this person came when I dug a pattern of a dress out of the garbage at school and was looking it over because my mother always told me to never throw pattern pieces away they can come in handy for anything. Well my instructor gave me the dirtiest look as if how dare I to take that garbage out of the can. So I waded it up and threw it back in the can. Oh yea she only buys couture...NOT. Am I kinda bitter about that comment? YA THINK! That was something that really made me mad and got me thinking about fashion even more, besides this blog name is actually my second design label. Yep I've done some work. More on that a little later.
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