Uncommon Being: fashion

Take a Trip

6:15 PM

Hi guys! These are the few pictures I took on my trip to Austin a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately I didn't get as many as I planned on, but at least I managed to get shots of one of my outfits! Speaking of my outfit, I am completely in love with these shorts from Tunnel Vision. They are the creation of two bloggers I love and I highly recommend checking out their brand Bad Vibes. I love everything I've purchased from them so far and can't wait to get some more! I had so much fun wandering around downtown Austin and vintage shopping with Andrea. I ended taking home a super destroyed George Thoroughgood t and an oh so perfect white button up with me from this great vintage store called Frock On. On top of that, I also got my septum pierced! I've wanted to get it done for months now so I finally worked up the courage and I love it (pictures of it in my next post!). I had a really great experience at a shop called Diablo Rojo, so if you're in the Austin area I highly recommend them! If you'd like to see more of our trip head over to Andrea's blog, Deer and the Wolf, and check out her video post!

details:
top- aeropostale
shorts- bad vibes via tunnel vision
shoes- steve madden
backpack- urban outfitters

fashion

Whatever, Mom

11:18 AM

As I've been sitting here writing this blog post and watching some silly alien invasion movie on syfy its occurred to me that this might be the first time that I've really relaxed in the past two weeks. No one wants anything from me right now (except the dogs, but they always want something ha), I'm not rushing to leave for work or school, and I don't have any due date pressing upon me. I've been living a whirlwind life since I got home from Austin almost 4 weeks ago. First I went to New Orleans to work at a gift show with my dad, then I got to go back to Austin to visit Kyle with Andrea, then last week I started my new job at Free People (eeeekkk!!) and of course school. Life has been crazy, but other than being a little stressful its been crazy good. So here's to a relaxing Sunday spend doing nothing and going nowhere!

details:
halter top- aeropostale
overalls and backpack- vintage
sunnies- urban outfitters

bohemian

Witchy Woman

11:26 AM

I've been feeling really exhausted and just uninspired lately so I had to take a little break from blogging due to the end of the semester and many other stressful things, but I'm happy to be back with an outfit that made me feel the most "me" that I've felt in a long time! I've had this skirt for a couple of years now, but never managed to wear it until last week when I was running out of time to meet up with Andrea and our friend Laura on one those days where nothing felt right. I saw this guy in the back of my closet and threw it on with the first things I thought of and absolutely loved it. I came to love it even more in the next couple of days as I tried it on with more and more stuff that it went perfectly with. Funny how that works out when I'd even thought of getting rid of it a few times! I'm getting ready to move out of my parents house and in with my fiance this weekend so as I uncover more stuff I've been having a lot of fun "shopping" my closet, I'm hoping I'll continue to have more clothing epiphanies in these next few days! ha

details:
tank- urban outfitters (I know its basic, but I've been loving it!)
skirt- vintage
sandals- old steve madden
backpack and sunnies- urban outfitters
jewelry- mostly vintage or 10,000 villages

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Cropped Sweater

3:41 PM

Threw this on to run to Whole Foods in search of shampoo bars the other day. Super easy and comfy. Unfortunately, the search for shampoo bars is not so easy. They only had one brand and I think I want a little more variety. I'm going to order some samples from an all natural (paraben and sulfate free!) company called Chagrin Valley soon and I'll let y'all know how that goes! I finally tried out the self timer on my new camera to take these (getting a remote soon!) and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be to take pictures of myself.. not ready to flaunt it though so I stuck to the front porch as there was way too many neighbors out in the street :p

details:
sweater- Urban Outfitters
shorts- vintage Levis
backpack- vintage
headband- 10,000 Villages

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american apparel

totally, faux sure

5:43 PM

I've been working on this post for on and off for a few days now and I'm proud to say I'm finally learning how to edit photos on my computer instead of just using my ipad. This outfit is from sometime in December that I never got around to posting. I was hanging out in city centre with Andrea and we got some quick pictures before getting some much needed hot chocolate to warm us up afterwards. My feet were pretty much numb. I really love these pants and how va va voom they make me feel! The last picture was definitely an outtake, but I thought it was funny so I threw it in. I'm getting better, but there's definitely been more than a few pictures that turned out like this in my blog career thus far.

details:
jacket- thrifted
shirt- xxi
pants- american apparel
shoes- thrifted

ascot friday

Happy Days

8:49 PM

This is probably my favorite outfit post so far. Stripes and overalls are pretty much always a sure thing. I'm still getting used to getting my picture taken, but there was more ease to it this time. The poses came naturally and we were able to get good photos much more quickly! This is probably just about my favorite shirt that I own. I've worn it countless ways so far, it just goes with everything! I can only hope that it holds up to the constant wear and doesn't fall apart eventually as so many other favorite clothing items have. Also, this is just the best basic purse. It holds so much and was perfect for my trip up north this past December. I had my eye on a Baggu tote for quite some time, but when one of my favorite bloggers Laura of Ascot Friday collaborated with the equally awesome brand Cleobella to create this basic with a twist tote I knew that it was the one. I just love the tassels! There are actually a lot of favorites in this outfit- this is the first beanie I've found that actually looks good on me, the birks which are just the right combo of tacky goodness, and this perfect grandpa sweater I got from Urban years ago and have worn to bits.

details:

overalls- thrifted

top- urban outfitters

sweater-urban outfitters

birks- urban outfitters

beanie- some millinery in the mall of america

tote- ascot friday x cleobella

basics

Holy Grail

3:41 PM

Here's just a super simple laid back look I through together quickly for school the other day (I can barely get dressed at 6 am most days, let alone dress up..), but I feel like these jeans take everything a step up. They are pretty much the holy grail of distressed bf jeans and what I've been searching for pretty much my entire existence. The moment I saw them, casually discarded on top of a messy display as I wandered through macys I knew they were it. They were tagless and tangled up in a pile of lesser jeans.. after trying them on my heart was pounding as I headed towards the register. I quickly sent up a prayer that they would be within my price range and praised the lord when I was told the sale price. The absolutely wonderful sales associate even gave me a discount on top of that. What more could you ask for? Since then I've pretty much wanted to live in them, but unfortunately Houston decided to have a real winter this year and I'm a cold weather wimp so I've had to wait. I've sat down to write this post a few times this past week and every time I would start going through my pictures, decide I was unsatisfied with every single one and go back to doing something else, but I finally settled on this one so here it is. The weather sucked that day so good lighting was few and far between to say the least. The weather was perfect this past weekend and the outfits were good..so of course I didn't get out and get any pictures.

details:

sweater- free people

tank- target

jeans- denim&supply via macys

shoes- secondhand

sunnies- h&m

cleobella

Instameet

8:30 AM

I've had a super hectic week.. It seems like all this school work has just snuck up on me out of nowhere. Thankfully its all winding down. Just one more test to go this Friday and then I'll get some time to catch up before the next round of projects/tests. If you had asked me yesterday I would have sworn it hadn't been more than a week since my last post. time has just flown by.

These pictures are from an instameet that I went to a few weeks ago. I didn't know exactly what I was going to when Andrea invited me, but I'm so glad I went because it turned out to be a lot of fun! If you are unfamiliar with what an instameet is, it's basically just an opportunity to meet up with fellow instagrammers in your area, get to know each other, and wander around your city. I got to meet a lot of new people, take a lot of cool pictures, and explore a different part of Houston than my usual area. All of the above pictures were taken by Cary Fagan, a really cool and talented Houston photographer that I met that day (check out his tumblr and his website). He captured some awesome shots of the event! I only had my iphone with me that day, but I'll be posting some of my pictures soon when I have a little more time. I went to my second instameet a couple of weeks ago and I can't wait to show you some of the pics from that day too!

black milk

Wearing Wallpaper

9:04 PM

With the beginning of the new year I've been doing a lot of thinking on goals and the things that I would like to accomplish in 2014. I've never been a huge fan of making new year's resolutions as they always seem to get broken, but I would like to make some changes and improvements to my life. One of which is going to be regular posts on my blog. I always seem to put posting off and stress over it for no reason which was making it no fun for me to do, but in reality I love being able to share my interests, thoughts, etc. with the blogosphere! So with that being said I plan to post at least once a week from now on because I enjoy it and I could definitely use a mental break from school and work to do something that makes me happy.

As far as this outfit goes I threw it together really quickly to go out, but ended up feeling like a badass in it which is always the best kind of outfit. Probably the leather jacket and studded boots. The day my friend and fellow blogger Andrea and I took these we were basically running errands and just hanging out. I made the mistake of going to the mall for last minute Christmas presents which is never a good idea so we got out of there as quickly as possible. It was really cold outside. I was not dressed appropriately and was trying not to visibly shiver while taking pictures.

xx Shel

What I'm Wearing:

Jacket- Free People, Leggings- Black Milk, Purse- Heyoka Leather (via Free People), Boots- Target

bohemian

Farmer Chic

7:57 PM

So, I guess it was more than a day or two.. still getting used to editing photos and I was definitely putting it off. I love how these turned out though! It was darker than ideal photo taking conditions, but I had fun messing with them and the first one especially makes me feel fairy like. My friend helped me take these after work one day last spring so they're not recent but, I still love everything about this outfit so I'm excited to post it. These are probably my favorite pair of overalls, they are so incredibly comfortable and easy to wear. Anyways, this was a good day. I'm pretty sure we met my fiancé and some friends at the bar after this and as usual I got a lot of weird looks for wearing my overalls to the bar, but screw those squares. Little boys overalls rock.

I'm wearing: overalls-thrifted, bralette and necklace- Free People, sandals- old Aldo, rings- vintage and gifts

basics

Winter Dressing // wishful thinking

2:18 PM

Winter Dressing // wishful thinking by uncommonbeing

Living in Houston I always get really excited as we start to head towards the fall partially for the cooler weather and a chance to layer and partially for my October bday :).. Generally, when it actually gets cold though (like the past 2 freakishly cold days..) I find myself at a loss for what to wear leaving me wearing almost the exact same thing today as yesterday haha. Every year I think how much fun it will be and I just know I'm going to get creative, etc. and I'm really going to try and go through with that this year. I thought I would put together an outfit to show you guys what I've been into lately. I'm really digging simplicity with a bohemian twist for fall/winter to keep it easy when I'm just headed to school,, etc. The leather pants make a nice alternative to my usual jeans or leggings and I have my eye on some much cheaper faux versions that I will hopefully be adding to my wardrobe soon. I always love piling on some jewelry and the body chain would add a nice twist to the basic tee. I've been after the perfect (read: affordable) leopard jacket since last winter and I think I'll finally have to get one in the next couple of months. And last, but not least: wow that is the best purse I've seen in a long time, I so wish I could make it mine!!

Anways, I'll be posting another more seasonally appropriate outfit than my last one in the next day or two so keep your eyes out for that! I hope you like what I put together!

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