Installed: Who Gon' Check Me, Boo??

Disclaimer: This entire blog posts serves as my excuse to use that famous quote from Sheree "Fashion Show With No Fashion" Whitfield (from the Real Housewives of Atlanta, for those of you who have spared your brain cells from being lost after watching these awesomely bad reality shows).

This won't be the last time I rock this trend. I'd like to experiment with different colors and sizes. I'd also like to be able to use "Check Up On It" in a post.

 

In honor of this minimalist trend, I will stop typing now...

 

 The Right-Click Save

The Install

 

 

Wanna Right-Click Save?
Random dress found in boutique
Random cuff found in another random boutique
Louis Vuitton bag
Mix No. 6 shoes

 

Okay, just a lil more typing...I've managed to squeak this post in just in time to join the Eboni aka the Fashionista Next Door's black and white trend for the latest Style Me Friday post #gome

Consider me *Linked-In* as well!

 

Check ya later, loves (sorry, couldn't resist!)



*Sew It Up*: Pencil Skirt

I started *Right-Click Save* because I constantly pulled style inspiration from pictures I find online, especially from fashion bloggers. But I believe this is the first time I've been inspired by a blogger to take on a new hobby.

 

Mimi G of Mimi G Style  has an incredible gift. She sews, and many of the outfits on her blog include pieces that she has made herself. I was blown away the first time I came across her site--so much so that I ran out and found a used sewing machine so I could start learning to sew as well!

 

I'm just getting started with this, and I'd like to share my progress with you all in a new feature called *Sew It Up*.

 

This first skirt is based on a video that Mimi G posted for an easy pencil skirt. Making the skirt itself was super easy, but I did have some issues. I've now started taking classes with a wonderful instructor, and now I know how to make this skirt look even better. I'll probably redo it sometime this week. But here is my first attempt!

 

Oh, here's the tutorial video if you're interested in sewing it up too!

 

My Turn

 

 

 

Wanna Right-Click Save?
Blazer from random boutique
Random cami
DIY pencil skirt
Kenneth Cole sunnies

Joan & David shoes

I've got a lot to learn, but the process should be tons of fun!

Happy Memorial Day! Special thanks to those who serve and have sacrificed so much for us all!!

*Linked-In*: PrettyGirlsRockDresses.com--Is Abercrombie & Fitch Only for the Attractive & Fit?

Hey loves, I'm linking up with one of my favorite bloggers (and sorority sister!)--Dea Win of Pretty Girls Rock Dresses!

 

I don't even think simply calling her a blogger is accurate. She is making major moves in so many different arenas, and to know her has been so inspiring.

 

I shared a story with her about the recent Abercrombie & Fitch brouhaha, and I thought I'd post it on Right-Click Save as well. Feel free to voice your opinions in the comment section!

 

And if you have no idea what I'm talking about, you'll get the skinny (pun totally intended) in the story below.

 

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Is Abercrombie & Fitch Only for the Attractive & Fit?

Clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch is for beautiful people only…

 

And what makes someone beautiful in the eyes of this retail giant? Well for starters, you’ve gotta be thin. At least that’s what CEO Mike Jefferies shared back in 2006 during an interview with Salon magazine.

 

*Right-Click Saved* from: http://fashionbombdaily.com

The magazine quoted Jefferies as saying, “…we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely. Those companies that are in trouble are trying to target everybody: young, old, fat, skinny. But then you become totally vanilla. You don’t alienate anybody, but you don’t excite anybody, either.”

 

His words have come back to haunt him after Robin Lewis, author of the book The New Rules of Retail, discussed A&F’s sizing practices with The Business Insider this week.

Lewis shared, “He doesn’t want larger people shopping in his store, he wants thin and beautiful people. He doesn’t want his core customers to see people who aren’t as hot as them wearing his clothing. People who wear his clothing should feel like they’re one of the ‘cool kids.’”

 

The largest size the brand carries for women is a 10. Jeffries is definitely skating on thin ice…but clearly he prefers thin and doesn’t care that he’s excluding 67% of the purchasing population. The Business Insider reports that percentage of folks purchase plus-sized items. But Jeffries wants to focus on the “cool kids” instead #ohok

 

I say, continue to support brands like H&M and ASOS. They not only have fabulous clothes at amazing prices, but they carry sizes up to a 22 for women. You can find clothes for the office, or a freakum dress for the weekend…wherever your life will take you.

 

Look at the ads for Abercrombie & Fitch—the models are always in the woods or in a cabin. Unless you are a descendant of Paul Bunyan, most peeps would not be spending that much time in the wilderness. And there’s nothing to eat but berries out there, so that explains why the homies are so thin. Ain’t nobody got time fah that!

 

But what do YOU think? Is Abercrombie & Fitch hurting their business with its exclusionary tactics?

 

Read the entire Business Insider article here.