Suzanne Carillo

If I Was Your Boyfriend – Jeans

July 25, 2012 by suzanne carillo

I've been on the look-out for some great boyfriend jeans for a while now. I just hate trying on any kind of pants and trying on jeans is the worst. It's got to be right up there with bathing suits. The proverbial "do these jeans make me look fat?" is the first in a long list of questions that goes through my mind when locked up in the confines of a too small fitting room trying to assess my rather large "assets" which only seem to look so much larger in a tiny tight fitting room.

I was pleasantly surprised when I found these jeans at Joe Fresh for $20 on sale. Also, Joe Fresh is one of the very rare stores that has very large, well lit fitting rooms where you have space to exhale and view yourself from all angles. Not that I really want to see just how large my butt is, but sometimes it's a bit of a wake-up call to actually see what others are seeing as you're walking away. Most often that is exactly what I need to get back on the treadmill and do some more hills.

Photos courtesy of Hazel Borg

Shoes – Nine West
Top – Tristan
Jeans – Joe Fresh
Bag – Brooks Brothers
Necklace – Le Chateau
Hat – H&M

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Too many clothes? Just open your own thrift shop

July 24, 2012 by suzanne carillo

The crazy hot summer here hasn't been subsiding. All of our grass is crunchy brown. This skirt is perfect for days like this. It has it all, very breezy lightweight soft cotton, mixed colours so it'll match with anything, an elastic waist and best of all…pockets. I picked it up quite a few years back at Anthropologie in NYC. It is one of my best go-to skirts for summer. The cotton shirt I picked up at the same thrift shop where I bought the floral dress from in yesterday's post. The hilarious thing about this "thrift" shop is that all of the clothing came from one woman, the eccentric store owner. Okay…I guess that is one way of curbing your addiction for clothing, open a shop to sell all the stuff you don't want anymore. It was super weird but it didn't stop me from picking up a few pieces. I think that speaks volumes to my addiction. Well, they say the first sign to recovery is knowing you have a problem, the next is opening a thrift shop!