{"id":2538,"date":"2012-09-12T23:51:16","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T04:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2012-09-12T23:51:16","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T04:51:16","slug":"fashion-chronicles-in-which-i-buy-new-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=2538","title":{"rendered":"fashion chronicles: in which i buy new (!) things"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>i’ve been ogling this maxi skirt trend, especially the striped maxi skirts, all summer long.\u00c2\u00a0 trouble is, they’re such a hot commodity right now that no one is donating them to thrift stores.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>but they’re pretty simple to sew, right?\u00c2\u00a0 sure, if you can find the fabric.\u00c2\u00a0 and even if you could (which i couldn’t.\u00c2\u00a0 what the heck, fabric-mongers of the world?!) you still need at least three yards of fabric and that can add up.\u00c2\u00a0 so i broke down and bought this skirt new from target.\u00c2\u00a0 for full price!\u00c2\u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

it was the last one they had, so it’s actually too big (xxl), but i took in the sides a bit and it’s more or less okay now.\u00c2\u00a0 and it is soooo comfy.\u00c2\u00a0 and i love the way it billows when i walk.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>and it’s one of only three things i’ve purchased new so far (the second being the shoes and the third being that yellow belt<\/a>, both of which were on sale).<\/p>\n

this outfit feels much more “me, but polished” than some of the ones i’ve tried lately.\u00c2\u00a0 nothing particularly fussy (no belts, no tucking), but i still like the way it looks pulled together.<\/p>\n

here’s a sneak peek of an upcoming post…<\/p>\n

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shirt:\u00c2\u00a0 garnet hill (thrifted) :: skirt: target :: shoes: born (macy’s) :: purse:\u00c2\u00a0 coach (thrifted) :: scarf: diy by me<\/p>\n

p.s. no, i’m not doing any full-on model vamping in this post, but i have to say i’m fairly pleased with how these turned out, grungy “industrial” background and all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

i’ve been ogling this maxi skirt trend, especially the striped maxi skirts, all summer long.\u00c2\u00a0 trouble is, they’re such a hot commodity right now that no one is donating them to thrift stores. but they’re pretty simple to sew, right?\u00c2\u00a0 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-style"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2550,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538\/revisions\/2550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}