The Best for Less

Ahh, fall is on the horizon.  The air is getting a little more crisp, Starbucks has busted out the pumpkin spice flavoring, and the stores are all tempting me with their fresh fall items.  It’s hard resisting the desire I have to blow my last paycheck of August on trendy fall accessories, but thanks to my devoted research I won’t have to.  And neither will you!  In this post I have found some popular summer to fall transitional pieces and have found similar but much less expensive alternatives. 

uo   target

This fancy floppy hat is $90.00 from Urban Outfitters, but Target’s take on it is a cool $16.99.

asos  ae

This awesome Aztec bag from ASOS was originally $64.03, but American Eagle offers a comparable option for only $29.50.

nastygal    target

These badass leopard wedges by Steve Madden via NASTY GAL break the bank at $158.00, but Target once again flatteringly imitates them at a much more manageable price of $29.99.

I hope that this guide has helped fuel your own desire to find fall trends on the cheap!  What other autumn accessories have you been able to find at seriously low prices?

Happy Hunting!

Hello From Megan + A Word About Bad Hair Days

Hi guys! Megan here. I just wanted to drop by and tell you how excited I am about this blog adventure I'm starting with these three fellow Longwood friends of mine.

And then I wanted to tell you something about my hair.

I just got bangs. This isn't really a big deal, but I've never had bangs before in my life, with the exception of one time in seventh grade. I didn't know anything about styling hair, and I think I had a crazy cowlick, so the whole thing was Not Pretty. But I got them anyway, and after having a tiny identity crisis for 48 hours, I began to love them. And I still do!

They're pretty awesome, and they make me feel chic and fashion-forward even when I'm just wearing a tee-shirt. The only problem is that I pretty much always have to blow dry and style them, which is an issue because I only wash my hair twice a week. At the most. So, sometimes I stick the front of my head under the sink and wash just my bangs, but that's kind of a huge ordeal for me. So, sometimes I just don't do it. But then I walk around my apartment looking like a crazy little animal. Obviously, this is the part of the story where I introduce you to my new hat.

J.Crew, you know me so well!

A hat is pretty much my go-to for bad hair days. In my days at Longwood, I almost always reached for a baseball cap, but there's something about being an M.A. candidate in a pretty creative master's program and writing a fashion blog that is making me feel like baseball caps are pretty socially unacceptable for me to just wear around every day. 

So, I say find a good one and stick with it! I might add to my collection soon.

[Atlantic-Pacific]

Last but not least, I had an incident with a cake-pop today. 

 

Luckily I was wearing my hat and really didn't mind losing my dessert.

That's right--that's a fake pout right there, people.

What are your bad hair day tips? 

Do you have a hat you love? Send me a picture!

est1839 [at] gmail [dot] com

Fashionably yours,