How I Shopped My Own Closet (or The Look for Less)

*THIS POST WAS FEATURED ON SIMPLE LIVES THURSDAY #120!!

I love being a girl. As long as I can remember, I've loved everything that had to do with hair, makeup, and clothes. I was never really allowed to wear makeup very much growing up, and wore a uniform to school from Kindergarten through graduation, so I think that I've been living in an extended adolescence as a result.

I subscribe to a few fashion magazines, and one of my favorite things to do is figure out how to recreate the outfits that I see in those pages using what I already have in my own closet, or by supplementing as little as possible.

Here are some of the ways that I worked with outfits from InStyle's August issue.

Blazer: $3.99 (Thrifted)
Top: $5 (Old Navy)
Red skinnies: $18.99 (Kohl's)
Leopard peep-toes: Already had (Target)

Dress: Gift (F21)
Jacket: Hand-me-down
Tights: Already had (next time I'll wear leggings)
Motorcycle boots: Already had (had to sell the bike when I was pg with #4, sniff, sniff)

 

I understand that this one's a bit of a stretch. I don't have metallic gold jeans, and I'm not going to buy them. Um, no.

 

Blazer: $3.99 (Thrifted)

Tank: $4.95 (H&M)

Gray skinnies: Already had (Kohl's)

Bronze peep-toes: Already had (Target)

 

Also, kudos to my 5-year-old Little Miss for taking these pictures! Such a patient sweetheart.

 

      

 

I'm excited to be linking this post to The Pleated Poppy, Real Girl Style, Watch Out for the Woestmans, Thrifty 101, The Gnowfligns