Altuzarra for Target - EVERYTHING UNDER $100!

Joseph Altuzarra is the newly-crowned design darling of the New York fashion circuit. His eponymous brand Altuzarra was 'born out of the desire to make the sophisticated modern woman feel seductive, strong and confident.' His spring 2015 collection was a tour de force of subverted glamour: adding sex appeal to a picnic print (see my Instagram!), sending down a slew of slender beauties in vixen looks worthy of a fetish fantasy not even Anastasia could handle, and finding that infallible interplay between provocative and pretty. And while his designs cost a pretty penny (most clock-in at around 2 grand!), now is your chance to snap 'em up on the cheap thanks to this phenomenally phenomenal Target collab of phenomic proportions (phenomic is not a word but for the purposes of exaggerative exaggerations, it will be henceforth!).

The Altuzarra Target collection has a haute emphasis on sprucing up your work wardrobe so you can be the belle of the ball from 9 to 5. But because I kind of am obsessed with playing with fire in terms of styling, I concocted this look envisioning a woman on-the-go darting from cubicle to cocktails. And at $35 for the skirt, buy it now or regret it later! Shop this Outfix below and note how everything rings-in for under $100!

T-shirt by H&M, $10  /  Skirt by Altuzarra for Target, $35  /  Sunnies by Warby Parker, $95  /  Handbag by Zara, $26  /  Heels by Zara, $90

Olive Oil

And then it happened. This purveyor of cheery prints and eye-burning color (I'm talking about me! me! me!) has gone to the dark side. Well, not the dark side. But the olive side, if such a side existed in the side of sides out there. After a binge eating session that doubled as a Spring runway private viewing (eating Chinese in bed and clicking through the Ralph Lauren slideshow > actually going to the show, don't it!?), I found myself craving all things olive. Perhaps it was the elegant take on safari style that Ralph Lauren sent down the laminated runway. Or maybe it was the beaded-and-bewilderingly-bejeweled Marc Jacobs mossy looks that tugged on my heart strings (see my Insta from today!). Could it have been this little crickled number from J. Crew that is the perfect throw-and-go dress on those mornings you look like a drunk raccoon - come on, don't act like that isn't every Monday morning for you!? 

Anywhoo, the evergreen shades providing me some springspiration (ooh la la, see what I did there?!) are also providing me with ideas for fabulous fall looks. Pair a borrowed-from-the-boys cargo-inspired olive jacket with the most perfect pair of jeans (cuffed twice for a look with quirk!) and muted brown pumps that look much more expensive than they actually are (Zara, you are a godsend and I worship at your altar from here on in). Add a pop of color in the form of this beautiful Celine bag you should sell your unborn child for + add a vivid lip and you've got the perfect outfit in my humble but supa biased opinion!

Jacket by Zara, $99  /  Jeans by Zara, $50  /  Lipstick by MAC, $16  /  Bag by Celine, $1980 (a cool alternative under $300 here)  /  Heels by Zara, $90

Fringe Benefits

The bloodshot-eyes of fashion girls nationwide have been following the Style.com slideshows of the spring 2015 shows like ravenous hawks zeroing-in and swooping down on unexpecting prey. In this case, they prey is Proenza Schouler and I am the haughty, huffy hawk. Proenza was a showcase of American sportswear with unconventional touches (a punch of python here, an unexpected Prince of Wales check there, fringe shimmying about like it was the 1920s or a hoedown in Montana - your pick). And here is the great takeaway of what's happening on the runways now: it's just as easy peezy lemon squeezy to copy it now. And hey, we all want instant gratification like Veruka Salt, don't we?

Well, this Outfix takes the fabulous fringe from Proenza Schouler and tones it the eff down so you look like a human being and not like this dog. Take another page from Proenza and pair fringe with more fringe unabashedly - a fringe clutch in an opposite shade pairs quite nicely! Then, last steps: add a borrowed-from-the-boys plaid shirt (roll up the sleeves, unleash a few buttons to show off that decolletage or lack thereof), pair with the most killer of all killer heels: Aquazarra's snakeskin stunner, and add a bit of sparkle with Dannijo's blinged-out necklace. While you're at, look at how It-girl du jour Olivia Palermo paired plaid with fringe for a little "I really can do this and look freakin' cool" affirmation. Wam! Bam! You got a look.

Also, in case you didn't know what a fringe benefit is: here ya go !

Shop this Outfix:

Shirt by Madewell, $78  /  Skirt by Nasty Gal, $198  /  Necklace by Dannijo, $448 (similar for under $50 here) /  Bag by Zara, $30  / Heels by Aquazurra, $795 (similar for $80 here)