Equals Chic

Fashion, like all great endeavors in the great history of greatness, often broils down to a set of equations. This top + these jeans + that bag = a look but that top + these jeans + this bag = a GREAT look. Especially on a Monday morning when you feel as if you will need seventy shots of espresso to get through the day without bitching at your poor doe-eyed intern for no apparent reason again, you need that equation. And this my fabulous readers (thank you again for checking The Outfix - I'm indebted to you for reading and excited to keep giving you fresh content to feast upon!) is the equation for that polished chic look that seems unachievable after one-too-many margs over the weekend.

The top and skirt have such a high-gloss, expensive look that is guaranteed to up the ante of any accessory and shoe choice you pair it with. You can wear it together or as delightful seperates (the top with some boyfriend jeans, the skirt with a navy merino wool sweater).

This look has that equation - this shirt + this skirt + these perfect ankle-strap shoes equals chic. And when you equal chic, you're life ain't bleak (ok, no more rhyming, sorry about that...).

Shop this Outfix (and look how dang good it looks in da below)

Top by Reiss, $150  /  Skirt by Reiss, $170  /  Shoes by Club Monaco, $279

Disney Princess Shit

Your name may not be Cinderella but what the hell should stop you from your First Amendment rights. You know those rights: Thou shalt dress as a Disney Princess whenever thou feelest the urgest to. Alright, I get it. That’s not the First Amendment. But hey, in a perfect world, it would be. A margarita-fueled evening last night à ludicrous conversation with my friend Cara – ok: not that Cara - that life would be ten times better if chicks dressed up in pink, frothy, and ridiculously-impractical dresses. Think of the hilarity. A peach Oscar de la Renta satin ball gown while waiting in line for Chipotle. A lust-worthy bubble-gum pink and beguilingly-bejeweled Dior gown for a midday jaunt to Barnes & Nobles in Union Square to pick-up a copy of Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings (who needs clickable Amazon purchases when you can be the belle of the ball at 2 p.m. with a simple strut over to good ole’ B&N?).

Alright, but back to reeeeeality. I get it. Disney Princess dressing is not in the stars for you for now. But that should not stop you from rocking the hell out of this micro-mini Alice & Olivia lace number. It’s a Disney Princess look if said princess came by way of the urine-odored, peasant-infested urban city streets (man, if only there were some movie that explored that irony!). Give Disney a run for the money with edgy elements mixed in to the lewk. An Edie Parker glitter-spackled clutch and ethereally-elegant Manolo heels with some kind of exploding silver swan shit at the toe will give you an outfit less Disney, more dope. Shop this Outfix below:

Dress by Alice & Olivia, $495   /   Clutch by Edie Parker, $1,095 (similar for under $100 here)  /  Shoes by Manolo Blahnik, $1,295 (similar for $70 here)