"What I tagged"

I'm a little pissed that you guys didn't tell me about Lucky magazine before. I read the October issue while I was hanging around on the set and I got TONS of good ideas from just that one issue.

So let's get started on what I tagged.






I wouldn't wear this outfit myself, although it might be cute on someone in her 20s. But the shoes are really cute - I don't know if you can tell that each of the straps are studded. (Click on the photo to embiggen.) And I think they'd be really cute with TIGHTS. (Betsey Johnson, $100.) (And how great is that to find shoes in a fashion spread that don't cost $500??)

I hope you can see all this great winter white through the crazy Star Trek fashion that bled through the other side of the page. Ya'll, I love, love, LOVE winter white. (Have you ever seen that movie where Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet trade houses for the holidays? So much great winter white in that movie. Kudos to that costumer.) I covet the cords in the lower right corner (White House Black Market, $88), which would be so cozy with my brown cableknit sweater.

This spread says, "I love the idea of wearing a summery-feeling dress under a heavy coat." I like layering a summery dress over tights or leggings and even a long-sleeved leotard or turtleneck, with boots and a cardigan or some other jacket.

You already know that I enjoy spicing up an outfit with a scarf. These "infinity scarves" look super cozy and are predicted to be everywhere this winter. (I saw some at The Limited today. I wasn't crazy about the colors they offered, but they may work for you.)

Not all the ideas I get from a magazine require me to buy something (thank god). Often I'll see something that I can put together with items that are already in my closet, like this:

Black turtleneck under a crisp white shirt with a pencil skirt, black tights & pumps. How sharp is that?

And not all the ideas come from the fashion spreads. There are a lot of great looks in the ads themselves.

This dolman sleeve boatneck tee over a turtleneck is something I would never have considered for myself. But look how great it looks in the ad. I mean, I KNOW - that's THE POINT behind placing an ad. So well played, Michael Stars. Well played.

And how savvy was Reebok to place an ad that resembles a fashion layout?

Because how many Lucky readers would even pay attention to an ad for team t-shirts? But as a fashion-conscious girl who also loves sports, I have always been at a loss for how to dress to watch the game. This ad gave three ideas - one for hosting at home, one for tailgating and one for a sports bar.

The magazine also had some great jewelry ideas, like the cuff bracelet in this spread (on the left):

Which I love for its rocker-chick edginess. And this one, too (upper right):

A make-up trend that I'm buying into this season is plum eye liner!

I picked up a MAC Eye Kohl in Prunella because I think it'll look great with brown eye shadow. (And I wear a lot of brown eye shadow.)

And this spot convinced me to try a new mascara, even though I really wasn't even in the market for one:


But the thought of GLOSSY mascara was just too much to resist. I'll letcha know how that works for me.