i love paris in the fall

From the Fall 2009 collections of French labels: Cacharel, Sessun, and A.P.C. Madras.

Fall hair and makeup ideas (clockwise) from: hair_chameleon, Mary Kate Downes, Fox in Mociun, and Tsuyo.

Aren't these looks pretty for fall?  Messy hair with a bare face and red lipstick seems so French to me.  What is the perfect red lipstick?  Do you have a favorite?  My other French fall essentials are long sleeve striped tees,  a short sleeve black coat, ankle boots, and Liberty print button downs.

I've just noticed after sorting through my closet that everything in my wardrobe as well as most of my fall fashion picks seem to follow a color palette of black/gray, white, blue, and red.  It's kind of crazy, but I guess I just can't help it.

time to clean out the closet

Every season I go through my closet and sort through my things.  I like to be organized and well-edited at all times, so I try to get rid of the items that I just don't wear.  I've decided this season to open up an Ebay shop and sell whatever I'm removing from my closet.  It's kind of sad because i really like this stuff, but most of it is just too small for me now and not comfortable anymore.  When I hit 28, my metabolism kind of slowed down, and although I eat healthy and exercise, I've gone up a size.  I'm fine with it--that's just life, but it kind of sucks that some of my favorite things don't fit me anymore.  So here's a link to my shop.  Hopefully some of you will be able to enjoy the items I've treasured in the past.  By the way, there are shoes too!  The shoes fit me, but I'm selling them because I never wear heels.  Some of these might not show up in my shop yet even though I've listed them because I guess it takes Ebay awhile to group all the things together.

plaid market top shop update tomorrow

Since I got such a great response from the plaid Market Top, I made a few more for my shop.  I'll be posting them tomorrow (Friday, September 11) at noon, Eastern time.  I have two size 2's and two size 4's.  This shirt makes a nice layering piece for fall, to add a little pop of color and pattern to an outfit.