Coral and Leather

So ok, I promise I don't only wear hot pink kitten heels....who am I kidding...

I am a sucker for pink and pinkish-hued footwear and you'll inevitable see it bombard you on my blog, but I swear I have one millions shoes....or what seems like one million shoes. I just have not felt so compelled to bring them all out and when you find a shoe that has, over the course of a few months has, become your bestie...you become stuck like glue to one another. 

I am also a huge sucker for pops of color even when I'm drenched in color already and I don't care what anyone has to say about it. 

And lastly, I am a ridiculously huge sucker for a pointy-toed kitten heel. I NEED THEM IN EVERY COLOR KNOWN TO MAN!

Also, as excited as I am for the slightly warmer weather, mother nature refuses to stop playing all these games with my emotions. In the sun it's glorious, but in the shade it's freezing. Now the reason the shade is so offensive is because people tend to dress for the sun and the degrees the forecast is promising, but when you head out into the world and the shade wants to act like it doesn't have a clue as to what season we're in...... now you're ending up being dress for warmth and under-dressed for the damn shade.

Which brings me to leather, I know some of you may be wondering how all that brought us to leather, but trust.

Obviously when I talk leather I mean the faux kind, if you're into the real thing...do you boo, but I ain't talkin' bout that...moving on.

Leather is a perfect transitional material from winter into the beginning stages of spring. If you compensate for the thickness of the material with the length of the garment or if you just have it as an accent on a top or bottom, you can surely get away with it without feeling like you're sweating your life away. 

Here I've done just that, I decided to rock my faux leather skirt from Forever21 and a top that contrasts with the heavier material of my skirt to provide some balance in the look and feel of the outfit. The top also has mesh on the very top so it provide maximum airflow. I paired it with the coral Pumps and called that sucker a day.

The coral pumps are a lot more coral in person, scouts honor. 

What I'm Wearing:

1. Top from the Strawberry on 34th street (as they are the only ones that I know of who carry plus size). $15
2. Skirt from Forever21.com. $22.80
3. Coral kitten heels from Forever21.com. $24.80

Bloggerspiration: Franceta Johnson.

Super infatuated with one of my fellow Queens of NO FUCKS given, Franceta Johnson. Even though that's a title I proudly rock myself, there is no doubt she holds a crown as well. 

Franceta Johnson is as straight forward as they come and her style is much of the same. Her wardrobe is comprised of mostly Grey, Black, White, some earth tones, and a touch of color from time to time. She makes being devoid of color much much more interesting than you'd expect, so when she does add her touches of color, the level it tends to be taken... 

Even on the days where she deems herself to be rocking "boredom", she makes looking effortless and put together look so, well...effortless. 

From her personality to her wardrobe essentials, I am here for it all. 

Even the way she so simply and so eloquently tells you to go F@#%! yourself if can't grasp exactly  what she is serving.

For me there's a magnetism to people who have rough edges and strong personalities, because I have a strong presence myself and though I appreciate a more lax type of person who can balance me out, I also appreciate people who can feed my fire and be as bold and strong as I.

Franceta Jonson's lack of personality subtleties, her lack of sugar coating, are qualities I can respect. If you read tone of my recent post titled "The Aries In Me", you'd know exactly how I feel about those who keep it real. I am a huge fan of NO BULLSHIT.

She's a blogger, a student, a graphic designer, and is seriously someone I wouldn't mind collaborating with on some grand/magical artwork one day down the line. 

Image from MYNT1792.com/ Francetajohnson.com

In October of 2013 she announced her collaboration with MYNT1792, along with four other bloggers where they created a line of Fall outerwear for the masses. Not surprisingly her design along with two others were my fav.

So in this post I decided to do a look inspired by her sea of black and the outerwear she created for MYNT1792.

And you know it wouldn't be me if it weren't for the hot pink pumps that are evidently my life shoe. 

What I'm Wearing:

1. Top from a store in Brooklyn. $10
2. Neclace from the wholesale district. $7
3. Chiffon & Leatherette moto vest from Rainbow. $12
4. Skirt from Forever21.com. $10.80
5. Shoes from NineWest.com. $29.99