The Derby was so fun and Rob and I even won a fire ball for best dressed couple!!  Forcing him to wear that suit paid off!!!

A breakdown of what I bought:

My feather was from one of the Renaissance Festivals

Rob's tie was on sale at Boscov's for 10 bucks

My flowers were a gift made by my Rob's mom one Christmas

My necklace - Oh I love you - Betsy Johnson I stalked on-line until it was 70% off.

My hat, origianl dress and Rob's suit was from the Salvation Army

I had purchased a dress for myself which was this one-

OK this isn't the best picture.....but the dress is actually from The Loft and really cute.  The problem was I didn't have the right bra and although you could go without- you can see my distorted chest.  And besides I did have a back-up.  Which was a dress I had worn at my niece's 1st Holy Communion. 

The hostess gift I took was also from the Salvation Army

I found 2 sets of glasses I thought would be great for the Derby party because of the silver accents.

There were 10 of each glass- I loved these!

I washed them really good and  wrapped each on in different colored tissue paper and they fit nicely in a tub Amy ended up using at the party!

The Mint Juleps were adorable!

The food and drink was Derby Fare and it was all delicious!

I found a cute pair of nude gloves at a vintage shop- but how about this- I forgot to wear them!

I just love the idea of nude gloves

We had so much fun with Keith and Amy

Thanks you two!

some stuff.........

Fashion Friday

Dressing your sweetheart...
Well Rob usually is fine to take care of shopping/dressing for himself, but recently asked me for some help.   I guess we all get in a slump.  Actually I don't much check out what's going on with men, but since he's asked I've been looking more.  Also I had some good ideas for Christmas gifts seeing he's looking to add some stuff to his wardrobe. 

I came across this magazine at Barnes and Noble last night and it had so much info in it......and a lot of inspiration.

Oh boy so many good things in this mag

Here's my list of good things to get my guy

Best Tie

Black Silk Knit

This mag contains great images of some classics like:

Warrren Beatty sporting a classic looking watch that can be wore with just about anything

Mixed in are images of toady's gentlemen  

Oh my is this boy cute!

I'm loving this suit shirt and tie

Nice Suit

Oh my Peter O'Tolle in an Topcoat

Why are guys in Topcoats so Sexy?

In the city a lot of men sport the topcoat- YUM!

I'm wondering if I could possibly talk Rob into it.  Around here you don't see it nearly enough.

I LOVE this look- JCrew

The Basic Down Vest underneath is HOT- Right

It was mentioned in GQ Manual

If I could dress my boy like a Kennedy everyday I would! 

    



Great tips like which shades look better with a suit

Aviators

Tips on quick ways to iron a shirt and collar stays

Collar stays- I love this little bottle....Rob's are just laying on his dresser/rack and they actually have to get dusted- yeah that's how much we use them!

There's my list

There are also some small details I really should look into like

Good Socks

Matching belt and shoes for his suit

Tie Clip? 

After all these updates Rob will be Rocking Out like Mick on his Wedding Day!