Yummie Tummie Style Challenge
When the Clever Girls Collective asked if I'd like to try my hand at styling a Yummie Tummie white T-shirt, I couldn't say yes fast enough. For one, I've heard nothing but good things--excited, passionate, waist-trimming things--about the brand, and for another, creating an outfit out of a T-shirt is pretty much my style M.O. My wardrobe is built on versatile basics--jeans, solid-color tops, neutrals--and then, because woman cannot live in basics alone, I let my style come through in the details, with interesting (I think) shoes, jewelry, scarves, bags, hair accessories, and makeup. This approach to fashion appeals to my practical side (I can mix and match the pieces to create a range of different looks) and to my frugal side (what? there's a difference!), since I can keep my look current by picking up cheaper trendy accessories instead of having to "invest" in larger, more expensive trendy items. I finally broke down and bought some skinny jeans, for instance, but they were only $20, so I felt okay about it even though I can't wear them every day and I know their lifespan will be brief, especially since the space-time continuum thought it would be funny if I woke up one morning and suddenly realized I'm "a woman of a certain age."
And speaking of those skinny jeans, I used those in the first of two looks I built around my Yummie Tummie shirt. (I chose the long-sleeved V-neck version.) I tried to take some "editorial" fall-fashion self-portraits with a timer, but the lighting was bad and the tripod janky and I only managed to get in front of the camera and look halfway decent once before the timer went off, and only later did I realized that you can't even see the shirt in the photo. Fall fashion fail.
Most of my shots turned out like this, and the only good thing to come out of the madcap session (thank goodness it was in the backyard where no one could see me) was a picture of my shoes against the fallen red grape leaves and the fallen pink bougainvillea petals, which is lovely and all but totally not the point.
That's why instead of modeling for you, I've laid out the clothes and kept myself behind the camera, where I belong (especially since to photograph the clothes I just stripped them off my body right there and conducted the rest of the shoot nearly nakers).
Outfit 1:
A white T-shirt plus dark jeans makes a great everyday uniform but not much of a style statement. To dress this up for a casual date, I'd wear my gold rose heels (supah cheap at TJ Maxx), my sequin belt (origins unknown), and my multistrand jewel necklace from LOFT--a piece that ups the glam of any outfit. (Try it with p.j.s and see!) The purse is from Target and I think I've taken it to every wedding I've attended since 2006. Hooray for value!
Outfit 2:
I bought some awesome red patent peep-toe wedges from Target a few months ago and I never pass up an opportunity to wear them. I figured a white T-shirt and a denim pencil skirt would be a great chance to show off the shoes as part of a brunch-and-shopping outfit (yes, I like to occasionally pretend I have a life), but then I remembered that (a) the shoes are made for sitting, not walking and (b) the Yummie Tummie brand is basically shapewear worn as actual clothing (rather than as an undergarment) and the best way to highlight how small this shirt makes my waist look (really small!) is to accent it with a vintage belt. (Here, "vintage" means my mom wore it in the eighties.) The belt is red too, though, and I thought red shoes and a red belt were a little too matchy-matchy (okay, a lot too matchy-matchy), so I swapped those shoes with some navy wedges I bought in London in 2006 (ooh la la) and threw in a yellow purse (Target!), which I though would be fun. Finally, the pièce de résistance: the red lipstick that I fell for earlier this year.
I always keep in mind that when my lipstick/gloss is all-caps RED, it's no longer makeup, it's an accessory, and to that end I take care to not fuss up my face with bold eye makeup or statement jewelry or headbands with beading or feathers or live, chirping canaries, etc. Thus, with this look, I chose the small, simple, neutral diamond "push present" necklace, which has a funny story behind it too.
(Not sure what was up with the super-weird color cast, which I can't fix for some reason...)
What do you think? Did I make good use of a boring old white T-shirt?
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(Psst! Yummie Tummie is the newest sponsor at Style Lush, and we're hosting a giveaway there soon. I'll let you know when the post goes live so you can enter to win a piece from the collection.)
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This post is part of a series sponsored by Yummie Tummie and the Clever Girls Collective. All of the opinions are mine.
Look at you, being all lifestyle-blog-like -- although the blooper shots and the mental image of you snapping photos of carefully folded and arranged clothes while in your skivvies brings it back to reality (in a good way). :)
I think you did smashingly. I didn't mind the matchiness of the red shoes and belt (but don't go taking style tips from me) -- mostly because those red shoes blew my MIND. So cute!
I am very intrigued by the promise of a slimming t-shirt. On my way to their site now!
Don't think I didn't take a photo of that too!
You are so cute, I can't even handle it. Also, I've been wanting to try a Yummie Tummie for aaaages but can't justify the $$$!
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