Best in Vintage with Buffalo Exchange

I spent a few days in Nashville last week, and during our down town I made a mad dash for the vintage shops.  Although I would never want to permanently reside in Nashville, there are tons of  work opportunities and the shopping is actually A-1. 

I popped into the local Buffalo Exchange because they have some of the best vintage in town.  I also love that this place is 100% Green, meaning they have donate most proceeds to charity and they are environmentally friendly.  The store is set on a buy, sell or trade premise,  so they are simply reselling gently used current fashion items at a price that's undeniable.  They also have a vast selection of high end and vintage pieces.  I feel like the vintage buys are the best in town. 

This beautiful, bright red orange coat dress immediately caught my eyes.  I was drawn to the color, but then I was sold on the texture and heaviness of it.  And I guess I couldn't leave out that it was only $11.00. 

outfit details - coat dress: thrift vintage via Buffalo Exchange (here)(here); shoes: & Other Stories (here)(here); socks: Berkshire (here)(here); earrings: vintage: (here)

I paired my vintage coat dress with my all time favorite pair & Other Stories metallic wedge sandals.  Look a little closer and you see that I am sporting a super cute pair of Berkshire anklets.  These ankle socks are so on trend, and perfect for seasonal wardrobe transitions and adding texture and additional elements to a look.

Say hello to our new family dog, Flex.  He's the smartest Belgian Shephard puppy that you will ever meet.

Moment of Retrospection: Razzle Dazzle & Fringe

Hey guys, I recently spoke to a blogger babe of mine and she had to basically talk me off a ledge about overall blogging and maintaining consistency.  Although, I'm not a person that follows trends, I will say that sometimes there are specific formulas you have to follow in order to produce desired results.  

So to bring the idea home and apply it to my blogging woes - the formula is to blog, blog, blog and blog some more, even if there isn't much traffic or popularity initially.  With consistency, your hard work will always fall into the laps of "the lords", and your overall body of work will be able to tell your authentic story better than any bio or media kit could.  

With my newfound confidence in my blog's pace and progress, I still can't promise four post a week; however, I will attempt to be on a more consistent schedule getting out content. 

outfit details - jacket: gifted (here)(here); skirt: Zara (here)(here); shoes: Nike AF1 (here)(here); socks: (here)(here); hat: gifted (here)(here); earrings: gifted (here)(here); lipstick: Mac (here)(here)

OBAMA OUT...

Switch Up

Hi Friends!!! I hope you all have been well, and of course it's my prayer that you got a few moments to do exactly what you wanted to do this week.  We actually got out and took a few pictures in a different part of the city.  I wanted to switch up my usual landscape for a more urban, cityscape, and I really loved the locations we scouted.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love being photographed out in nature, but I certainly appreciate a good switch up.  And speaking of switch up, I took a bit of a different approach to taking this outfit shot.

The way Something Old, Something New started was as a photo journal. I would simply use this platform as a way to document my daily outfits.  This was the way style blogging started for many bloggers.  However, for the more serious bloggers things aren't so sporadic.  Pretty much all content is pre-planned and scheduled out weeks in advance.  I tried my hand at this by emailing my photographer a day and time with a few details about how I wanted to shoot several outfits all at once.  These practices are key to being more consistent and organized; however, it is my belief that you lose a little bit of authenticity, and at the end of it all you are very tired.

outfit details - sweater (here) (here); cardigan (here) (here); skirt (here) (here); socks (here) (here); boots (here) (here); pouch (here) (here)

My best outfits are my unplanned ones.  The pieces that I pull based on how I feel are the ones that I look the best in.  The outfit tends to do the talking for me.  They express my exact mood and feelings, and that's important.  

Are you a person that likes to plan out outfits a week or two in advance??  Or are you sort of like me, an emotional dresser, and allows your clothing to speak to you.  Chime in below in the comments, let's talk about it.