Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

   One of New York's most magical events is happening right now. The magic of the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Many of you guys out there are watching the live performance of the parade at home or on the streets of New York City enjoying the action. So I know this is a fashion blog but this is a special post, today I'm going to be taking you back, to the history and behind the scenes of the parade.
    In the 1920's Macy's was enlarged to a block long. The president of Macy's wanted to celebrated so he promised the city a parade. The first the parade was only two blocks long, but they took many turns.The parade started as a tradition in 1924. The employees of Macy's started at 145th Harlem to 34th Street where Macy's was located. Every year the parade route is different. The parade got so big that, there was a live broadcast go television. Many celebrities sang performed on the floats. Featured performers this year may include McKayla Maroney, Aly Raiman, Gabby Douglas, Kayla Ross, Jordyn Wieber, Carly Rae Jepsen, Cody Simpson, Trace Adkins, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Isaac, Karmin, Christian Laettner, Sandra Lee, Mannheim Streamroller, Jennette McCurdy, Flo Rida, Don McLean, Megan and Liz, Olivia Culpo, the cast of Sesame Street, Kareen Abdul-Jabbar,  Neon Trees, the cast of Power Rangers Megaforce, and Whoopi Goldberg.

    On thing you probably didn't know is that all the floats in the parade take about one year to build, so after the parade this year they start to build the new floats for next year. Also they reuses some of the balloons. They parade studio is in Hoboken, New Jersey all the floated and balloons are build there. On Thanksgiving Day over 3.5 million people come to New York. Many floats and balloons featured in the parade every year are Dora, Charlie Brown, the cast of Sesame Street, Spider Man, Sponge Bob and who can forget Santa Claus. Santa starts the holiday seasons.
    If you're not watching the parade right now you still have until 12 o'clock pm.  I wish everyone has a great Thanksgiving, enjoying Black Friday shopping tomorrow!

Link to a great video from history.com that takes you behind the scenes of the parade:
http://www.history.com/videos/thanksgiving-day-parade

List of performers taken from Google News

Four Different Outfits

  Hey guys so, today I put together four different outfits. All four of the outfits are in different categories, comfy casual, edgy, dressy and girly.

   The first outfit is very comfy and casual. The big knit owl sweater is very cute and comfy. The mint color skinny jeans give the outfit a pop of color with the black sweater. For this outfit out want to keep it casual so you can pair it with some boots or moccasins. The second outfit is sort of on the edgy side. I chose this peace sign top, I love how the front of the top is cropped. For jeans I chose a pair of skinny black and white tie-dye jeans, the white top balanced out the outfit with the tie-dye jeans. My absolute favorite part of this outfit would have to be the black studded combat boots. The studs add a really cool looks. For accessories I just added a YOLO necklace. a horizontal cross ring, and a pair of black hoop earrings.

   The next outfit I chose a sheer aqua dress shirt, I love the shirt, because of the gold tips on the collar. For jeans I chose a pair of chord colored skinny jeans. I love the shoes in this outfit, the pair of tan block heel ankle boots look so cute. it gives the outfit more attitude and style. For accessories I added a pair of gold hoop earrings. The next outfit is my favorite, it's very cute and girly. The white lace is covering the mint dress, the two colors look awesome together. I decided to pair the dress with a pair of brown oxfords.Because the outfit is fairly simply, we want to accessorize. For accessories I added two bracelets a gold coil bracelet and a stretchy mint pyramid bracelet. Also a pair of gold drop down earrings and a vintage bird on a wire necklace.

In most of the outfits gold is included, I love how the color gives the outfit a vintage look.

So I hope you guys liked these outfits and that you give them a try. Thanks for reading!                                   

  Comment below on your favorite outfit!
For more great outfit ideas visit my friend Jade's blog http://www.findyourfashionhere.blogspot.com/

Sheer dress
modcloth.com

Owl sweater
udobuy.com

Sheer top
modcloth.com

Vero Moda peace t shirt
$45 - veromoda.com

Joe's Jeans super skinny jeans
neimanmarcus.com

Roxy
pacsun.com

Low rise jeans
pacsun.com

UGG Australia suede loafer
$185 - farfetch.com

Patent leather boots
boohoo.com

Wet Seal punk boots
wetseal.com

Dorothy Perkins leather shoes
dorothyperkins.com

Cross jewelry
$44 - modekungen.se

White house black market
whitehouseblackmarket.com

Metal jewelry
modcloth.com

Turquoise earrings
etsy.com

Star by Julien Macdonald hoop earrings
$15 - debenhams.com

Vintage jewelry
$19 - oliverbonas.com

Black jewelry
etsy.com

With Love From CA pearl bangle bracelet
pacsun.com

Yellow gold necklace
$13 - debenhams.com

Miss Selfridge gold jewelry
missselfridge.com

Wet Seal hoop earrings
wetseal.com

Item Review: Vera Bradley, Vera tote

    Hey guys so from now on I will be doing item or product  reviews on things that I think that work really well and that I want to share with you guys. So lets get to it. I love purses and bags, but most of all I care about if they are useful. Lately I've been loving my Vera Bradley one shoulder Vera tote bag. I love the pattern on the outside of the bag and all that space inside of it. You can put so much stuff inside. It's more of an everyday bag, it can be used for work, school and play.
  
       Video of the Vera tote review

  The bags comes in twenty-three different patterns, it also has six pockets on the inside and two on the outside. It also can be washed in the washing machine and dried in the dryer. At the bottom of the bag there's a board to keep the bad standing. It is very light and it doesn't heart your shoulders when you're carrying it, because the straps are quilted. The bag costs $86.00 on verabradley.com and in the Vera Bradley stores.                                 

Link for the Vera Bradley website: http://www.verabradley.com

DIY Halloween Costume Ideas

       Halloween is next week and I am super excited. Halloween is the day that you can be whatever you want to be. Personally it's my favorite holiday. I'm one of those people that don't have time to go to the Halloween store and pick out a costume. I think that homemade costumes are much more creative and glamorous. There are many pieces of the costume that you can easily find in your closet. Also your costume is one of a kind and very inexpensive.

Some very cute and creative costume ideas!
- Minnie Mouse
- Nerd
- Carly Rae Jepsen
- Dorothy
- Red Riding Hood
- Mad Hatter

      Mad Hatter: Usually more girls are the Mad Hatter for Halloween than guys. In this video by  Macbarbie07 of course, Bethany shows us how to create a more girly virgin of the Mad Hatter. Bethany also shows us how to make our own Mad Hatter hat. Most of the pieces of the costume were found in her closet. The key to the Mad Hatter costume is to be funky. I through that Bethany did a really good job recreating the look, it looks so gorgeous and special. 


Minnie Mouse: I think that Minnie mouse is the cutest Disney character. the essentials for the Minnie Mouse costume, are the mouse ears, a red and white pocka dot blouse and Minnie's red toto. For a tutorial you can visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGmncKs0H1s&feature=relmfu. 

Nerd: A nerd costume is like the most easiest to make. You will need of course, some nerd glasses. Also you need suspenders, high knee socks, high waisted short or pants and a button up shirt. For a tutorial you can visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=UbXazeQjg2g&list=UUc6W7efUSkd9YYoxOnctlFg&index=89&feature=plcp.

   So I hope you enjoyed my blog post, comment below and tell me what you're going to be for Halloween. I Hope You Happy Halloween! 

Link for a Dorothy costume tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_nmPGZgFtM&list=UUc6W7efUSkd9YYoxOnctlFg&index=7&feature=plcp
Link for a Carly Rae Jepsen costume tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-CSGR4Vja4&feature=relmfu
Link for Red Riding Hood costume tutorial http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=d5-M_czr4OQ

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Scarves

   Scarves are one of my essentials things for fall and winter. I own many scarves and I think they just jazz up your outfit. If you're wearing a plain color t-shirt why not jazz it up with a colorful scarf. In my opinion scarves go with everything blouses, dresses, t-shirts etc. During the fall and winter scarves can keep your neck warm and add a touch a outfit. During spring and summer I prefer very thin and light weight scarves so you won't get too hot. Personally I like patterned scarves, they just give you that pop of color in your outfit!

Check out this video that shows you 52 ways to wear your scarves during the winter.

Have fun with your scarfs, turn your creativity on! They aren't just for wear around you neck anymore. Your big scarves can be made into many things   vests, cardigans, blouses, swimsuit cover ups etc. One scarf can be wore over 100 different ways. Also you can find very cool and unique scarves for a cheat price at many stores. I hope my blog post gave you more information about scarves, Bye!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

    
     If you wanted to know how to turn your scarf into a vest, here is a video to show you how.
                                                                                          

Vivienne Tam

   Vivienne Tam is a Chinese- American fashion designer. Her studio and design team are all in New York City. Her fashion brand is named after her and is inspired by Chinese culture. She travels around different parts of China very often to find unique cultural items that she can incorporate into her designs. Her designs includes Chinese culture, fashion and modern style. she calls this East meets West. Tam is also the author of the book China Chic.

   Vivienne's 2013 Spring is based on the five elements of Chinese cosmetology. The different shapes, textures and materials. Different shapes such as circles, triangles and hexagons are going to be on the dresses. Accessories are the main thing this season. Most of the accessories are also going to be based on shapes. Jewelry is going to be mostly made from white gold and rose gold. Vivienne Tam is an inspriration.

      Check out this video of Vivienne Tam's spring collection from Fashion Week.
Link to her website:www.viviennetam.com

Kate Middleton

    Kate Middleton has to be one of the most fashionable people I know. Just look at what she wears to all the events. On her wedding day back in April of 2011 Kate looked stunning in her Alexander McQueen wedding dress. Kate's dress let her show her neckline, the lace sleeves also add that edgy look. I was shocked to hear that Kate did her own makeup on her wedding, she looked absolutely gorgeous. Kate's style is classic and sheik . Kate knew how to mix and match, Kate is a true fashionista!

Kate's top outfits

                  
                Kate is a very ECO friendly person. She recycles and donates the clothes she doesn't wear anymore. Also Kate helps a lot of needy people around the world. Kate is a great role model for young people.

                However, being duchess  isn't so easy. Being duchess is much more than just being the prince's wife and being pretty, okay maybe you do have to be kind of pretty. You represent Great Britain, and the Royal Family. People look up to you. You got to know that people are following your every movement. You often have to represent the queen and go to very important events, it's a big responsibility. When there is a problem you have to "Keep Calm and Carry On."