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I'm giving items from my closet away for free!  Visit me at covertboutique.blogspot.com

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GOLD ON THE CEILING

Good morning Knuckles!

  I'm loving spring metallics right now (accidentally typed "metallica," ha ha!), including this gold brocade skirt.

  (Sunnies, Target; cardigan, Topshop; blouse, H&M; skirt, new, Pim + Larkin; cage sandals, Prada; purse, Dooney and Burke; necklace, Tuleste Market; bracelets, Asos, F21)

  The cage sandals were from the Space outlet in Switzerland and I think they were 20 Swiss francs which is like 22 bucks (for Prada!).  The purse was gifted by Dooney years ago.  Back in the day a couple of my fashion school friends and I were picked as Teen Vogue It Girls and as a result got sent to Europe where we reviewed materials and shopped silhouettes with the Dooney team.  Anyhow, I have never once used this purse but I pulled it out in the spirit of nostalgia.  It reminds me of fashion school, of which I have fond memories of cobbling shoes and constructing box bags and being generally somewhat self-destructive.

  The purse is still in good shape but doesn't it look crazy dated?!  Yikes! Have a happy Thursday, Knuckles!  Just over a day until my favorite moment of the week: 7:25pm on Friday night!  Teen Vogue It Moms you know what I'm talking about!

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RE-CREATION TUESDAYS: ENGAGED IN DVF, AND AWASH IN MEMORIES

Good morning Knuckles.

Today's post was supposed to be an ode to Diane Von Furstenberg, and how her clothes are inextricably woven into some of my most meaningful memories.  I wore the dress below on the day Mr. Brass Knuckles proposed to me in Battery Park, under cloud cover and before an impending thunder storm.  I wore DVF to my rehearsal dinner and my dearest cousin K's bridal shower.  I've also worn DVF to countless job interviews, cocktail parties, weddings and funerals. 

  But after yesterday's events I'm feeling sad.  Seeing this dress and writing this post is flooding me with a million different memories; it's almost too much.

  (Sunnies, Target; dress, DVF; shoes, Gucci; purse, The Sak; necklaces, PersonalizedBoutique, MyNameNecklace, Anna Sheffield for Target; bracelets, Asos, F21)

  My dear Knuckles, hold on tightly to the people you love!

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YOU'RE YOUR WORST CRITIC, OR, DON'T TALK YOURSELF OUT OF YOUR FAVORITE JEANS

Good afternoon Knuckles!

  The Chip and Pepper jeans below are my go-to pair, and I've worn them so much that the hole in the knee is legit.  It's not a fashion hole, it's a fibers-gave-out hole.

  Looking through this last set of pictures, however, I started questioning my denim standby.  There is something about the objectivity of photographs that made me look at these jeans in a new way.

  I suddenly began thinking Now wait just a darn minute, have I gained weight?  Or have I been wearing wide-looking jeans this whole time?  Are these jeans the sartorial equivalent of an enormous zit on my face?  If only I were 4 inches taller...  

  Like most women I probably spend too much time criticizing self-determined flaws, and this thinking is not healthy.  Ladies, let's not get caught up in our own weird body-image traps.  No one even notices the zit.  The damn jeans look fine.  

  (Sunnies, Chanel; jacket, Zara; blouse, Tracy Reese; jeans, Chip+Pepper; shoes, Marc by Marc Jacobs; purse, Oryany; necklaces, MyNameNecklace.com, PersonalizedBoutique.com, Monserrat de Lucca; bracelets, Alex+Ani, Target, F21).

Have a great weekend, Knuckles!

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PUT A BIRD ON IT

Good morning Knuckles!

I don't have any tattoos but my favorite one of all time is Cat Hartwell's (of Fannypack and Holy Hail fame).  Holy Hail played at the Fur Cups' second album release party and pretty much ever since I've wanted her tattoos: two birds in flight, one on the forearm and one on the bicep (I won't be creepy and post an image but you can see a small photo here).  Alas, tattoos aren't in my future due to a) the pain and b) my job so I'll have to settle for birds on my skirt instead. 

(Sunnies, Target; blazer, Moschino; top, Banana Republic; skirt, F21; belt, H&M; pearl necklace, J.Crew; necklaces, MyNameNecklace.com, PersonalizedBoutique.com; purse, Elliott Lucca; shoes, Fendi; bracelets, F21, Alex+Ani)

The most amazing part of this ancient Moschino blazer is the piping.  It's made of reflective material that glows in direct light (e.g. when the flash went off) like something out of Tron or Jack Donaghy's laid-back future self in 30 Rock:

Anyhow, I am a huge sucker for tattoos.  Lately I've been really into The Voice and I have to say, that Adam Levine is one winsome dude.  Actually he and Mr. Brass Knuckles are long lost twins but one has tats and the other doesn't, and consequently one does not have to hear me waxing poetic about how hot he'd be with some ink, or nagging about mowing the lawn putting his cups into the dishwasher. (I'm coming after you, Adam Levine.  ALL DIRTY CUPS MUST BE PLACED IN THE DISHWASHER IN A TIMELY MANNER).

Have a great week, Knuckles!

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NOSEHAIRS

This morning, just to mess with her, I told CoStar that I went into her room every night while she was asleep and trimmed her nosehairs.  I said if I didn’t do it, her nosehairs would get really long and we’d have to start brushing them.

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MY NEW IMAGINARY BEST FRIEND. THE GLASSES ARE AMAZING.

Good morning Knuckles!

This is a sad week for the Knuckles clan.  We are okay, but instead of fashion posts you get a hodge-podge of my favorite internet time-wasters.

Today's link is to my new imaginary best friend, the rapper Awkwafina.  Lyrics are NSFW so turn the volume down!   Prepare to be amused.