Fashion Friday: You say High...I say Low...

Our newest fave (almost not quite but hopefully soon) trend is the mullet hem. Well that's not really what they are calling it but we are.

Nina Ricci 2010...tdf!

But it really is like a mullet....party in the front and business in the back...

Maybe it's from spending countless years in our wrap ballet skirts that are short in the front and long in the back... that we can't get enough of this (hopefully upcoming) trend...

Or it could be our crazy obsession for the genius, Raquel Allegra's unbelievable long tailed webbed tops that we can't wait to wear these next few amazingly super well researched picks...

But what ever it is, this delicate look is yummy!

While perusing new items for our ever growing closet we came across this super perfect springtime frock from Mink Pink (heart you MP).
Throw on a pair o' booties or slouchy pirate boots with this mullet dress and ...hello cuteness!!

Not super sure about the dress above? MP makes a TDF top for you...woo hoo!

Sooo good...so dramatic with out being "Hey look at me...aren't I cool?" Yeah we are talking to you fake hipsters...otherwise known as McGipsters in my house...

Pair this top with a great mini and flip flops or studded cons or cute OTK boots and you are...say it with us...RTG!

Now for this next piece o' el trendo de mullet Nightcap Clothing gives it to us hard and strong....just the way we gals of Things We Heart like it....

Oh...PS ignore the bad and super contrived styling in this photo. This rad dress is practically begging to be worn with Doc Martens or flip flops. Easy Breasy....

Oh Mr Alexander Wang...just when we were beginning to think you could only do basics or hard to wear Denim and Leather jackets...you give us this uber sexy and fashion forward blouse.
We love how dramatic the back is mixed with the red and white nautical-esque silk fabric. Thank you for reminding us how much we heart thee....

Now this next dress/tunic is not for the faint at fashion... Morphine Generation's rad ass printed tank dress is just that...rad.

We are still trying to figure out how to suggest wearing it...not really loving how they did it above but maybe with tights and high booties and a cropped jacket? Hmmm...

Dolce Vita (love them and they have great shoes!) let us step in easily to the mullet dress.

The cute print matched with the gentle mullet hem is the perfect sundress (well we could do with out the cap sleeves but who's perfect?

This dress called and asked to be paired with some rad new gladiator sandals or low top studded cons for summer. We said ok...

If you are not ready for your mullet coming out party...try these 2 tops to get your cute tootsies wet.

Seneca Rising...we are sooooo on your band wagon. We have a few of your dresses and can't wait to add this mullet hemmed tank to our collection.
Uggghhhh...we super love the styling here! Couldn't have said it better ourselves! This top would love to be with a great pair of harem trousers too btw...

This Urban top really let's you off the hook easily but still hints at a mullet.
It is so pretty and off at the same time it's perfectly imperfect! This would have gone gorgeously in our Ballerina post!

Got a super cute dress at home that maybe a weird length (like calf length..trust us no bueno on anyone...unless of course you are Kate Moss in combat boots or Miranda Kerr) take it to your local tailor and for $12-$18 they can give you the perfect mullet dress!

You're welcome!!

PS This is an example of how NOT to wear this trend...too '90s...

Come on..you know you love the mullet..well at least the clothing kind...

xoxo things we heart

we heart you marc jacobs

Random hearts: We suuuper heart DIYing it!

Remember the days when you would sit in your backyard or on the sidewalk making tie dye shirts with a bag of rubber bands and hair color bottles filled with dye?

(PS now they make kits...or I guess they did then but we didn't spend the moolah on them)

Or when all of your friends were going to the Broadway for fun new clothes and your mom was dragging you to the local Joann's Fabric to pick out a pattern for your new dress?

We would totally wear this dress now!!

Uh huh...we do and for some weird reason it makes us smile bigger than we ever have!

At the time it seemed like the worst thing ever but now it's pretty amazing that you and mom created things together (well mom...I will over look a few of those needlepoint picks we had on the walls).

Either because of the recessions, war, unemployment or simply because our world is getting soooo uber complicated...creating in your own home items that others make is suuuuper chic...

Let's DIY!

At the bottom of a lot of our posts you get to see fun ways to DIY things we talk about but there are things we have been obsessing over that are sooo fun they deserve their own post! Woo hoo!

The entire reason for this post is this crazy cute DIY Cheese Making Kit...Miss TWH gave her suuuper yuppy and amazingly rad brother, this kit at a local Sew It Yourself store and she became instantly obsessed with all DIY kits...

Her brother said it was by far the raddest gift he has ever received! And at $25 a pop (well the one above is a bit more...deluxe version)

He made some of his own DIY mozzarella and said it was amazing!!!

With one of the cutest (yet totally contrived) holidays coming up...wait is it a holiday if people still have to work?....Anywhoo...with the big day o' love coming we found these j'adorable DIY candy wrappers!!!
Who needs $$$$ customizable M&Ms when you can be even more personal and recessionista chic with these?!?!? Soooooo cute!

Just take your lovers or friends fave candy...print out the wrappers and voila!

Anyone over paying $5 for a delish Ice Blendie from CB&TL? Or Frapp from Starshmucks?

The big "O" shows us her fave and super cheap recipe for one!
Or buy the DIY kit from "The Bean" and save yourself some hassle, time and moolah by doing it at home!

OK...there are almost noooo words to tell you how insanely jealous we are of the people who came up with these vintage teacup candles...

How beautiful! Just pick up some teacups at your local flea market or Salvation Army and get going!

What You'll Need

• antique, pretty teacups, with or without saucers
• enough soy wax to more than fill each cup
• essential oil for scent (I used Lily of the Valley)
• wicks that equal your number of cups
• double boiler
• Pyrex cup or funnel
• chopsticks or wooden skewers
• stirring tool, such as a rubber scraper
• To find out how to make it, read more.
• Pour the soy wax into the double boiler. Let it simmer until the wax is clear liquid.
• Center the wick in the bottom of each teacup. Put one chopstick or wooden skewer on either side of the wick, balanced on the rim of the teacup, to keep the wick centered.
• Add a small amount of your scented oil to the melted soy wax. Mix with your rubber scraper, and then pour into your Pyrex measuring cup.
• Pour the wax into the bottom of each teacup. If the wick gets a little off-center, you can reposition it before the wax sets. Let wax harden. Repeat this process until the cup is half full. Repeat a third and fourth time until the cup is full. You'll want to continue adding small amounts of the scented oil to make sure that the candle is scented throughout.
• Wipe off any spills with a warm, wet rag.
• Clip the top of the wick so it's about half an inch taller than the rim of the cup.
• Light, and enjoy

Our friends made their own candles out of goblets for their wedding (yes they are over achievers and actually made time for it) and it was suuuuper romantic and $$$ saving...not to mention gorge!!!

PS Anthro sells teacup candles for $18 a piece! DIY it!

Remember how much we suuuuuper heart the genius that is Raquel Allegra????

Yeah the beauty that launched the shredded tee craze seen on our fave celebs?

Well, we just learned how to do it...Um 2 warnings....

1. It takes HOURS to do each one (no wonder she charges a lot!)

2. Out of respect for her amazing art form and the fact that she deserves her praise we will not post the DIY we found...

(ppssstt... Google it!)

We suuuper heart this next DIY. They would make amazing gifts or shower favors.

We heart these DIY perfume solids in vintage tins soooooo crazy much we keep trying to find time to make them for all our shmancy friends!!!

Here's how!

Ooooohhhhh how great would this vintage Vaseline tin be for your new solid perfume business??!?!?!
Thanks Ebay!

OMFG watch this DIY sock monkey video to make a great kids gift!!!!

Plus it's worth it even if you don't need to make one just for the super cute music they used in the background!

So what ever it is you want to DIY...just Do It! It's fun...creative and hey it beats driving to that crappy mall again.

Have fun j'adorable crazfty craftersons!!!

xoxo things we heart

Fashion Friday: We Hearty Heart SEQUINS!

Oh, Kate Moss... our Goddess of Fashion and all that is good and chic in the world...thank you for this gorge picture and wearing sequins in all their glory!

TGIF! (Thank God It's Friday) and more importantly for us fashion lovers... TGIF!!! (Thank God It's Fall)...as much as we lovelies here at t.w.h are Summer Lovers and Summer Beach Babies...we lurve us some yummy, sumputous and rich Fall fashions.

I couldn't resist!  This is what we here actually get to wear in the Fall!  Sorry!!!  

From the one...the only..the original....Raquel Allegra

It seems like fashion really happens in the fall seasons...and here on the warm side of the continent we get to rock them in all their gorgeous glory! (sorry super cold states :(  we get to be cute even in fall and it usually doesn't involve a heavy jacket).

A few months ago we let out cries of joy and excitement when we heard what was coming down the runways and into our stores...wait for it....wait for it....SEQUINS!!!!

OK...OK... we will try to keep breathing and keep calm...but please just let us have this moment..oh fashion goddesses...THANK YOU!

Now we are uber huge lovers of all that is vintage...especially things from the '70s and '80s so it stands to good...no no...great reason why we are obsessed with all things sparkley and sequined.

For years we have been waiting for this to come back...not that we want every Tommie, Dickie and Harriette to be rocking them, but to have beautiful pieces at our fingertips that we can buy, wear  and save til they are vintage is so divine.

And when Miu Miu put out their fantastical sequined pumps we were brought to our knees...

More more more we pleaded...more!  Give us all you got...so a few seasons later, the storm of sparkle began.

Our patience has paid off!  Every designer from glam to fab and major store that we heart has blessed us with sequined goods.

How gorge is that spotted sequin and leather dress?!?!?!  Ugghhh!!! And that Sequin blazer??? TDF!

Here are a few of our fav sparkly pieces...each one is a piece on it's own.

Mix them up with easy, casual pieces for a "Oh this? ...I just threw this together...Oh really? Sequins are all the rage?  Oh good...then my not trying really paid off " kind of vibe.

Oh wait...there are a few rules for sequins...not many so have fun and wear with reckless abandon...(but just in case you are curious..here they are)

1. Make sure sequins are sewn super close together...almost on top of eachother

This is an example of what not to buy!

2. Do not buy pieces that have the sequins heat set on or glued on or even screened on to look sequin-esque...

Another example of a sequin NO NO

OK, thats really it...just 2 No Buenos and you are GTG.

So here are our fav picks that can be yours too...we left out the crazy shmancy designer ones cuz...come on...we are recessionistas...this year at least ;)

Yummmers Top Shop!  Sequins and Snake?  You had us at hello!

A wee bit cropped but throw a scrumdiddlyumptious A.Wang tank under and tada!  Done and Done!

Cuteness with a capital C!  Loving these black '80s dolphin shorts...although they are not vintage...they are amazing!

How hot with black platform booties or hardcore heels!  Add a grey tee and sweatshirt and your stylish friends wont know what hit them...

Hello Cute ZigZag cami mini dress tunic thingamabob!  Wow go on with your bad self,  XXI (forever 21)

This would be delish over some super opaque black tights and sky high heels!

And speaking of zigzags...as you prob know we are coocoo for zigzags!  This vintage dress does not disappoint..not at all!  So chic and easy and the color way is fab...and sequins!  Yes please!

Oh but PS do not wear with that weird gold belty chain thing.

You know when you search on Ebay and you think...ahhh there is nothing that good...OR ahhh why is all the good vintage uber $$$$...OR why the F does that say "vintage" when it clearly is not...

• Well...here you go sparkle and fashion lurvers...it kinda hurts to post this because we hearted it soooooo much and lost the bidding but here is a great piece we found...

Another Beauty from Top Shop...

This bronzy gold knitted tunic dress is soo beautiful and sexy with out being overly slutty (we love a tweeny bit o' sluttiness the good kind...not the yucky kind)

This dress would be great with tights and under a boyfriend blazer for a Oooh lala Parisian look.

Hello sassafrass!  What a super hotness silver sequined, high waisted, uber chic skirt you have!

Although we may not agree with pairing such a fun and bold skirt with crazy patterned tights...we sure do think its beautiful and would look amazing with nude heels or (again) black tights and heels.

Imagine a sheer almost rose colored tee or tank tucked in and bloused out the top...yum!

We love us a gooood blazer...the more fitted the better.  So imagine how happy we were when we spotted this gorge number from the amazing Madison Marcus.

Crisp lines...beautiful strong, yet soft shoulders with mattified sequins...done and done...  Pair this with a white gown for a huge gala or just a wrinkly white tee and boy friend jeans and you are probably the cutest girl in town.

Easy breezy would come to mind when wearing Free People's gold sheer sequined tunic.  Throw this on under a sheer tee and you would hug us if we were there with you.  There is something sooo interesting about it...

Pair with leggins and converse....oh be still our beating hearts...oh and a denim jacket too...TDF!  

And last but soooooo not least...Gryphon's gold sequin trouser shorts...um hi there fabulousness.  

So bold and so amazing.  Perfect for any occasion (well at night)  

While everyone is in black cocktail dresses (booorrriiinnnggg),  you can rock these with a languid tank or top and rad sky high heels...done and done and DONE! 

Gosh these are good! You know you have it in you to wear the heck out of these!

P.S. There is one more rule...a small one...daytime is when sequins sleep...they really don't like to be up when it's light...think of them as nocturnal

Jinxy! Circa 2004..should have known...

xoxo your gals at t.w.h.!