Style Icon: Jane

Part of being a style icon is having a consistent style. In general, I don't really think of trend-followers as style icons. I think of people who have a distinctive, definitive style as being style icons.

And so, cartoons make really great style icons as they're basically always wearing the same thing and looking amazing doing it.

The biggest cartoon style icon of mine? Jane from Daria.

Jane was an artist. She had many ear piercings, bobbed hair and some serious red lipstick. She was so '90s cool. She was not part of the mainstream, but she wasn't quite so cranky and cynical as Daria.

Daria had her own '90s Velma thing going on that is admirable as well. Both ladies are sporting excellent books and sour expressions. Love those tights under shorts, Jane!

And while cartoon characters never change their looks, Jane did sometimes take off the jacket. Look how cool she is! I love her and her '90s beatnik style. No one, flesh and blood or drawn, did it better!

Thrifty Super Bowl

I broke out the Bigfoot necklace again as it is the best necklace ever in the history of this great and glorious Earth.

Bigfoot necklace: thrifted. Jean jacket: thrifted. Super cute silk dress: thrifted. I wore this outfit to a Super Bowl party despite the fact I know zero things about football. My friends still love me though, and one even took to quoting my observations on Facebook. Sample quote: "Who knew there'd be such fun fashion?" (Did y'all see Joe Namath's coat? It was insanity!)

It was a fun night, and I was terribly comfortable in my mostly-thrifted outfit. Non-thrifted outfit items include the leggings and shoes. I purchased those shoes for Robert's family's Christmas party I didn't end up going to because I was sick (just like this dress -- I was going to look snazzy at that party!).

Whenever I hang out with people who like football, it makes me wish I liked football. There's such camaraderie! There's so much drama and excitement! People are so into it. But, alas, I'm pretty sure it'll never be. Still, I'll definitely watch a game once a year. (That half-time show! The Super Bowl snacks! Peyton Manning's sad face! A few funny commercials! Joe Namath's wackadoodle coat!)

Dare I say dapper?

 What madness is happening here? I am showing my bare arms in February!

It's getting warmer, people. It's supposed to be in the 60s tomorrow. What is that about?

 An easier question: What is this outfit about? It is about the above necklace. I bought it on eBay last week, and then I was like "I need to wear my new necklace," and then I couldn't figure out what to wear it with, and then I found a thrifted velvet Ralph Lauren vest I haven't worn yet, and was like "With that! I will wear it with that!" And then I did.

It is a good vest. The necklace is a good necklace, but the bright, bright sun kind of makes it disappear in anything but closeups.

I've written recently about these shoes, which are my friends during winter. So it's going to be in the 60s tomorrow? That's great! But right now, there's still some snow in the shade.

Hence this giant sweater. It is an excellent giant sweater. It was a Christmas gift from my in-laws and it is on my body all the time.

Dare I say I look a little dapper in this outfit? I am slightly Three Musketeers-ing it in this outfit. I could possibly swashbuckle, save a pretty lady and (I'm jumping ahead time periods here) go to the opera in this outfit (okay, not so much with the wrinkly jeans, but definitely the velvet vest and swirly-type coat sweater). I do dare. I dare to say I look a little dapper.

Isaac as Eartha

"Unzipped" is such a great documentary, and it really makes you love Isaac Mizrahi, who I totally met once. This is the best part -- where they switch back and forth between Eartha Kitt and Isaac Mizrahi mimicking her.

Loving it

Lately I've been loving...

1. Snow! It's uncommon and special here in the Charlotte area, and I loved seeing it! Sounds like other parts of the South had some southern snow craziness happening though.
2. Watching the first season of Sherlock Holmes starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
3. Lemonade popsicles even though it's winter.
4. Disney's "Frozen." Great movie!
5. Polka dotted knit hats that keep my ears warm.

Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner was born in Smithfield, North Carolina, which is pretty amazing because Smithfield is the middle of nowhere now, and it had to really be the middle of nowhere back in 1922. She grew up to be an insanely glamorous movie star. She was not a girl-next-door movie star. She was an exotic, sultry, larger-than-life movie star. And she was born in Smithfield! A small-town, southern girl who becomes a cinematic legend? That's the stuff of Hollywood dreams.

Winter warmth

Fuzzy on the inside, bright blue on the outside, I love these shoes!