A Housewife Manifesto: Kim Kardashian

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Mommy Style - Saturday Bonus Looks

As part of Mommy Style, I'm going to be posting some bonus looks on Saturday from that Mondays featured celebrity. This weeks Mommy Style Icon was none other than the recently married Kim Kardashian. Or should I say Kim Humphries now? Perhaps since she's a traditional kind of girl in these matters but is also a brand in her own right she's going to be a newly wived chick of the hyphenating persuasion, making her Kim Kardashian-Humphries? Let's hope it's one or the other, they're a mouth full separately but together they dang near reach tongue twister status.

Oops...my ADD/easily distracted & amused gene is showing...

I've got two bonus looks today, both of them are different variations of Kim's trademark casual/dressy style.

These looks are very versatile, Kim loves to do a casual-dressy hybrid sort of style instead of dressing completely down, so you could easily wear these to the office or out to drinks with the girls. As always, I will be including options for flats as well as heels. These looks would be great for weekends for Moms, because you can still be what I call a H.A.M, which is a Hot A** Mama and look fabulous while you're out with your baby loves & your boyfriend or hubby and be comfortable as well.

It is so easy to look good and look fashionable and still be comfortable and casual. I know a lot of people have trouble with that particular issue, and with dressing up jeans, but jeans are the ultimate clothing purchase and staple piece to any H.A.M.'s wardrobe because you can do so much with them. They can be dressed up, dressed down, paired with any shoe you own and they can look professional, sexy, casual, dress, chic and so much more. As with everything fit is the key, but we'll talk a little more about getting the perfect fit to your jeans in another Mommy Style post.

These looks have jackets & blazers, which as I said in the first how to get Kim Kardashians look post, are a staple piece and are so easy to pull off but also have the power to change an outfit & add a little hint of sexy, professional or casual to an outfit. They pull a look together better than jewelry sometimes.

Look 1

Mommy Style - Celeb Style for Moms by ahousewifemanifesto featuring face jewelry

Old Navy v neck top
$11 - oldnavy.gap.com

Fitted tee
$22 - romwe.com

Agent Ninetynine long top
$30 - generalpants.com.au

Old Navy racer back top
$13 - oldnavy.gap.com

Pocket jacket
$40 - tillys.com

YMI embroidered jeans
$38 - tillys.com

Almost Famous studded jeans
$35 - tillys.com

Wet Seal boot cut jeans
£26 - intl.wetseal.com

Charlotte Russe distressed shoes
$43 - charlotterusse.com

Forever21 heeled sandals
$25 - forever21.com

Hive & Honey bootie boots
$40 - piperlime.gap.com

Steve Madden heel pumps
$40 - piperlime.gap.com

Zara peeptoe pumps
$50 - zara.com

ALDO faux leather shoes
$36 - zappos.com

Old navy shoes
$25 - oldnavy.gap.com

Faux shoes
$30 - tillys.com

Zara peeptoe pumps
$16 - zara.com

Black Poppy faux leather handbag
$37 - pacsun.com

R J Graziano chandelier jewelry
$50 - stylebop.com

Yochi jewelry
$63 - maxandchloe.com

Gold vermeil jewelry
$48 - fantasyjewelrybox.com

ASOS disc jewelry
$37 - asos.com

Yochi face jewelry
$39 - maxandchloe.com

Dorothy Perkins gold tone jewelry
£8.50 - dorothyperkins.com

Look 2

Mommy Style - Celeb Style for Moms by ahousewifemanifesto featuring knit tops

J Crew knit top
$20 - jcrew.com

Forever21 v neck tee
$4.50 - forever21.com

American Eagle Outfitters white t shirt
$9.98 - ae.com

Black blazer
$45 - windsorstore.com

Almost Famous skinny fit jeans
$35 - tillys.com

Quiksilver distressed jeans
$35 - quiksilver.com

Almost famous jeans
$35 - tillys.com

Black lace up boots
$20 - dsw.com

ASOS leather boots
$26 - asos.com

Black boots
$50 - journeys.com

Stiletto high heels
$27 - shopnastygal.com

Foldable flat
$30 - modcloth.com

I've had so much fun recreating three of Kim Kardashian's looks for ya'll and I hope that all of you have gotten at least some inspiration from my Mommy Style posts! I can't wait for you to see what I've got in store for Monday's new Mommy Style post, I love it & I think ya'll are going to love it too.

I've wanted to post some other things this last week, but I just started a job and I've been beat and busy, so I'm looking forward to posting more this coming week!

Thanks, Dolls!

xoxo - Ashlee, your Personal Mommy Stylist

Monday, August 22, 2011

Mommy Style - Celeb Style...For Moms

It was hard for me to pick which celebrities style I wanted to talk about for my first Mommy Style post. I've got a long list of celebrities for this feature, but I wanted the very first Mommy Style post to be extra special.

That's when it hit me - BAM! - like a knee to the face! Why not do a Kardashian? Since I'm their long lost fourth sister who was switched at birth, with a smaller booty and a lighter complexion of course, it makes perfect sense. Seriously ya'll, I'm like a little mini Southern Kardashian over here, ask my Husband or my Daddy, they'll tell ya!

Are ya'll ready to get this party started, dolls?

The Look Kim K Casual

There's one thing we all know Kim loves, besides her family, her ginormous engagement ring, and her ballin' Husband ~~to be~~ that is, and it's jackets, blazers, coats, shrugs and sweaters. Kim is all about them for day and for night. And why not? They instantly pull an outfit out of drab territory into fab territory. They make your look more polished and you get a lot of bang for your buck with them as well.

This is a look that any mom can wear out at anytime. It's just as easy to pull on some cute skinny jeans, an adorable top and throw on a jacket right before walking out the door for the day as it is to throw on your sweats.

If you're not a girl that likes to wear heels don't sweat it, you can easily replace the towering heels that Kim is wearing in the photos with flats.

I'm going to be trying out Polyvore.com to try to make this as simple for everyone, including myself, as possible. You can view the looks I've put together on the A Housewife Manifesto Polyvore.com page I set up there just for my Mommy Style posts here.

This is a basic look for Kim - Black Blazer, Skinny Jeans, a cute top, Black Heels and a big bag. I put the outfit together using more affordable clothes without skimping on style.
The prices of the pieces rang from $50.00 to $10.00 and I've put in a lot of choices for jeans, shoes, bags, tops and jewelry. I also included some flats for those Mamas that may not feel inclined to wear heels.