Favorite Site Sales + My Picks For Cyber Monday

In real life, I am a girl who lives in nothing but casual basics.  Give me jeans, t shirts and cowgirl boots, and I am ready to go!  For your Cyber Monday saving pleasure, I've pictured a few items I could not live without, as well as a few I'd love to have. The cap toe flats I have put many clients in, and if you are someone who is on their feet during the day, I promise they are the most comfortable flats on the planet.  The Rag & Bone booties; well I don't own a pair, but I know they are the hottest thing since sliced bread. Those and the J. Brand flare jeans.

Clockwise: J Brand Love Story Flare Jeans, Bee Earrings, Three Floor Dress, Star Blaze Earrings, No Shit Givers Tee, Rag & Bone Newbury Booties, Toe Cap Shoes, Bobi Gauze Blouse, Stuart Weitzman Black Suede Bootie, Baller Tee, Charlie 1 Horse by Lucchese Boots.

Here's a collection of several of my favorite little sercies. I recently purchased Jessica's watercolor lips print for my home office renovation.  A few of my peeps will be getting the holiday Mr. and Mrs. Cocktail glasses or the gold urchin which is just about the most fun thing in my life since wearing jammies all day for a movie marathon over Baileys in my coffee.  Really hoping someone in my life will deem me worthy of the Eugenia Kim or Loeffler Randall.

Clockwise: Zebra Dish, Loeffler Randall Tote, Vino 2 Go Insulated Tumbler, Gold Urchin, Lips Watercolor, Eugenia Kim Fedora, Monogrammed Pillow, Mr. and Mrs. Cocktail Glasses

Save like crazy on some of my favorite sites:

ASOS: 20% off site wide using code: GIMME20

C.Wonder: 30% off using code: GIFTS30

Cynthia Rowley: up to 65% off Fall Markdowns

Furbish Studio: 25% off + free shipping any orders over $100 code: MONDAYMADNESS

Hanky Panky: up to 40% off

LOFT: save 50% off everything using code: CYBER50

Melinda Maria: 35% off using code: CYBERMM35

Planet Blue: 25% off site wide using code: CYBERTIME

Revolve Clothing: up to 75% off

Shopbop: up to 25% off using code BIGEVENT13

Towne & Reese: 40% site wide using code holiday40

YOOX: up to 50% off using code: THANKYOOX

Zhush: 20% off all orders using code: BlackFriday

Last but not least, Keep Calm and Carry On is for distinguished beginners.  For those of you who asked me about this on Instagram or Facebook, here's where to get one of your very own. Amsterdam Hester has custom made the one below for my home office. Humor saves.

Happy Shopping!

-Whitley

Lunch And Learn

Together with the talented ladies of Simplicity Organizers and closetlog, I am very excited to be a part of a unique Lunch & Learn where we will teach you how to get organized and create a closet of personal style. Organizer Laurie Martin will offer tips and strategies on organizing the keepers and how to thoughtfully donate or consign the rest.  Then, yours truly will show you how to streamline your wardrobe and develop your own personal style.  There will be a special sneak preview from Janet Caponi introducing Closet Log, a fabulous new site that catalogs your wardrobe all from your PC or handheld computer device!  Please bring a friend, and join us at the Junior League of Charlotte.  

Click here to register.

Cost is $25 per person if you register on line. $30 at the door.  

Free for all Junior League members who register through the JL membership site. 

What to bring: A salad topping to share.

I hope to see you there!

-Whitley

J. Crew Style Sessions

It's no secret I heart J. Crew.  If you live in the Charlotte area and love J. Crew as much as I do, please join me this Thursday night, August 22nd, at Southpark Mall for the J. Crew Style Sessions.   J. Crew's very Personal Stylists will be on hand to show off their favorite pieces from the new fall collection.  For all your social media fans, the store is asking guests to hash tag their fitting rooms pics with #jcrewstylesessions and post them them to Instagram or Facebook.  A lucky few will be selected to be in the stores next catalog!  So, grab a friend or come solo, and if you go please find me and say hello! 

Hope to see you there!  

-Whitley

A NEW J.T. Posh Giveaway Winner!

Did ya see it??  I had the fantastic pleasure of styling this precious mama, Sarah, and her newborn twin boys for a feature story in this month's Charlotte Parent Magazine.  If you live in the Queen City and are interested in checking it out, you may pick up a copy at any Harris Teeter or pediatrics office.

I have not heard back from last week's chosen winner of the J.T. Posh $50 Gift Card Giveaway, so we have a new winner!  

Mariel C.June 24, 2013 at 9:46 AM

I entered with all 5!

Congratulations Mariel!!  Please email me within the next 72 hours at thequeencitystyle@yahoo.com.  

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend, and thanks to everyone who entered!

-Whitley

Night On The Town

This photo shoot is the third and final group of photos taken with the very debonair Jason Locust. Donning some of our finest garments, mine all inherited pieces from family, and Jason's, a collection of some of his favorite pieces, Reid's Fine Foods served as the perfect location for our throwback in time. One of Charlotte's oldest neighborhood anchors, a visit to Reid's is a treat and pleasure in every way.  If you haven't been, you must.  Treat yourself to some of the region's freshest produce, rarest cuts of meat or sweetest treats fresh made by some of Charlotte's best bakers.  To top it off, take home a unique bottle of wine, or have a glass in the appropriately posh seating area designed by one of Charlotte's finest in interiors, Barrie Benson.  Don't forget to put your most fashionable foot forward, and have a lovely time!

Thank you so much for being here, Whitley

You Dress Me

Boots: Charlie 1 Horse. Shorts: Lucky Brand/Irving and Fine. Tank: Gap. Necklace: Melvin. Bracelet: Chelsea Charles. Ring: Melinda Maria. Sunglasses: Blinde, similar. Belt: similar.

I am often asked for suggestions on how to look unique in every day attire.  Here in the Queen City there are molds that can sometimes dictate every fad from what we wear to what we eat to what kind of car we drive.  My general reaction to those fads is to run the other way as fast as possible. Not quite that dramatic, but nevertheless, my response as it pertains to dress is to wear A) typically whatever everyone else is not wearing and B) whatever makes me feel good. Admittedly, I'm obsessed with my cowgirl boots. I wore them all winter.  It is approaching 90 degrees outside, and I am now wearing them with jean shorts.  A reader recently recommended I pair my boots with white shorts. Well, here it is, my outfit for the day.  So, You Dress Me. Would love to hear your thoughts and have some fun with this.  Tweet me. Email me at thequeencitystyle@yahoo.com. Message me on Facebook, Instagram, however!

I'm hoping for some really awesome outfits!

xo-Whitley
PS-Love THIS bracelet?  Stay tuned for a Giveaway!

Spring Into The Gap

Whitley: Pants, Jacket, Tank: Gap.

Luke: Jeans, Shirt: Gap.

Of all the outfits we shot with Gap, this was my favorite.  Perhaps it's because it most reflects my personal style in real life. I just want to be comfortable.  Is it just me?  I loved the studio shoot series with Luke and Donna too.  Being in the studio makes you feel kinda big stuff, despite the casual nature of the clothes.  I've got some really creative projects on the brain, and I'm super excited to get back in there and share it all with you!

I hope you all are well.  I'd really love to hear from you... please email, facebook, tweet, whichever! 

xx-Whitley