Closet Raiding: Rashida Jones

I started taking notice of Rashida Jones' style since this summer, when I saw the last photo below of her with a french stripe tee and short khaki trench. Her preppy basics with trendy accents are incredibly attainable for the wardrobe of normal people. Rashida's style is as effortless as her natural beauty which, while that could lead me hate her, just makes me love her more. Her love of cropped jackets, blazers and black basics highlighted with eye catching accessories gives her look a nice polish without having to try too hard.

In the first photo, I noticed she's wearing the 3.1 Philip Lim bib necklace I have been lusting after on the Neiman Marcus website. That necklace absolutely completes the outfit and elevates the simple black blazer and denim skirt. Her choice of shoe is something we can all relate to: buy a bold pair of heels and they'll make the entire ensemble without having to do much with the rest. I also love the casual cool of her outfit in the second picture, wearing a jean jacket with black tapered trouser pants (aka man repellers) and Lanvin for H&M bow pumps. This outfit comes across as insanely cool to me, and definitely an outfit I can recreate for a day at the office. She keeps it simple with color and patterns, and when she does goes for color, a la the maxi Prada dress below, there is still something subdued about it to reflect her casual cool style preference. I could really get on board with the outfits below, and so should you.

Closet Raiding: Olivia Palermo

Olivia Palermo is immaculate - perfect hair, stud earrings with big necklaces, she mixes trends but always stays classic. I adore her, and if I could be reincarnated as anyone I would sell (what's left of) my soul to be her. So what if she's a cold-hearted wench on The City. She's pretty enough to pull off Bitch, no question. Her hair is always polished and worn in one of two styles, chignon or down with the perfect controled wave.

Not gonna lie, wish I looked like that every time I pulled my hair back. Unfortunately, the amount of frizz surrounding my head like a halo tends to make that impossible, Britney S. Pears from Glee said it best - "Its like a Jewish Cloud." But more enviable than Olivia's flawless looks are her outfits, styled from stores like Zara, Aldo, and TopShop. I stalk her style on blogs constantly, and have included my favorite outfits to drool over forever.

Zara jacket

TopShop jacket

Aldo Shoes

Closet Raiding: Ashley Olsen

Last post for the night before I head off to bed. This blogging thing could easily be my new addiction.

There is a website that I have become obsessed with lately - Olsens Anonymous. It is nothing fancy, just tons of papparazzi pictures of the Olsen Twins, but for some reason I can't get enough. I love to copy celebrity outfits - I know, I know, I am a huge nerd and am the first to admit it. Sometimes its just easier to mimick the style of someone more fabulous and wealthy than me. I am mainly enamoured with Ashley's style since I have been attempting a more minimalist wardrobe to adapt to NYC living. Included are some of my favorite Ashley outfits that will inspire my daily dressing this fall. All her looks are fairly easy to attain, just need to remember I'm no skinny minny and not everything she wears translates for a girl whose curves are kickin'.

          

*all photos from Olsens Anonymous