polyvoracious

We all have those days where you suddenly realize a word or a tool or a place has been frequented all along but somehow it's new to you.  I just started playing around with polyvore, and like many such things, I have been spending way, way too much time browsing and acquring images for what I have or would like to try.  Seeing your select closet in miniature is great for perspective.  It's amazing how hard it is to find images of certain products if they haven't been reviewed online though!  Like for instance the Haute Candy tank, which went on sale in August and I just finally scored on a popback.  Can't find it anywhere!  There's a product shot of the back on polyvore actually (!), but I'm not finding much otherwise.  And yet I'm looking forward to how versatile it might be for layering and pattern mixing...(um, I guess I'll have the the genuine article soon).  You can see some of it's potential here.

Half the fun is the search, really, so I've been hunting down old product shots here and there- still no luck on the haute candy, the Maeve brown windowpane dress from 2009 (my first anthropologie!) or the stunning Chie Mihara's I bought on ebay this spring...

I've never had trouble mixing and matching in the morning- I love the process of improvising- but I find accessorizing through polyvore quite handy (and...erm...have already purchased a necklace while creating a set actually!)

And if I'd only had this as a reference the other day when I was getting dressed (and feeling uninspired)- I would surely have added a small grosgrain bow at the neck to make it more...snappy. or Kurt-esque- if you will (oh glee... )

 

 J Crew gingham product shot from summer 2010

The checked shirt I have is from the last of the Isaac Mizrahi/ Liz Claiborne collection in 2009- I got a few on super liquidation in the spring- they have such beautiful contrast accents at the cuff and collar!  And I totally should have worn the Minnies.

Which reminds me, I never did get my hands on THAT dress...