Friends! Thanks for all of your kind words on yesterday's post - I'm so glad you were into it! In all seriousness, I'd love to hear some of your style stories; if you'd like to be featured on LRW (anonymously or not), drop me a line at allie AT littleredswell dot com! I'll be gathering ideas for next Monday's post until this Friday. As is evidenced from yesterday, I've been thinking a lot about my blog and this business (I'm approaching my one year mark!), and debating how I fit in and how I don't.

// top // jeans // sneaks //

I can try and be like every other blogger out there, with a perfectly polished brand and hundreds of thousands of followers, but at the end of the day, I gotta do me. And sometimes being me means laying down on a fallen tree and letting my friend photograph me for 30 minutes.

Because nothing feels better to me than collaboration and creating with like minded people. Nothing lights a fire under my ass more than making something out of nothing.

And truly, nothing is better than happy readers or happy clients.

So here's to all of you weirdos and "creative types," artists and wannabe artists and people who just don't necessarily fit in all the time. Thanks for reading!

xoxo,

photos by Ashley Caroline, fellow artist and weirdo.

Hi friends! Thought I'd bring back one of the more popular posts around these parts, and one of my personal favorites - splurge / save, or, as I like to call it, real deal / huge steal! This weekend, my good friend and future SIL Batya got in touch and mentioned she was going shoe shopping. As you can imagine, I immediately volunteered to aid in her search. Aside from sneakers (I recommend Nike Air Max) and a great pair of rain boots, she was in the market for a great pair of work appropriate, low heeled shoes. We sent links back and forth, and she asked me what my favorite footwear brand is. Funnily enough, I don't have one, but I did send her in the direction of my favorite online retailers Shopbop and Net A Porter. On the subject of Net A Porter, I sent her a link of my favorite Isabel Marant booties. She didn't enjoy the price point (frankly, neither do I), but she did enjoy the look of the boots, as well as the small heel.

I did a little poking around the internet this weekend, and look what I found!

// Isabel Marant booties // Steve Madden booties //

Five hundred dollars less for almost identical boots! The SM boots even have similar stitching, which is so pretty. And to be honest with you, the Steve Madden version looks a little sturdier to me. I don't know about you all, but I walk hard, and living in the city, heels are almost the first thing to go on my shoes.

These boots are versatile (especially in black), but I think I prefer them best paired with skinny jeans and an oversized sweater or coat, like Emma Stone did, here:

Ugh, talk about #flawless. What do you think of this week's pick?

xoxo,

Emma image via.