Spring Scalloped Shorts

Happy Tuesday!

A month ago I was contacted by Front Row Shop to do a collaboration. Front Row Shop is a global online fashion website affiliated with Shanghai Front Row e-Commerce Co., Ltd. The company has over 10 years of experience in fabric merchandising and clothes manufacturing. Their clothing is incredibly chic and structured and a lot of their pieces have really interesting/fun patterns. I couldn't resist these shorts with scallop hem. They're unlike anything I've ever worn before. These beauties are high-wasited and made of soft poly fabric. I love how versatile these shorts are....they can be flirty/girly paired with something like this lace top or you can make the look edgier by swapping the lace for black chiffon shirt or bustier top. I can't wait to wear these from spring into summer. The scallop hem and soft pink color reminds me of tulips which I think makes it the perfect piece for this beautiful warm weather, am I right?

I know I shouldn't wish away days...but Friday I am leaving for Florida!! I'm extremely thrilled to spend a week at the beach and to catch up with my family members. Can it please be the weekend now?? Oh and when I come back from my Florida trip I will have only one more month here in Pittsburgh and then I'm moving out to Long Beach, CA in July (!!!) I'm going to miss my family and friends more than anything else in the world, but sometimes it's good to dive in headfirst and have a new adventure. Do you have any exciting vacation/moving plans this summer?

Also if you haven't already noticed some design changes on the blog...I have a new logo! Thanks to Daniel Gurwin for designing this beautiful handlettering logotype for Feeling Magenta. What do you guys think? I looooove it!!! Take a look at Daniel's portfolio and sketchbook on his website.

Thanks for checking in! And thank you Remington Brooks and The Indigo Project for the beautiful photography in this post!! It's always a pleasure to work with your best friend.

xo,
Maddie

Outfit Details: 
Shorts: c/o Front Row Shop
Shirt: thrifted
Shoes: thrifted
Ring: secondhand
Bracelet: Marc by Marc Jacobs 
Sunglasses: Ray-Ban
 

Spring Wish List

Spring Wishlist by maddietoi featuring succulent plants

J.Crew stretch jeans / Black floral romper, $41 / Forever 21 bra / BC Shoes flat sandals / Red purse / Quay Eyeware sunglasses / ASOS Bracelet Pack With Multi Beads / Marc Jacobs daisy perfume, $67 / Lux Art Silks succulent plant

Happy Wednesday Folks!!!

I haven't updated this blog with an outfit post in awhile (mainly because it is FREEZING and grey in Pittsburgh quite a bit lately). However, I want to be as active as I can on here. It really makes me happy and I appreciate all of you who take the time to read it! So, I've decided to make a "Spring Wish List" to show you all what pieces I have been desiring lately. Thinking about the Spring also makes this dreary frigid winter a lot more bearable (MUST HAVE WARM THOUGHTS)!

1. Forever 21 Bralette [$20]. I think this would look really playful and cute under tees, tanks, chiffon, and loose dresses. I also love this color red...it will add the perfect pop to any outfit.

2. Succulent Plants [$188]. Okay okay...I know plants aren't accessories but I've been obsessed with succulent plants for sooo long. I took a trip to L.A. last Spring with my best friends and there were succulents everywhere! I suppose they're just nostalgic for me in terms of warm weather and sunshine.

3. LuLu*s Watermelon Clutch [$31]. I love love love this clutch!! It's absolutely adorable and it just screams spring/summer time. This will definitely be one of my next purchases. 

4. J.Crew Stretch Jeans [$258]. In Pittsburgh the weather is always unpredictable and it fails to really get warm until about late April early May. I appreciate investing in a great pair of jeans that are both comfortable and stylish. (For those days when it's too cold or your leggings and tights are all dirty, obviously). 

5. Olivia Burton Gold Bee Bracelet Watch [$157.41]. So have I mentioned that I adore anything with insects as a part of the design? I have no idea why...but I love anything with bees, beetles, butterflies etc when it comes to jewelry. This watch is super cute and I think the bee design and gold-tone stainless steel hardware is perfect for Spring.

6. Marc Jacobs Daisy Perfume [$67]. I am a perfume junkie...and Daisy is one of my all-time favorite summery and Spring time scents. It smells so incredible and it just looks like a bottle of sunshine.

7. Floral Romper [$41]. I love rompers (playsuits). I don't tend to wear rompers during the winter because I would have to put a billion layers under and over them and that would be a rough time for bathroom breaks and whatnot (am I right??) 

8. Quay Elton Sunglasses [$28]. I am in love with these sunnies!! I was watching Clothes Encounters the other day and Jenn Im had this pair. They just look so cool (i love the shape!) and would match everything.

9. Modcloth's Jelly Sandals [$30]. Jelly sandals are my favorite trend for summer and spring. I'll just admit it. They are so freaking cute, remind me of my childhood, and they come in so many great styles and colors!

Thank you for stopping by! I promise I'll have an outfit post soon...featuring a gorgeous Solemio Crop Top from For Elyse!!

xo,

maddie

Funfetti Sweater Weather

Happy Monday!
This Monday actually feels like a joyful one because we're nearing the end of the year and the start of new beginnings! I cannot wait for tomorrow, NYE, and ending what seemed like the most stressful year of my life. However, I will say that this year brought me so much good (i.e. graduating college, vacations and weekend trips, amazing concerts, being in a relationship with my best friend, acting in a music video, rekindling old friendships, and starting this blog)!

Another great experience 2013 has brought me is this gorgeous Lush 'Make a Wish' funfetti colored sweater. Recently, a clothing company called For Elyse reached out to me about sponsoring my blog! I took a look at their website and was absolutely delighted to work with them. I seriously had the most difficult time choosing what I wanted, I love everything they have! After browsing their site for awhile this sweater caught my eye. It's incredibly warm, fuzzy, long (in which case I can pair it with leggings) and has really fun rainbow speckles throughout it. I'm already thinking about the billions of ways I can style this gorgeous top.

I wore this outfit over the weekend. It was BEAUTIFUL on Saturday so I didn't have to wear a jacket and busted out my purple Ray Ban 'Youngster' sunglasses. Ian and I decided to go take pictures, walk around, and read at a coffee shop. We both happened to buy each other books for Christmas. He got me Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings by Yoko Ono and I've been obsessed with it!! This book is everything I could ask for: it's humorous and sweet, makes me smile and is constantly encouraging the readers to think more creatively or abstractly.

COLOR PIECE
Visual world not exactly shaped –
Sense of smell, anticipation, senses that
are not exactly shaped —
Dark shadows casted –
Rat colors with faint hairly smells and pale
dark spots like those on a transparent sheet
of celluloid –
Rose color with a glitter and softness that
is cool and motional –
The kind of color that does not exist by
itself but only when it is casted between
two moving objects –
The color like a remaining stain of illusion
on a moving object –
The color that only happens when movements
cut the air in a certain way and go immediately.
Use such color to tint your absent thoughts.
Have absent thoughts for a long time.
1964 summer -Yoko Ono

Thanks for stopping by!
xo,
maddie

Outfit Details:
Sweater: c/o For Elyse
Leggings: Bongo
Boots: Charlotte Russe
Messenger Bag: Aldo
Sunglasses: Ray-Ban
Necklace: Rainbow
Friendship Bracelet: Marc Jacobs
Midi Ring: Urban Outfitters

Weekend Wishlist

weekend wishlist dec 13-15 by maddietoi featuring Topshop

Zara dress / Topshop ankle booties / Olivia Burton gold jewelry, $100 / Oliver Peoples sunglasses / NARS Cosmetics red lipstick, $30 / Marc Jacobs fragrance

Hello everyone!

I thought I would share my "weekend wishlist" with you. I have been obsessing over anything that has bugs/beetles on it and this Olivia Burton watch is the perfect accessory to me! As always, I can't get enough sequins or velvet so the Zara slip dress and Topshop ankle booties really caught my eye. I especially love the Zara dress because I feel like it's the perfect dress for New Years Eve! I am a perfume junky and Daisy by Marc Jacobs is one of my go-to scents. Another accessory I have been obsessing over is the Kate Spade book clutches. This one is a little out of my price range, but there are lovely and unique ones for sale on Etsy that I will definitely settle for haha. Although it's miserably frigid outside the sun is still shining in Pittsburgh (well...kinda) and everything from Oliver Peoples is so cute! Lastly, I don't think an outfit is quite complete without a stunning shade of lipstick and I am loving this red by NARS!


I hope you all have had an exciting/relaxing/productive week! I am so thrilled that it is the weekend!! I'm going to a rad event called Second Saturdays where dancers put on improvisational performances to live jazz music.

What are your weekend plans? Any items you've been lusting after?

Thank you for checking in!
xo,

maddie