A Vintage New Year's Eve...

Happy New Year, my fair friends! We spent New Year's Eve out at Cause: the Philanthropub, and I wore wore a vintage clutch from Etsy (see more like it HERE) with a lightly used metal cuff and leather jacket from Secondi. But here is my biggest question:

What did YOU wear on NYE? I'll bet each and every one of you had a fair element to your  ensemble. I would love to see what you put together, so I'm doing a little style round-up on Fair Vanity this week.  

Here's how to enter:

1. Tweet or Instagram your look
2. Tag it #myfairNYE and mention @fairvanitydc
3. Tell me what's so fair about it: Vintage ring? Made in the USA dress? Reusing with Rent-the-Runway? Wearing a handmade bracelet from Etsy?

If you're reading this on your couch on New Year's Day in recovery mode, fear not! I'm not posting the round-up right away, so you still have time to enter.

A Fresh, Minty Reminder

The fall style challenge & round-up deadline is looming, my fair friends. This is my fall color mood...what's yours?

My fair item is a bracelet made of sustainable materials by Mango Tree, and my inspiration is the Hint of Mint color mood board by Aaryn West (shown above).

Send me your outfit photo or style collage before midnight on Thursday, November 1st and you could be featured here on Fair Vanity (all entry details here, please read carefully).

Once you submit, don't forget to follow me on bloglovin' or like Fair Vanity on facebook to ensure you see when you're featured!

Photography by Victoria Corkhill. 

What's Your Fall Color Mood? See Your Style on Fair Vanity

On Sunday, I posted an homage to Aaryn West's inspirational color mood boards, then invited all of you lovely people to share your fall color moods and be featured here on Fair Vanity.

Well lo and behold, Ms. Aaryn West herself sent me over a little surprise, and of course I couldn't wait to share it with you. Her look is inspired by the Primary Agenda Monday Color Mood. And who better to give an example of how to enter than Aaryn herself?  Now it's an official Aaryn West/ Fair Vanity collaboration!

Aaryn resides in sunny Los Angeles, CA, and you can see that California spirit come through in her easy, colorful style. Aaryn also did me a major prop and made her whole outfit super Fair!

• T-shirt is made in the USA by Daydreamer L.A. (graphic by Aaryn West, of course)
• Skirt is thrifted vintage
• Necklace is handmade by Found (Aaryn makes jewelry for fun outside of her design studio)
• Bag is a hand me down by Kay West and is made in the USA

***Remember, to enter this style challenge, you only have to include ONE fair item in your collage or outfit photo (something vintage, borrowed, organic, vegan, made in the USA, fair trade, etc.), and mention which color mood goes with or inspired your ensemble.

The most important thing to remember is to make your image 640 pixels wide  (max 853 px tall) and to send it to fairvanitydc (at) gmail [dot] com by November 1st. I won't be able to feature your photo or collage and link to your lovely web site if the image is the wrong size, and I would very much like to share your style!

A Hint of Mint at The Smithsonian American Art Museum

One of my favorite museums in DC is the American Art Museum. First of all, it's like two in one because it's also the National Portrait Gallery. Secondly, it has a beautiful new courtyard thanks to the Kogod family, and too many exhibits to ever get through in one day.

It also happened to match my outfit on Saturday, which was inspired by pattern-playa Aaryn West. I love seeing her color mood boards pop up in my facebook feed each Monday morning, and I think many of my outfits have been unconsciously influenced by the pretty colors she puts together. So yesterday, I decided to make it official with an homage to Aaryn's Hint of Mint color mood.

Mint sometimes feels more spring or summery, but when you pair it with warm camel and browns, and creamy winter whites, it starts to move into the fall feeling, methinks.

Here's how to get today's look fairly:

• White bracelet is fair trade and made from palm leaves
• Woods bracelet is handmade using mango wood, which is sustainably grown.
• Pullover is made using organic and recycled threads by Alternative Apparel
• Jeans are made in the USA and ON SALE NOW by Current/Elliott
• Ballet flats are vegan
• Cardigan is Organic by John Patrick

All photography by Victoria Corkhill.
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