Seconds of Style: Elastigirl

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Summer of Pixar Look 6: The Incredibles- Elastigirl

Forgive me my fans and my public, but when it came to The Incredibles I could not, for the life of me, bring myself to do just another red and black look. It's easy, it's an obvious choice, and I just can not stand it. This whole series is about stretching my mind and pushing my creativity to do looks that I've never seen before. So for this look, I chose Elastigirl, before she was Mrs. Incredible, in the outfit that she shows up in for less than a minute to punch a bad guy in the face before she gets married. Which, in all honesty, is the most bad-ass thing I've ever heard of. She quite literally appears on the screen for only a small blip of time and the amount of seduction and bad-assery that is demonstrated by her is like- astronomical. Go ahead and re-watch the scene and tell me she's not a role model for all you want to be when you grow up. In fact, here's the scene for you right here. Elastigirl doesn't come in until about 2:50, so you can feel free to skip all that loser junk that Mr. Incredible does with the cat in the tree or whatever.

For this bound, I decided to go with something beachy for a summertime look. I figured since, in the short time that we're introduced to Elastigirl, she overpowered the screen with sexuality, I should do something fun and flirty. I started off with an adorable, flowy, white romper that I found via Amazon Prime, the world's modern super hero. I thought that this created a nice, casual base without looking too costumy (I tried to stay away from anything too fitted for this reason). 

All Elastigirl photos are taken by my
lovely friend Nicole, @nicwise on Instagram

I accessorized the romper with a red belt from Pinup Girl Clothing, perfect for snatching that superhero waist. I also added a vintage headscarf for Elastigirl's headband, and vintage red and white bangles instead of gloves, and I even added some red sunnies to hide my secret identity. For my hair, I decided on a classic flip as an homage to Helen's classic do. 

For the shoes, it was honestly a huge struggle for me not to go with some red, thigh-high boots, but I settled on these strappy red wedges that I legit stole from my friend Savannah and will probably never give back. 

 Don't forget, as Elastigirl says, "your identity is your most valuable possession, protect it"

Seconds of Style: Nemo

If you don't like to read, here's an in-depth look at my Nemo bound for my Summer of Pixar

Summer of Pixar Look 5: Finding Nemo- Nemo

Okay. I'm thinking of something orange, and it's small...

I remember seeing Finding Nemo in theaters with my mom and my sister and being so moved by the love that Marlin had for Nemo that I literally went home and cried with my dad for several hours. I was an extremely sensitive child, clearly. Finding Nemo just does not get enough recognition as a whole. Yes, everyone loves Dory, and so do I, but the beautiful story of a father's love is often overlooked because of her comic relief. I could go on for hours about this, but I don't want to cry today, and this isn't a movie review, it's a fashion blog.

With Nemo, I really wanted to do a nautical 60's theme and I was very inspired by Sally Field's Gidget. Growing up, my mom always told me that I reminded her of Gidget, and this film being about the love between a parent and child, I thought it was appropriate to make this look a little homage to my mother as well- the woman who always raised me to follow my passions and express myself through every avenue possible.

As I said, I was very inspired by the 60's nautical beach looks for this outfit. It only made sense to me to pull inspiration from a time period that was inspired by the ocean, for a film who's primary setting was the ocean. So I started with a true vintage orange corduroy play suit. Whoever decided to make a summertime ensemble out of courtesy was absolutely out of their mind if you ask me, but nonetheless, it made a perfect base for this look.

Nemo has a pretty basic color scheme, and doesn't provide a lot to play around with, but I still had fun selecting accessories that I thought complimented the overall look, including this wide white belt, a white headband, and white flats (yes, I do wear flats sometimes).

I also threw on these white and black bangles to represent Nemo's stripes, and even did a mod 60's eye look to bring everything together.

As I was writing this post, I was rewatching the film, and I was reminded of Dory's iconic phrase, to "just keep swimming", which resonated with me in a way it never had before. Today I wanted to remind you all to just keep swimming, no matter how high the waves are.

What do we do? We swim, swim...

Seconds of Style: Celia

A more in-depth look at my Celia Mae Disneybound for my Summer of Pixar

Summer of Pixar Look 4: Monsters Inc- Celia

Boo Disneybound outfited completely
by Sidecca

As you already know, I am not one for repeating, and having already done an adorable Boo Disneybound for Spring Dapper Day 2017, I knew now was Celia's time to shine.

Monsters Inc was released when I was 6 years old and I remember thinking that Celia Mae was exactly who I was going to be when I grew up. Honestly, what could be better than being a receptionist at a company where your boyfriend works? Mike and Celia were the original Jim and Pam and there is nothing you can say to change my mind. In fact, nothing Jim ever did for Pam compared to Mike being able to get Celia a birthday dinner reservation at Harryhausen's. And let's not forget he also had plans to take her to a monster truck show after. Mike Wizowski is such a romantic. On my last birthday my boyfriend made me take him to JC Penny so he could buy a bow tie because he "forgot to" in the several weeks prior, and then made me drive us to Magic Castle because his car was too old and couldn't take the 2 hour drive, where he made my parents pay for a $400 meal for us. He didn't even wrap my present- he gave it to me inside the package it was mailed in. Despite their date having been ruined by a disgusting human child, Mike Wizowski still wins boyfriend of the year in my book just for the attempt.

Michael Wizowski! And on my birthday!

For Celia I wanted to do a very Mad Men, 1960's receptionist inspired look. For me, there really was no other option. She was the epitome of everything a real secretary used to represent. The key piece of this look was the Camila Dress in Jade from, you guessed it, Pinup Girl Clothing. This dress is gorgeous. It is comfortable and hugs in all the right places. and the slit up the side provides just the right amount of va va voom without being over the top. If you threw a blazer over this dress you could almost wear this to your actual secretary job, if you don't mind getting fired.

All Celia pictures provided by @nicwise

 For the hair, I decided to stray from Celia's traditional flip, and go with a poodle do. To me, the curls in the poodle were reminiscent of the snakes that made up Celia's hair. And to give it that extra bit of glamour, I added this beautiful hair flower from Monarch's Flowers. I adore the body and volume these flowers add without having to put so much effort into a style. The purple color as well as the pearls, also made me feel as though this piece would be a perfect representation of the "hair snakes".

 I also thought it would be appropriate to sport my Mike Wizowski pin as a way to show my devotion to my one true love.

And of course, because every look must be complete from head to toe, I finished off the look with the "Starlet" heels from TUK Footwear in lavender. I own these shoes in four different colors which should attest to how incredible they are. They are so comfortable and cute!

Seconds of Style: Stinky Pete

For those of us that are visual people, here is my Seconds of Style video for Stinky Pete