Circles of the Circus

 Piece of Cake Corsage Necklace

Blouse: Merona, Target

Sweater: Mossimo, Target

Skirt: Metaphor, Sears

Shoes: MetroStyle

Bag: Nahui Ollin

Belt: B Fabulous

 Gingerbread House Corsage Necklace

Top: JCPenney

Skirt: Forever 21

Shoes: Ami Clubwear

Bag: Burlington Coat Factory embellished by The Tote Trove

Candy Shop Corsage Necklace

Top: Olsenboye, JCPenney

Skirt: Marshalls

Shoes: Not Rated, DSW

Bag: XOXO, ROSS Dress for Less

Scarves: A.C. Moore

Fruit Delight Corsage Necklace

Sweater: Delia's

Skirt: Xhilaration, Target

Shoes: Ami Clubwear

Bag: Bisou Bisou, JCPenney

Pretty Pastries Corsage Necklace

Tank: Boscov's

Sweater: Delia's

Jeans: City Streets, JCPenney

Shoes: Alloy

Bag: Candie's, Kohl's

Scarf: A.C. Moore

Like many avid collectors, I can be messy.  Not in a "Hoarders" kind of way, but in a I'm-having-too-good-a-time-making-necklaces-to-refold-that-leaning-tower-of-skinny-jeans kind of way.  Factor in my preference for a costume closet-explosion aesthetic, and I often have a real mess on my hands.  To be sure, as I sifted through my considerable (but clean!) clutter in search of clothes to complement my erstwhile creations, I couldn't help but wonder about the sartorial sanitation of other clotheshorses.  (Okay, so "sanitation" may not have been the best word choice, especially given that brazen declaration of cleanliness, but the allure of alliteration was just too much for me.)  It is, after all, human nature to wonder about other people, especially those most like ourselves.  I like to think that there are style bloggers the world over living in bedrooms decorated with bottomless crazy shoe caches and sweater-carpeted floors and scarf-strangled dressers.    

Speaking of colorful chaos, these polka dot backdrops make me think of life lived under the big top.  Just as the tie-dye swirls make me think of a sweet shop.  Notice I didn't say candy store or even ice cream parlor.  I almost did, but both seemed too banal.  Sweet shop has just the right retro ring for which I was searching.  

And now it's back to finishing batch number two of my tissue box trinkets.  Er, necklaces.  See.  Alliteration gets me every time.