Weekend Looks!

Yassss layering season is here, although Summer is my favorite season, I cant help but love the Fall/ Winter due to the fact that I love layering my clothing. Summer clothes are cute and simple but I really feel like you can create amazing looks during the colder months when layering, boots, and accessories come into play. As you all know a few weekends ago I attended VA Fashion Week, and wanted to share my looks with you. After 12 years of owning my Guess by Marciano bustier I finally got a chance to wear it, and I'm absolutely in love with it, why am I just now wearing this piece! I wore it under my Forever 21 blazer and over the knee Colin Stuart boots that I ordered from Victoria Secret a few years ago. My favorite Moto Jacket and black Fedora were also in rotation that weekend, here are a few pics of my looks! Ladies what are your favorite winter accessories I must say mine is hats, but I also have a new found addiction to leather gloves!

Forever 21 Blazer, Guess by Marciano Bustier, H&M Black Skinny Jeans, H&M White Belt

Love this Bustier!!

Layers!

Wearing my ASOS Black Turtleneck dress, its a go to when I'm clueless as to what I'm going to wear! I'm a firm believer that every woman should own at least one Little Black Dress!

Happy Layering Ladies!

Alexander Wang for H&M

November 6th cant get here soon enough, I've been waiting on this collaboration since the Spring when I first got wind that the legendary Alexander Wang would be creating a line for H&M, he's one of my favorite designers, I've always been a huge fan of Wang and this line doesn't disappoint. The scuba inspired highly textured collection is perfect for the Fall, I love the muted color pallet that Wang chose to go with consisting primarily of white, black, and various shades of gray. The simplicity of this collection is what I truly love, the line features leggings, crop tops, and sweatshirts, essentials every women should have in her closet. Yall already know I will be on online at midnight filling my shopping cart on November 6th, reminder is already set in my phone! The sweatshirt and two-piece crop top and legging set are a must for my fall wardrobe! 

Love this set!!

Pure Dopeness!

Repeat Offender!

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this in previous post, but I'm definitely not that chick whose afraid to repeat/ recycle the same piece or pieces. I try to buy timeless pieces that I can wear for years to come, and that can be mixed and matched with other items to keep it fresh. I'm also not afraid to be photographed in the same outfit/ pieces twice because 9 times out of 10 I've created a completely different look, almost to the point where you may not even notice if you've seen me in it before! I'm not a millionaire just yet, so buying cloths just to wear once or twice isn't happening. I have some friends that cringe at the thought of posting a pic on Insta or any social media for that matter, wearing a repeat outfit, it makes me chuckle just at the thought of it! So, I just wanted to share with you guys a few of my looks based around one piece, I love this Leopard Print dress that I got from H&M a few years back, I've paired it with everything from my over the knee boots, to my vintage Motorcycle Boots. It truly looks good with just about anything and its always an easy go to outfit when I'm pressed for time, or just cant figure out what to wear.

State-Fair Fall 2014

VA Fashion Week Fall 2013

RVAFW Spring 2014

I would love to know what pieces you guys recycle within your wardrobe, and what your go to items are, so do share!

A Few New Fall Pieces

I absolutely love the Summer, so I'm sad that it has come to an end I swear this year seems to be going by so fast! However as much as I love Summer weather I absolutely am a stan for Fall Fashion, lots of layers, boots, hats and scarves are definitely my thing. I'm so excited that in another few weeks I can pull out my Moto Jacket with my boots and really get creative with my looks. I love the colors that come with the Fall wardrobe like mustard, ox blood, and my all time fav lots of black. I picked up a few new pieces from H&M a few weeks ago, I'm in process of building up my Fall wardrobe and will be taking you guys on the journey with me, sharing my latest finds, and showing you how I incorporate them into my everyday looks, mixing old with the new.

Love the texture and color of this top, and its nice and thick! 

Mustard is one of my fav colors it really compliments my complexion so you will be seeing me in this color a ton this Fall/Winter.

(P.S this is the actual color of this top, 1st pic was without the flash)

Love this shirt dress, I plan on pairing this with a pair of tights and my over the knee boots or a cute pair of booties.

This piece is lined on the inside which is really nice.

Happy Fall Ladies, stay tuned to BarclayINC to see more of my Fall wardrobe and looks! 

My looks from RVA Fashion Week!

So, as you most likely already know if you're one of my regular readers, or you follow my Instagram I had the honor on being on board this year as one of RVA Fashion Week's badged bloggers. This gave me VIP access to all of the events that were being held all week long. Unfortunately with my busy schedule I wasn't able to attend my first event until Friday night, which was the Designer Showcase which was held at a new venue called The Broadberry! The energy in that room was absolutely amazing the show including designs from Chilalay, Abigail Mpofu, and lots of other wonderful local designers! When I arrived to the venue the line was already halfway down the sidewalk, so I knew this was going to be a pretty dope evening! I had access to a lovely VIP lounge that was lined with white sofas, I sat down for a few minutes but with a good DJ, drinks, and a room full of energetic souls I ended up standing for most of the night. My look for that night was something fun and light I ended up going with my leopard dress and faux leather vest, which I actually wore to VA Fashion Week last year. Yes, I'm definitely a repeat offender, I mean why buy something if your only going to wear it once or twice, its so funny because I have friends that are like "I cant wear that again I've already posted pictures on Insta with me in this outfit", I am definitely not that girl! If anything I love showing how to create various looks utilizing the same pieces. So, anyway I paired it with my Timbs, which were perfect being that I was on my feet all night. I went with a bit more dressier looks for that other events I attended over the weekend which were the Boutique Fashion Show, which was held at The National and the City Skyline Trunk Show at City Hall Observation Deck. On Saturday night I went with my white crochet H&M dress, wooden cut- out LuLu's platforms, and my favorite yellow clutch from Anne Taylor, and on Sunday I decided to go with my vintage yellow beaded top I purchased from Fan Tastic Thrift, high-waisted pip- lined black pants from H&M, and my ASOS heels! Here are some amazing shoots captured my my good friend and photographer David Lowell!

Designer Showcase at The Broadberry

Boutique Showcase at The National

As soon as I walked up to the venue I saw my Dress Twin and fellow blogger from River City Uprising! She looked so pretty and was really sweet so of course we had to take some pics together!

My bracelet was actually hooked on to my dress at this point lol!

Excuse my wind blown expression its super windy atop 20 stories, I did the best I could : )

I ended up running into an old co worker/ friend of mine whom I've known for many years and fell in love with her super edgy cut!

This is when I actually took advantage of the wind per the direction of my friend/ photographer it made for some really dope shots. 

Stay tuned for more to come on my experiences at RVAFW coming later this week, have a wonderful week folks!

OOTN: Outfit of The Night

So, yesterday was date night my babe and I decided to hit the town! The weather in Richmond has been brutal lately, I mean its been a super cold Winter thus far! Since it's definitely sweater and boot weather, I opted for a mustard colored sweater that I picked up a few weeks ago from H&M, and paired it with my BDG Jeans from Urban Outfitters along with my Colin Stuart over the knee boots that I ordered from Victoria Secret last year! Let me just say I'm obsessed with these boots so you will be seeing a lot more of them this Winter!

 

 

H&M Sweater

Colin Stuart via Victoria Secret

 

Michael Kors Watch

 

Holiday Mini Haul

Happy New Year, hope everyone had an amazing holiday! So I truly cant believe 2013 has come and gone already, I had a wonderful year and I'm looking forward to an amazing 2014! I have some great things in store for BarclayINC this year! I recently just purchased a tripod which I should've done a long time ago, so be on the look out for lots of outfit post, I will be sharing a lot of my looks with you guys this year! I'm so looking forward to the new direction the blog will be going in throughout 2014! Ok, so I was suppose to share my Holiday Mini Haul with you guys weeks ago, but got a bit caught up in holiday shopping and getting geared up for the New Year, my apologies! Here are a few items I purchased throughout the month of December most of which came from H&M, they had some great sales leading up to the holidays and I made sure to take advantage of them!

H&M

H&M

Love this bag!!

H&M

I really liked the gold detailing on these, I got them long so I could wrap them around my coat or pashminas/wraps!

H&M

I ended up getting this in black also, it's so comfy and warm, love chunky knits!

H&M Online

Forever21 Online

H&M 

The Statement Coat

One of my favorite pieces this season has to be a great coat! I feel like it's the one essential piece that can really pull an outfit together, especially during the winter months when it becomes more of a necessity rather than an option. I mean when its 30 degrees outside you have no choice but to put on a coat, so why not make it a great one! I've been eyeing a few statement coats this season, and about a month ago I came across a mid length camel colored beauty on H&M.com. Of course I had to check my local H&M to see if it was something that they actually carried in store, but I had no luck finding it! Well Cyber Monday rolled around and I had no choice but to order it offline, especially since H&M was offering an additional 40% off your total purchase! The coat was originally $79.95 but I got it for $50 bucks! Such a great deal, I'm super excited about this coat and can't wait to receive it! Here are a few pictures, but there will definitely be more to come of me and this coat! Dont you just love Cyber Monday no crowds, or long lines to wait in! There's nothing like shopping from home, besides the fact that I always seem to spend way more $$ when I shop online, it's so easy just to click and go and think about it later!

H&M

Lace and Leather

Lace and leather go so well together (I really didn't mean for that to rhyme, but since it does I'll roll with it)! I love the toughness and edginess that adding a leather piece to an outfit can bring, on the other hand I love the softness and feminine touch that adding a piece of lace also brings. This has to be one of my fav combos this season; it makes for a very chic look! In addition to leather & lace I'm really diggin' this Fall's hat trend! I've always loved hats and think they are often that extra pop that's needed in an outfit to take it to the next level! Here are some pieces that are on my October wishlist, all priced at under $100!