Boulder and the Beautiful

• Read about Yoga on the Lawn, workout of the week: http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_15422421 #
• Deal of the week: Plato's Closet, shirts $2, dresses $3, jeans $5, shoes $2. Redo your entire closet for like $100. #
• Excited to see Joe koy at comedy works tonight. #
• A man with 2 big poodles just sat down by me at Pasta jay's. Yay!!! #
• Traffic on the diagonal toward boulder equals zero miles per hour. Neat. #
• I'm wearing with Muslim and Christian necklaces today. Confused? Or a political statement? #
• Tres chic brown sunhat: http://bit.ly/bEf09H #
• DYK? Only children, along with firstborns and people who have only one sibling, score higher in measures of intelligence and achievement. #
• I am unexplainably and intensely distraught over the corn kernels. #
• Well someone left a huge bag of corn kernels for me at the front desk. #
• Excited about my story for Sunday about the first woman FBI agent to get married and pregnant. #
• I just overheard people talking about an article I wrote. Love that! #
• Headed to the skinny jeans class at mtn view fitness, wee! #
• You know it's gonna be a great day when you've had to restart the computer three times before 11 am. #

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Here’s a creative way to spice up your wardrobe. Embellish your ankles.

$48, * ciaraobscura.etsy.com

$45, * liaison.etsy.com

$90, * moxvox.etsy.com

$365, * BoudoirQueen.etsy.com

$30, * greenbelts.etsy.com - Made out of a recycled leather belt.

$85, * redpanda.etsy.com

$45, * greenbelts.etsy.com

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But since it’s not, I’m trying to come up with good excuses to wear these outfits. So far, I’ve come up with:

1. Halloween.

2. A picnic on Mt. Sanitas.

3. Work.

$155, www.olgaitaly.etsy.com

$155, * tusejolie.etsy.com

$47, * ciaraobscura.etsy.com

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Nothing epitomizes Boulder fashion more than the words “moonchild” and “vintage” in one sentence. Surprisingly, our Etsy shop of the month, Moonchild Vintage, began in Northern California and only recently moved to Boulder.

Even if you don’t have a child/middle name/dog named “Rainbow” or “Starshine,” don’t let the name of this shop deter you. If this shop were a physical destination, I would move in there, and my dog is a prancing poodle named Giselle. Owner Toni Oswald has a sharp eye for the exquisite, the funky and the fun. She sees clothing as an opportunity for creating magic.

“What character do I feel today? What am I going to make and give to the world? An outfit in itself can be a work of art,” she says. “I guess that is what is meant by style: how we collage together clothes out of how we feel emotionally and physically.”

And today, I feel like vintage 1970s bell-bottom Levis ($155) and gray beatnik cowboy boots ($48) accented by a peacock-pattern Zardozi Indian evening bag ($60) and an antique silver Queen of Arabia moon necklace ($150).

Or maybe I’m feeling French and should buy the red, white and blue Bastille-stripe knit dress ($34). No, it’s got to be the Palm Beach Story strapless 1970s sundress ($38). Or maybe, just maybe, it’s all of the above. Oh yes, I’m feeling multidimensional (read through justification: shopaholicy).

As Oswald says on her Etsy Web site, www.moonchildvintage.etsy.com, “I hope my shop can inspire others the way vintage clothes have inspired me. They tell stories and we create more stories in wearing them ourselves. So here is to our stories.” And here’s to my favorite Etsy shop of the month, if not eternity.

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My fashion column this week is about feet. Mainly, how to treat your feet with love this summer.

Here are some shoes from recent fashion shows that are a different way to love your tootsies. In other words, they may leave your arches aching, ravage your back and send you directly to a wheelchair in three years, but sometimes love hurts, right?

Leighton Meester attends to the Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2010-2011 collection by German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld for French fashion house Chanel presented Tuesday in Paris.

A model wears a creation by German fashion designer Karl Otto Lagerfeld for French fashion house Chanel as part of his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2010-2011 collection presented Tuesday in Paris.

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• Watching fireworks on a mountaintop party in central city – best view in the state! #
• Oh longmont, I want to support your commerce. Why do you make it so hard to? #
• Fyi- the orange door only takes consignments by appt, even if u just walked 12 blocks w/ a baby + 3 boxes. Meanies. #
• Gorgeous swimwear for cancer survivors by Belafigura http://bit.ly/a4sbaT #
• My blue and white striped dress with red accents would be so nautical-cute any other week of the year… Damn America. #
• Off to do backyard yoga with Cindy Lawrence! See ya on the lawn. #
• Have you ever lost two sets of keys within 24 hours? I have. #

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