Tailgate City, USA: The Shoes

Your shoes are another decision that is tough and very dependent on the time of the year!

Clockwise from top left:

Gameday Jack Rogers: these were my choice of footwear! I practically live in Jacks, so I HAD to add Gameday Jacks to my rotation! I've worn them for two games and they've been great!

Basic Strappy Sandals: you can find these sandals everywhere! They match anything and no matter what you want to wear, these simple strappy flats will look perfect!

Cowboy Boots: boots are great pretty much any time of the year--you can wear them when it's hot or once it gets cold! I'd say almost every Gamecock girl has her favorite pair of Gameday boots. The key to boots--BREAK THOSE BABIES IN!

Floral Flats: break out these fun flats when you want to add a little oomph to your outfit! They're sassy and add a little pop to your piggies!

Do you have a favorite pair of go-to Gameday shoes? I like all these different options!

xxKatie

January Jacks

Now that it's officially February, I can brag all I want that I wore my Jack Rogers in January and I wasn't alone. (#improudtosay) SO many girls on campus broke out their JR's during our heat stroke that hit in the middle of January. It was unseasonably warm and we didn't need coats, boys were in shorts, and everyone was breaking out their sandals. I have five pairs of Jack Rogers and would sincerely recommend buying each of my 5 colors for different reasons. I would also like to point out that I've never paid full price for any of my pairs! Here are my 5:

1. Platinum

These will always and forever be my favorite, go-to pair. They match everything (like I say every single time I write about them) and you can dress them up and down. They are so versatile and you simply can't go wrong buying them whether they're your 5th or 15th pair of JRs!

2. White

I've only had my white pair since Christmas of '09 but they're slowly becoming a top choice. I know there are a lot of rules concerning white shoes yadda, yadda, yadda. I love my white JR's and if you ask most owners, I'm sure they'd say the same thing. You can't exactly wear these with everything, but they do look good with a lot. I wouldn't wear these with dark jeans/jeans ever because the denim ink would easily be able to transfer to the edges of the stitching.

3. Gold

A lot of people don't own the gold, and instead opt for the silver Jacks. I like gold especially when you're tan and very summery. Gold Jacks are a great way to be able to wear gold shoes in the summer very easily without feeling to dressed up. The shade of gold that JR uses is a great summer jewelry shade too, so adding to an outfit is very easy. These look great with all your essentials: shorts, white shorts, skirts, dresses, jeans, you name it!

4. Black

These are a classic pair of JR's. My mom has these too and we both wear them all the time. These are great tour-giving-shoes (once broken in, of course) and match a lot! I don't wear the black with much of my Lilly since it doesn't match, but for summer basics and Carolina outfits, you can't go wrong with the black!!

5. Silver

Silver JR's are my most recent Jacks purchase! I don't wear them too often yet, but they're a great alternative for going out. They're definitely the shiniest Jacks that I own (not only because they're new, but the silver is just VERY shiny/metallic) but fun to add jewelry to--just like the Gold. Pretty much once you get one of the metallics, I promise you that you'll want them all. You'll realize that you have outfits that just match one metallic better than the other, trust me...it happens!!

What are your favorite Jacks? I'm looking into getting a fuschia pair with the white stitching or maybe the light pink with white stitching! I kinda consider my collection of Jacks "the neutral collection" because overall, you can pretty much wear these with anything!! If you can tell, all my talk about sandals is really making me think of the warmer temps!!

xxKatie

LET'S BE PREPPY'S PUBLIC DEBUT

Today's the day! Let's Be Preppy is being featured in the University of South Carolina student Magazine Garnet and Black!! The winter issue debuts today online only, and you will be some of the first to see it! 

Click HERE to check it out!

I want to give a special thanks to everyone who has been so supportive this year of LBP, all my wonderful readers, all my new friends that I've met, and Garnet and Black for tweeting about finding and featuring student bloggers!! Also very exciting...the return of Glee tomorrow AND the big fashion show Wednesday! What a big week ahead!!

xxKatie

8:27 am EDIT:  So it's not exactly up YET, but I'll write another edit when it is. Until then, check out the Fall Issue with Jackie Bradley Jr. on winning the College World Series! I was lucky enough to go to a lecture with Coach Tanner a little over a week ago and he was one inspiring guy!

LBP and Taking Chances

Two big announcements in the life of this blog and I figured Friday would be as good a day as any to chat about them!!

A few weeks ago I contacted our student magazine named Garnet & Black regarding a tweet they posted about needing student bloggers. I wasn't sure if I qualified but I am a student as well as a blogger so I took a big chance (#1) and shot them an email to see if they might be interested. The editor politely responded and told me that I'd hear by the end of that week if they wanted to use LBP. I had a jam packed week and it kind of slipped my mind. Friday evening rolled around and I saw an email from a name I didn't recognize but a subject line that made me excited. I immediately called my parents to tell them the good news and make it my facebook status. 15 of my friends "liked" it and there were 7 comments. One was from my roommate bragging that her "roommate was famous" and all I could do was laugh.

I'm thrilled to be included in the magazine and I don't really know what to expect in the mag, but I can't wait to see. It comes out early in November, and I'll be sure to have a big celebratory post when it goes live!! Thanks Garnet & Black!

My second big chance was a few weeks back. One day I was sort of running around campus and popped through our student union. I saw an advertisement for a fashion show run by the USC Fashion Board and they were looking for models. I've never done anything like that AT ALL in my life, but I've been urged by family and friends to try it someday. I never thought much about it beyond saying thank you and politely saying that it wasn't for me, but that day my attitude was more like what-the-heck! I told my roommate Megan and friend Laura and that was it (until pretty much now) because I needed people to confide in. I had to walk down a makeshift catwalk while members of the Fashion Board took photos. I acted nice and normal while other girls acted like this was America's Next Top Model...it was crazy! They were dressed to the nine's, sucking their cheeks in, and I was just taking it all in. Long story short, I ended up making it (yayy!!) as a model and I'm in the middle of the process of fittings and things. I'll be sure to post photos from the whole night. I'll be hitting the stage/runway November 10th! Also as an added bonus Naima from ANTM will actually be there! So cool!!

Lots of fun news for LBP! Get excited!!

xxKatie