Welcome to the World of the Mod Little Melanin

My first series of blog posts will feature some of my favorite "throwback" outfits from the past few months. Unfortunately, because I do not own a quality camera yet a majority of these first post will be mirror selfies or an outfit post. A major theme of The Mod Little Melanin will be affordability; a majority of the pieces shown in a post will be under $20, with an occasional splurge piece here and there. 

Christmas Day in Kansas City was mild (by Midwest standards), so rather than wearing a coat, I decided to wear a long length faux fur vest in beige which I received for Christmas and base my outfit around the vest. To make the vest my standout piece, I decided to pair it with a beige top, purchased from Forever 21 for $3.99, regular $24.99. On bottom I chose medium blue jeans also purchased from Forever 21 for $9.99 and finished the outfit off with a pair of taupe boots I bought from Charming Charlie's a few years ago. The most expensive piece in my Christmas Day outfit was my faux fur vest, which can be found at Forever 21 for about $60. 

Typically when I wear a faux fur vest, I tend to avoid solid shirts underneath. However, on this particular occasion my family was taking pictures for our annual New Year's Day cards and I had to chose an outfit that blended best with the rest of my family's clothing. On later post, I plan to show other ways to work a faux fur vest into an outfit! I hope you all enjoyed my first post, stay tuned for more blog posts from The Mod Little Melanin 💋