I PUT ON FOR MY CITY

Hey ya'll hey! Looks like the kid missed a week! My bad my bad! You know how the end of a semester goes...it gets real hectic and I've been busy busy busy trying to keep these grades poppin, get my business off the ground, and stay consistent with posting on my Youtube, IG, and here! I'm done the 14th and I think I'm going to take that time to go a little harder on posting! But annnyyywwhooo back to what this post is really about and that is REPPIN MY CITY or should I cities...*insert thinking emoji*

A little background on me, I am an Air Force brat. I was born in the Panama (Yes the country which I claim), then moved to North Dakota (which I don't claim no real ties), then lived the majority of my life in the Southern IL and Metro STL areas. I went to high school in Belleville, IL and with St. Louis, MO being only a 15 minute drive I was ripping and running those streets too. When I went to college repping where you were from was kind of like a big deal, and me living in little ol Belleville I would always find myself in convos like this,

New person: Where are you from?

Me: Belleville, IL

New Person: *blank stare* is that near Chicago?

Me: *Irritated stare because people think Chicago is the only city in Illinois* No it's near like East St. Louis, IL St. Louis, MO

New Person: How is East St. Louis in Illinois I thought St. Louis was in Missouri?

Me: Like West Memphis is Arkansas...

So having enough of those conversations and not trying to have a geography lesson every time I just decided to leave it at, "I'm from St. Louis." This was a way to quickly dismiss guys that I had no intrest in trying to create a conversation, but also helped introduce me to the other IL/STL reppers at my university! Since St. Louis is the closest major city to Belleville Blues, Cardinals, and former Rams gear was extremely easy to come by. Repping both sides of the Mississippi is what prompted me to make this post and to do something a little different than the typical cute outfit with heels post. Let's be honest....NOBODY is wearing heels and hella tight clothes all day everyday. I found myself continusly wanting heels and fitted dresses, etc. that I was neglecting dope ass tennis shoes and sports apparel. My style is eclectic and I just LOVE fashion period, so for this post I wanted to showcase the bomb tennis shoes I got and my more casual style. Hope you like it and as always links to the exact or similar items will be linked below!

Stay TRILL,

xoxox TanBanTiggy *insert tongue out emoji*

Outfit 1: St. Louis Blues

I got the super cute pullover from HERE and you know the sports apparel is never cheap but they always have coupons so make sure you look before checking out, the jeans are super old from HERE and like most things I wear they have the Tanny D distressed touch, and my new kicks are from HERE. When I say they like walking on air *deep peacful sigh* they too legit!

Outfit 2: St. Louis Cardinals

The matching pearl trim sweat set is old from HERE, so it won't be in the site, BUT this is a really easy DIY project with simple black sweats and trim you can get from any fabric store and you can simply glue or sew it on to get the look, The beanie is from HERE. Again check for coupons on their site before purchasing. Finally the shoes *insert sparkle emoji* you can get the plain ones from HERE, and then send them to me to get that Touched with Style sparkle. These custom project will be available when TangeiaDSmith.com launches with my new and improved blog and Touched with Style boutique!

Outfit 3: Show Me State

Simplicity can sometimes be key and that's just what I was thinking with this outfit. No patterns or too much drama. The cute STL pullover from HERE and old jeans from HERE. All the fun of this outfit was left to the metallic rose gold Air Max from HERE.