Citizenrosebud
Homegrown in Sacramento California, The Citizen Rosebud is a personal style blog of Bella Q, a plus 40 fashionista who loves vintage and shopping secondhand. With an emphasis on quirky, sustainable style, the Citizen writes about local culture with international flavor. Oh and she loves plaid. A LOT.
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Street Style SACRAMENTO
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Style from the streets of California's capitol.
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The Citizen Rosebud
http://thecitizenrosebud.com/
Independent Fashion. Sacramento style. Homegrown in Sacramento California, the Citizen Rosebud is a personal style blog of +40 writer Bella Q, who loves vintage, shopping secondhand and polka dots.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 669 )
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OUTFIT POST: Barbour Coat
Classic colors, classic patterns but with a twist. These photos were taken in the studio. Gearing up for a chilly Fall. NOW WEARING Vintage African cowrie... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2022 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
OUTFIT POST Exotic Quixotic
AMERICANO Y ROJOI took these photos the December of 2020, when it was cold enough to wear this toasty (and heavy) vintage hunter's jacket, and I felt really... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2022 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
ROSEBUD RAMBLE: You Tik-y You Tok-y, Me 8-Track-y
IN THE DIGITAL AGE, ANALOG IS STILL APT AF While a normal person in my age bracket would be working on brushing up her TikTok skillz, I am plunging back in the... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2022 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
OUTFIT POST: Snow Day (with Bonnet)
BONNET LASSThese photos were taken on a snow day earlier this winter in January. I mean MAJOR SNOW. I had to wear snow shoes just to make it down the hill to ge... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2022 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
PHOTO ESSAY: Life is This + This is Living
LIFE IS THIS + this is living.If I could sum up my life in 5 sharp pictures, I wonder if these would do. SPONSORED Read more
Posted on 16 March 2022 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
OUTFIT POST: Basics But Better
Not So Basic, BasicsSo in my recent goal to create and sustain a "forever style" wardrobe, I've been on the look-out for versatile, timeless pieces made from... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2022 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Leopard Friends
SEEING SPOTS I will admit, there are some people, even when you just meet them, you know they are your people. That's how I feel about the people in the above... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2022 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
OUTFIT POST: Aztec Winter
COLOR FOR A WHITE CHRISTMASIt's been snowing this past week or so in Seattle, which is NOT a common thing. We're talking loads of snow! Read more
Posted on 01 January 2022 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Last Years Vintage: The Pendleton, Part 1
The Pendleton, Part 1: Pendleton IS as Pendleton DoesLast year, I purchased this coat on eBay, it was an attractive men's car coat made by Pendleton, and the... Read more
Posted on 23 December 2021 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
OUTFIT POST Grunge Girl
GOT GRUNGE? What to do when FASHION comes back to the 1990s style you never left. I'm pretty sure I came into my personal style in the late 80s, early 90s, and... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2021 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Generic YOU
THE TRUE YOU MAY BE SOMEONE YOU HAVEN'T YET MET.She hadA heart—how shall I say?—too soon made glad,Too easily impressed; she liked whate'erShe looked on, and he... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2021 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
OUTFIT POST Accio Mah Assio
THE UH, SUMMONING CHARMSThese glasses aren't perched on my face to help me see- they are the useless but fashionable sort with blanks for lenses. But cute, eh?... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2021 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
ADVICE FOR LIVING: Black Cat Edition
ADVICE FOR LIVINGADVICE #1 DON'T be a ghost. Don't go through your life as if you don't matter.Don't let the world push you around as if invisibleYou have... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2021 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Hey Pumpkin
PUMPED FOR PUMPKIN!It's Halloween, and while I may not be dressed up in costume or handing out candy, I will admit, it's a favorite holiday for some reason. Read more
Posted on 01 November 2021 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
SMELLS LIKE Team Spirit
“Perfume follows you; it chases you and lingers behind you. It’s a reference mark. Perfume makes silence talk.” – Sonia RykielA NOSE FOR ROSE: I'd been on a... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2021 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
A Bird on the Edge of Space
. Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams. For if dreams go, Life is a barren field Covered... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2021 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
BLOG Like You Give a Damn
DAMN. I haven't blogged in a while (ok, ok, YEARS.) And I also haven't read blogs for that same amount of time, but there are some really cool real life people... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2021 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
SNEEZING Selfie
ACH-CHOO, BOO. Behold: an awkward capture of myself in full sneeze. I think I love it because it's the antithesis of the purpose of the "selfie," a capture... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2021 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
OUTFIT POST: My Unyielding Melancholy
MY UNYIELDING MELANCHOLYWorn this past summer- I like the play of the graphic black + white with the romantic pink florals. The sweater was a gift from Joyce.... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2021 FASHION, LIFESTYLE -
Nothing to Everything
-dedicated to Beauty AboundsYou are the bones of mountains,the juice of fountains-the eyes that have it. Now yell it. Boo, make do with what you have to do. Be... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2021 FASHION, LIFESTYLE