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 ( 668 )
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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 -
Good to See You.
Oh hi. It feels a little like logging back into MySpace and seeing the empty rooms and remnants of an old party. We did have fun, didn't we? Read more
Posted on 08 September 2021 FASHION, LIFESTYLE