Purpling & Belting

purple french connection dress, mint rebecca minkoff mac bag, see eyewear sunglasses

purple french connection dress, mint rebecca minkoff mac bag, see eyewear sunglasses

purple french connection dress, mint rebecca minkoff mac bag, see eyewear sunglasses

purple french connection dress, mint rebecca minkoff mac bag, see eyewear sunglasses

purple french connection dress, mint rebecca minkoff mac bag, see eyewear sunglasses

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Listen up, my fellow fair-skinned blondes: we look good in purple. Not that the rest of you don’t look good in purple. I don’t think purple’s ever done anyone wrong, really. It’s just nicest to us pale folk. And another tip for my similarly scrawny friends: when you feel like you’re getting lost inside a loose dress, belt it at your waist. Then when you have all that excess at the end, loop it around. Just study the photo above and you should be able to figure it out.

There you have it. Some helpful guidance for skinny blonde white women, because it’s a well-known fact that we just have it so hard in life. {holds up sarcasm sign}

Dress (on sale) // similar Belt (on sale) // similar Shoes // Bracelet* // similar Bag (smaller version, on sale) // Sunglasses* // Lips “Whimsical”

*Bracelet purchased with gift card provided courtesy of Shopbop; sunglasses provided courtesy of SEE Eyewear.

Just Flounce With Me

Ann Taylor mint dress, collarless blazer, blush cap toe pumps, Loft striped sunglasses

Ann Taylor mint dress, collarless blazer, blush cap toe pumps, Loft striped sunglasses

Ann Taylor mint dress, collarless blazer, blush cap toe pumps, Loft striped sunglasses

Ann Taylor mint dress, collarless blazer, blush cap toe pumps, Loft striped sunglasses

Ann Taylor mint dress, collarless blazer, blush cap toe pumps, Loft striped sunglasses

This is called a flounce hem” dress and for some reason I just love that. Flounce is an underused word in this day and age. Was there a day and age when flounce was commonly used? I’m not sure. But if there was, we should go back to that time. Unless that was a time when I would have had to wear my flounce hem dress while staying home and making pot roast for my husband. I prefer a 21st-century, women-can-be-President kind of flounce. Don’t you?

Dress (on sale, also in coral!) // similar Blazer // similar Necklace // similar Shoes // Sunglasses // Ring // Bag // Lips “Whimsical”