Double Stripes (& the 1st Top 10 Remix Linkup!)

striped dress with striped cardigan, nude retro pumps, mint coat, mint sunglasses, blush satchel

striped dress with striped cardigan, nude retro pumps, mint coat, mint sunglasses, blush satchel

striped dress with striped cardigan, nude retro pumps, mint coat, mint sunglasses, blush satchel

striped dress with striped cardigan, nude retro pumps, mint coat, mint sunglasses, blush satchel

striped dress with striped cardigan, nude retro pumps, mint coat, mint sunglasses, blush satchel

striped dress with striped cardigan, nude retro pumps, mint coat, mint sunglasses, blush satchel

This was actually my first Top 10 Remix outfit, but then I realized I wore stripes 3 days in a row so I posted things out of order in an effort to make myself look less like a broken stripes record. Of course, this outfit involves two different striped pieces, so I’m not sure how much difference the schedule makes. I LIKE STRIPES, OK?! Get over it. It was a struggle narrowing down my top 10 to only 2 striped items, one being this dress. It combines 3 of my favorite things: stripes (did I mention I like stripes?), fit and flare dresses, and anything Madewell.

For those of you playing along in this little style challenge experiment, today’s the day to share! Scroll down to the linkup and add your blog link! I won’t demand that you follow me or anything, but I would very much appreciate it if you would mention “Sarah’s Real Life” in whatever post you add to the linkup, as well as link either to my homepage, to today’s post, or to this post.

Also, can we talk about how I was having a great hair day?

similar Dress // similar Cardigan (on sale) // Shoes // similar Coat // Bag // similar Sunglasses (under $20) // Necklace (on sale) // Bracelet (on sale) // Nails “Pinky Promise”



Pin to Real Life Outfit #5

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Left image source: Penny Pincher Fashion (used with permission)

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Happy Friday, everyone. Did you all have a good 4th yesterday? Full of eating hotdogs and lighting things on fire? Hopefully those things were just fireworks.

Well, here’s what I wore for yesterday’s festivities. I’m not really into overly patriotic dressing, but I did make at least a small attempt to dress the part for Fourth of July. I pinned this outfit from Kim back in May because I loved the mix of stripes, denim, and a pleated skirt. My only pleated skirt is yellow, but I added red back in with shoes and lipstick. I also added a flower in my hair…because there are a lot of flowers…in…America. So there ya go: red, white, and blue. And yellow and flowers.

I have to give this particular outfit pin some extra props for making me wear my vest buttoned at the top and with a necklace under the collar. At first I was skeptical. I figured the bottom of the vest would flare out too much and make my hips look oddly wide. It happens to the best of us, right ladies? But I was pleasantly surprised that it looked great!

And you know what else is looking great? The newest blogger trying the Pin to Real Life challenge, Talk and Tea Leaves.

similar Skirt (on sale) // similar Vest (on sale) // similar Shoes (under $25) // similar Necklace (on sale)