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culottes, red ballet flats, Fossil satchel, Madewell sunglasses

When: last week // Weather: hot // Real life: work

culottes, red ballet flats, Fossil satchel, Madewell sunglasses

culottes, red ballet flats, Fossil satchel, Madewell sunglasses

culottes, red ballet flats, Fossil satchel, Madewell sunglasses

culottes, red ballet flats, Fossil satchel, Madewell sunglasses

culottes, red ballet flats, Fossil satchel, Madewell sunglasses

culottes, red ballet flats, Fossil satchel, Madewell sunglasses

IT HAPPENED. I GOT CULOTTES.

AND I LOVE THEM.

Make no mistake, these are not the $15 jersey gauchos I rocked circa 2006 along with every other college white girl in the country. These are actually work appropriate and – dare I say it – sophisticated. I feel like this whole look is very Parisian. Oh la la. Bonjour. Croissant.

And make no second mistake, not all culottes are created equal. They’re everywhere these days, and I tried on several pairs before I found ones that worked for me. So if you want to jump on this very comfy bandwagon, just keep trying. The structured ones didn’t work for me. Flowy was the way to go. But I’m sure it depends on your own style and body type. I love these so much, I’m thinking about ordering them in another color.

Bon weekend!

Pants (on sale in burgundy) // similar Top // Shoes (on sale) // similar Bag (on sale) // Sunglasses (on sale)

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Ablaze

stripe cotton dress, J. Crew linen blazer, druzy necklace, gray bag, gray suede pumps

When: Monday // Weather: hot // Real life: work

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Is this blazer ablaze, or what?! Man, I crack myself up. I also can’t stop, won’t stop with my love of “rorange” this summer. This blazer is red enough that I think it counts as repping the ol’ red, white, and blue just in time for the Olympics.

Is everyone enjoying the Olympics so far? It’s crazy how fast these people can swim. And I bet it’s even faster than it looks on TV. I wish I could go to the pool with Michael Phelps just to get a true sense of how fast he is. I’m pretty sure he would get to the other end and back, and I would still be standing by the edge. Granted, that’s because I would be pouring a margarita. I mean, you can’t go the pool without a pool-appropriate beverage, right? Right. So by the time I prepped, poured, and sipped my marg, got in the pool 2 inches at a time, and swam halfway across, Michael would’ve burned 1000 calories and I would feel like a complete joke. Still, I think it would be a cool experience. I’m going to go ahead and start carb loading in preparation.

Blazer (on sale) // similar Dress (on sale) // similar Shoes // similar Bag // Sunglasses // similar Necklace

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