Greatest Spectacles

white jeans with denim jacket, stripe shirt, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag, Balenciaga sunglasses, hermes dupe sandals

When: Cinco de Mayo // Weather: 70 and sunny // Real life: walk in the park, lunch, errands, and froyo

white jeans with denim jacket, stripe shirt, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag, Balenciaga sunglasses, hermes dupe sandals

white jeans with denim jacket, stripe shirt, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag, Balenciaga sunglasses, hermes dupe sandals

white jeans with denim jacket, stripe shirt, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag, Balenciaga sunglasses, hermes dupe sandals

white jeans with denim jacket, stripe shirt, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag, Balenciaga sunglasses, hermes dupe sandals

white jeans with denim jacket, stripe shirt, Rebecca Minkoff Love bag, Balenciaga sunglasses, hermes dupe sandals

Greetings, my fellow Americans, and I hope you enjoyed your Memorial Day weekend. As a proud resident of Indianapolis who values my time, sanity, and personal hygiene, I opted to enjoy a chill weekend in my lovely city, doing anything but going to the Indy 500.

But enough about the Greatest Spectacle in Racing…I’m more interested in the greatest SPECTACLES that protect my eyes from the sun and make me look fabulous at the same time (see what I did there?). I have a bit of a sunglasses habit, and when the sun actually reappears in the spring, I start getting the urge to add more shades to my collection. I keep all my sunglasses on a wall-mounted display shelf, and a couple weeks ago it came crashing down in the middle of the night. Some might see that as a sign the shelf was too full, but not me. I see it as a desperate plea for attention: “Put more sunglasses on me!” Message received.

These are my latest pair – they’re Balenciaga (#sofancy) but I found them at Nordstrom Rack for $100. I also may or may not have ordered another fabulous designer pair on eBay that is scheduled to arrive this week! Someone build me a stronger shelf!

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everlane straight leg crop pant, Saint Laurent college bag, Madewell mules, gold double circle belt

When: April 16 // Weather: springy, probably // Real life: work

everlane straight leg crop pant, Saint Laurent college bag, Madewell mules, gold double circle belt

everlane straight leg crop pant, Saint Laurent college bag, Madewell mules, gold double circle belt

everlane straight leg crop pant, Saint Laurent college bag, Madewell mules, gold double circle belt

everlane straight leg crop pant, Saint Laurent college bag, Madewell mules, gold double circle belt

It makes me chuckle when I read a blogger’s glowing review of the world’s most wonderful, flattering, fabulous pants/jeans, because what’s perfect for some bodies will be horrendous on others, and vice versa.

So I’m not going to tell you I found the best pants ever, because inevitably, someone will get the same pants based on my advice and decide they’re the worst pants ever. But I will say that I freaking love these Everlane pants and I already ordered them in another color. If your hips are wide relative to your waist (I have about a 12″ difference) and it’s more in the width, not so much a big booty, these are worth a try if you want non-denim casual pants. They run big, but I got my usual size because I didn’t want them to be tight. (I’m also wearing the short length, and I’m 5’3″ for reference.)

While we’re on the subject, I just want to remind you ladies that if pants don’t look good on you, there’s something wrong with the pants, not your body. I mean, you’re smart – I know you know this. But a reminder never hurts.

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