Tag: style

Plum Crazy

madewell silk dress, black collarless blazer, chinchilly nails, studded boots, blush bag, pave midi ring

madewell silk dress, black collarless blazer, chinchilly nails, studded boots, blush bag, pave midi ring

madewell silk dress, black collarless blazer, chinchilly nails, studded boots, blush bag, pave midi ring

madewell silk dress, black collarless blazer, chinchilly nails, studded boots, blush bag, pave midi ring

madewell silk dress, black collarless blazer, chinchilly nails, studded boots, blush bag, pave midi ring

I know I’ve gone on record warning everyone about the dangers of going straight for the clearance rack, but that’s exactly what led to my buying this dress. Look, if I wrote the rule, I can break it. Sometimes you just have to buy a pretty dress for no reason. This dress is actually even prettier than it looks here – the sleeves are sheer and fluttery and princessy – but I wanted to wear it to work so I added my most serious looking lawyer jacket. But then I still felt too dressy, which is why I added these kind of punk rock boots. The moral of this story is: if I hadn’t made an impulse purchase from the clearance rack, I never could have lived out my dreams of being a royal rock star attorney. And that would have been a shame.

Dress (on sale) // similar Jacket* (on sale) // similar Boots // Bag // Ring* // similar Earrings // Nails

*Jacket purchased with gift card provided courtesy of H&M; ring purchased with gift card provided courtesy of Shopbop.

Loafer Love

gray leather jacket, black ponte pants, black tahari loafers

gray leather jacket, black ponte pants, black tahari loafers

gray leather jacket, black ponte pants, black tahari loafers

gray leather jacket, black ponte pants, black tahari loafers

gray leather jacket, black ponte pants, black tahari loafers

gray leather jacket, black ponte pants, black tahari loafers

I’ve had my eye on these bee-yoo-tiful Everlane loafers for months and I had grand plans to save up my money to buy them (not that they’re THAT expensive, but $170 is enough that I have to plan ahead for it). Unfortunately, I’m not the only fan of these loafers so they’re sold out with a very long waitlist. Who knows, maybe once they’re back in stock I’ll get them in another color, but in the meantime I decided to consider the possibility that there may be another pair of not too manly but just menswear-y enough loafers out there for me. There are plenty of shoes in the sea, as they say. Or something like that.

I did some sole searching (I crack myself up), and found these lovlies at DSW for almost $100 less than what I had planned to spend. Lest I hurt these cheaper loafers’ feelings, I did not settle. I don’t believe in sole mates (last one, I promise). I loved the Everlane loafers, but now I love these. We’re still in the honeymoon phase, so I actually wore them 2 days in a row last week. I’ll be sure to share look #2 with you soon, and don’t be shocked if they’re followed shortly by a look #3. Basically, they make every outfit look better. Ah, young shoe love.

similar Shirt // similar Jacket* // Pants // Bag // Necklace* // similar Sunglasses // Shoes

*Jacket purchased with gift card provided courtesy of H&M; necklace purchased with gift card provided courtesy of Shopbop.