Peplum + Lace

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A casual peplum top was on my wish list (no really – it was official), and I happened to find this at Zara when I was in Chicago last month. What luck! It zips in the front so it can be worn open like I did here, or closed. When it’s zipped up, it shows off the peplum shape more, so that’s on my to-wear list (I don’t have an actual to-wear list, although that’s totally something I would do).

I wore this out to dinner and a comedy show last Friday. I actually wore the same thing to work that day, but with flats and a full-size bag. We’ll just skip the cliche part where I tell how this outfit “goes effortlessly from desk to cocktails” or some crap like that. Let’s just say it’s cute and call it a day, shall we?

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Go Shawty, It’s Your Birthday

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Happy birthday to me! I turn 27 today. (This is the part where you take to the comments and tell me I don’t look a day over 19.) Having a birthday on Monday is pretty lame, but I wore this yesterday to go out to a bar and celebrate with friends. I forgot to take a single picture of the event, but I swear I really do have friends.

This was just a regular old bar, not some fancy club, so I wanted to be casual but still wear something a little special (it was my party, after all). I just got this skirt from Anthropologie, and with a tee and wedges it was pretty much perfect. Hello…it has castles on it. How can you go wrong? And if you want to do print mixing but don’t feel like finding the prints yourself, this skirt does the work for you.

Skirt available at Anthropologie

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