Day and Evening

Dress: Forever XXI.  Beaded sandals: Steve Madden. 

Print Top: Michael Kors.  Jeans: NY & Co.  Navy criss-cross wedges: Nicole Miller.  Bracelet: Forever XXI.  Rose hairclip: ?

  

It was my boyfriend’s birthday last Friday and although we unfortunately had to drag our butts to work during the day, we had a lovely Friday evening out and spent the rest of the weekend relaxing, spending time outdoors, and visiting family.

Typically, when I go out in the evening - I reinvent what I wore during the day to make it evening appropriate.  This time however, I only kept my rose hairclip and changed up everything else!  I somewhat stayed with the same color palate if that counts for anything…

Print Dress Remix

Cardigan: Chadwicks.  Heels: Nine West.  Belt: ?.  Cream tank: Daisy Fuentes.  Necklace: NY & Co.  Dress: Faith Passion.

Print can often be daunting to mix and match, particularly all over print.  It may feel like there is so much going on that you don’t want to overwhelm by adding more too it.  That said – I think there are plenty of ways to mix and match with print and am teaching myself to live this lesson through this very dress!

I’ve definitely changed things up a bit since when I first started wearing this dress.  I still love it by itself, but have had a bit more fun with it the last year or so mixing it up in a new light.

THEN – PRETTY BASIC:

SOMETIME IN BETWEEN - A LITTLE INTEREST:

NOW - ALL MIXED UP:

Meeting Day

Silk tie top: Forever XXI.  Layer pencil skirt: INC.  Shoes: Steven. 

Last week at work we had our leadership team in town (= all day meetings).  I choose to go with something sleek and sophisticated, with just a little spice but still very professional.  It worked well for the day and the dinner to follow except that the meeting room we were in was quite cold, so halfway through the day I had to cover up with a jacket.  I hated to break up the ensemble, but let’s face it - sometimes you’ve got to be practical.