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Last Thursday, I attended CHeeky Chicago’s 4th Annual Real People of Style Fashion Show and it just so happened former Real Housewife of New Jersey, Dina Manzo was also in attendance. Visiting Chicago for an event for her foundation, Project Ladybug’s Ladybug Bash, the reality star and I got to chatting about her fundraising efforts for treatment of childhood disease and plans to return to the small screen. To read details about the night and my interview with Dina Manzo, head over to Cheeky Chicago.
Knowing I would be meeting with Ms. Manzo, I had to wear something casual; something cute without looking like I was trying to hard (what? I wasn’t!)
Make new friends, but keep the old — that’s how I think of my clothes and this outfit is definitely mixed company. Sometimes I get annoyed at myself shopping because I am too practical and don’t buy anything super trendy, fearing in a year I will totally date my taste. So, I stick to a buying basic items, then style them according to trend with accessories or funky pairings. It pays, you guys, because my heels and blazer were bought ages ago and look just as fresh with the most recent of styles. My floral denim and black peplum are purchases as of February.
You can vaguely see the print in my jeans, but is a subtle mint floral pattern. Typically I’m a rules girl when it comes to white, but the little bit of color made me feel a bit more secure about bringing out blanche before Easter.
My collection of shoes is eccentric. Between leopard print booties, oxlbood Mary Janes, bright yellow peep-toes, et. al., when it comes to a pair of basics I always forget these are in my closet. Since ankle-straps are hot to trot this season, I have a feeling these retro heels from Target almost 5 years ago will be on regular rotation for the foreseeable future…
These jeans I got for $12 on the clearance rack (head here first, y’all)!! Talk about #FabFound. If I don’t make a weekly Marshall’s visit, it wasn’t a good week. It’s never the same store twice.
Photos by my favorite roommate: Katherine <3
These shoes, these Awake My Soul. They also awake my soles, which makes me wonder if Mumford & Sons actually wrote one of my favorite songs about this new-to-me shoe site, Sole Society — did the boys spell ‘soul’ wrong? I love song meanings and am always trying to dissect lyrics, so of course I’m left to wonder. I certainly have a fickle heart about which pair I love most and they make my eyes woozy, especially because I they look so much more expensive than they actually are. All hovering around $50, choosing which to buy gets tough. Not to get deep, but in these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die — so we might as well go out in style wearing a hot pair of kicks.
All Shoes from Sole Society, $50-$60
*plus 20% off for first time customers
In the heart of the Midwest, the first day of Spring is nothing short of a Joke. At a whole 20degrees below average, peep-toes and skater skirts sans tights aren’t happening. And they probably won’t be happening for quite some time because as I’m writing this, the NBC5 Chicago news is letting me know this Sunday we expect “a heavy, wet snowfall of 5-6inches”. I may or may not have just yelled an obscenity.
However, the simple fact (according to the calendar at least) winter is officially over makes me feel slightly optimistic. As an avid shopper, I’m going to take that glimmer of hope that warmer weather is on the way and run with it. That’s why I spent a good majority of my afternoon making a list of ways to update my March-June wardrobe. From ankle straps to neon and neutrals, here are 20 ways to renew your stale spring $artorial, each for less than $50…
