The Hisser

Hello Koffee Addicts! This past weekend I did a mini collab with my fellow blogger and beautiful friend, Allison Lambert, in the city of Brotherly Love. Please check her out! Her blog is adorable!

Click here for Allison's blog.

Dress: Urban Outfitters from a couple seasons ago.

Shoes: Zara

Photo Credit: Allison Lambert (Thank you!)

M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E

 Thanks to my brother for handing me down this super cute tee because it shrunk in the wash! It's the perfect fit! 

How To: Summer Layers

Sometimes I get bored of wearing the same old shorts and tank during the summer and am in need of layers. Here's a great summer layering trick! I'm sure every girl has a summer dress; so grab your favorite summer dress and a sheer crochet top; throw your top over your dress and voila! I've found this works best with a spaghetti strap dress and if you're feeling adventurous, choose a printed dress because that print will look great against the crochet texture. Add cute sandals or dress it up with boots and you're good to go! Feel free to share your look with me! I never want summer to end!

Dress: Clearance rack at H&M

Crochet Top: Nordstrom BP

Shoes: Hinge "Ofcourse" bootie from Nordstrom

Hat: Nordstrom BP

Watch: Michael Kors

Braclets: Alex and Ani

Simply Vera

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I was strolling through Kohl's the other day and saw this beautiful floral summer dress from Vera Wang's summer collection for "Simply Vera" . It has four navy panels to create dimension and movement and is perfect for the day straight into the night. I dressed this down to work last week by wearing a denim vest to add some texture, paired with my favorite ankle boots by Hinge from Nordstrom. This outfit will probably be on repeat again and again this summer and I'm not even ashamed to say it. Ha. 

When I Met You in the Summer.

Top: Joie 

Bottoms: Levi's 501

Shoes: DV by Dolce Vita

Bag: Rebecca Minkoff

Watch: Micheal Kors

Bracelets: Alex and Ani

It's that time of year for being tan, short shorts, open toed shoes and summery tops. I wear my Levi's 501 shorts with everything and anything, all day everyday. I paired it with this beautiful silk Joie top with an embroidered scalloped sleeve detail to make the outfit more sophisticated and feminine. My shoes for the summer are theses amazing Dolce Vita studded leopard sandals. Yes, the leopard print is made with a hairy sort of material. I consider leopard print shoes to be a neutral so it can be worn with all colors and prints.

 On a side note, this style of sandal is a great second option to the Birkenstock. I tried the whole Birkenstock style, but it did not work out so well with me; it made my legs look short and stocky...nobody wants that. So when I found these, I loved how they were more sleek and who wouldn't love the studded sole? 

Texture

I love to play with textures and my two favorites to mix are leather and denim. The edginess of the leather paired with the casual cool of the denim creates a pair that compliments one another so well. I topped the outfit off with one of my favorite shoes that I found for a great deal at the Nordstrom Rack. Also decided to wave my fair for the first time since it's been short and to be honest, I'm kind of a fan of my hair at the moment. I might do this wavy thing for awhile until I become sick of it. 

With that said, New York Fashion Week has been underway and I'm super excited to share my favorite looks and collections! Stay tuned!

Cobalt

My mom bought me this beautiful long cobalt wool coat from a random boutique when she went to NYC. I was really proud of her. I wanted the jacket to really pop so I wore a neutral palette that consisted of this really cute pastel pink tiered dress and to incorporate texture I put on a fitted faux fur vest. To top off the look I added a floppy felt hat and a pair of simple nude heels. I'm currently obsessed with Alex and Ani bracelets and I have yet to add more to my collection. If you don't know about them please look them up. It's one of those things where when you start and can't stop. Help me please.

Dress: H&M

Vest: H&M

Shoes: Zara

Bracelets: Alex and Ani 

Watch: Micheal Kors

Hat: Nordstrom BP

Bag: Rebecca Minkoff

Necklace: Target

The Sweater Weather Post

Three words: I. Love. Sweaters. Over-sized sweaters that is. I can't stress enough how hard it is for me this year to find the perfect sweater, but I finally found the winner for $20 at H&M which is such a steal. Rather than wearing it with leggings and classic tall boots, I decided to have fun with it by wearing a white skirt from a suit set of mine. This dresses down the skirt, but dresses up the sweater at the same time so you have the perfect combination of dressed up casual. Adding the knee high socks with my ankle boots and my favorite hat of course completes the whole look by giving it a sense of coziness. In the meantime, the hunt continues for more sweaters. 

Sweater: H&M

Skirt: H&M

Shoes: H&M

Knee high socks: Nordstrom

Bag: Rebecca Minkoff

Watch: Micheal Kors

Bracelets: Alex and Ani

Hat: Nordstrom BP

Hello Stranger.

Hello Hello. I know I've been gone for so long. My life has been crazy, BUT I AM BACK. This past Labor Day I ventured off to the state of 10,000 lakes (Minnesota) for my cousins wedding. We drove 16 long hours and made it there and back safely. It was really great seeing all of the family celebrating together since we are all spread out across the U.S. 

I snagged this turquoise/jade, ethereal , asymmetrical dress from BCBG Maxazria for the wedding. I fell in love with it instantly and paired it with black and gold accessories and my two strap nude heels from Zara.

Blur

Hello beautiful strangers. It has indeed been a long time since I've posted. My life has been a complete blur since my last post about my birthday because my internship has been taking over my life. I hardly know what day it is any more and I also completely forgot to post pics from graduation! With that aside, life has been treating me well though. The internship is great. I've been meeting so many new people and learning so much about business and Nordstrom. I just started online business classes so I can work full time. I also finished a super fun photo shoot to help out a friend with an online boutique (photo above)! So pretty much I'm a full time employee, student, daughter, and girlfriend.

Park Vibes

This past weekend was somewhat relaxing. I woke up at an ungodly hour on Saturday to get ready for work and somehow managed to run on caffeine only. I got off at three so that was the upside of getting off that early. After that I headed over to the park for a cousins birthday and decided to do a mini shoot with my cousin and the two photo's above are the results. Since it was so early in the morning I slipped on an easy midi tee dress, tied a chambray shirt around my waist to break up the stripes and tied my crazy hair into a knot bun sort of thing which amazingly turned out okay. I usually am in some sort of heel, but there was no way I was going to wear heels that early in the morning.

Currently, it's a super dreary rainy day and I am sitting in Barnes and Noble at the Starbucks and am thinking of different types of posts to add to this blog. Possibly a "Must Have" list for spring is in mind and will be posted in the near future. School is ending soon so I better get back to this final project. Must write a business pitch to win this competition in class! Need. That. A.

Trend Alert: Palm Print/ The Islander

Entire outfit from Nordstrom's Junior Department
Shoes: Dolce Vita for Target
Belt: Old Navy

Summer's just around the corner and I've been noticing a new type of print peeking through. Palm Print! I absolutely adore this new print because it puts me in the mood for summer and makes me feel like I'm vacationing on a tropical island.. For you guys out there who are a little timid of this print, try starting out with a basic, like a top as I did above and accessorize with a studded handbag to add contrast and a fun hat. For those of you feeling more bold, try a matching blazer and pant combo. Bottom pics are great examples! Definitely need more palm in the closet.

Internship

Recently just had an internship interview with Nordstrom and it well really well. I should know by this coming week if I get it or not. If I get this internship this will help me so much with moving up into the company and hopefully get into visuals. Keep your fingers crossed!!!

Happy Late Love Day

Happy Late Love Day to everyone. My Valentine's Day was super normal, but sweet at the same time. It consisted of me waking up at 6 AM for class at 9 (I commute and hour and 20 min), and going to work from 3 until close. Right before I started working my beautiful boyfriend surprised me with roses he sent to the store and it just so happened that I was on the phone with him at the same time when I received them which made it even more special. Later on that night I treated myself to champagne truffles due to chocolate covered strawberries being sold out everywhere on Earth. 

Floral and Fur

Please kindly excuse my lack of posts. I've been working profusely working on inspiration boards and fashion illustrations for class that I have had no time to stop and blog. The outfit above I wore last night for my Grandpas birthday dinner. I mixed a Kirna Zabete floral top with an H&M fur vest with faux leather leggings paired with my favorite Micheal Kors boots all topped off with my Rebecca Minkoff bag. It was a really great time spending time with the family, laughing, and eating endless amounts of sushi, edamame, and miso soup. Food coma was the result.