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

Nordstrom Makes Me Poor

If there's one piece of clothing that I love most; it would be any top with a V-Back, and if it had a V-Neck in front that would be even better. I think the V silhouette is so classic, sophisticated, sensual and is flattering on everyone because it elongates your body. While working (and taking shopping breaks) I stumbled upon both of these pieces and immediately had to get them. This suede peplum top is perfect for dressing up with a skirt or playing it down with your favorite pair of denim. I paired the top with this beautiful vegan leather full skirt to add texture. One would think that the fullness of the top and skirt put together would be unflattering, but these two pieces actually work well together, and can I just say, I'm totally loving this warm weather. 

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.