Trying to get all my summer dresses in while you know, it's still Summer.
Jessica Simpson, what can I say, I love her. I have loved her since her Nick Lachey days, and I still love her, or more appropriately I love her clothing line. She has an awesome clothing line and has such a wide range of style and sizing it can really accommodate any body type. I believe she has mentioned that she can dress any size/weight as she has been all of them. I own a lot of dresses from her and a bathing suit. Two of the dresses are very dressy and for special occasions. These two are little bit more casual, thus, making them everyday wear.
Bought on eBay as I had tried on dresses in the store of hers and new my size-again I hate paying full price if I have to. This is a really light weight black dress. It has a black slip that came attached to it. Over the slip is a circle lace cover and across the waist is a faux leather belt/tie that covers the front and ties in the back. It zips in the back but leaves a bit of a peek-a-boo opening at the top between the shoulder blades. It’s a great dress and style and can be appropriate for many different occasions. I paired it with a few simple pearl bracelets, a layered pearl necklace, and some simple pearl studs. Shoes I was not overly crazy with this outfit. Felt it was a bit too heavy for the dress. I think the bows across the foot take away from it. I think a simple patent black shoe would of fit this much better.
Next is another favorite of mine also bought on eBay. It’s a halter butterfly print dress from Jessica Simpson. I was sold on this dress when I saw the butterflies…I love butterflies. However, the pockets just put me over the top. I am a sucker for a dress with pockets. This dress zips on the side making for a comfortable fit. The halter aspect of the dress has buttons instead of a tie, which I like. You can choose between two fittings, also comes with a black patent belt to help cinch in the waist line. I love the simplistic black and white pairing of this dress, I feel it allows you to bring in some color elsewhere. Keeping it with a black/white theme Is fine, but it looks better IMO with a pop of color. I paired it with a teal cardigan from Old Navy, some low heel open toe shoes from ShoeDazzle, and some teal jewelry also from Old Navy.
This next dress or really outfit is one of my favorites and gets some pretty heavy rotation. It is a white linen dress. It has some ruffle sleeves and actually came with a white cloth belt made of the same material of the dress. I ironically couldn't find it to wear with it so I paired it with this brown belt. The irony here is the belt was hanging from the mirror where I take my pictures- oy vey! I paired it with this adorable polka dot cardigan. It is from JCP and was a gift from my adorable mom. However, it was a size smaller then I normally care to get. I wasn't really sure if I was going to be able to keep it because when I paired it with items, it just didn't look right. Then one day I threw it on with this dress to brighten it up and it was a match made in clothing heaven. I added my accent necklace and some closed toe brown shoes from target. It's a great outfit and can go from work to weekend wear quite easily. Only draw back...I should of ironed..woops!
Ending the professional dress week (remember Friday is casual Friday!) with another black ensemble. It was just easy to pair it and I was able to throw on some flats I don't often wear. Black dress if from JCP a few years ago with black patent belt. Good length for work but versatile for many different occasions. I paired it with some leopard flats from Fergies line. These flats have a mixture of black and brown in them so it was a nice way to break up an all black outfit. I was boring aka tired and didn't pair with any jewelry-fail!
Casual Friday- How I thought you would never come! So many things make this Friday better then most. First off PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE'S ARE BACK!!! Second it's a long weekend for most! Third my bestie and fellow blogger at Someone's in the Kitchen with Momma Amber is coming to visit me! I love her and her family so this is just going to be a GREAT weekend. Plus...there are LABOR DAY SALES EVERYWHERE. Ok focus, focus, focus back to my outfit. Today at the last moment I changed what I was wearing. I knew I wanted to wear one of the three new flats I bought at Target...blog on those later, so my outfit had to center around that. I decided to go with this peach color tank from Victoria's Secret paired with a light short sleeve cardigan from Victoria's Secret as well, paired off with a pair of American Eagle jeans. Notice short girl problems-these are a petite/short style/sizing of these jeans and even when I wear my flats they are STILL to LONG for me. Womp-womp. Can't win them all. Still love the outfit, it's comfortable but looks put together. Great outfit to bring in the weekend.
Exact Shoe in Taupe
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