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Midi Dress and Cowboy Booties OOTD and BIG NEWS!

June 2, 2015

I can finally share the exciting news that Dressed for Time has now partnered with a professional photographer to bring more beautiful images of fashion, beauty and everything else! Our first collaboration is coming in the next few weeks and I can’t wait to show you what we come up with!
For our recent meeting at a local eatery for happy hour and project planning, I went for a look that was relaxed and breezy, which is pretty much a requirement now that the heat is really kicking in around southern California!

Midi dress – Forever 21
Button-down blouse – Elizabeth & Clarke
Booties – vintage
Necklace – Leroy’s Boardshop
Ruby ring – Kyle Chan Design

Olive Jacket and Leopard Booties

May 11, 2015

So I’ve had these Toms Chukka booties since 2 Scarlet Threads sales back, and they’ve yet to make it on my feet until today. I scoured Pinterest for a bit this morning, in search of outfit inspiration and actually came pretty dang close to the image I liked the most. My issue with them, I think, is that they’re so specific! I believe they’re made of jute, and have an espadrille-like heel, so they’re definitely geared toward summer pairings, but they require socks which makes my feet get all warm, and something about the print seems to clash easily with a lot of things. I think they work well with the outfit I came up with, but they rubbed against my heels all day (the end result I’m sure will be a blister), so I will inevitably be putting them back in the pile for Scarlet Threads for them to go to a new home in July. I’m sure someone out there can make them work!
For the rest of the look, I wanted to keep it texturally interesting, with the help of this gathered t-shirt from Elizabeth & Clarke. From previous posts, you probably already are aware that I’m a bit obsessed with this olive jacket, so that was a no-brainer. I added some antiqued gold bangles and a tassel necklace from Elizabeth Stone and I was all set to go to lunch and do a little light shopping with the boyfriend.. I’ll spill the beans.. We stopped in to Nordstrom and I picked up my very first Rebecca Minkoff bag.. Two of them, in fact! They were deeply discounted and I had a $20 off Nordstrom note, AND it’s triple points weekend. Triple score!
Side note, I totally didn’t notice until editing these that when my pup came over to see what I was doing he dropped a piece of his toy near me. Oops! I love my dogs 😀

Olive jacket – JCP
Gathered t-shirt – Elizabeth & Clarke
Boyfriend Capris – Old Navy
Leopard booties – TOMS
Tassel necklace – Elizabeth Stone Jewelry
Bangles – Nectar
Ring – Forever 21
Glasses – Warby Parker

Carmen Marc Valvo Midi Dress

April 24, 2015

I’m still undecided on this one! It was a recent rental from Rent the Runway, and I guess I expected it to be more youthful based on the pictures online.. I tried to bring a little fun to the look with gold chain jewelry and these burgundy heeled booties. The material of the dress has that drapery-chic sheen to it, but the print is really pretty and I adore the colors. The length is perfect for me, but I seem to be lacking a bit of generosity in the bust department to make the dress it’s most flattering (there was some extra fabric up top). The other thing is where I would wear it to.. Too fancy for brunch or work, a bit too much of a look for a date, and not quite glam enough for a nighttime event. A daytime shopping event would be perfect, because even though the shoes feature one of the highest heels that I own, they’re actually pretty comfortable!

Dress – Carmen Marc Valvo – Rent the Runway
Heeled booties – Target
Clutch – vintage
Necklace – yard sale find
bracelet – Michael Kors

Garden Scene and Cut Out Booties OOTD

April 13, 2015

This top intrigues me so much! It’s like a gorgeous shot captured during a fantastic sunset and features a plethora of colors to pull from it. I decided to keep the look pretty simple with some black skinny jeans, a pair of great cut-out booties and some fun, quirky accessories.

Photo print tank – Cotton On
Necklace – Rocksbox
Skinny jeans – Old Navy
Silver clutch – pencil case from Target
Cut-out booties – Forever 21
Lego ring – craft show