Every time I hear the term “spring florals” or basically just those two words in the same sentence, it brings to mind a quote from one of my favorite love-to-hate-it movies, The Devil Wears Prada. The line of course being “Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking.” Delivered with such dry wit from the inimitable fashion magnate, Miranda Priestly. It really does make you think though, like pulling out a floral-print blouse or pleated skirt for Spring brunch date doesn’t seem original at all. And yet.. it works. Every time. As you may know, I’m perfectly fine rocking floral prints year round, but there’s just something so sweet about wearing those designs when the flowers are actually in bloom.
This dress is another loaner from the curve-friendly rental house Gwynnie Bee. I’ve been enjoying renting from them for the past few months, but I think my experience is soon going to come to a close. It’s just too expensive for me at around $75/mo. for 2 items out at a time. There are some perks to the program.. For instance, you can alert them that you’re going to be sending something back and they will automatically start preparing your next shipment. You’re not getting that with Rent the Runway. RTR has a couple days turnaround, and that’s AFTER they receive your items back in house. I also like that they updated items on a near-daily basis, so there was always lots to choose from and to add to my wishlist. I’ve purchased a couple of the items they sent, and at a considerable discount off retail, which is awesome! The negatives would be that not everything is available in my size.. I’m a 12, and when I would pull up the new items, I’d click on something cute, only to find it wasn’t available in anything smaller than a 1X. So I’d have to remember to plug in my size to filter the results, and that would always end up taking away several cute options. In all honesty, if I didn’t have the admittedly overfull closet that I do have, and was looking for things to wear to work meetings or on business trips, I would definitely continue on with my subscription. Since I do have an abundance of things, I generally look to rental houses for special occasion pieces to wear to events, which I find Gwynnie Bee was really lacking. Their clothing is definitely more of an everyday, wear it to work or even a night out or for a date type feel, and I feel that I need something more upscale for that price tag.
Dress / Gwynnie Bee // Heels / Victoria’s Secret // Necklace / LA find
Shot by Holli Zenko Photography.
Ok, so now that I’ve completely overloaded you with drool-enducing pictures of pretty things, I’ll tell you what all I purchased! The pink chair was such a fantastic deal at $50 that I grabbed it and it’s partner, along with the matching pink & gold dot pillows! They are currently residing in my living room, as we were in desperate need of more seating in that space. I also grabbed a bunch of lavender, that cute little sign that says “good morning, beautiful,” which is something that Mark tells me every morning, and the silver & gold branch tray. As soon as Holli & I walked in to the barn, we both remarked on how wonderful it smelled, so I did some investigating and found out that it was one of the Tyler candles in the scent Pineapple Crush. I grabbed the large size, because I had a feeling it was the perfect Spring scent to make our home smell pretty, and I was right because it is burning right now on the kitchen table and smells delicious! I also purchased a charcuterie-themed picture for the kitchen, a pink & gold tea set, and a Paris-themed soap dispenser. I reallllly wanted to grab the gold entry table (seen in the picture above with all of the tea sets), but we already have one that works perfectly fine so I couldn’t justify it. I guess I can’t have gold everything haha!
Hello, loves!
So both the top and pants are 
I did mostly enjoy this dress, except for that extra drapey bit under the bust. No one wants droopiness near their bust area! Maybe if I had more to fill it out haha.. I was initially bothered by the print, especially around the hips and booty, but it actually worked! The cut was flattering and I think it would be nice in warmer weather when I don’t want to show my arms. It went back though, because it was $78. Way too much for a dress of this quality.
This top was pretty cute but a bit snug. It had a little cutout on the back and a grosgrain ribbon at the neck that bugged the hell out of me. It was also almost $50 for what boiled down to a t-shirt. Back it went.
The item that I actually ended up keeping, to save my styling credit from being wasted was this multi-layered necklace. It is something I can see myself wearing a decent amount and wasn’t overpriced at $28. It does get a bit tangled, but I think that’s kind of the nature of all layered necklaces like these.