What I Wore | Favorite Little Dress

WhatIWore: Good morning all! Hope you are doing well… and I really mean that. I feel a lot better emotionally than I did a week ago, but unfortunately came down with a cold this week! All I want to do is wrap myself in a giant fluffy blanket and binge watch a period drama. Adam and I are watching ‘The Crown’ together, but if you have any recommendations of other dramas set in the past, I’m all ears! I fear I might have seen them all, but we have Netflix and Prime, so, lemme know, k?

Alright, so even though I’m not feeling 100%, I’m still functioning and leaving the house and I want to squeeze in outfit photos whenever I’m up for it. My goal is to continue with OOTD until Christmas unless the baby makes an early arrival before then. Then maybe (just maybe) I’m going to do photos once and a while post partum. We will see!! 

I’ve worn this dress a couple times already (see below), so this time I wanted to style it a little bit differently. It’s still my favorite maternity dress and I hope it fits for the holidays! In fact, the way the seams line up might make it possible for me to alter and wear for years to come!

When: November 16, 2016

What:
Shades: Karen Walker ‘Super Duper’
Necklace: Madewell, sold out, similiar here
Dress: gift of Séraphine
Boots: Clarks

Where: Coffee Shop

See Also: This dress worn with neutral over the knee boots and again with a camel cape. 

What I Wore | Artistic Type

WhatIWore: A long time ago, I remember watching a backstage interview with Marc Jacobs talking about a collection. He said his muse was a 1970s art teacher and for some reason, that vision has stuck with me ever since! Every time I wear black with a bold necklace (and people, this is bold for me, I hardly ever wear jewelry!) or this color palette (black, burgundy, cognac brown), I feel like that woman! 

Believe it or not, I taught two semesters of fashion illustration at IU a few years back and part of me hopes that when my own kids are off at school I might have a chance to get back into it. I even started illustrating a fashion coloring book last winter, but you know, life, so it was never completed.  These days all of my projects are things to wear (like this or this) or for Baby Girl (I’m making her a quilt now!)

When: October 4, 2016

What:
Shades: Karen Walker ‘Super Duper’
Dress: ASOS Maternity (regular sizes here)
Jacket: Thrifted, altered (more options here)
Necklace: Madewell 
Bag: Coach (similar here)
Scarf: Vintage, Dior
Boots: gift of Rockport from last winter

Where: Coffee Shop

I’ve also got to talk about this jacket and scarf. Between my freshman and sophomore years in college, I worked in a factory over the summer and if I remember correctly, made about $8/hr, which back then, was like gold! For the first time in my life, I had some real spending money, so where did I go? Goodwill! I was juuuuust starting to get into vintage clothing and I remember the day I found this jacket. It used to be long (seen here) and has such a bad ass 70s vibe. I feel like I should be an undercover cop (or maybe aforementioned art teacher?) wearing it. The scarf is also from Goodwill and it’s Christian Dior (here’s how I wore it in 2008) . When I found it in a bin or old scarves, panty hose and underwear (why do they put them all together like that?!) I had this moment of oh god, don’t let anyone else realize what I’ve found! I FOUND A CHRISTIAN DIOR SCARF!!! Shopping second hand gives a thrill like no other!

And finally, for whatever it’s worth, Felix picked out my shoes today. Red. Boots! he demanded. Ok little man, burgundy boots will work. 

See Also: Two other ways I’ve styled this jacket (with a little white dress here or a black maxi here) 

What I Wore | Hey Shortie!

WhatIWore: Good (foggy!) morning to you! It sure feels like October when you wake up to a day like this. I didn’t realize how chilly it was outside when I picked out this outfit, but luckily it’s the kind of day that warms up perfectly by noon. I hope? 

When I pulled this dress out of the package, I thought whoa! that’s short! But upon trying it on, I think it might be my favorite maternity dress yet! It’s kind of crazy to say something meant to accommodate a growing belly could be so slimming, but this frock somehow does it! Nice!

It’s from a British company, Séraphine (a gift! cheers guys!) that I hadn’t heard of until I asked you all for recommendations on shops you liked for your own maternity clothes. I don’t have a lot of pieces from the UK, but when I wear them, I try to channel a style icon from across the pond. So in thinking what to pair with this, I thought what would Alexa Chung wear?! Over the knee boots? Ok! I like how there’s only a small amount of skin showing between the top of the boot and the hem, which keeps it from looking too young or sexy. Just a cute outfit to start the week! 

When: October 3, 2016

What:
Shades: Karen Walker
Bag: Coach (older style, similar here)
Dress: gift of Séraphine
Boots: Halogen from Nordstrom

Where: Coffee Shop

See Also: More ways I’ve styled these boots here and here. 

This outfit also kind of reminds me of what I wore years ago back when I was a single girl in Brooklyn and really getting into taking daily outfit photos. I mean, way way back. As in.. 947 pages back into my blog (from 2008!)

What I Wore | Sunkist

WhatIWore: I’m either becoming really lazy (most likely) or just a total boss at being basic. At least I stopped myself from wearing a denim jacket again today! After I posted this dress, some of you said you live in the black version, so naturally, I scooped it up too! I’ve done the casz black dress + army jacket many times before but I thought I’d liven  things up with a spotty scarf and bold bag - which reminds me of a yellow crayon!  I thought I could get away with sandals, but it was too chilly for that, so booties win out. 

These yellow bags are all 25% off at the Shopbop Friends and Family Sale with code INTHEFAM!

When: April 5, 2016

What: 
Shades: Karen Walker ‘Super Duper’
Dress: Old Navy
Jacket: Old Navy (older style but similar here)
Bag: Brit-Stitch (similar bold color)
Booties: Rag +Bone

Where: Breakfast with Felix, Coffee Shop