Nostalgic for Tie Dye

Today I threw on a simple outfit. I didn't think too much about it but then I remembered that one of my first blog posts featured this LOFT tie-dye dress. Just two years ago I was writing about how this dress is perfect for those hot summer days when all you can throw on is a light jacket and glam it up with some accessories. One styling tip that I have more recently been living by is throwing on a button-down shirt over dresses and skirts to cover up rather than wearing a cardigan. There are very few cardigans that I like for some reason, but I'm pretty obsessed with collared shirts these days, so this crisp white button-down was perfect to throw over my dress. I stayed comfortable in the office in the blasting air-conditioning, as well as on the hot Chicago streets.

I layered on a few necklaces, stacked a couple colorful rings and slipped into my studded brown leather sandals that I've been wearing just about every day since I bought them.

Recently, I'd been searching for a pair of those trendy rounded frame sunglasses, and randomly found these pink poppers at target. Im also obsessed with these since they add my favorite color to any outfit on sunny day.

Outfit from head to toe: sunglasses from Target, shirt by Levi's, dress from LOFT, shoes from ALDO, vintage necklaces, rings from Madewell.

Mission for Missoni

Remember what happened just a few weeks ago on September 14th? Some of us got up at 7AM to hop on Target.com in hopes of avoiding the craze of shoppers on a mission for Missoni. To our dismay, the site was down due to the other hundreds of thousands of people just like us. Those that braved the in-store madness may have snagged an item or two, but most people I know were let down after the hunt.

However, my co-worker, Meredith Stiles not only found the block heel suede pumps, but their signature chevron pattern on a colorful blue knit dress. Her strategy was to check out what was returned after the sell-out sale.

She wore the dress to work yesterday, and I just had to share!

Meredith chose to keep the outfit simple since the dress does all the work with bright blues, pink and yellow weaving through the knit. Her tights and heeled booties were perfect in jet black. Sorry for the poor pic quality! My camera is le crap-py.

Hats off to Meredith for finding these pieces and not getting trampled!

M.S.'s outfit head to toe: dress (Target obviously), black tights by Assets, and black booties from Francesca's.