I have a serious love hate relationship with getting dressed up. Half of me loves dressing up for special occasions-- looking all fancy-schmancy; but the other half of me is just a lazy-bum who loves to be comfortable. Plus dressing formally generally means sticking out like a sore thumb here in the sunshine state, where everyone always looks like they're on a beach vacation. This split-style-personality causes me to search for pieces that I can wear to formal occasions and double as casual wear.
I saw this dress on the Free People website and fell in love, the lace is so feminine and romantic. At first glance I would immediately think to pair it will some stilettos for a great date night look; but the more practical side of me decided to throw on a denim jacket and sandals. Styling this dress more casually made it perfect for Saturday afternoon lunch and shopping.
Dress: Free People
Jacket: American Eagle (similar)
Necklace: Forever21 (similar)
Bag: Steve Madden
Sandals: Steve Madden - on sale!
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That dress is so pretty on you!! I can definitely see it with heels too. I struggle with dressing up too, if I do it too much it isn't fun anymore.
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I definitely wouldn't have thought to pair that dress with a jean jacket, but I like it!!
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This. Dress. Obsessed. Looks like something straight out of The Great Gatsby, and you look stunning!
ReplyDeleteThe denim jacket was the perfect piece to make the look more casual. Cute!
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Lovely casual combo! Visiting via the Keeping It Casual linkup :)
ReplyDeleteI love the dress and I understand, I was the same way until recently I decided to start dressing up more, but not too fancy.
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That dress is so pretty! I like how you dressed it down :)
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Beautiful Dress <3
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This is a perfect dress for dressing up or down...and I love that you thought outside of the box and added a denim jacket to the mix!
ReplyDeleteThat dress though! Just lovely. Yeah, you can totally dress it up or down. Great find.
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