I am so excited for this prompt from the ladies over at the Blended Blog today. I adore wearing dresses, mainly because I feel like a good dress can make a statement all on it's own and there is minimal work involved. I also live in skirts and dresses during the spring/summer as much as I can.
Today I am going to feature two dresses that I have been wearing to work and are prefect for drinks, date night, a baptism, wedding, etc. Both of these dresses have been staples in my closet for the past two summers and the best part is they were FREE!!!! Yes you read that right, FREE. My wonderful sister loves to shop and generally after one season she passes pieces from her closet down to me, who eagerly awaits like it's Christmas morning. Just last week I sent her a text to see what she had for me for my summer wardrobe and I can't wait for my grandma, who is out in BC visiting her, to bring it to me next Monday. I am a lucky,and spoiled, girl.
Look #1 is pleats, pleats, pleats!!! This dress is so lightweight and flowy. It is extremely versatile and I wear it to work, both in the classroom and for meetings, for lunch/dinner dates, and any events that we have throughout the spring/summer season.
Look #2 I wear this work often in the spring and also love it paired up with brown boots & my mustard cardigan in the fall. Recently I purchased these lace-up flats from the Bay, and they are on sale for $39.99 right now. They are extremely comfortable and will be a staple in my wardrobe for our trip to London/Paris at the beginning of July.
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WISH LIST DRESS: chambray, off the shoulder dress from Chicwish (below) and a new Maxi dress that I am hoping I will find through some of the other Link Ups via the Blended Blog.
Also linking up with Threads for Thomas, weekend addition. Great looks by Rachel herself and many others.
Love both of them and love even more that you get these finds from sister!
ReplyDeleteI know right! I have to say, it's a sweet deal for me. :)
DeleteI hate you and all your cute dresses! LOL Once again, you've done it. I LOVE those shoes and have been wanting some lace ups. I may need to check them out!
ReplyDeleteLOL! You should check them out as they are having up to 50% off sale right now. They also have them in a royal blue that's really nice. I have to tell you, I wore the spring black on black look that you talked about a couple of weeks ago and LOVED it! Thanks for the tip.
DeleteI am a huge fan of dresses and have one on in today's post and plan on styling one every day in June. Love both of these dresses. The first one is so pretty with the pleats and nice color-blocking, while the second one has a gorgeous floral print. What do you teach Bojana?
ReplyDeleteI will be sure to hop on over there and check it out and your link-up. Thanks for the lovely complement. I have spent the majority of my time in Kindergarten-Gr. 2, and a few times in grade 4. I am currently an early learning consultant, so I get to work with lots of different prekindergarten-gr.3 classrooms, which is a wonderful learning opportunity for me. Lots of good things are happening for our youngest learners.
DeleteLove both of your dresses! How lucky to get things from your sister - my sister and I wear completely different sizes so we can't share!
ReplyDeleteI do feel pretty spoiled by her and it keeps me motivated to stay close to her size as she is naturally smaller than me. It's an incentive, that's for sure.
DeleteI love that pleated dress. Too cute!
ReplyDeleteHow fun that your sisters gives you her clothes from last season, I'm all about hand me downs! That floral dress is so awesome, love how you styled it for two seasons. :)
ReplyDeleteohhhhh that pleated dress is soooo pretty on you!! I love it
ReplyDeleteThe other one is super pretty too. I need some more cute dresses asap!