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Spring'spirations

It's that time of year again.

Since I work at a huge mall, I've been seeing spring fashion in all the shop windows. But I've only started seeing a whisper of spring weather recently. I've been literally itching to break out the sandals and retire my tights for the season. Seriously, winter weather really does a number on my eczema. I want the warm weather. I want it all. 

And since the Sasquatch lineup was announced, I've started planning my festival outfits again. So I gathered up some styles that will hopefully be making their way into my wardrobe this season. 

1. BB Dakota Courtney Dress

2. Vintage Levi's Jacket

3. Silky Harem Pant

4. Sweet Lady Maxi

5. Motel Anya Dress

6. One Teaspoon Cali Romper

7. Emma Heart Hoodie

8. Vintage Embroidered Short

9. Pleated Tent Dress

10. City Slicker Cat Eye Sunglasses

Basically, I'll still be rocking the denim still (because denim is always in style), florals, and lots of flowy shit. Revolutionary, isn't it?

Sasquatch Outfit Roundup

I'm back from Sasquatch guys! I got home at 5 a.m. after driving four hours from the Gorge to West Seattle, then en route home. I slept for a good five hours and then just drank the biggest cup of coffee, but I wanted to share my outfits from the weekend with you before diving into all the concert photos that I'm drowning in. Seriously about 35 GB of photos and videos. It's going to be a long day.

But enough rambling.

Friday

 This day I wanted the easiest and comfiest outfit possible, and since the weather was absolutely spectacular, I threw on my cropped cami underneath my flannel. This flannel ended up being a lifesaver all weekend.

Saturday

Summertime Clothes

 

 Again, with the song titles! I couldn't have picked a more vague reference. Meh, well at least Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion has been the soundtrack to many of my summers. It's a good album.

But get on with it Abby! Stop yammering on about hipster music!

Wishful Thinking: April

I haven't done one of these posts in a couple months, and I'm holding out on outfit posts for a little bit to get a big post planned and put together, so I thought I'd go virtual window shopping.

1. Francie Handbag: Shoplately // 2. Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré: Birchbox // 3. Lady Gaga Fame: Sephora // 4. Sharlene Bib Statement Necklace: Shoplately // 5. Classic Striped Woven Dress: Forever 21 // 6. Buttoned Chiffon Maxi Dress: Forever 21 // 7. Vibrant Paisley Maxi Dress: Forever 21 // 8. Crete Disposition Dress: Modcloth

As you can tell, I'm really into dresses right now. Also, those two maxi dresses from F21 - can you say HELLO SASQUATCH? They're perfect. Now it just depends if I can find them in the store. Seriously my relationship with Forever 21 is the most complicated one in my life. I love the clothes but hate the stop.

And after my friend Mallory of Mallorylovesmakeup became a guest blogger for blogger week on Shoplately.com, I got a little obsessed with the items on their site. I love how it's set up - with flash sales and a bunch of different styles of accessories (the only clothes they have on the website is leggings and tights). There are choices for every style - sophisticated, punk rock, boho, preppy, etc.

Hopefully shops in Canada carry Embryolisse when I go next week, because I'd rather not have to order it online. I'm weird that way. And that Lady Gaga perfume - oof, it's sexual. And I LOVE IT. It's similar to my beloved Tom Ford Black Orchid, but with an even cooler bottle. I mean look at that thing. It's awesome.

 I'll try to get better at posting these monthly. I promise.

Best wishes!

-Abby 

Festival Fashion: The Perfect Dress

Ever since I heard about the lineup for the Sasquatch Music Festival, I have been planning my outfits for the fest. Seriously. It's not until the end of May, but I'm already trying to figure out what I'm going to wear on those four days. And since SXSW is happening this week and Coachella is next month, I thought I'd start my festival fashion series now so anyone else can start getting ideas.

I've been scouring web boutiques for maxi dresses under $50, and to be honest it's been quite hard to find something that will work for me. I'll explain in a minute. Here are a few that I've been ogling at the last couple of days from favourite online shops Karmaloop and Nastygal.

The two dresses on top are gorgeous (and both on sale on Nastygal), but the sizing is iffy on that website. I'm a 38DD in bra size, and a size 10 in pants and dresses, so neither of these at a size 8 would work. Sigh.

 

These next two would probably be a lot easier to fit because of the naturally loose fit, but the one main problem here is that I can't wear a bra with them. I ain't that confident to walk around Sasquatch with my sweater puppies bouncing all around. Sigh.

 

There is one on Karmaloop that I might give in after my next paycheck and get if there's a coupon code that I can use. I've said this before - I'm cheap.

Why have I been looking for a maxi dress specifically? Well, I hate my legs when they're bare. I have eczema all over my calves and they make me self conscious, so I don't rock short dresses without tights very much. Urban Outfitters has a whole festival fashion lookbook right now on their site that I've been drooling over.

I've been especially loving the flower headwrap look, and it will definitely go with my hair once I get this red out of it and I'm back to my natural dirty blonde and my bangs grow out a bit. I'm bored with this hair so much.

There are a couple of pieces that I have already for the festival - a rather ugly collared maxi dress I got from the Goodwill today that is too small for me to button up, but I'll wear it as a duster vest. And I got a fringe mesh (yeah both of them) tank from H&M. At some point I'll be doing an outfit post with these, hence the "part 1" at the beginning of this post.

But there are a couple of pieces that I've got my eye on from Ebay. This one in particular I LOVE. It's not a maxi dress by any means, but the pattern is so vibrant that it would detract any sort of attention from the red splotches on my calves. Plus it looks uber comfy. 

This whole shop Meat Market, on Ebay, is amazing. I'm also watching a pair of Dolce Vita heels from their shop as well.

I've never shopped on Ebay before besides one of my camera lenses, but I might have to look more, because I've found that the prices are cheaper than Etsy.

One last thing that I'm excited to add to my festival gear is this tank I just ordered today (when I say festival gear, I basically mean summer, I'll be dressing for Sasquatch all summer to be honest).

I've literally been looking for a tank top like this for months, and I finally found one on Nastygal for not an obscene amount of money, and it will look super cute with a pair of jeans and wedges for days when I'm not running up and down dusty hills with a giant camera.

Once I have found the perfect maxi dress (that's relatively cheap), hopefully I'll have more planned out for the fest and I can do a part 2!

Best wishes!
-Abby