Counterbalance

VANS shoes, VINCE dress, MANSUR GAVRIEL mini bucket bag

I love the idea of super feminine dresses, with flowing details and precious silk materials being counterbalanced by the masculinity and grungy look of skater shoes. I also enjoy the idea of actually being able to comfortably walk in my dress while running around town with my mom (who took these photos, isn't she talented?) This combination of sporty (read: slacker skater) and feminine kind of makes me feel like I'm revisiting my high school sartorial sensibilities. And you know what? I feel like I've gone full circle, experimenting up and down with the highest heels and what not, only to come back to what I've known to feel like the most me. 

Off With Her Heard

CAMEO dress (c/o Adela Mei) (size S), ALL SAINTS jacket (size 4), CARVEN collar, VINCE corduroy leggings (size XS)

It's nice that it only took my mind months to figure out how to correctly articulate the runway trend of of wearing pants under dresses without completely feeling like one of those toddlers who choose to wear their entire mismatched closet at once. Although it's hard to tell from a photograph, the pants I'm wearing are a super-tight corduroy, which is a nice texture contrast to the dress's jacquard feeling material in real life —plus, it's much warmer than tights, you know in case you find yourself in San Francisco during our freaking summers. It took the right dress and the right cut to make it all click mentally. It turns out a voluminous drop waist like the one in this Cameo dress is a good way to balance out any sort of pant, as long as it is more slim fitted or simple than the volume up top.

The Ideal Maxi Dress Is Real High Maintenance

Oh, but it's beautiful. The dress in question is by Vince. It's silk satin, which means it sticks to your skin in static-heavy situations. And it's also not surprisingly dry clean only. It's worth the extra effort though, because in it I feel statuesque, put together, and real lady like. There are very few items in my closet that can achieve this with only one piece of clothing.

VINCE dress in blue (small) (in black) (on sale here), J.CREW hat, MIU MIU sunglasses, CELINE mules (IT 38)

Wear This Now: Back To Reality

MADEWELL bag (on sale) // VINCE leather leggings (on sale!) // THEORY sweater (on sale!!) // ZARA flats

After a doozy of a flight path back to San Francisco, I am home to 49 degrees and misty weather. I have one more post about the ocean, but until then, enjoy my incredible sale musings. Seriously, these are all on sale and my debit card (my resolution this year was to eliminate purchases on credit and to eliminate all debt -- so far so good!) cannot take another hit this month. So if you can swing it, enjoy!

Hot Weather, Cool Nights Outfit

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