Monday, March 12, 2012

spring brights...

when me and my mom made the trip across the border on saturday to look for a dress for an upcoming wedding, i had no luck. i'm super picky, and like i've said, i find nothing flattering. but, that doesn't mean i came home empty handed ;) i'm now ready for spring with some bright tee's, peach jeans, a pair of pastel yellow jeans, and a light, airy, salmon sweater. all together, it was under $95! thank you to h&m and forever 21. and of course my mom ;)
color. pastels. bright.

while enjoying the great weather on sunday with my mom, we went to my favorite store to get dresses; mendocino. they get stock in everyday, carry a tonne of different labels, and they've got a wide range in prices. i must have tried on about 12 dresses and liked 1. another was cute, but not my color. the one i ended up with? regular $200 on sale for $39!!! crazy! they had one left, in my size. i was thrilled. plus, i have shoes, so no extra costs involved in this wedding outfit. not surprising-it's black.


now i just have to decide what shoes i want to wear with it? these nude shoes, these ones (which i'm wearing in nude in the pictures, but i have in black, which is what i would wear to this wedding), or go with these bright blue shoes for a pop of color? long legs with nude? sleek in all black? royal blue pop? decisions, decisions. opinions, anyone?

7 comments:

Amy said...

I would go for the first nude ones, or the black ones with colourful jewelry. I'm not sure what you can wear with the dress, but it'd look good with some colour pop in that way, like turquoise or green stones in a big bracelet if you can't wear a necklace and earrings. I found a lot of actresses were doing this at the awards shows this year!

Amanda said...

Oh my goodness I love that dress!!! I bet you are going to look gorgeous in that. What jewelry, if any, are you planning to wear? I'm leaning towards the black shoes, but who knows.

The Rest is Still Unwritten said...

I like color so I would go with the blue. :)

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Amber said...

I love all the pastels you got. H&M & Forever21 are the best. I love the dress too, I say wear the nude shoes with it.

daniela said...

Definitely NOT the black, it's summer anyway. That leaves the nude or the blue. I like both pairs but I really enjoy the whole "pop" of colour. If you do the blue though, I definitely think you need a matching blue to "pop" on your top half. Idk how a necklace would work with that dress but some dangly (non-trashy) blue rock earrings or something. And maybe even a bangle!

Also, I LOVE your pastel finds! I need to go home mega soon so I can hope over to the State. It's been so long :(
There were actually some rather cute finds at Bluenotes last weekend that I plan on going back for. I didn't even know that store still existed! haha

Sarah said...

I think the blue shoes would look great!! And I agree with the above- if you go with the blue some blue on top would match great! You'll look great no matter what you decide!!

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