What I Wore -- Peasant top

Polka dot peasant top ($48, Vince Camuto), trouser jeans ($99, Seven for All Man Kind), necklace (Banana Republic)

What I Wore - Shirt Dress

The way Seattle summers work is this -- as soon as the temperature hits upper 60's, the short skirts and the dresses come out.  I for one love wearing dress.  In my dream life, I'd be wearing a different dress every day, heck, it'd be a different dress for day and evening.  Given that the Seattle summer is so short, it's only responsible of me to wear my dresses as much as possible to reduce their cost per wear.

Dress ($40, Laundry), nude pumps ($120, Via Spiga), necklace ($40, Ralph Lauren) and yellow bracelet ($20, Banana Republic).

Catholic Wedding Attire

One of the best things about attending a wedding is playing dress up. Well, no so much with the most recent wedding I went to. It was a catholic wedding with a strict dress code reminiscent of the Royal Wedding -- no bare shoulders, nothing above the knee, no tight fitting, etc. I was of course not about to invest in a new dress to fit into those guidelines so I has to get creative. Luckily, I had kept around a full skirt from Banana Republic that was slightly too big for me that happened to be below the knee. From there the outfit came together. However, I also became clear to me why nearly every other skirt or dress I own is above the knee. I simply don't have the long legs to look good in a below the knee skirt. At least the guidelines didn't dictate what kind of shoes we couldn't wear so I was able to elongate my legs with a pair of strappy heels.

The guidelines came with the wedding invitation.

Lace short sleeve top in blush ($50, Aritzia), black skirt (Banana Republic), wide belt (Betsy Johnson), floral necklace (Forever 21).

Colored Denim for Summer

My general rule on trends is the following -- if I was around the first time the trend was popular then I'm not allowed to wear the trend when it comes back. However, there just has to be some exceptions to any rule. Such is the case with the colored denim trend. I remember when I was around 13 or 14 (when colored denim was trendy last time) I think I owned a green denim jacket (ewww). But I just couldn't resist all the delicious colors that I'm seeing everywhere now -- coral, turquoise, sea foam... I broke down and bought a pair of Joe's jeans in "cobalt". At first I wasn't sure if I was able to pull them off (they're bright!) but now I see that they're actually quite fun and versatile for work and weekends.

Here are some totally fun colors from the store window at Mario's downtown.

Here's my Joe's jeans ($99 from Nordstrom), black light blazer ($50 Nordstrom Rack), white v-neck t-shirt ($28 Caslon) and Kooba bag.  You can't see in this picture but I'm wearing Cole Haan black strappy espadrille wedges ($119).  The only piece that's new this season is the jeans, everything else is recycled from previous seasons.