PopCosmo

Clutches: Asos /  Vince Camuto

Sunnies: H&M / Karen Walker

Striped Shoes: Target / J.Crew

Chloe and I have finally (mostly) cleaned out our closets and (sort of) put away our winter clothes. For the most part, spring cleaning is done and we are ready for summer clothes. Which means, it’s time for summer accessories! Trends come and go and if I want to stretch my dollars, I’m happy to invest in classic clothes and spend less on trendy accessories. So it’s steals and deals for accessories time!

Mint is the color of the season, but bet your bottom dollar, that by next season, this season’s mint green will scream “so 2000 and late” (sorry, Fergie) and I’d rather put my hard-earned greens somewhere else. So Asos wins the steal by a mile for these summer accessories.

And the hard earned cash could go towards Karen Walker sunnies, which would be an excellent investment. Except I wear prescription sunglasses and already have my favorite pair. So, since Chloe is also lusting after a pair of Karen Walkers – which are nowhere to be found in our fair city (upside, we’re saving $346!!) she found a strikingly similar pair for about $10 all in. That won’t dent the wallet when they get left on the beach!

And lastly, we both adore our espadrilles. And wedges. And stripes. Blue and white screams summer in France. Well, everything screams summer in France to me, so I’d snap up the Target pair and wait for the J.Crew pair to go on sale! Score and score!

Do you update your wardrobe with accessories, or buy classics that take you from season to season?

shirt: Old Navy (in store only) similar / skirt: J.Crew similar, similar / shoes: Madewell / necklaces: yikes – forgot!

Have you noticed that sometimes a girl or woman walks in a room and everyone just turns and looks at her. It’s not always what she’s wearing, it’s usually how she’s wearing it. She just oozes… confidence.

And so it was with a new friend, let’s just call her Kendall (since that’s her name). She had on this Old Navy shirt with a cute pair of shorts and looked chic in that simple and easy, but stunning I just threw this on way. Yep, it was this exact blue shirt. Well, not this exact one, but you get the idea. And yes, I was at Old Navy the within the week checking out the shirts and seeing what colors they had. Of course, with my blue and white obsession, I chose the navy even though I tried very hard not to copy Kendall exactly. I knew that this Old Navy shirt would go with practically everything in my closet – jeans, skirts, & shorts.

But I started thinking, what made this shirt so special that I had to run out and buy it? And the answer was simple: style. Kendall could throw on practically anything and turn heads, while some people could wear a silk top costing $1,000 and it would look just blah. I’m realizing style is an attitude and being comfortable with who you are, more than a label on what you are wearing. Clothes give me an outer confidence, but I’ve learned that it’s not the price tag, it’s how I feel in them. So, I didn’t get this top to look like Kendall. I got this Old Navy top because it’s totally my style too (blue, simple, classic) but seeing someone look amazing in this top just reinforced what I’ve been learning about myself: stay true to MY style and be confident in it. Thanks, Kendall!