Blue, Yellow and Bows

 

I wore this blue and yellow outfit to go out to lunch at an Argentinean restaurant a couple weeks ago. I was so excited to wear these J. Crew Willa blue check pants for my excursion! I have several pairs of these Willa style pants now with these check ones being the latest. I will have to say that, even though they are the same style and I always take my normal size 6, they all seem to fit just a little different. This pair, perhaps because they are from the "J. Crew Collection" seemed to fit and be tailored the best of all of my Willa pants, so I highly recommend them! There is also a matching blazer that I was lucky to snag on sale when it popped back up on the J. Crew website. Unfortunately, I didn't get the chance to photograph the pants with the blazer. Now the weather is too hot for a blazer, so you might have to wait until next year to see the complete suit!

 

I accessorized my blue and yellow look with these bow sandals. I have these sandals in two colors: blue and pink. Although I love them, they are very high and a little hard to walk in. (Luckily, the restaurant was not very far away from where we parked, so it wasn't a big deal to wear impractical shoes!) J. Crew currently has a very similar pair of bow sandals on sale that have a lower heel and are equally cute! To go along with the blue theme, I also wore my Teddy Blake bag on this occasion, which was the perfect finishing touch for my look!

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Pants: J .Crew here

Sweater: J. Crew similar sweater here

Shoes: J. Crew similar bow sandals here

Bag: c/o Teddy Blake here

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Fancy Floral on the Hiking Trail

 

In case you haven't heard, the wildflowers are in full bloom here in California due to all the rain we've had. One plant that is almost everywhere, especially on the side of the freeways, are these mustard flowers. We found a gorgeous trail with these vibrant yellow mustard flowers that made for the perfect backdrop for my floral applique skirt because it too is in full bloom with all of the flowers your heart could desire! While it might be a little unusual to go hiking in heels with a Chanel bag and a big poofy skirt, I thought the backdrop of wildflowers would be perfect to show off this new skirt and the accessories match it perfectly!

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This floral skirt was so fun to style because the applique flowers are in an array of different colors, which is another thing that attracted me to it initially. I decided to pull out the purples and pinks with my bag and puff sleeve top. I also added a little pop of yellow in my shoes, which turned out to be a perfect match with these mustard flowers! Also, notice how my earrings are yellow flowers as well! Yes, it's head to toe flowers in my outfit to celebrate wild flower season!

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Skirt: Anthropologie here and similar

Top: Zara similar here and here

Shoes: c/o Alley

Bag: Chanel

Earrings: Zenzii similar here

 

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The Easter Bunny!

 

Happy Easter! It wouldn't be Easter without a trip to these gigantic bunny sculptures that can be found in the Newport Beach Civic Center Sculpture Park! It also wouldn't be Easter without a lot of pastel. This pastel button-down shirt from Gap is going to be an Easter favorite of mine for years to come. I love it when paired with a simple pair of mint jeans. While it might not be the best look to wear for Easter dinner, it's a fun look to wear in the spring or to a sculpture park to look at these gigantic bunny sculptures!

 

Shirt: Gap here

Jeans: Talbots here

Shoes: c/o Ally Shoes (save $40 on your first pair of heels with Ally with code Hellokatie40 at checkout or save 10% on Ally flats by using code Katiegirl10 at checkout)

Belt: Brooks Brothers similar pink belt here

Bag: Chanel

 

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Pastel Princess

 

With this gorgeous, castle-like mansion in back of me, you might think that I'm vacationing in France right now (I wish!) but, believe it or not, this house can be found in Riverside, California! We went to the Kimberly Crest mansion a few weeks ago on our way to Palm Springs. It's such a gorgeous hidden gem here in Southern California! We went a few years ago and took a tour of the inside of the Chateau-style Victorian mansion but on this occasion we just strolled the grounds and the gardens.  I'm not going to lie: part of the reason for this was because I thought it would make for the perfect backdrop for this ruffle pastel maxi dress! I also wanted to go back because I didn't get any photos when we went the first time and I thought it would be fun to make a reel about this location on Instagram!

 

While this dress is not quite a princess dress, I certainly felt a little bit like a princess strolling the grounds of this amazing property! While it's not photographed here, there are some gardens and a park adjacent to the mansion that were fun to wander. (I would recommend not wearing heels like these Draper James sandals for hiking around the grounds, as I painfully discovered!) I also think that this dress would make for the perfect Easter dress to wear due to the gorgeous pastel colors. In fact, I just might have to wear it for Easter this year!

 

Dress: Gap here and short version of the dress here

and similar here 

Shoes: Draper James here

Bag: Mansur Gavriel similar round pink bag here

Sunglasses: Celine here

 

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Pink and Orange

 

I think pink and orange just might be my new favorite color combo for spring! If this pink and orange striped shirt looks familiar, it might be because you saw it on me on Instagram this week or, perhaps, you saw it last week on my blog when I wore the blue and green version of the same shirt! Well, as you can see, I am clearly obsessed with not only this color combo but also this striped shirt!

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Just as I wrote above about the blue and green color combo of this shirt, I just love how versatile this pink and orange shirt is! It seems to go so well with everything in my closet...maybe that's because I have a lot of color in my closet? Here I am wearing the shirt with a light pink blazer, which I purchased last year from Zara, and some jeans. If you look at my shoes, you will notice that they look almost identical to the stripes in my top and, while both are from J. Crew, the shoes are actually from a few seasons ago. The shoes and the shirt definitely look like they are from the same collection, but maybe the designers at J. Crew are just as obsessed with pink and orange as me?

 

Shirt: J. Crew here

Blazer: Zara similar light pink blazer

Jeans: Old Navy similar rolled jeans here

Shoes: J. Crew

Bag: Prada similar orange bag here

 

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Dopamine Dressing

 

With spring right around the corner, I'm really loving all of the vibrant colors that are coming out lately to kick off the new season! J. Crew has some really pretty colors for spring, so I couldn't help but to buy a few things from their spring collection including this green and blue striped button down shirt and these "Kate" pants in this stunning violet color. The thing I love about these pieces, especially the top, is that they go with so many things in my wardrobe and the colors look amazing with so many other bright colors! It's really fun to play around with different color combos, and I can't wait to restyle these pieces in new and unique ways all spring long!

 

As you can see, one of the color combos that I'm playing around with is purple and this neon green color. This blazer was purchased last year at Zara when they were really big on the whole dopamine dressing trend. I'm still loving that trend, so I decided to pair the neon green blazer with purple for a very bright, mood-boosting look! I have a board on my Pinterest page where I keep track of various outfits in color combos that I want to replicate and I used one of those pins as the inspiration for this look. I'll have to search for it again for more inspiration on how to style these fun and colorful pieces in the future!

 

Shirt: J. Crew here

Pants: J. Crew here

Blazer: Zara similar neon green blazer

Shoes: J. Crew

Bag: Ferragamo here

 

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Pink Trim Blazer

 

I definitely can't get enough of blazers lately! This cream and pink trim blazer is my newest addition to my blazer collection. It came out at Talbots as part of their Valentine's Day collection, but I also love it as a way to transition into spring. Speaking of spring, I never thought I would say this, but it actually snowed here in parts of Los Angeles! I wore this blazer and pink and white striped button down right before the storm came in. This week, I'm just wearing heavy sweaters and rain boots, so it's nice to look back on the little glimpse of spring we had a week ago!

 

I am styling this blazer with lots of pops of pink, including this pink and white button-down shirt and metallic pink flats. I love the combination of pink and mint together, so I thought my mini mint bag would be perfect as a finishing touch for this look! Pink and mint are perfect for Easter and the upcoming spring season, which I hope will be here sooner than later!

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Blazer: Talbots here

Top: Target identical pink and white button down

Jeans: J. Crew Factory similar here

Shoes: J. Crew similar pink metallic shoes

Bag: Chanel similar mint quilted bag

 

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Painted Stripe Skirt

 

I hope everyone had a lovely Mother's Day weekend! I thought this post would be perfect for the occasion, because these photos were taken at the rose garden at the Wrigley Mansion in Pasadena. We visited this gorgeous garden last month, but, sadly, the roses were not nearly as spectacular as they were last year.  I think the main reason for this was that we visited just a little too early before these roses reached their peak. Luckily, some of the flowers that were blooming in the garden proved to be the perfect match for this new outfit that was gifted to me by Emily and Fin. I really love this eyelet maroon top and the matching painted stripe skirt, and I think it made for the perfect outfit for an afternoon stroll through the garden!

 

I am definitely going to have to mark my calendar as a reminder to visit this exquisite rose garden next year when the roses are fully in bloom!  It's truly a sight to behold! In fact, I posted one of the photos from last year on my Instagram account for Mother's Day and it was fun to look back at the variety of colors and textures in all the different variations of roses in the garden. Maybe visiting the rose garden here will become a Mother's Day tradition!

 

Top: c/o Emily and Fin here

Skirt: c/o Emily and Fin here and dress version here

Shoes: Old Navy similar nude bow shoes here

Bag: Mansur Gavriel similar pink bag here

 

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