Park City

Today I head out to Park City, UT for my annual ski trip. Looking forward to great powder and great times with friends, but the remixing will be taking a hiatus. Pink heels, blazers, and skirts for that matter don't really fit the bill at Park City. (Especially when it isn't Sundance).

View of the mtns. in Park City from my trip last year

So long, Midwest!

Restaurant Week - Day to Night Dressing

So Restaurant Week may be one of my favorite times of year in Chicago (I say one of since it happens more than 1x a year, and then there's Chef's Week...). Delicious food at great restaurants for a very affordable price! While I had a fabulous time dining with friends at Boka and Red Canary Tuesday and Wednesday night, I had to find a way to dress for work and for dinner. 

If you haven't noticed yet from previous posts, my office is pretty casual: jeans is the norm. So while I like to "flex my style muscles" if you will, if I dress up too much people ask me if I'm going to an interview later. 

So, for my first night out, at work I added a sweater to the outfit, finished it out with my ankle booties, and kept the jewelry minimal to keep it casual.

Outfit #21 2/22/11: Day Outfit

For that night I ditched the sweater, added some more jewelry (I'm really into stacking a bunch of bracelets lately), and put on my knee high riding boots for some practicality in walking to my destination (let's be honest). But I think they looked pretty great in changing up the outfit. 

Outfit #21: Night Outfit

The following day I brought out my fab new dress again, and put together an outfit for both work and play. I had to go straight from work to a work event and then dinner, so there was no time for an actual change. 

The riding jacket and riding boots brought a little bit of boyishness to the dress - and I just loved having the lace peaking out. As for the double necklaces, I added the bolder one for dinner.

Outfit #22: 2/23/11 Day & Night

President's Day!

I was off of work so it was time to run a bunch of errands and do all the things I never do on Saturday... haha. But seriously

Outfit #20 2/21/11

And I know I'm already a day behind. But we'll be doing a combo post for Tuesday/Wednesday's outfits.

What I'm wearing: top from Club Monaco, cardigan from Ann Taylor, jeans Marc by Marc Jacobs, Frye boots

A weekend of outfits

So I headed up to Wisconsin for the weekend to help out my mom at her Art Gallery, River's End Gallery. She had her big annual Glass event and I was on hand, and so was my remix, for all the projects!

I had to edit down my remix even more seeing as I had to pack everything up in a very small bag!

Friday: Casual day at work and taking the train

Outfit #16 2/18/11

Saturday: Getting the gallery set up for the evening event. Kept it super simple - my classic button down and jeans - but still put together to be in public.

Outfit #17: 2/19/11

Saturday Night: For the big event! As always, the skirt was a big hit. I'm definitely going to be utilizing this outfit a lot in the future!

Outfit #18: 2/19/11

Sunday: Working at the Gallery the taking the train back to Chicago in some miserable weather! How do begin to explain snow, then rain, then freezing rain, then snow again. But, at least I was comfortable in this outfit.

Outfit #19: 2/20/11

Glad to be back in Chicago!

What I wore this weekend: Friday: Ralph Lauren button down, cardigan from Ann Taylor, J Brand jeans, Frye boots, Saturday: Ralph Lauren button down, Saturday night: Top from Club Monaco, blazer from the Limited, skirt from Nordstrom, booties Sofft brand, Sunday: turtleneck from Forever 21

I told you I'd wear shorts!

OK so they're wool and I'm wearing tights (and booties), but hey, they're shorts! 

Outfit #15 2/17/11

Love the lace detail on this top!

Loveee these booties

The weather was incredibly balmy on Thursday so it cooperated with me to wear this outfit. And my new Ralph Lauren jacket that I've been dying to wear since I got it. (Promise I'll eventually post pics of this beautiful piece of outwear).

Anyway, short post for now. I'm off tomorrow for President's Day so I'll be posting all my outfits from my weekend up in Wisco!

What I'm Wearing: Top from Forever 21, Shorts Vince (from forever ago), booties Sofft brand, necklace from Mom's gallery (more about that tomorrow)

Ready to Chop off my Hair

So I'm currently growing out my my hair to donate it to Locks of Love (again). While I still have awhile to go... this photo makes me want to chop off my hair tomorrow!

Photo by Tommy Ton photoblogger of jakandjil. Photo from Style.com

It probably helps that the rest of her outfit is totally bad ass - but I'm keeping this one on file for when I finally get to chop off my locks!

Finally rocking the dress!

Yesterday I had to dress for work + happy hour afterwards + walking through the flood zone that is the blizzard melting. So, here was my solution:

Outfit #14 2/16/11

Lace detail

I loveee this dress! It is the first time I've worn it. Not only is it in super comfortable (but thin) sweater material, and has long sleeves, but it has all this awesome lace at the bottom! It would be totally risque if I didn't wear the leggings with it, but love it. And of course I wore my dependable Frye boots - they're just the best. 

What I'm wearing: BCBG Sweater dress with lace (on sale!), leggings from Urban Outfitters, Frye Engineer boots, Long silver necklace (gift from my sister)