As told by Jessica Steele. Based in NYC.
Bare shoulders and legs now through summer, please! You already know I love a good shirtdress and anything off the shoulder this season – so when I spotted this combo for just about $30 I was all in.
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Denim. Culotte. Jumpsuit. Three words that honestly should not work together. But there it was wavering in my online shopping cart. Should I? Shouldn’t I? And then I went and tried the thing on. And turns out.. it does work. Magically so.
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Since Spring is still giving New York the cold shoulder, I decided to respond in kind this past weekend with this silky little Ramy Brook tunic dress. Sure, I had to pair it with jeans – and a not pictured coat – but it had been burning a hole in my closet ever since I picked it up at the Ramy Brook showroom last week.. so you know, practically an eternity.
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Every year around this time I try to do a major spring closet cleaning. I unpack my warm weather clothes (kept packed away neatly in cloth baskets on higher shelves all winter) and take a look at what I really loved from the season prior and what I never did get around to wearing. Then I make a keep/donate/sell sorting system and re-stock my closet from there. It feels great not only to rid myself of things I’ve hung on to for too long (and give them to a new home), but it also serves as a clear indicator of what I truly need. Since spring shopping tends to have me all – dresses! heels! – it’s good to be able to truly asses what I need before I even think of adding something new. I tackled the challenge a couple of weekends ago and what I noticed I really need are neutral, go with jeans on a Saturday or a nice pencil skirt on a Tuesday, kind of shirts and blouses. Here – a few of the ones that caught my eye – all of them less than $100, but most of them less than $50!
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Stripes, denim, ankle boots.. they don’t call ’em classics for nothing. Truth be told, I wear some version of that trio a lot so when I can find a way to shake things up (even slightly) I do. Last weekend I opted for a slightly 90s take on the combo with this boxy denim jacket over a striped mini-dress, hoop earrings, and these instant cool-factor ivory ankle boots.
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