OOTD: Lighter than air

Serious question: Is there anything a ruffle can’t do? From bringing good cheer to dressing up an otherwise standard top, ruffles were made to please. Those who are sick of ruffles will need to step to the left — my love affair with these beauties knows no end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top: J. Crew | Pants: Anthropologie (old, similar) | Earrings: J. Crew | Sunnies: J. Crew | Rings: Anthropologie
Bag: Free People | Bracelets: Mya Bay 1, 2, 3 | Shoes: J. Crew | Watch: Apple | Lipstick: NARS 1 + 2

I love to wear items with fun little details, like the circular medallions on the bag (which I also very much want in the light grey), the cute sayings on two of my bracelets or the sparkle of my earrings. It could all very easily become overwhelming but here’s the style trick I used to rock them all in the same outfit: the neutral, two-tone color outfit. We’ve got brown tones in the shoes, bag an earrings and white in the pants and top. Blue makes a subtle appearance on my rings and sunnies but for the most part there are two neutrals doing the heavy lifting in the background allowing all the details to shine.

There are many, many one-shoulder ruffle tops available this year, but this J. Crew one won my heart thanks to the double ruffle layer, eyelet bodice and interior lining. The ruffles have a mind of their own in the wind which is sometimes fun and at other moments induces a panic of whether my shirt is now wearing lipstick or not. (Eep!)

As for what coat to wear over this, I carefully sneak on my favorite military jacket of the moment. It’s somewhat cheeky to have a bit of ruffle peeking out!

What’s your favorite Spring style secret?

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This is good news, I live in a small city without many shopping options - Macy's is one of the few choices I have (yet I don't find myself there very often). So hopefully the new CEO will turn things around.

On a side note: does anyone know how or if we can access the IG photos from Anthro's website? There used to be a spot on their homepage, then it was moved to a different area for awhile and now I can't find it at all. It's so helpful to have those photos all in one spot instead of scrolling through IG.
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lazypadawan · 406 weeks ago

Macy's bought every department store in the universe and found itself with a glut of stores--some very close to each other--in a time when more people are buying online. There aren't enough employees around to assist you or ring you up at the register and the racks often look like hell. I've seen better displays at Marshalls and TJ Maxx.
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lazypadawan · 406 weeks ago

Macy's bought every department store in the universe and found itself with a glut of stores--some very close to each other--in a time when more people are buying online. There aren't enough employees around to assist you or ring you up at the register and the racks often look like hell. I've seen better displays at Marshalls and TJ Maxx.
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lazypadawan · 406 weeks ago

Macy's bought every department store in the universe and found itself with a glut of stores--some very close to each other--in a time when more people are buying online. There aren't enough employees around to assist you or ring you up at the register and the racks often look like hell. I've seen better displays at Marshalls and TJ Maxx.
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lazypadawan · 406 weeks ago

Macy's bought every department store in the universe and found itself with a glut of stores--some very close to each other--in a time when more people are buying online. There aren't enough employees around to assist you or ring you up at the register and the racks often look like hell. I've seen better displays at Marshalls and TJ Maxx.
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LoobyLibby · 406 weeks ago

I used to be a merchandiser many many many years ago and I'd travel to all the Macy's in the Bay Area. My overall impression was the workers did not care about organization & cleanliness and the managers did not effectively enforce it. People just didn't care. I'd do my best to clean my displays and products but the following week it was like a hurricane hit the floor AND store rooms. When I did work at Bloomingdales and Nordstrom, it was like night & day.
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LoobyLibby · 406 weeks ago

I used to be a merchandiser many many many years ago and I'd travel to all the Macy's in the Bay Area. My overall impression was the workers did not care about organization & cleanliness and the managers did not effectively enforce it. People just didn't care. I'd do my best to clean my displays and products but the following week it was like a hurricane hit the floor AND store rooms. When I did work at Bloomingdales and Nordstrom, it was like night & day.
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LoobyLibby · 406 weeks ago

I used to be a merchandiser many many many years ago and I'd travel to all the Macy's in the Bay Area. My overall impression was the workers did not care about organization & cleanliness and the managers did not effectively enforce it. People just didn't care. I'd do my best to clean my displays and products but the following week it was like a hurricane hit the floor AND store rooms. When I did work at Bloomingdales and Nordstrom, it was like night & day.
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LoobyLibby · 406 weeks ago

I used to be a merchandiser many many many years ago and I'd travel to all the Macy's in the Bay Area. My overall impression was the workers did not care about organization & cleanliness and the managers did not effectively enforce it. People just didn't care. I'd do my best to clean my displays and products but the following week it was like a hurricane hit the floor AND store rooms. When I did work at Bloomingdales and Nordstrom, it was like night & day.
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LoobyLibby · 406 weeks ago

I used to be a merchandiser many many many years ago and I'd travel to all the Macy's in the Bay Area. My overall impression was the workers did not care about organization & cleanliness and the managers did not effectively enforce it. People just didn't care. I'd do my best to clean my displays and products but the following week it was like a hurricane hit the floor AND store rooms. When I did work at Bloomingdales and Nordstrom, it was like night & day.
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This may be a dumb question on my part but the blogrolls are not showing up for me...just curious. :-)
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This may be a dumb question on my part but the blogrolls are not showing up for me...just curious. :-)
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Anthropolitan · 406 weeks ago

I love to shop in stores, but the physical appearance of Macy's really puts me off. Like others have said, it's messy, disorganized and too full - too much in too little space. The dressing rooms are a nightmare - never manned and almost never cleaned out. They are chronically understaffed - I was there on Black Friday last year and they had entire departments unmanned (lingerie was one) and only about 2 registers open. It was ridiculous. I hate chaos - I can't shop in that environment.

He was spot on about the promotions too - they are simply awful, with all the coupons. It's like needing to know the password and secret handshake just to get in the door. If you're going to run a sale, just run the bloody sale, and give everyone the same deal (although I have no objections to a special extra discount for cardholders. It's only fair to give people incentive to own a card.)

They said they raised the prices on their INC brand, but didn't say if that had a positive effect. Wondering about that.
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Macy's bought my hometown department store (Meier and Frank) where my mother worked for decades. After a time, they rebranded the store to Macy's and it lost cachet (such as it was). I live in San Francisco and never go to any Macy's; even the ones in nice malls (Corte Madera Village) are dim, unclean, unorganized, and have low end merchandise. I have a huge number of gift cards and still hardly ever go there. Understaffed and the staff seem entirely unmotivated. I don't know if his idea is correct but that chain is in serious trouble.
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Macy's bought my hometown department store (Meier and Frank) where my mother worked for decades. After a time, they rebranded the store to Macy's and it lost cachet (such as it was). I live in San Francisco and never go to any Macy's; even the ones in nice malls (Corte Madera Village) are dim, unclean, unorganized, and have low end merchandise. I have a huge number of gift cards and still hardly ever go there. Understaffed and the staff seem entirely unmotivated. I don't know if his idea is correct but that chain is in serious trouble.
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Thanks for linking to this article. I have had different reactions to different Macys. The one closest to my home is fantastic with a great selection of merchandise and it is an appealing environment. The one in my home town, which I visit when I visit my parents, just feels like a dying store trying to hold on. It's messy, there's not much selection, and help is rare.

I agree with the coupon comments in the article. I never understand the coupons. Not sure they are even necessary because, in my experience, the staff asks if you have a coupon. If you don't, they just scan the one they have at the cash register.
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Thanks for linking to this article. I have had different reactions to different Macys. The one closest to my home is fantastic with a great selection of merchandise and it is an appealing environment. The one in my home town, which I visit when I visit my parents, just feels like a dying store trying to hold on. It's messy, there's not much selection, and help is rare.

I agree with the coupon comments in the article. I never understand the coupons. Not sure they are even necessary because, in my experience, the staff asks if you have a coupon. If you don't, they just scan the one they have at the cash register.
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I remember Burdines and Jordan Marsh too (I lived in South Florida as a kid, but I'm originally from NYC so I remember all those old stores also).

I went into Macys to return something the other day (I never shop there but was able to find a replica online of an Anthro top I wanted that was 1/8 the price at Macys so I bought that and some other things). I got ignored by 2 salespeople at the register and then the 3rd salesperson finished with a customer and then just let me stand there for at least a minute (staring into space) not asking if she could help me. Then finally she asked me if someone was helping me and I said no and that I wasn't standing there for my health!

I also had to return something I bought online at Macys the week before and was told I really needed to return it in the ladies department on the 2nd floor but they ended up being able to do it there (in the men's department on the 1st floor). That was after someone else told me to go to another register in the area where they actually display that clothing brand! I mentioned how at Nordstrom's you can return anything in any department and the salesperson said "well this isn't Nordstrom's" and I said "that's for sure!". I also remember Macys at Herald Square as a kid and now nice it was. So sad!
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OT - I see new cuts starting on the Anthro site...nothing I want so far and I'm totally shopped out anyway!
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OT - I see new cuts starting on the Anthro site...nothing I want so far and I'm totally shopped out anyway!
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OT - I see new cuts starting on the Anthro site...nothing I want so far and I'm totally shopped out anyway!
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OT - I see new cuts starting on the Anthro site...nothing I want so far and I'm totally shopped out anyway!
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Roxy, do you think that this fashion idea of everyone doing the same thing (i.e. same colors, one shoulders, fringe) works against sales? I mean why buy something from Anthro when you can buy something almost as good for 1/8 of the price?

I think it also cheapens the brand because the brand isn't in control of what they are designed, the trend setters are.
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Roxy, do you think that this fashion idea of everyone doing the same thing (i.e. same colors, one shoulders, fringe) works against sales? I mean why buy something from Anthro when you can buy something almost as good for 1/8 of the price?

I think it also cheapens the brand because the brand isn't in control of what they are designed, the trend setters are.
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Roxy, do you think that this fashion idea of everyone doing the same thing (i.e. same colors, one shoulders, fringe) works against sales? I mean why buy something from Anthro when you can buy something almost as good for 1/8 of the price?

I think it also cheapens the brand because the brand isn't in control of what they are designed, the trend setters are.
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Roxy, do you think that this fashion idea of everyone doing the same thing (i.e. same colors, one shoulders, fringe) works against sales? I mean why buy something from Anthro when you can buy something almost as good for 1/8 of the price?

I think it also cheapens the brand because the brand isn't in control of what they are designed, the trend setters are.
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Roxy, do you think that this fashion idea of everyone doing the same thing (i.e. same colors, one shoulders, fringe) works against sales? I mean why buy something from Anthro when you can buy something almost as good for 1/8 of the price?

I think it also cheapens the brand because the brand isn't in control of what they are designed, the trend setters are.
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New markdowns are showing up with 25% off! I ordered the zora dress since the one I ordered last week for in store pick up hasn't arrived yet, and if I wait to do a PA I won't get the 25% off. Also ordered 2 tops.
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New markdowns are showing up with 25% off! I ordered the zora dress since the one I ordered last week for in store pick up hasn't arrived yet, and if I wait to do a PA I won't get the 25% off. Also ordered 2 tops.
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New markdowns are showing up with 25% off! I ordered the zora dress since the one I ordered last week for in store pick up hasn't arrived yet, and if I wait to do a PA I won't get the 25% off. Also ordered 2 tops.
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New markdowns are showing up with 25% off! I ordered the zora dress since the one I ordered last week for in store pick up hasn't arrived yet, and if I wait to do a PA I won't get the 25% off. Also ordered 2 tops.
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New markdowns are showing up with 25% off! I ordered the zora dress since the one I ordered last week for in store pick up hasn't arrived yet, and if I wait to do a PA I won't get the 25% off. Also ordered 2 tops.
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I don't think the 25% off is ending tonight because the banner says "New Styles Just Added" and next to that it still says "Extra 25% Off Sale Items".
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I don't think the 25% off is ending tonight because the banner says "New Styles Just Added" and next to that it still says "Extra 25% Off Sale Items".
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Serious question: is this really supposed to be worn as shown or are you supposed to wear a top underneath? (I'm laughing as I type this):

https://www.anthropologie.com/shop/portofino-open...
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Serious question: is this really supposed to be worn as shown or are you supposed to wear a top underneath? (I'm laughing as I type this):

https://www.anthropologie.com/shop/portofino-open...
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Serious question: is this really supposed to be worn as shown or are you supposed to wear a top underneath? (I'm laughing as I type this):

https://www.anthropologie.com/shop/portofino-open...
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Serious question: is this really supposed to be worn as shown or are you supposed to wear a top underneath? (I'm laughing as I type this):

https://www.anthropologie.com/shop/portofino-open...
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Serious question: is this really supposed to be worn as shown or are you supposed to wear a top underneath? (I'm laughing as I type this):

https://www.anthropologie.com/shop/portofino-open...
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anthrolace · 400 weeks ago

Your smiling pic is the best.
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anthrolace · 400 weeks ago

Your smiling pic is the best.
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anthrolace · 400 weeks ago

Your smiling pic is the best.
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anthrolace · 400 weeks ago

Your smiling pic is the best.
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anthrolace · 400 weeks ago

Your smiling pic is the best.
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I love that top! It's so perfect for Spring + Summer!

xo, Amanda
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5 replies · active 388 weeks ago
I love that top! It's so perfect for Spring + Summer!

xo, Amanda
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I love that top! It's so perfect for Spring + Summer!

xo, Amanda
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I love that top! It's so perfect for Spring + Summer!

xo, Amanda
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I love that top! It's so perfect for Spring + Summer!

xo, Amanda
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Your attire is perfect for spring and summer. The J.Crew tops is so cute. I have to check and see if they have my size.
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Your attire is perfect for spring and summer. The J.Crew tops is so cute. I have to check and see if they have my size.
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Your attire is perfect for spring and summer. The J.Crew tops is so cute. I have to check and see if they have my size.
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shalzmojo · 400 weeks ago

I have been looking for that perfect ruffle dress since ages but yet to find it Sigh!! You look very chic in this look and I am drooling over that bag!!
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shalzmojo · 400 weeks ago

I have been looking for that perfect ruffle dress since ages but yet to find it Sigh!! You look very chic in this look and I am drooling over that bag!!
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shalzmojo · 400 weeks ago

I have been looking for that perfect ruffle dress since ages but yet to find it Sigh!! You look very chic in this look and I am drooling over that bag!!
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shalzmojo · 400 weeks ago

I have been looking for that perfect ruffle dress since ages but yet to find it Sigh!! You look very chic in this look and I am drooling over that bag!!
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shalzmojo · 400 weeks ago

I have been looking for that perfect ruffle dress since ages but yet to find it Sigh!! You look very chic in this look and I am drooling over that bag!!
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Really loving the all white look! Spring is here!
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Really loving the all white look! Spring is here!
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Really loving the all white look! Spring is here!
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I love all of the white! So pretty and perfect for spring! So fun!
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5 replies · active 388 weeks ago
I love all of the white! So pretty and perfect for spring! So fun!
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I love all of the white! So pretty and perfect for spring! So fun!
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oh-my-gosh,you are just the cutest in the ruffles! I can see why they bring you joy! I need to get some ruffles... because I have none! Its true...#gasp!
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5 replies · active 388 weeks ago
oh-my-gosh,you are just the cutest in the ruffles! I can see why they bring you joy! I need to get some ruffles... because I have none! Its true...#gasp!
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Love this ruffled top!! I'm completely addicted to them this season too; they make a statement and incorporate femininity too. You look beautiful, babe!!

xo Brittany
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Love this ruffled top!! I'm completely addicted to them this season too; they make a statement and incorporate femininity too. You look beautiful, babe!!

xo Brittany
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Love this ruffled top!! I'm completely addicted to them this season too; they make a statement and incorporate femininity too. You look beautiful, babe!!

xo Brittany
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OMG don't you look chic! I'm loving this ruffle trend and I need to find how to incorporate it into my nursing wardrobe.
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OMG don't you look chic! I'm loving this ruffle trend and I need to find how to incorporate it into my nursing wardrobe.
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I've worn a ruffle skirt but never a top. This one is adorable! I love the little details you can find on clothes and bags!
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I've worn a ruffle skirt but never a top. This one is adorable! I love the little details you can find on clothes and bags!
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That is really a good look for you and now that we are in spring you can bring out the white. I need to get an off the shoulder top and I can't believe it is J.Crew.
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4 replies · active 388 weeks ago
That is really a good look for you and now that we are in spring you can bring out the white. I need to get an off the shoulder top and I can't believe it is J.Crew.
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That is really a good look for you and now that we are in spring you can bring out the white. I need to get an off the shoulder top and I can't believe it is J.Crew.
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That is really a good look for you and now that we are in spring you can bring out the white. I need to get an off the shoulder top and I can't believe it is J.Crew.
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That is really a good look for you and now that we are in spring you can bring out the white. I need to get an off the shoulder top and I can't believe it is J.Crew.
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You look so pretty in this! I love ruffles but I don't think I own anything with ruffles. I love your jewelry as well.
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You look so pretty in this! I love ruffles but I don't think I own anything with ruffles. I love your jewelry as well.
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Can we just talk about that bag for a minute??! I'm pretty sure I need it...gorgeous!
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Can we just talk about that bag for a minute??! I'm pretty sure I need it...gorgeous!
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This one shoulder top is perfect! Love the all white look.
xo,
Steph
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This one shoulder top is perfect! Love the all white look.
xo,
Steph
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This one shoulder top is perfect! Love the all white look.
xo,
Steph
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This one shoulder top is perfect! Love the all white look.
xo,
Steph
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This one shoulder top is perfect! Love the all white look.
xo,
Steph
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Really, really cute!! I especially like the look with your hair pulled back! It looks so fresh!
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Really, really cute!! I especially like the look with your hair pulled back! It looks so fresh!
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Love this bag!
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Love this bag!
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Love this bag!
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Love this bag!
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Love this bag!
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You look great. I love that bag. The design on it is so pretty. The pants look comfy too. I can't do white though. I'm a mess and stain everything like crazy.
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You look great. I love that bag. The design on it is so pretty. The pants look comfy too. I can't do white though. I'm a mess and stain everything like crazy.
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You look great. I love that bag. The design on it is so pretty. The pants look comfy too. I can't do white though. I'm a mess and stain everything like crazy.
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You look great. I love that bag. The design on it is so pretty. The pants look comfy too. I can't do white though. I'm a mess and stain everything like crazy.
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You look great. I love that bag. The design on it is so pretty. The pants look comfy too. I can't do white though. I'm a mess and stain everything like crazy.
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I absolutely ADORE that ruffle top! It's so cute and looks amazing on you! The bracelets were the perfect compliment.
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I absolutely ADORE that ruffle top! It's so cute and looks amazing on you! The bracelets were the perfect compliment.
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