Striped and Gold

It might be a little ironic that I'm strutting my striped mod dress from GoldenTote with a golden-hued cardi, no?  Also, while I love the thickness of the dress (and it not being see-through between the stripes), it's a polyester blend and it shrunk.  Just enough that I'm totally going to pair it with some black leggings when I get home to see how it looks.  I took a casual dress and added a modest cardi and then threw on my favorite brogues in black.  I have red lips and a few black and silver accessories, so I feel ready for this warm day.  My hair's frizzy, but that's why ponytails are lovely for Fridays.  As you can tell, I love color-coding anything, even a schedule, and forgot to share my Rifle Paper Co. city scene of the month: Tokyo.  Even though March is almost over, it's still got some spunk left.

Spring in Pastels

 It's the first, fabulous day of Spring in pastels! The spring equinox is here and I'm still teetering on packing away all my sweaters and heavy-duty wintery things like wool and double-knit honeycomb layers.  I have a mint scoop-neck tee paired with a high waisted gray pencil skirt, and a thin, gauzy cardigan.  No black tights and no black boots! My leopard flats are working great instead; I still wore a light scarf and my vintage granny wool coat.  Layers, people!  I went back to my new bangles today to give some depth to my really-thin cardi and I have an emerald green jeweled necklace and a chunky murano glass ring as accessories that don't match, but I like the mix of hues.  Pale green, pastel pink, deep emerald, bright blue, serious leopard, and muted gray for today.