setting summer

DVF tank {old} // ZARA scallop shorts {similar} // RayBan aviators // MRKT wedges // Michael Kors clutch // Vestique bauble necklace // Michael Kors watch // other jewelry: Hermes, David Yurman, Cartier, Derng, Handpicked, H&M

Happy Labor Day! {P.S. I don't believe in the white-after rule}

homemade, far from home.

For those of you who have followed this blog/me on twitter/my instagram feed, you know that I recently moved halfway across the country. I've been in Chicago for 2 weeks now & am slowly adapting to using public transportation. It's nice that Ry and I are together everyday after being apart for the last year, but I miss my family and friends like crazy. The weather has been...interesting. If you didn't know, Chicago is windy 24/7/365. This means no flowy dresses. Last week, it monsooned and went from 97 degrees to 45.

Nonetheless, I am adjusting and missing the fiery hot South. I've blogged several times about some of my homemade pieces, the products of collaboration between my mom and I. She sewed these fantastic ruffled shorts for me a few days before I left, and I have actually been able to bust them out up here! I love the colors and quatrefoil print, goes great with half my closet.

Also, meet the other blonde girl in Ryan's life, Zoe.

blouse: unknown // shorts: homemade // wedges: bakers // bag: Louis Vuitton // sunnies:House of Harlow // necklace: J. Crew // earrings: kate spade // watch: Michael Kors // bracelets: David Yurman (blue topaz & amethyst & gold buckle), Cartier,  Hermes, Derng // rings: David Yurman (rose quartz {smaller version} & stack & pave), Cartier, onyx class ring


Here are some of the other homemade pieces by Mom:

 this chevron skirt

this tunic top

this shift dress

red bandit

top: Nordstrom // pants: J. Brand // shoes: Jimmy Choo // clutch: vintage // sunnies: House of Harlow // necklace: J. Crew // earrings: kate spade // watch: Michael Kors // bracelets: David Yurman (blue topaz & amethyst & gold buckle), Cartier,  Hermes, Derng // rings: David Yurman (rose quartz {smaller version} & stack & pave), Cartier, onyx class ring