Searle

Was watching What Not to Wear the other day and realized that I inevitably love whatever the guest buys at Searle, so I decided to venture online and see what they were all about. Actually I thought Searle was a brand but turns out they are just a shop that sells high-endy brands like Cynthia Steffe and Nicole Miller. Sweet! I especially loved these looks…

First–my FAVORITE!!! I LOVE this dress (from Walter), and this cute one from Magaschoni!

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Nicole Miller and Cynthia Steffe

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Searle (house brand?) and Walter again…so cute and fun!

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Anyone ever been to Searle? How was it? I think they are only in NY, but someday I definitely plan on a visit!

Favorites from Fashion Week

Here are my favorites from Spring 2010 Fashion Week (I just love that just as I’m dreading fall I can at least have spring to look forward to!):

Peter Som and Philosophy (I loved their color palette, the pale orange was beautifully done!)

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Oscar de la Renta (I just think that first dress is the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen and I love the print of the second)

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Oscar de la Renta (I literally stopped dead in my tracks at this dress) and Anna Sui (slightly disappointed with her showing this season because I absolutely loved EVERYTHING from her last collection)

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Milly

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Michael Kors

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3.1 Phillip Lim

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Lela Rose and Diane von Furstenberg

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Malandrino and Marchesa

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A Couple Cute Things

I just love the striped pleats of this dress and the general ’50s flair!

Source: audreyandgrace's etsy shop

Source: audreyandgrace's etsy shop

When I saw this jacket I gasped a little…

nouveau bomber from anthropologie via camp comfort

Source: anthropologie

And the print on this dress is so adorable! So sad it’s sold out–but check out her other ones, and you can get a custom-made dress!!!

Source: sohomade's etsy shop

Source: sohomade's etsy shop

What I want to look like when I go to work. :)

Source: Stewart and Brown

Source: Stewart and Brown

I really might splurge and get these for myself…Joe’s leggings from Anthropologie…I think I might live in them.

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Source: anthropologie

ps. What do we think of the new blog theme?

Attitude

This girl rocks; I love her hair.

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I’m also loving this redhead’s look…I may have bid on a shortshort black dress from her etsy shop…

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What do we think of the toned down gladiator look? I’m really enjoying it! So far I have stayed well away from shoe purchases…

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Though I may head into Nordstrom Rack soon to see if I can get any good deals on boots, since Chicago prob still has a good month left of winter…

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Also loving this bag from Anthropologie…so pretty!

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Hello all!I know it’s been a while since I last posted…it’s finals week here so I was a bit hairbrained. Thankfully all my exams are over and I just have a few things to take care of before I head to North Carolina for spring break!!! Yay I am really excited. Hopefully the weather will be like this and not Chicago cold!

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Til Sunday I am working on last minute class stuff, grading, and going to see Jersey Boys tomorrow with Stacey, Colleen and Colleen’s mom. Should be lots of fun!!! OH—and of course watching Wake in the NCAA tournament! Right now I’m doing pretty badly in all of my pools, but hopefully that’ll change soon. Crazy that ETSU almost won today against Pitt! Even though I had Pitt in my final four I was definitely rooting for ETSU to pull off their epic win. Too bad… Alright, back to work so I can watch the game later! Much love.

jcrew

went on jcrew’s site yesterday to check out their new yoga line, but was less than blown away by it. seems like just more expensive versions of really basic items you can get at target. if i’m really going to spend $50 on athletic pants, they’ll probably be from nike or adidas, not jcrew. anyway, i did like these few things: