Baby, It's A Wild World: An Outfit Highlight

I'm sitting in one of my favorite coffee shops, Heritage General Store, listening to one of my favorite artists, Cat Stevens.  Wild World comes streaming through my headphones and a feeling of solace washes over me.  The times in my life that I have experienced struggle and redirection, his music has always spoken right to my heart and told me that I am not alone during these trials, and everything will always turn out as it should.  Today, is a new day and I am so very thankful for it. 

It was a chilly morning, but that didn't keep me from doing a little shoot outside of Heritage.  Thank goodness there was even just a little bit of sun!

HAT: Forever 21

SHAWL:  Buffalo Exchange

SHIRT: Thrifted

BOOTIES: Buffalo Exchange

I can't predict what this new year will bring, but It's off to a pretty crazy start!  I am more determined than ever to keep on keepin' on and doing everything I can to reach new goals and experience life to the absolute fullest.  Hopefully, this includes more traveling...the wanderlust in me is rising up!

The song Miles From Nowhere is playing now.  The lyrics seem so fitting in this moment.  "Miles from nowhere, not a soul in site, but it's alright.  I have my freedom.  I can make my own rules, the ones that I choose."

Here's to moving courageously into 2016!

 

Much Love xoxo

Double The Patterns, Double The Fun: An Outfit Highlight

Hello everyone! 

It's been a minute, hasn't it?  I always seem to do my famous disappearing act during the busy summer months.  But, I hope you missed me, just as much as I missed you!

It's been a crazy summer weather wise so far (no shocker there...we live in the Midwest after all), which has made getting up and dressed in the morning, that much more difficult.  Honestly, I always breath a sigh of relief once summer turns into fall, not only because it is my favorite season (I will eat pumpkin ANYTHING!), but it is so much easier to dress in layers. 

One of my fool proof, go to pieces for summer has been crop tops.  I can mix and match them with high-waisted skirts, pants and dresses depending on if I am heading to work or a weekend festival!  I have also been experimenting a lot with mixing prints.  For this outfit highlight I combined stripes and plaid, two of my favorite, basic patterns!

Top: Forever 21

Skirt: Target

Shirt: Sears

Shoes: Target

I've said it before and I'll say it again, no matter what your size, do not be afraid of stripes!  Have fun mixing and matching patterns and stepping out of your comfort zone, little by little.

My next outfit highlight will feature my outfit from this year's Lollapalooza!  Keep an eye out here for a full recap!

Much Love

xoxo

Mynt Condition: An Outfit Highlight

Being plus-size has never been easy.  Shopping for a dress for multiple school dances, middle school through high school, was my definition of torture.  Nothing I liked fit me, and most shopping trips ended in tears.  With the exception of a few curves-friendly stores like Maurices, my options growing up in Northern Michigan were slim to non. 

After graduating from college and moving to Chicago in 2012, I found myself immersed in a whole new world of possibilities.  Being plus-size has never been easy...but it was about to get so much better!

Shortly after moving to the city, I started working at Vive La Femme, a boutique that embraced women of size and retailed clothing from 12-24.  I met many other women in the Chicago plus-size community, including bloggers, models, and advocates, through Vive.  Most of them are still very dear friends of mine.

Last year, I was introduced to a new clothing line that was paving the way for fashion-forward, plus-size women.  This line is called Mynt 1792 and is based out of New York .  Even one of my favorite bloggers , Nicolette Mason is huge fan of the line! 

My outfit highlight for this post features my favorite Mynt 1792 top, the cascade sleeve blouse, in black.

Top: Mynt 1792

Necklace: Handmade

Bag: Coach

Pants: Forever 21

Shoes: Franco Sarto

Denise Bidot, Tanesha Awasthi, Tess Holiday; just a few of the many plus-size women who are breaking the mold and showing the world how beautiful and strong plus-size women can be.   I am proud to say, I am happy, healthy and curvy, and I am so, so thankful for brands like Mynt who support fashionable, plus-size ladies!