..Luxe Look for Less

Pour la Victoire "Shanna" $245 | ShoeDazzle "Loretta" $39.95

Just a little something to brighten your day up here. I have been stalking the PLV "Shanna" for over a year now ever since I saw them on all the ShopBop models a couple of seasons ago. I really wanted them in pink but love them in white for summer! Who doesn't need a pair of adorable white lace-ups in their life? So cute for all the breezy dresses I have in my multiple fantasy-land 50 item long shopping carts all over the web. Designer look for under $40? Done and done!

..#StyledbyShellBCheri

The deets: J.Crew Skirt and Chambray; Shoemint heels; Rebecca Minkoff bag; H&M earrrings; Michael Kors watch; Revlon "Orange Flip."

Styled by Shell B Cheri // Photos by Ashley Lettich of Ashley In DC // Location c/o Malmaison

You guys. I got to be part of one of the coolest blogger projects of all time (check out this behind the scenes vid). Shell B Cheri's brainchild #StyledbyShellBCheri came to life a couple of weekends ago and the experience was pretty great (seriously check out that hashtag there is tons of great content). She asked each of us (fourteen bloggers in total) to pick out a problem item (or just something you wanted her to style up) from our closet and she would come on over and work her magic on it. My item was this pair of Shoemint heels. For those of you who know what Shoemint is, I forgot to "skip the month" and ended up just picking these shoes out because they were the cutest ones on the site at the time and I had a credit sitting there. One year later I had only broken them out once or twice. Something about the navy and black and laces just didn't work with much of my closet and they were collecting dust on my shoe rack. Enter Shell B and this outfit was born. 

..Shell B Cheri's Blogger Project

It just wouldn't be fair for me to showcase what an amazing job Shell B did in our style sesh with out sharing the entire group's looks. Check out the other amazing DMV area bloggers and their experiences with the #StyledbyShellBCheri project, their links are below!

Alicia www.rivercitychic.com  // RIVER CITY CHIC

Alissa, www.feelinggoodstyle.com // FEELING GOOD STYLE

Ashley www.ashleyindc.com // ASHLEY IN DC

Carmen compactcloset.blogspot.com // COMPACT CLOSET

Elle www.eatstyleplay.com // EAT STYLE PLAY

Elle www.ellechoi.com // ELLE CHOI

Krystin www.beloudbeyou.com // BE LOUD BE YOU

Meaghan www.districtsparkle.com // DISTRICT SPARKLE

Natalie www.thefashionablybroke.com // THE FASHIONABLY BROKE

Rachel www.myfairvanity.com // MY FAIR VANITY

Tammy www.aloyallove.com.com // A LOYAL LOVE

Trish www.fashionaccordingtothemenu.com // FASHION ACCORDING TO THE MENU

Waverly pichandroor.blogspot.com  // PICH AND ROOR
Julien www.itsjulien.com // ITS JULIEN

..Manic Trout

The deets: Torn by Ronny Kobo top; J.Crew skirt; ALDO heels; Manic Trout necklace (c/o); Michael Kors watch; Coach bag; J.Crew bracelet.

I recently discovered a super unique jewelry line called Manic Trout, which designer Sierra Bailey describes as a "fusion of edginess and vintage elegance" (a.k.a. the perfect combo - I want to use that to describe EVERYTHING I love now). Sierra uses all kinds of gorgeous fancy things like gemstones, vintage textiles, chandelier crystals, brass animals, and Czech glass to make some pretty awesome stuff. My favorites were part of her "Statement Critter Necklace" line because I love animals and think they are fun to incorporate into your accessories (and life in general, obviously). I am very drawn to elephants recently, so naturally I had to have this adorable brass elephant necklace that has what I have decided is a mama and baby. So cute! Also, you should check out this totally unrelated elephant adorableness.

BONUS: You can get your own little critter necklace (or anything else you dig from the Manic Trout site) for 20% off with code "currentlycoveting" at checkout. Enjoy!

..Melon

The deets: J.Crew jacket; Factory skirt; Betsy Johnson heels and necklace; Elizabeth and James sunnies; SM bag; Revlon "Apricot Blaise" lipstick.

So this is an outfit that I wore to work last week. You all know how much I like incorporating color into my "professional" wardrobe so nothing new to see here. Just one girl pretty happy about the fact that the time has come to breakout the melon colored skirts and lipsticks once more.