My Style: Life These Days

As you may or may not have noticed things have been pretty quiet around there lately, but I assure you it is for a good reason! There seems to be a coorilation between my spells of dropping the blogging ball and full on craziness in the life department. I am finally closing on one of those chapters.

This winter-into-spring was all about transitions for me and boy am I ever feeling it. I really devoted myself to school this semester and I'm really proud of the work I did. I just had my last class of the year today and it feels fantastic. I love school but after wrapping 4 different team projects, (each spanning several months), I need to give my brain a break.

In addition to school I landed 2 different internships this summer: one as a Marketing Intern with Randolph Street Market and the other shooting Chicago campus street style as a Style Guru for CollegeFashionista.com. I am honored to be working with two organizations I admire and cannot wait to jump into my new roles this summer. I feel incredibly fortunate for living in a time and place that allows me to sieze my passions and the opportunities surrounding them.

I'm feeling a bit exhausted but I'm relieved to have some beautiful Chicago days to accompany my craving for relaxation. The afternoon sun paired with a cool lakeshore breeze is idea for pairing tights with sundresses like I did with this outfit. Spencer and I love taking neighborhood walks in the mornings and stopping for coffee so we jumped on the chance the first nice day of the season! I love when he wears this cardigan, I sewed a vintage Cubs patch on it last year and it still looks great!

What We're Wearing:

Her:

dress // Modcloth

leather jacket // BB Dakota, thrifted

tights // Target

sandals // Nine West

sunglasses // Rudy's Roundup

Him:

polo // Banana Republic

cardigan // Urban Outfitters, vintage patch sewn by me

shorts // Topman

shoes // Nike

sunglasses // Warby Parker

Share Worthy: Announcing Warby Parker's 1922 Collection

I have always been very swoony over Warby Parker. To me, they are the creme de la creme of eyewear, and just when I thought they couldn't get classier they unveiled the 1922 collection. So, to say the least, I was incredibly flattered when the company contacted me to participate in the exciting announcement of their newest, special edition line of eyeglasses: 1922.

Today is the official launch date and I am thrilled to be a part of the excitement!

The collection consists of 3 unique frames, each with color variations and a sunglass alternative.

The underlaying inspiration for the line is the ironic glamour of the 1920s: creative, rebellious, a little rough but always in the greatest fashion. The frames are each crafted of stainless steel and tortoiseshell acetate.

I've included a selection of photos from the collection, but all the variations can be viewed on their website.

The 1922 collection frames can be found on the Warby Parker website in their eyeglasses and sunglasses selections.

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Share Worthy: 1940s Teenage Ladies

I stumbled upon this incredible LIFE magazine feature and had to share it with you all.

The piece, entitled "Teen-Age Girls: They Live in a Wonderful World of Their Own", was shot by photographer Nina Leen for a LIFE magazine story in 1944. It's common to hear the the 1950s birthed "The Teenager" but clearly the culture began to stand out up to ten years prior. The article paints a beautiful story of the day-to-day lives of the girls. While this clearly is a rose-colored view the passage is eloquent and gives some insight to the interests of teenage girls in the 1940s, which is fascinating! She writes:

"It is a world of sweaters and skirts and bobby sox and loafers, of hair worn long, of eye-glass rims painted red with nail polish, of high school boys no yet gone to war (...) It is a world of slumber parties and the Hit Parade, of peanut butter and popcorn and the endless collecting of menus and match covers and little stuffed animals."

There is something so sweet and romantic about these pictures. I may sound crazy but it makes me feel so close yet so far from the lives these girls lived. Like things have perpetually changed but at the end of the day we've all been young, been alive and been in love- and for that we can't really be all so different.

Here are a few of my favorite image from the feature but you can view the entire slideshow here.

All images from LIFE/Time magazine's website.

Life.time.com has an incredible collection of historical images. They really bring to light the culture of the people photographed, they are beautiful for their candidness. I highly recommend checking out their website and browsing their galleries!

My Style: Mad Men Premier Party

Photo by Emma Arnold for Tres Awesome

The only thing that could possibly be better than Mad Men returning to live television is watching the premiere episode projected on the big screen...sold out at my favorite movie theater... at a themed premier party with locally distilled gin cocktails, burlesque babes and everyone in full 1960s attire. Pinch me, am I dreaming?! No friends, that really happened. And it was incredible.

Chicago events marketing company, No Small Plans Productions, teamed up with the recently renovated historical Logan Theater to throw the party of the year in honor of Man Men's Season 6 premiere. The event was beautifully done, Spencer and I couldn't have enjoyed ourselves more.

I wore a super fun 60s vintage number with a little train (borrowed from the ever wonderful Niki Hughes).

And, of course, no '60s look is complete without a LOT of hairspray. Nice try Windy City, but this bouffant isn't moving an inch. 

Delicious pre-party pizza from one of my favorite neighborhood spots, Reno.

Photo by Emma Arnold for Tres Awesome

There was an audience voted "Most Dapper" and "Most Dazzling" contest held during the pre-screening cocktail party. The picture above was taken of the top four "Dazzlers" for local street style blog, Tres Awesome. I was completely shocked and flattered to be voted "Most Dazzling" of the night! Such an honor :)

I'm a total sucker for any theme party and am always the all-out crazy dressed person at them, but this time I felt like I fit with the crowd! I was really impressed with all the dapper and ladylike ensembles my fine Chicago folks donned for the evening. It's always wonderful to see folks getting into the spirit of things.

Photo by Emma Arnold for Tres Awesome

What We're Wearing:

Her

dress // vintage, c/o BombshellShocked Vintage

sandals // Nordstrom Rack

coat // vintage, via Very Best Vintage

Him

shirt // Banana Republic

jacket // Zara

pants // Levi's

tie // Banana Republic

shoes // Topman

Always, everyday

Dani