Okay okay! I owe you a fashion post, I get it. The truth is, it's much easier to take photos of the bomb.com food I make than to get in front of a camera myself. However, this blog has always been about the real, unedited Kate Law so I decided to post some real life, unedited photos of my every day style.
Remember that magical week in February when I got to attend the WWD Magic show?? Remember all those insanely cute Spring and Summer fashion trends?!! Well, here's a few snapshots of how I incorporated these trends into my day to day looks.
COLD SHOULDER. There is nothing cold about this look. Confession: I've been struggling to get on board with this trend. I want to like it. I like it on the hanger. I like it on other people but every time I put something with a cold shoulder on, I think to myself, Self, where would I wear this? It's not really work appropriate and I don't know if it's age appropriate. BUT when I put this dress on I literally gave zero f#cks about what anyone thought. I loved it and I rocked it.
We went to the San Diego Fair this weekend and this dress was just perf for the occasion. Within minutes of walking in, a crowd of high school girls came up to me and where like "Oh My God Becky look at her butt" no for real though they were all " OMG I love your dress!!!" As I walked away pushing my double bob I thought to myself HELL YA this mom's still got it going on. That or I'm dressing completely inappropriate for my age.... but you know what? ZERO F#CKS. BTW did you SEE that top knot? Yup. It's my new fave Summer 'do. My boss jokes I look like I dream of Jeanie (in a good way) when I wear this look. Mostly I wear it because I need to wash my hair. #truth
OFF THE SHOULDER. Again, another trend I struggled to fit into my wardrobe. I bought an OTS dress from OLD Navy. It was chambray and darling but it was too tight on my shoulders and it made me feel like my head was about to pop off my shoulders. CONFESSION: I can't even take credit for this shirt. My friend Shannon gave it to me and it fit like a glove, or a loose flowy shirt. Whatevs. Thanks Shan! Anyway, this Chic Wish shirt was a perfect pairing with my flying monkey bell bottoms. Its such an easy and effortless look just slap on some wedges and off you go. DOWNSIDE: I did have to constantly pull this shirt back down off my shoulders as it did rise up throughout the night. Probably not the best choice if you're going to be chasing around toddlers all night, but PERF for a casual date night. Somehow I did manage to avoid any red wine or dirty toddler fingerprints on this precious white top #winning
DISTRESSED DENIM. A few weeks ago I took a random Friday off to take my boys to Legoland and the opening of the new Ninjago ride. It was a T-shirt and jean kinda day for the whole fam dam. I rocked this pocket T by Slate 61 and my new Blank NYC distressed jeans - THE jeans from my market trip with Anna (yup they lived up to their hype). This is literally my weekend uniform. In fact, I'm wearing this shirt right now with pajama pants. It's so damn comfy. I sleep in it, shop in it and then throw on a necklace and BAM! You can't even tell I've been wearing this shirt for 24 hours straight. Maybe I should just buy it in a few more colors. CONFESSION: I didn't buy this shirt either. My mom sent it out for my birthday (with help from Anna of course). At first I didn't think this shirt was anything special. Boy was I wrong. So wrong. Turns out mom's do know best!
LOVELY LACE. This is THE dress I saw at market. From the moment I saw it I knew I HAD to have it for the Art Alive Bloom Bash! Art Alive is my all time favorite event in San Diego, when the Museum of Art invites designers to come create a floral arrangement inspired by a piece of art in the museum. I've designed a piece for several years but my favorite part is the opening night Bloom Bash, hands down. The museum throws a kick a#s party with great food, live music, drinks, and everyone dresses up in their favorite funky floral frocks. Say that 5 times fast. This dress definitely rose to the occasion. I had the dress taken in at the shoulders as well as stitched slightly higher in the V of the "neck" because well, I am somebody's mother after all. A little (lot) of fashion tape and BAM! we're off to opening night! CONFESSION: The floral crown was a last minute addition to cover a GIANT zit on my forehead. Like, I came home from work and my husband asked me if I hit my head kind of zit. Luckily, my girl Nikki who is the queen of flower crowns, whipped this up for me. I'm so glad she did because I think it made my outfit and the other guests were none the wiser that Mt Vesuvius was hiding under that glorious floral crown. Besides that floral crown I also picked up some stunning accessories from Stella and Dot. I was struggling with how to accessorize this gorgeous dress and didn't want to take away from the lovely lace pattern so I reach out to my Stella and Dot stylist, Katy Behnke. I sent her a picture of the dress and she recommended this killer lace cuff and I paired it with this stunning totem necklace. I have worn both pieces so many times, dressed them up and down. I've already gotten my money's worth out of them.
Considering I spend the majority of my time in workout gear and sweat pants, I think these looks should hold me over a while. At least until I'm back at the WWD Magic show in August.... Fall trends, I'm coming for ya.