MODEST LOOKBOOK - Anthropologie

We love this dress. Melody wish she could splurge and have it for her trip this weekend to Mexico. It would be the perfect resort dress.  Oh well, we can't (and really shouldn't) have everything we want. Plus we may hate the thing in a few years. Best to stay classic when the price goes up....

CFDA AWARDS RED CARPET 2012

Jessica Pare in Jason Wu

Mary Kate Olsen in The Row

Ashley Olsen in The Row


Mandy Moore in Lela Rose

Candice Swanepoel in Valentino

Rachel Zoe in Rachel Zoe

So if you're unfamiliar with the CFDA Awards (Council of Fashion Designers of America), Here's a brief synopsis. It's an awards ceremony where fashion designers attend and are praised for their most recent accomplishments. The event took place on Monday and the big winners of the evening were Reed Krakoff for designer of the year and Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen for women's wear designers of the year. So in other words, the event is kind of like the academy awards for the Fashion world. And we're happy to present to you the more modest looks of the evening....

BLUE COBALT SHOES

As you saw in this post, we're loving some colorful accessories lately. The J. Crew picture in the last post reminded us so much of these shoes it was kind of crazy. We were together at a target somewhere in the middle of Florida when Desirae bought them. We both kept going back and forth about them and finally she decided that having a good interesting flat sandal like this in the city (with the miles and miles of walking) was a good idea. She also figured it was a good color that would probably go with a lot of things. In the end we both knew it would make any more neutral (and sometimes in our minds 'boring') outfit much more fun. So we're happy to report that now after all of these months she is very happy with her purchase. They are being put to very good use in the city. Sometimes having a friend shopping with you helps. Then again, I think I didn't help her much on this one....

THE QUEEN"S DIAMOND JUBILEE

Let's just say, it has been a very royal weekend! The royals were out in force to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee (60 years on the throne!). And of course, we had hats galore. It's so strange that we're not a part of the whole hat extravaganza in the States. We're wondering who are the crazy ones...us or them? Regardless, we thought Kate's hats looked great with both of her Alexander McQueen looks. We guess that if a designer like Sarah Burton (who also designed her wedding dress) happens to be working out for you, you might as well keep them! And seriously, isn't it amazing that even the guys get in on the top hat action? Sadly, we couldn't find a good enough picture of Prince William in his. 

Wish we could have been there this weekend. It sounds like it was quite the royal party!

THE YELLOW SKIRT

As you've seen before, we love pairing our brights with neutrals. This outfit was really easy. We're guessing that many of you have denim shirts (luckily this one is short sleeve so it works under the looser fitting shirt without making me too hot). The skirt and denim speak for the color where the shoes, bag and over-shirt are merely compliments to them. We're kind of thinking Gucci resort here. So go ahead and try it!