OUR HOLIDAY DRESS - Mara Modest Inspiration

All right you lovely people. The Mara Modest dress giveaway is finally ending on Monday. And in honor of the giveaway, we have put together one last post to inspire you to enter the "name it to win it" contest. We showed you the Burberry inspiration and now we're showing you that it can actually be your holiday go-to look. We were thinking we should take our own advice and go ahead and put together the outfit we thought up for the Mara dress. Of course we did wonder if you really could take a white and more springy eyelet dress into the winter season. The conclusion is, 'yes,' we think you can. So don't hold back! Now's your last chance to win the Mara dress (we think it's cuter than ours pictured since we love the 3/4 length sleeves). So follow the instructions and enter here.  And can you believe the holidays are so close? We're in awe....

TWEED JACKET; LEATHER PANTS

Here is what Desirae wore to her baby shower while she was in town. A fairly simple look to put together, with this similar top, similar jacket, and Zara pants (still sold here) throw on a good low heel and your ready to go out looking maternity chic!

THE PERFECT HOLIDAY SHOE

Lovely ladies! You know how we posted about the absolutely gorgeous Valentino studded pumps here? We had such issues trying to find a shoe on the less expensive end to post about. But today we're looking at miss Sasha's blog, and we're thinking, 'hey! those look so similar to the Valentino pump!' But to our dismay they are sold out everywhere online. EXCEPT Amazon. Lovely ladies, if you want the perfect holiday shoe, the Valentino pump is it. But if you want the same look for a fraction of the cost, this shoe is the one.

BULKY SWEATER INSPIRATION

We have no idea where this image came from (dang it pinterest!), but we fell in love with the look. We will definitely try pairing our bulky sweaters with more beautiful summer/spring scarves. We love the combo, especially with the warmer colored bag. Very chic....

MICHAEL KORS PRE-FALL 2013

(Ok we know this is off the shoulder, but we couldn't resist)

We thought this was a pretty fun collection. The Madmen, 60's look seems to always have a place these days. And yes, can you believe we're already into pre-fall 2013?

WINTER STRIPES

Time to take our stripes into the colder weather. Although this was taken on a warmer day (man our december has been mild) we've been wearing our jackets with thicker sweaters underneath and have been staying totally warm. So take your summer stripes, pair with blazers and ankle booties and you're set! Blazer and jeans are Zara, striped sweater is Forever 21.