Invisible Friends get real

When people ask me what my favorite part of blogging is I always have the hardest time coming up with an answer. Of course there are the events, the clothes, the everything pretty. But there is more to blogging; in fact, if I had to pick my all time favorite thing about blogging it would be the connections that I have made with other teenage bloggers. My Dad calls them my “imaginary friends” but I know that they are, in fact, real friends. I had the amazing opportunity to meet up with two of my closets blogging friends Sloane from Sailing the Sea of Style and Gracey from Stripes and Peonies pretty recently! It was such an amazing experience, because we text and tweet each other all the time but we had yet to meet “in real life.” We all happened to be in NYC at the same time so we decided that we had to meet up. And we did. And it was awesome. And they are real people, Dad. I have the pictures to prove it.

Because we are all bloggers we spent the majority of our time together wandering the West Village and taking snaps of the scenery and of each other. Gracey and Sloane were nice enough to snap some outfit of the day pictures of me - in which I'm wearing something new, breezy, and comfortable. Perfect for meeting real friends on a hot summer's day.

shorts |  tank | shoes | watch| bag 

xo ~chloe

Just Strolling

I love finding things in my closet that are back in style! While organizing and packing for our move to Denver, I realized I had quite a few pairs of wide leg pants so I decided it's time to pull them out. There's just something very Katherine Hepburnish about pulling on a pair of wide leg pants, a cute top and calling it a day. The only thing is... I didn't find any tops in my closet that I could wear with my pants, but my Sofft shoes were the perfect height with these pants. As for tops, I wanted something fitted and short - almost a crop top - but not too fitted and not too short. I gave up. Until I wandered in Anthropologie and saw this cute swingy top that wasn't at all what I was looking for but just happens to go with wide legs and skinnies. I'm so excited to wear it with everything, and revitalize my old, but new to me, wide-leg pants. I guess packing and unpacking does have some advantages.

 

 Anthropologie Top | Theory pants (similar) | Sofft shoes (c/o)

10 hot styles of espadrilles

Nothing says summer like slipping on sandals or espadrilles and absolutely nothing says comfort like a well worn espadrille. So guess what I choose 99% of the time? Yep, espadrilles are my spring and summer goto shoe for comfort. And this season is offering some crazy cute styles that are amping up the simple silhouettes from seasons past. With embellishments, tones, patterns, stripes and heights... if you want it, you'll have no problem finding it in espadrilles. And you'll be right in style, without sacrificing any comfort. What's not to love?

via Le Blog de Betty

gold | blue cap toe |  pink | blue & white stripe | tan tie

We also really like these tassel espadrilles - how fun are they? - these sueded snake ones, these stripe and tan ones by the venerable Castañer and these tie-dye looking ones with a romantic rabbit. All are so unique that you could switch up a pair every day and feel like you have a new look for a new shoe, but still get that espadrille / slipper / summer feel. Right now, I'm enjoying my newish leopard print espadrilles with everything from camo, to jeans to stripe skirts.  Whether I'm in flats or heels, espadrilles have my feet singing, "...summertime... and the living is easy."

xo ~kim

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