jasmines

{dress: Pixie Market; jacket: French Connection (in-store, similar);

boots: MICHAEL Michael Kors (silver zipper); hat: Local Heroes (folded down); sunglasses: Prada}

I was looking through one of my fashion magazines a little while ago and came across a list of online shopping sites.  One stood out to me: Pixie Market.  One of my old bosses used to call me 'Pixie' so I had to check it out.  I fell in love with the pieces.  This dress is amazing.  It will be a recurring piece in the spring, but I could not wait to wear it so I paired it with tights, a (faux) leather bomber and booties.  Thankfully we're allowed to wear denim on Fridays at work.  (See below for picture without jacket - the sleeves are super cute!)  I'm so glad I ordered it and now I'm completely obsessed with Pixie Market.

textures

{sweater: Topshop; skirt: Wilfred Free (love this one, pretty pleated one here); jacket: Dolce Vita; 

lips: Smashbox 'Pretty Social'; boots: Marc by Marc Jacobs (other colour here); 

bracelets: H&M (in-store); sunglasses: Prada}

I'm wearing baby blue again today, but this time it's all about textures: crochet, (faux and real) leather and tweed.  This Topshop sweater is so pretty.  I also picked up a new pretty lipstick for spring (link above).  If only spring would just get here already.  I have not had to wear a toque in my last two posts, but I did have to wear it today.  (But, as of tomorrow, it looks like we're finally moving to the above zero temperatures!)  So my outfits are still more in the winter category than spring, but this beautiful sweater will transition nicely with white jeans and a light scarf.  And hopefully we can stop wearing tights shortly.

baby blue

{sweater: GAP; skirt (old), coat (in-store): ZARA; Talula Kent Blazer;

Marc by Marc Jacobs Rue Loafers (also here, pink version); necklace: Guess; sunglasses: Prada}

I'm obsessing over pastels for spring so even though it's not quite spring weather yet (it's actually quite freezing today), I'm finding any way of fitting pastels into my wardrobe.  I think this GAP sweater is such a beautiful colour.  It goes with so many things.  It's lightweight so you can still wear it when it starts to get mild out.  I bought this ZARA snow leopard skirt a year or so ago, but love this Parker Fawn Siberian Snow Leopard Print Dress.  I think it would look great with some pastel pumps or a pastel cardigan.  Because this skirt is on the shorter side, I paired it with these adorable Marc by Marc Jacobs kitty loafers.  Also, because it's Monday.

baseball hat and rain boots

{top: Free People (similar); jeans: GAP; jacket: Anthropologie (similar);

hat: J.Crew; Hunter Boots Original Short Gloss Boots; sunglasses: Prada}

It's still pretty chilly but I'm tired of wearing a toque/beanie.  This floral J.Crew hat is a perfect transition piece.  It also lifts my mood in this gloomy weather.  Although if the temperature drops one more degree, the toque will have to go back on.  I already own a pair of adorable Marc by Marc Jacobs rain boots, but I couldn't resist when I saw these baby blue Hunter boots.  I love the tall version, but I'm petite so they hit my knee, but I managed to track down the short version.  I used to hate when it rained, but once I invested in some rain boots (and a cute Coach umbrella), I now get excited because I get to wear them.  It's a nice change.  Especially when they come in such fun colours.  I know people wear them in the winter but, living in Canada, I'm never giving up my UGG boots.  #sorrynotsorry

spring

 

{blouse (worn as dress): Anthropologie; coat: ASOS; boots: MICHAEL Michael Kors (silver zipper);

hat: Local Heroes (flipped down to not show 'Bad Hair Day' writing); sunglasses: Prada}

It's the first day of spring!  It's still in the below 0 range, but we're getting closer.  I thought I would celebrate by wearing this cute Anthropologie "blouse", which I'm wearing as a dress because I'm petite and it's quite long for a blouse.  I love the mixture of stripes and florals, but I especially love the sleeves (see below).  I'll be living in this dress over the next few months.  Plus, it's a perfect piece to transition into spring with because you can add tights for now.

It's way too cold to take pictures of this dress without a coat on, but I managed to take one on our porch.  The sleeves also look great pushed up.

 

crepe dress

{Marc by Marc Jacobs Anya Colorblock Crepe Dress (Fall 2012, similar-ish); turtleneck: J.Crew;

MICHAEL Michael Kors Hamilton Mini Messenger Bag (bought in-store, larger versions here);

hat: Urban Outfitters; sunglasses: Prada}

 

A quick post of my outfit I posted on Instagram today.  I'm obsessed with anything Marc Jacobs.  He is by far my favourite designer.  I saw this dress and had to have it (even though I was on maternity leave and knew I probably wouldn't wear it until I returned to work in September, 2013).  Then I thought I should probably hem it because I'm petite.  But, as I said previously, I'm lazy when it comes to hemming my clothes.  So time passed and only recently when I started organizing my closet did I say, enough is enough and that I had to hem this dress so that I could wear it.  So I hung it on the outside of my closet.  More time passed and I still had not taken it anywhere to be hemmed.  So I decided, since spring is around the corner, I would just wear it because I would feel awful about not wearing this amazing dress.  (But I did get to look at it on a daily basis so there's that.)  Of course now that I'm wearing it today, I don't know if I'll ever hem this dress.

 

(Side note: I've finally joined Google+ and Bloglovin'!)

cool mint

{turtleneck, hat (other colours): J.Crew; skirt: Madewell; necklace: Coach (gift);

boots: Marc by Marc Jacobs (sold out, similar here); sunglasses: Prada}

I've been dying to start wearing spring clothes, but it's just not warming up.  At all.  It's hard not to want to buy spring clothes, but I'm trying to restrain myself because I just can't wear them yet and they'll probably go on sale by the time I can.  (I have picked up a few things.)  But I've also been having a hard time resisting all of the sales out there for winter clothes.  Of course there are some deals that are too hard to pass up!  I picked up this J.Crew "tissue turtleneck" because it's light as, well, a tissue so I can still wear it if it does start to warm up, but also because it is mint and one of my favourite spring trends are pastels.  So it's the best of both worlds.

 

(p.s. I unintentionally wore green today and only realized it was St. Patrick's Day when I saw a woman boarding the train with a sparkly green hat!)