Swoon Style and Home: What I Wore {post 77} June 2015 Style Challenge

Week 1 of my June Style Challenge is complete! I love these challenges because they make me look at my wardrobe in a new way and challenge me to find something that works. I grabbed an old challenge from the blog Dean Street Society and went to work. This one was from July, but it didn't matter. I figured seasonally, it would work well.

Each week, I will list the dates and challenges that I did. I had to mix things up a bit, and I only do the challenges on weekdays. My friend Toya played along too, so I will post her picture, when I can, to show you how she interpreted the challenge herself!

Onto week 1!

Week 1 worked! I was able to keep all of the original challenges. They are:

June 1: Rainbow Bright

June 2: Belt it Up

June 3: Keeping cool trick

June 4: Patriotic

June 5: A bright pucker

And now for my takes:

June 1: Rainbow Bright

Well this was an easy one. I bought a new dress, in rainbow colors, at the Gap Outlet with Jamie. It's perfect for Summer ... maybe a little bare for the office. So I wore it with a pink cardigan (j.crew factory, a few years ago). But I snapped a pic sans sweater as well.

June 2: Belt it Up

This was an unseasonably (as in it felt like March) cool day I begrudgingly wore a pair of black fitted pants (Limited - part of their suit collection), a white blouse with black polka dots (Ann Taylor), my patent Mary Janes and the important piece: my Dalmatian printed belt. I was pleased with this outfit.

And here is Toya's take! So funny that we both went with black and white, but had very different styles.

June 3: Keeping Cool Trick

So, it was really cool this day. "Keeping cool" was kind of a joke. I decided to go with a trick that I use a lot when it's hot out: I wore layers. I wore my black cami with a black fitted cardigan, and my brand new pink skirt. Can I talk about this skirt for a moment? Back in early Spring, I spied a gorgeous stop-dead-in-your-tracks pink wispy skirt in the Nordstrom window. It was definitely designer and it was definitely not cheap. I wanted it. But I didn't buy. Then a few weekends ago, Jamie and I were in Lancaster at the Gap outlet and I found this sucker on clearance for $13. And then an additional 40% off. It was very similar to the Nordstrom number. But this was a glorious $7.

June 4: Patriotic

Red white and blue. I wore my new linen shirtdress (Ann Taylor outlet) with white belt (Ann Taylor outlet) and red pumps (Ann Taylor outlet). I've had the red pumps for a few years, but the dress and belt were new pick ups.

June 5: Pucker Up

I am a big fan of soft, neutral lipsticks. I'm just not a big "bright lip" kind of girl. But I rose to the challenge and wore a bright pinkish red with my nothing special, easy Friday outfit.