Some Girls Wander

January Greys and Yellows

Cardigan - JCrew
Dress - Anthropologie
Tights - EG Smith
Shoes - All Black
Bag - vintage
Belt - repurposed from an old skirt

I know there haven't been many outfit posts around these parts lately - it's so hard with my vampiric schedule and how dark it is most days. The day we took these photos was an unusually pretty, sunny day. We fled to the park to enjoy it for a little bit!

Grey and yellow are always such a good pair. I'm crazy about this fern-covered dress...I found it in the store a few weeks ago, and I've already worn it three times. 

I'm getting excited for all of the Spring-y clothes popping up recently. I love mixing that stuff with the Wintery tweeds and sweaters that I never tire of.

There is a blouse that is a total bee in my bonnet I need to post...I suspect I will be back with that sooner rather than later!

Rodarte + Target Tulle Dress Love

I know I'm a little late to the party on this, but what say you re: the new Rodarte for Target collection?

I'm not crazy about all of it, but (most of) the tulle pieces just make my little heart sing. For example, the other day on Jezebel, I saw this photo of Natalie Portman:

And I was so smitten with that dress!

But (since I've been out of the loop for the last year or so on Target's designer collaborations) I didn't know that the dress I admired so much was totally obtainable and cheap-y. It was only after searching Ebay for vintage dresses, and having the dress (which comes in mustard, blush, and black) randomly come up in my search that I realized it was from a Target line!

So now I have the mustard (which seems to be sold out on Target's website) coming to me in the mail, and I went to our local store today and snagged the light pink one. The quality isn't fantastic, but the tulle isn't scratchy, it's comfortable -- and the price is so great, I can't quibble too much. It's such an ethereal little confection, it'll be great with cardigans now, and so pretty by itself come Springtime. Now I'm deliberating over nabbing the black one, too - and maybe this navy skirt.

I seem to get tulle-crazy around this time in the Winter (I remember I did last year, too). I don't know what it is - maybe tulle seems Winter-y and Spring-y all at once? It's frothy and layered like pretty frost (and reminds me of the Nutcracker), but at the same time, it's ethereal, light and not exactly warm. It's so fun to layer up a party dress with a cozy cardigan and tights, knowing it will have a completely different life in 6 months.