Last Week I popped by Tommy Bahama on Michigan Avenue to shop, style, and socialize with some of my fellow Windy City Bloggers! I love connecting with other Chicago-area bloggers and I got to finally meet some ladies whose blogs I had already been following for a while! {Photo Courtesy of Tommy Bahama. photographer Greg Birman} The store was absolutely packed! In addition to a DJ spinning in one window, Tommy Bahama had left other windows open for us to style our own displays with outfits that …
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Style Check-In Recap
Yesterday afternoon I headed to Anastasia Chatzka in Wicker Park with my friend Annie for the Style Check-In For the Love of Fashion & Giving event! I loved having the chance to meet and chat with fellow Chicago bloggers as well as the Style Check-In team while snacking on Molly's Cupcakes and doing a bit of shopping! Here are just a few of the shots I snagged at the event. With fellow Chicago blogger Farh fof Farh From Ordinary (via …
Chicago Caffeine Crawl
This morning, I got up early for a fun mini adventure that touched on two of my favorite things: coffee and the city of Chicago. My friend Ola and I ventured out with The LAB team and fellow tea and coffee lovers for the first ever caffeine crawl around Chicago and it was such a blast! I had so much fun live tweeting and snapping all of our stops! Check out my tweets here and follow me on Snapchat at bowtifullife to see the "My Story" coverage of the crawl! We were in Session 1 - Route 2 which …
For the Love of Fashion & Giving – Shop My Closet!
Happy Saturday, lovelies! Today I have some fun news to share with all of you! I'm excited to announce that I'm teaming up with Style Check-In next Saturday for their For the Love of Fashion & Giving event! On Saturday, June 6th from 2-5 pm I'll be hanging out with Style Check-In and other Chicago bloggers at the Anastasia Chatzka boutique in Chicago and we'd love to see you there! At this event you'll get to shop pieces from my closet as well as the closets of other Chicago …
Teen Vogue Fashion University – Oscar PR Girl
The final day of Teen Vogue Fashion University was a short one, featuring only one speaker, but she was by far my absolute favorite and the one that I had been looking forward to all weekend! Erika Bearman, AKA Oscar PR Girl of Oscar de la Renta, delivered the "graduation" speech to all of the Edit/PR/Social majors at TVFU. Bearman is such an inspiration to me and her job is pretty much the epitome of what I would love to do one day as my career! Bearman had worked for Burberry and Dior before …
Teen Vogue Fashion University – NYC Day 2
It's time to recap the first full day of Teen Vogue Fashion University activities in NYC!!! Friendly disclaimer: I wanted to make sure that I put the time and effort into this post that it truly deserved which is why it's going up so much later than I originally expected! This is what happens when you're a full-time college student who's also running a fashion and lifestyle blog while balancing that with a full weekend of sorority initiations, attempting to get enough sleep, battling a cold, …
Stomping Around Soho & TVFU Kickoff – Day 1 Recap
These last two weeks have been an absolute whirlwind! Shortly after returning from Teen Vogue Fashion U, I was immediately swamped with school work and I've been crazy-busy ever since! That being said, my sleep schedule has been all over the place... I'm so excited to finally have time to tell all of you about my recent trip to NYC! I flew in on a Thursday night with my family friend, Mary, and my friend from school, who's also named Mary. We got in relatively late after our flight being …
NYC – Teen Vogue Fashion U
This past week was quite a whirlwind! Here's a quick recap of what I've been up to. Last Thursday I flew to NYC to attend Teen Vogue Fashion University! We got in late Thursday night and checked into our hotel by The World Trade Center and I knocked out after a long day of traveling and our flight getting delayed. Friday afternoon was spent shopping and sightseeing in Soho after grabbing brunch. That evening, I attended the kick-off event for Fashion U at the Express …
Nordstrom Beauty Trend Show
On Saturday morning, I attended Nordstrom's Beauty Trend Show on Michigan Avenue. It was so much fun! My "aunt" Mary and friend Lexi attended with me as well. Being front row was an awesome experience and it was so cool to hear from and meet representatives and head makeup artist educators from big name companies such as MAC, Jo Malone, Lancome, Laura Mercier, Clarins, Clarisonic, Estée Lauder, Giorgio Armani, Bobbi Brown, and Dior. After each runway section of the show, presenters from the …
English Coast ~ Jo Malone London
On Tuesday I attended a Jo Malone London party at Neiman Marcus to celebrate the release of Jo Malone's newest fragrance, Wood Sage & Sea Salt. The whole event was themed around the English Coast, which was the inspiration behind the new scent. We were served fish and chips while one of the account executives, Polly, talked a bit about the creation and thought process for Wood Sage and Sea Salt. We tested out the new cologne and then created our favorite fragrance combinations. Jo …