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Fashion’s Night Out Chicago, Part 2: The Events!

Fashion’s Night Out Chicago was awesome! I wish that there were more events in Chicago that were specifically for plus-sizes, but the “Cupcakes, Curves and Cleavage” event at Vive La Femme made up for it. Here is a quick overview of my night….

First Stop: Lane Bryant
I got out of work at 5:30 and even though I didn’t see anything advertised at Lane Bryant, I decided to stop there first. They didn’t have any shopping discounts or anything like that, but I was pleasantly surprised that they had live models in the windows of the Chicago store! The gorgeous models attracted quite a crowd, and I think it was a success. Maybe next year, they’ll do something more for FNO, but this was a good start. Here are a couple of not-so-great pictures of the live windows at Lane Bryant in Chicago.

Second Stop: Macy’s on State Street
Next, I decided to stop into Macy’s on State Street, even though they didn’t have anything directly relevant to curvy girl fashion. BUT…I did get to see Kelly Osbourne, who was there promoting the new Material Girl Collection. She was charming and looked adorable…even though I wish she wasn’t so skinny. lol. In my unsolicited and biased opinion, she looked more natural when she was a bit more filled out.

Anyway, this was a quick stop, as I wanted to make my way to the star event of the night…
Continued in the next post!!!

Fashion’s Night Out Chicago, Part 1: What I Wore

Wow, last night was amazing! I decided to amp things up a bit in honor of Fashion’s Night Out in Chicago…so I pinned my hair up into a huge bun, put my pearls and red lipstick on…and hit the town. I’ll tell you all about it in a couple of posts…because one just won’t cover it!!! So…first….here’s what I wore.

Look at my BUN! Everyone made fun of it, but I didn’t care!!!

Since this outfit is very Mad Men, 60s inspired, I pretended like I was Joan Halloway. LOL

A HUGE thank you to my friend Wendy for taking all my photos!!! She’s awesome!!!

Are these pearls AWESOME? They are truly from the 50s…I found them at an antique store and fell in love!

Dress: Lane Bryant
Shrug: Dots
Pearls: Ravenswood Antique Mart
Ring: Forever 21
Shoes: Vince Camuto

So…I definitely got a lot of looks on the street and tons of comments from my coworkers, but I think the outfit was totally cute and classic. I mean…you can’t go wrong with a black dress and pearls, right?? What did you all wear to Fashion’s Night Out???

More posts to come all weekend! xoxo

Simple Summer BBQ Style

Last night, I went to a fantastic backyard BBQ. I had a blast, but it was a little bittersweet, since it was hosted by my good friends who are moving to Utah at the end of the month. So…it was a goodbye summer and goodbye friends party. 🙁 

For this outfit, I wasn’t trying to be super fashionable. I just wanted to be cool, comfortable and cute while outside around a campfire. Since I’m always partial to dresses, I dragged this groovy-patterned sundress out of the back of my closet and paired it with a brown shrug and some simple gold sandals. It was quite a breezy night though, and I had a few near-flashing incidents. lol.
What’s your simple summer BBQ style? 

Dress: Ross (it was crazy cheap!!!)
Shrug: Lane Bryant
Sandals: Can’t remember…
TigersEye Earrings: Forever 21
Necklace: Vintage (it was my Grandma’s from the 60s!)