30 days of brandon

i need to give a huge, spectacular shout out to my dear friend brandon, of twentythirtyforty.net, who has been in the midst of a 30 day style challenge for the past month, in which she has challenged herself to wear something completely new every single day without repeating an outfit. i went over to the studio one day to take her daily picture and we were discussing how difficult it is to create a completely new outfit everyday, with just your closet as a resource. she has done beyond fabulously, and i'm so proud of her. these are just a few of my favorites, but you should really check out styled in chicago - the chicago now blog on which she's been chronicling this journey - to see her entire 30 days (look 30 premieres today!).

she is a beautiful, wonderful, creative, fabulously dressed women, and i have inserted each of the photos from her challenge directly into the "style inspiration" folder on my desktop for when i've nothing to wear. xoxo.

images: styled in chicago

getting tatted

hellllllllo lovers. i've been quite an awful blogger lately...working a lot, preparing for the wedding, gearing up for school. blah blah blah, my usual apologetic excuses.

exciting news! new article for the chicago flame is up, "chords and clothes." check it out, let me know what you think.

also...got another tat! last night, completely on a whim (although i've been planning this one out for quite awhile, like i said previously this week) i dragged kate and erin to chicago tattooing and piercing co. post-all-you-can-eat sushi and the perfect amount of drinks, and i gottttt it. my artist was a guest artist from florida named jeremy, and he was completely wonderful, and i might have fallen in love with him a bit. i should have taken a picture with him, but we've discussed my inability to remember to take pictures in the moment. a memory he shall be. anyway...i love it, he did a perfect job, and it's even better than i imagined.


that's the inside of the tattoo, where it curves in a bit. excuse the awkward angles and swollen fingers...it's freaking hot in chicago today (thanks a lot, everyone who's been complaining about our perfect 73 degree summer).

now i'm off to get my hair cut! a revolutionizing weekend indeed...totally needed to revamp a bit, make things feel fresh again. i find that a little bit of change every once in a while is inherent to my mental sanity...style and otherwise. stagnation is good for no one.

i'll leave you with a little pre-going out photo shoot erin and i did before last night. nothing like standing beautifully in front of a gilded mirror with a vodka tonic.



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