OOTD- The High Low Project

I love the look of high-low hemlines on dresses and tops, but I've found it quite difficult to style this dress. Maybe it's the color or the long-sleeves, but it can be easy to toe the line of looking chic or looking witchy. Inspired by a look on Pinterest featuring a black dress with a denim vest (and I've been trying to hunt down a good one but to no avail. I've considered cutting the sleeves off this jacket, but I think I might regret it), I added my denim jacket and a few other fun accessories for what I hope was a more casual-comfy-chic look. This dress just might live to see more days in my closet.

If you buy something that just isn't quite working for you, do you give it away or try to work with it?

Outfit Details:

Black high-low hem dress- Mark and Estel (similar here, here in a tank version, here in other colors and cute plus-size option available here)

Denim jacket- Gap (similar here and here)

Tan sandals- LOFT (available here)

Burgundy hat- Albertus Swanepoel for J. Crew

Crystal necklace- BaubleBar (similar here and here in color)

Black shades- House of Harlow 1960 (similar here)

Chain necklace- gift

Black and white handbag- vj-style.com (similar here, cute colorblocking option here)

OOTD- The Witching Hour

Double, double, toil and trouble...or however, it goes!!

I hope you all had a great weekend!! As you can see, I was jumping for joy!! 

So my fellow blogger Grechen (from Grechens Closet) and I bought this same dress from Swirl. Her husband joked that all she needed was a broom when she wore hers and as I was putting this outfit together, I couldn't help but think I'm just missing my pointy hat and evil cackle. This dress has a wonderful asymmetrical hemline and a great flow, but it was a small struggle to get the right accents to make it look chic. I gave it a good ole' college try with a pop of color and some interesting tights, but next go round will definitely not invoke images of being a little witchy.

Outfit Details:

Dress- Mark & Estel (similar here in shorter length, similar tank style here)

Purple pashmina- ???

Patterned tights- Anna Sui (similar here)

Black pumps- Taryn Rose