Uptown Get-Around

Surprise!!! More outerwear!! My camel coat finally came from my home closet thanks to my friend visiting this weekend. It's one of my warmest, comfiest blanket coats from Topshop via Nordstrom. I was set out for a full day of walking from school to MoMa and Central Park so I wanted to stay comfy- pairing a simple sweater with my Lulu leggings and Hunter Chelsea rain boots. I definitely lucked out on weather this weekend with it being in the 60's. Although I'm having fun being able to spend more time outside, I'm not quite ready to put away these layers.

































Cable-knit sweater- Tommy Hilfiger | Leggings- Lululemon Wunder Under | Coat- Topshop (similar) | Lipstick- NARS "Cruella"

Top Songs Of 2017 So Far

OKAY so we have been getting a lot of new music lately, and I couldn't be happier. I wanna share my faves. Ps... no genre discrimination here, but I do wanna hear what you listen to! You know that Jay Z meme of him bobbing his head while looking around? (c/o giphy.com) That's kinda me right now putting this together... Anyways, enjoy!

Ed Sheeran// How Would You Feel .. Melted my heart the first time and the second time and third..

Little Big Town// When Someone Stops Loving You .. 1 Country song is okay guys, stop freaking out and just listen to it.

MisterWives// Machine .. Empower yo'self

Sampha// (No One Knows Me) Like the Piano

Khalid// Saved .. Good vibes

Cold War Kids// Love Is Mystical 

Henry Jamison// If You Could Read My Mind .. Amazing Gordon Lightfoot cover with an electro up-play

Kehlani// Personal (no artist link but on Spotify and AppleMusic) and CRZY

Lana Del Rey "Love"

Uhhh, okay! Hey, Lana! She just dropped a single for the first time in TWO years so it was clear I had to do an emergency post. This is giving me typical vibes completely fitting her sad girl style, but this time it has a light at the end. I would compare it as a mix between Young And Beautiful & Taylor Swift's Wildest Dreams. A song that makes you feel a little less guilty about getting all dressed up for a night of nothing but hanging out. On repeat all day- or week..

Listen now here! 

A Year In Review

I wanted to just share a couple of my favorite memories from this past year- some things I shared with you before and some that you may have not seen!

First- let's give credit where MUCH credit is due. Muthana, thank you for being the photographer behind many of these fashion posts. You're always down for what I'm thinking, and I'm forever thankful! 

February flew by- then March gifted me with my bff visiting NYC (a weekend JAM packed with LAVO brunch, Tao trips, Broadway and a SoHo photoshoot of course)

Summer lovin'- I got to spend those warm months with everyone I love back in Chicago. Fitting in an Indiana Dunes beach day with Mickey

Lumineers and Young The Giant with Sarah and Chlo- one of my favorite concerts so far

Riverwalk with my Girl Gang

4th of July//Michigan (aka my cell phone service's worst nightmare) (I don't know if Morgan knows this photo of her exists, but they looked like lil angels)




Lake Placid//Montreal Round 1- when you have a chance to go to a new city, go!

Andre's birthday- the night of the creation of my favorite group chat (going through these photos made me realize how much a part of my life they were this year so extra love for them)



Doing a Drake/Future concert and Lollapalooza for J Cole back to back (shoutout to Monny for always being down for my spur of the moment decisions) - it's worth acknowledging that this was Monyett's first time hearing Views all the way through lol and we saw Kanye at SoHo House after!

Brown hair/Nose piercing in within a week of each other (I was craving change, ok?!)

Brooklyn's Smorgasburg- The adventure to get a ramen burger..

Back to Chicago for Chance The Rapper's Magnificent Coloring Day with John Legend, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne) 

Summer Friends coming to visit me- a very unpredictable weekend but I still laugh when walking past that Bank of America or Wendy's (Chris wanted to look like "an island" in this picture, we weren't excluding him)

Spending Thanksgiving in NYC with my brother (we took my Christmas card picture this day. If you have it, you're a lucky one!)

Montreal Round 2 (I love this place)

Freshman year roomie coming to visit (The Tim Allen to my Jamie Lee)



Christmas Tea with my Stephie (we walked out to the first snow of the season!!)


Chicago for winter break- Christkindle Market!


Christmas with fam <3












Christmas lights with Summer Friends

NYE at Miami University

Testing out being a Cheetah girl/ trying Stan's Donuts for the first time.
(They have a Dreamsicle donut!!!)



21!!!!! (Hampton Social/LondonHouse/Studio Paris)






Spending my whole Sunday writing this year in review..




THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING A PART OF MY LIFE AND MAKING EVERYTHING I DO AND EVERYWHERE I GO FILLED WITH SO MUCH LOVE AND SO MANY GIGGLES.

more than ready for year 2! 

SheIn Shopping Guide

Hi guys! I'm back partnering with SheIn to bring you a shopping guide for this cold season we're stuck in with pieces that will transition nicely with the hopefully soon-coming warm weather. I kept most of these options as things you can wear out to class or out for dinner with a simple change of accessories.

If you have any questions about the company, send me a message! All products linked below.

White Striped Sideseam Hooded Sweat Suit

Grey Bow Tie V Back Long Sleeve Top

Blue Front Zipper Velvet Backpack

Mesh High Neck Long Sleeve Jumpsuit NAVY

Laced Up Eyelet Tie Sweater GREY

Black Embroidered Rose Applique Slit Wide Leg Velvet Pants

Ideas Are Scary

I started class this week, and I knew my favorite was going to be my Radio/TV Copywriting course. I've taken copywriting before and loved it so I thought this would be no different.
My professor in particular has lingered in the back of my mind for the past two days and prompted me to write this. He said this was going to be a semester where he will force ideas out of us; he didn't care about how far out we took an idea because it's easier for him to pull us back in then to push us forward.
Immediately I wanted to get outside and think. Make stuff up. Go. The inspirational slump that I had been dealing with suddenly died.
We watched this ad for GE TV, and I'm just going to go ahead and tell you guys the copy of it:
"Ideas are scary
They come into this world ugly and messy 
Ideas are frightening 
Because they threaten what is known 
They are the natural born enemy of the way things are 
Yes ideas are scary and messy and fragile 
But under the proper care 
They become something beautiful."
I have the video linked below so that you can listen to it, but basically I just wanted to send out a reminder that yes, it can be scary to have big, crazy ideas. It can be hard to express them and even harder to share them. The chance of rejection hurts and can cause us to bottle these amazing opportunities inside of us until they disintegrate and we move on. 
This year and every year after that, let's change that instinct. Think every day until you perfect your idea. Take initiative. Make these plans so big that you have infinite directions to run in. Lastly, write them down!! A worker at the Pérez Art Museum told me that was the key to ever accomplishing anything, and it's true! You'll remember more, and it feel pretty stinkin' good to be able to cross things off that to do list. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfmQvc6tB1o
pic credit: vickyfraser.com