top: c/o Oasap / dress turned skirt: Forever 21 / wedges (last season): c/o Blowfish Shoes / necklace: c/o Le Mode Accessories / clutching together clutch: c/o Le Mode Accessories
though i could be referring to the USA Men's swim team (particularly Ryan Lochte - i apparently have a thing for Ryans - mmm) or even the USA Men's gymnastic team or possibly Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder (as i have been on a continuous roll watching VD on Netflix), but i'm thinking more along the lines of the southern humidity. thank the good Lord that i was born into an era of knee-length dresses, open-toed sandals, shorts, and sleeveless tops because i do not believe i could have survive in a time era of bloomers, corsets, layers of petticoats and puffy sleeves and then have to suffer the humidity of summer. but i totally give props to those women. you go, you awesome women of thick uncomfortable layers, who handled all of it with more grace than i ever could.
and back to the whole melting thing, as much as those guys make awesome eye-candy, there is only one man who makes me melt. and he is better looking and hotter than any vampire or Olympian that i know. when i am around him, i am one big ole, messy puddle.
much love.
{happy monday, friend.}



















you are stinking cute!! and i love how you rock crop tops~!! i need help w/ that! yay olympics!!
ReplyDeleteahhhh...sweet
ReplyDeleteahh love the new design, and ditto to sandy--you rock the cropped top! you are so adorable. :) :)
ReplyDeleteYou look adorable! Great outfit for this blasted summer heat!
ReplyDeleteSuper sweet!
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Yay for tasteful crop tops! Oh, and I hear you about the Ryans... I think this weekend I coined the phrase "Ou la Lochte!"
ReplyDeleteYou are so adorable. The outfit looks fresh and no one would know that you are feeling so hot. I too am glad I don't have to wear layers.
ReplyDeleteLove how you can make an awesome crop top so modest! you have the best style!! :)
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Haha I TOTALLY feel ya on the melting in this weather!!
ReplyDeleteI love that clutch! So cute!
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You are so cute!! I love how you paired everything in this outfit!
ReplyDeleteOh man, I don't know if I could ever survive the South in a petticoat. I'd probably just run around naked in a field.
ReplyDeleteI loved watching the swimming. So intense!
Aw! One of my favorite outfits of yours!
ReplyDeleteI am loving these polka dots girl!
ReplyDeleteSuch an fun post love!
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oh, vampires. if they were really exist, i'm sure i'd be married to one.haha
ReplyDeleteHahaha! I absolutely love your commentary on the olympics. :P
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love how you styled your crop top!
I discovered your blog today via Sometimes Sweet and I really like it! I think you are beautiful and I like your style! :D
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You look so sweet and pweeetttyyy <3
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I just love this. :)
ReplyDeleteYeah this weather has not been fun, I'm really craving fall. Nonetheless, you look fabulous!
ReplyDeleteWhen thinking back to fashions of old, I can only hope that all of the hype about global warming is true and those women did not have to suffer in 110 degree temperatures without AC AND in those outfits. I can't even imagine. Also, I haven't seen a crop top look that perfect with an outfit since the 90s.
ReplyDeleteperfect wayt o wear a cropped top. i dig it!
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I love this! Your skirt is so adorable and it's so cute with that top. You look gorgeous!
ReplyDeletexo, Yi-chia
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I love polkadots! so darling!
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You are simply gorgeous and so beautiful!!
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ReplyDeleteYou are just adorable Ilene. This is like a modern Minnie Mouse look! :) I love the cropped top with a knee length skirt!
ReplyDeleteyou are precious. i'm a puddle around shawnie, too. love this outfit. it's really really cute! LOVELY!
ReplyDeleteI love that clutch. I should have bought it instead of buying three necklaces, actually I like only two of the necklaces I bought.
ReplyDeleteLe Mode has some great stuff. My coworkers is obsessed with it too after she saw my necklace.
gorgeous as always twin!
ReplyDeleteYou are adorable!
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