Outfit Of The Day (Floral & Faux)

First things first–I have been featured! The awesome ladies over at Kendra Scott squeezed a picture of me in between some pretty fantastic fashion bloggers last week on their blog. What a nice surprise! Love. ♥

Now on to the clothes. Leather is having a supa-star moment in the world of fashion right now; take one quick look in almost any retail store and you will immediately be bombarded with the stuff.

There are pants made of leather! Skirts made of leather! Leather t-shirts! Leather bras! Leather made of leather! Leather made of pleather! It’s leather pleather weather!

I will be honest here, I must be honest here: leather typically evokes heebie-jeebie-jeeper-creeper thoughts inside my head resembling something like a hot and sweaty Sturgis Rally circa 1993. Leather also takes me back to that one time, back in 1997 when I was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Chloe working a Teenage Mutant Ninja Job at ~~Macy’s~~ ~~Marshall Field’s~~ Dayton’s, that I argued with a lady for hours over a rumpled-and-stained leather mini-skirt that, according to the equally rumpled-and-stained and darn near illegible receipt she kept jabbing and waving in my face, she had purchased exactly three years prior and was apparently dying to return RIGHT THAT VERY INSTANT for a whopping $11.03.

Ew.

But that was 14 years ago! A lot has changed since then, and this new leather isn’t anything like that old (gross) leather–oh no, no, no, no, noooo.

This new leather is cooler. This new leather is easier to wear. And this new leather reminds us that if one good thing has happened because of the darn recession, it’s that retailers have tightened up their return policies and you can no longer return your 9-year old cat to confused teenagers working at the grocery store. (At least not without a receipt, eh?)

There is simply something a little fun about mixing leather and leather-like pieces into a wardrobe. Forget pairing it with chains, studs, and a bad attitude too–I love pairing it with girly and feminine pieces. Think ruffles, florals, lace, simple pumps, and a sneak tickle attack from Husband: