Legally Charming Style

Happy almost Fourth, everybody!!

So I don't know about y'all, but being in the office when your friends are hitting the beach/on vacation somewhere is kind of sad and makes you feel like you need about five more cups of coffee than usual to survive. I've gotten used to it now, since this is my second summer working full time during law school, but every once in a while I see a bunch of gorgeous photos from people in Hawaii and I want to cry.

So how does one counteract that particular evil?

I've decided the best cure for in-the-office-close-to-the-Fourth blues is to dress as much like an American flag as humanly possible. Maybe it's wrong, but if it is, I don't want to be right. Pairing this striped J. Crew skirt (another gold find at Uptown Cheapskate!) with the polka dotted Old Navy top knotted at the waist feels bright, peppy, and totally patriotic. The tasseled flats are just plain fun and add a little something extra to the outfit to make it pop! bang! boom! like a firework. (No one let me start singing Katy Perry to you right now, please.)

In the meantime, I'm off to finish a presentation for my class tomorrow so I'm one step closer to freedom!

xoxo

Carisa

Confession time, folks: I love 90's action movies.

No really. A guilty pleasure night might or might not involve a trifecta marathon of Jurassic Park, Independence Day, and Twister. Yes, I'm weird. But it will probably explain why I was so damn excited to see Jurassic World and had to get tickets THE DAY IT CAME OUT. I've only been waiting for years for this. (It also may have motivated me to finally get Jurassic Park on DVD--I had the VHS for many, many years.)

So it probably makes sense that when I was getting dressed on Friday morning to go run errands before the movie, I put on these banana palm shorts and chambray shorts. It was subconscious really: I bought the shorts the day before (On sale! $15! Thanks, Old Navy!), so I had to wear them. Then I wanted to be warmer in the theater, so a chambray shirt seemed logical. Then the bracelet because I was going to wear black sandals.

Only after it was all together did I realize that I looked like I was getting ready to go play tourist at Jurassic World. Palm printed shorts, chambray shirt, bracelet that looked like sharp dinosaur teeth. Talk about dressing for a theme. I'm not sure that it would be Dr. Ellie Sattler approved (I think she'd prefer I at least change the sandals out for boots and socks), and doubtlessly I'd be made fun of by Chris Pratt for wearing patent sandals if I were the female lead, but as Ellie says in Jurassic Park, "we can discuss sexism in survival situations when I get back." #feministhero

And in case you couldn't guess...I loved the movie. Go check it out, y'all! 





xoxo

Carisa

It's been a month and a week since I last gave y'all anything, which is...wow. Wow. Way too long. But I think today is a perfect day to get back in it, because guess what???

Legally Charming Style is officially a year old today!

That's right folks. I started the Legally Charming Style blog one year ago today. It's hard to believe. I came into this blog with the intent to show off my fashion and have some fun. I wanted to have a creative outlet during law school, and I got complimented on my outfits anyway, so...why not, right?

I have learned a lot about the blogging game in the last year. Things do not come easily in this world. You don't just garner invitations to events, or sponsored posts, or get free stuff all the time. It's hard work--it's a full-time job if you want to do the blogger thing for real. Giveaways, hashtags, well-timed outfit posts, witty comments on your blog entries...all of the above are needed, plus a lot of time, effort, and business savvy. I respect women who do this full time, I'll tell you. It's hard work, whether or not anyone wants to acknowledge it outside the blogging world.

A year ago I posted two pictures in my blog to start this little adventure:



xoxo