Hi, I know this is not as exciting as a Chanel purse, but I wanted to share some of the pics of the summer/travel capsule I bought at Tommy Bahama a few weeks ago. My DH has bought Hawaiian shirts from them before, but I never had bought anything there before. Well, after I went shopping a whole afternoon without finding anything browsing at White House Black Market, Macy's, J Crew, Banana Republic, Nordstrom's and Anthropologie, I happened to stop in this store just before going home. Well I really got hooked and fell for all the bright and happy coral and turquoise and blue and white colors. I don't normally buy clothes as a whole capsule, but I think it makes sense to have everything coordinate. All of these clothes could get packed as a travel wardrobe and mix and match quite easily. Plus I got some new swimwear, which I haven't done in years (it's been so long I don't remember when I last changed my swimsuits). The swimsuits and coverups were on sale for 50% off. Hopefully if we go to Hawaii later this year or next year, I'll be all set and can use the whole capsule! (This is just like when I bought a whole capsule of ink blue items from White House Black Market--I still use most of that today and it all coordinates). My casual clothes have been in need of an upgrade for years (summer/beach stuff, as opposed to the dressed down work stuff I typically wear for MOTG). The bonus is that I was able to dress up the dresses and wear them to work, so there's crossover in the other direction! Actually 1, 5, 7, 8, and 12 were all worn to work and 2, 4, and 10 were MOTG.
I bought:
Leaves Afire tank dress (#1,4)
Lily sky Tambour dress (10-11 for MOTG, 12-13 for work)
Malia cardigan in turquoise (Ming Jade) and white (#1, 12)
Lea cropped red cardigan (14)--plan to wear it in the fall with the tank dress and leggings and boots
Sand Piper silk shirt (#5) in Ming Jade
Two Palms short sleeve linen shirt in Red Tulip (#8)
Five tank tops--white, black, coral, turquoise, red (#2)
Monkey See turquoise and white shorts (#2)
Doheny shirred white drawstring neck tee (#15) to wear with the shorts
Four bracelets--red and turquoise tile, white starfish, multicolored palm/flowers (3, 6, 9). She showed me how to link the bracelets (9) to keep them together.
White sun hat (#4)
Two bikinis with underwire top and skirt bottom (16, 18-19)
Two cover-ups--one tunic and one open weave long sweater (17, 20)
Brown wedge flip flops (21)
As you can see, I also added my white jeans (5,8), Clarks nude wedge sandals (2), $12.99 elastic waist skirt from Costco (7) and seahorse necklace from TJ Maxx (6). And my turquoise Cole Haan purse from DSW (1). I would also add a pair of white shorts, and maybe some blue jeans and another T shirt or two and some pajamas and underwear, and I'd be all set for vacation! Pass the pina colada!
