Bethenny Rocks Lingerie, in Public

For her birthday, Bethenny wore a fitted lady tux with her very own new line of Shapewear (shown on last night's episode).  But this shapewear isn't look like your Grandma's.  She calls it lazy lingerie, what do you think?

 Bethenny photo source and product purchase info here.

Would you wear this type of shapewear/lingerie out in public?  I think Bethenny utterly rocked it, but could anyone pull it off? I'm not sure!  I don't know if this is something I'd try.

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Shabby Apple Dress Giveaway

Happy Friday to you all!  A special Friday treat...a giveaway!  I'm sorry, no - a great giveaway!  You all know, and love Shabby Apple, so today we've teamed up to give one of you lucky ladies a dress!  And if you can't wait to see if you've won, or have been eying something else from Shabby Apple, you can get 10% off with code chasingdavies10off at check out.

So, you know all the Dresses from Shabby Apple are amazing, unique and oh-so-fun... but this one has been one of my favorites! I've been eying it for myself big time! The Shabby Apple dress giveaway is this Light Grey Poplin Dress with ruffles:

Ah! I'm so jealous on whomever wins this lovely!  Obviously you'll get to select the size of your choice and it'll be mailed to you.  So how to win this lovely?  It's simple, please follow these entry rules to be counted:

Mandatory for 1 entry   

(Both components in ONE comment)

1. You must be a public follower of Chasing Davies.  If you aren't already?  Look to the left hand side of my blog and click on the the "Follow" button that is located near the top.

2. Leave your email address if it's not connected to your profile.

3. Tell me what you are excited to wear this spring/summer!

Optional - for Extra Entries 
(You can complete one or all of these for an extra entry each, but enter a separate comment for each entry)

1. Follow me on twitter and Tweet about this giveaway with a link back to this post and include @ChasingDavies so that I can give you credit. Only one tweet counts.  Come back here and provide the tweet link for an entry.

Sample Tweet that you can copy & paste to use: 
Love dresses? Enter @ChasingDavies #Giveaway for a chance to win a Shabby Apple Dress http://chasingdavies.blogspot.com

2. Follow Shabby Apple on Facebook and comment on their page linking to this giveaway! Come back here and let me know you've done so and under what Facebook name.

Sample Facebook Comment with link:
I entered to win a Shabby Apple dress from Chasing Davies - you can enter too (ends 4/11)!

3. Add Chasing Davies to your Blog Roll (http://chasingdavies.blogspot.com) or put my Blog Badge on your blog (you can find it on the side bar of my blog), come back here and link to your blog.

That is a total of 4 entries you can receive if you do all the above!

Disclaimer: Any comments that are incomplete, do no meet all the requirements or are inappropriate will not be eligible. This Giveaway is only available to those that live in US residents.

You will have now through Monday, April 11th at 11:59pm CST to enter. I will announce the winner on the following day, Tuesday, April 12th here at this blog and email the winner.

Stella & Dot Jewelry Discount & Giveawys

Hey all!  As you know I've been hosting a virtual jewelry party (a la this post here) with giveaways (THREE Giveaways, to be exact).  And now, even better news.

So when you shop and buy from the Chasing Davies trunk show, you will be entered to win 1 of THREE jewelry pieces and can get 25% off the above items!
 
1. Go to www.stelladot.com/ashleypolo 
2. Click on "Can't make it to the trunk show? Find your hostess" (In upper right hand corner)
3. Type in Chasing Davies (First name Chasing and Last Name Davies)

Also, make sure to check out the sale section - there are new styles added and marked down up to 70%!  Prices for all budgets.  Happy Shopping!

30% Off Gap, Banana & Old Navy + Support

 Starts today!

 30% off Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy stores, all while 5% of sales will go to support Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

 Print this coupon off here.

I'm eying...

 Belt via Old Navy; Hot Coral Cardi via Gap; Pintucked Wrap Cardi via Gap; Boyfriend Chino Crop Pants via Banana Republic

What are you eying?

Remember to check out the virtual jewelry party and get entered to win 1 of 3 giveaways - go here!

All Teal & My New Theit Bag {& Discount for You}

One of these are not like the other...

Last night was my 2nd Photography Class.  We got to get out and explore Kansas City Nelson-Atkins Art Museum architecture and lights.  We started in evening light, shot through dusk and into night to experiment with our exposure settings, white balance and flash.  It was fun to get out for an hour and shoot pics.

Our homework for this class was to bring a few photos with the theme - Blue.  You can see my final selected "blue" photo over at Lulu's A Candid Life at our weekly YYou See, I See post.  Her blue and my blue themed pics are quite different... :)  Check it out and let us know your thoughts!  What would your picture have been?

Just in time for my 2nd Photog class, I got my new Theit Bag!!

Love love love!  It looks and also acts as a purse, but with the customizable inner compartments & dividers - it holds all my camera equipment, too!  So I'm only lugging ONE bag around...one very stylish, leather bag with a tassel!  And you can get one too...  Go here to get on the wait list ASAP!  I only  had to wait a week or so.  And then they'll email you when your bag is ready for purchase.  Even better - when you check out, enter DAVIES15 in the discount box and get $15 off for Chasing Davies readers!  Hurry to get on the list - this promo code expires on March 19th.


My outfit of different hues of teal was inspired by the latest fashion week favs I posted about here!  I loved Takkoon's blue on blue outfit, so did this a little bit with teal!

 {Cardi - friend hand-me down; Lace Tank - Forever21; Teal Skirt - NY&Co; Tights - Banana Republic; Heels - Target}

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Major Orange Crush

It started with some orangie/coral heels, then a skinny belt, nto nail polish, then lip stick...now I'm craving some orange for my closet.  It's official - I'm Orangified!

Orange Crush

You almost, almost, don't even notice the crappy paint job and little nubbin' nails with this Revlon "Craving Coral" Nail Polish painted on.  Looks a lot more orangey than red in person, sans harsh flash (not winning any photog awards on that pic)

If you can avoid looking up my nose, you might see my fun painted pucker - oooo love that Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Siren.  And it even lasted through my morning coffee, bagel and into the afternoon!

Absolutely perfect springy-summer dresses that I must get my hands on....
Mango Dress, Shabby Apple & Suzi Chin Ruffle Neck Dress

More Clothing Options...

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Orange dress at Beso.com

I'm on the hunt for some cute orange flats, too!  Haven't found any I adore yet... YET!

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If I Were Shopping...I'd Be Shopping at Boden!

I'm doing really good on my shopping band!  Not bought a thing, not even groceries!  Ok, well, groceries aren't part of the challenge...just anything fashion-wise, clothing, shoes, jewelry - anything I don't need to live a proper life (for 1 month)!  And I actually do need groceries.  So I should get to the store, I'm sick of eating Girl Scout Cookies, Frozen Pizza, Apple Sauce and Popcorn for dinner.  But it's snowy out, like really snowy.

Anyways.  If I WERE shopping for the fun stuff - I'd be hitting up Boden's clearance section!!  Have you heard of Boden or shopped there before?  I just randomly received a little catalog in the mail (no idea how they found me), never have heard of them before, I then went online to check out the clothes...and found A LOT I liked. 

They also have tons of great stuff on sale.  It's killing me not to buy...but I did some looking!  Here is what I would buy, if I could.

This wool skirt would be perfect for work and play.  One of my favorite colors!

I LOVE dresses with sleeves, that aren't super bulky for the winter.  This one  looks so comfy and chic:

I love velvet jackets, and this one is so sweet.  How fun it would be to wear all dressed up or with jeans, like shown:

Either way you wear these, rolled up or down, they look so comfy!  I want to sink my feet in these sheepskin boots!

So have you shopped at Boden before?? What is your experience like? You know, for when I can shop again... I'll be coming back to Boden!

Anthro Fitting Room: Some New Arrivals

After seeing the adorable floral dress in my email box last week (and posted immediately about here), I hurried myself to Anthro to try it on and a couple of other things.

The first thing I tried on was that dress, the Soft Structured Dress:

And oh so sadly, it just didn't work for me - especially for $148.  The sleeves were too tight (thus why the arm fabric looks lighter - it's too stretched) and if you have any kind of hips at all - it fit a little weird around them:

 So now my goal will be to find a similar dress to mimic this look!  I already have some similar looking boots on the way...

The next new arrival I tried on was a skirt from another Anthro look I love:

Just adore the stripe top mixed with this patterned skirt, as well as a little casual meets dressy pieces. However, sadly again - this Recurring Theme skirt didn't work for me and the whole outfit here is over $340!  So another recreate goal here.

I didn't like how this skirt puffed out after the waist band - made my love handles look even lovier!

But I love the print of this skirt!

A new (at least to me) item that I loved on and off of me was the Float Above Blouse.  Such a soft teal/tourquoisey color. and the details was subtle, yet fun and unique.

 However, I did not get this - as it is $148... I'll keep my eyes on it if it goes on sale!

So my goal now is to recreate those first two looks for less - I'll keep you posted! :)

From Sweater Pants to Sweater Skirts

I'm all about anything sweatery this off-to-a-cold-start of a winter!  From my very beloved sweater pants and now to sweater skirt options to keep you cozy!

Perhaps my favorite sweater skirts...and going on my Holiday Wish List:

 

Anthropologie Hellebore Sweater Skirt

 Anthroplogie's Flowing Cables Sweater Skirt

 Some other sweater skirt options that are darling:

Urban Outfitter's Le Mont St. Michel Button Sweater Skirt

Urban Outfitter's Kimchi & Blue Textured Sweater Skirt

 Athleta Roll Over Sweater Skirt

 J.Jill tweed sweater skirt

Will you rock any sweater bottoms this winter...pants or skirts? 

Also, make sure to enter the cozy flannel PJ pant giveaway here!

The Sequin Dress Update (Reviews)

Remember a few weeks ago, I had a sequin dress post with some great options, one of which I ordered for myself...another I tried on later.  Both failed.  But found another one, and love it.  So here are some sequin dress updates if you are in search for one yourself!

Ordered Jessica Simpson's Collection Sequin Dress:

Review:  No.  Yuck.  I didn't even take a picture of me in it (sorry).  I received it at work, immediately ran to the bathroom to try it on (I had such high hopes) and then took it right off and sent it back that very day.

The Bad: The fit. This dress will best fit someone stick skinny that needs major curve help.  The skirt part of the dress skimmed the side of my hips, which was fine, but then it pooched out over my stomach making (under the seam) and pooched behind, over my butt.  If you look at this model, you can kind of see what I'm talking about.  So put that on a curvier person and not a model, it could be very iffy.

The Okay: The top was fitted and actually nice looking, but it hurt my under arms when they touched the side of the dress.  Those sequins can be sharp!  The dress is TTS fit, but cut is very limited to certain body shapes.


Then I tried there two gold dresses on at Macy's, both by INC:

Review: They are very similar.  One is 2 inches longer and V-neck (the left one), while the other is scoop neck and has a chiffon lining that peeks out of the edges of the dress (the right one). Both look a bit cheapity in person...

The Bad: Looks cheap-ish in person, and then I put it on and it looked even worse!  They are both pretty short for such gold bling and tight fit and the color was just not right.  I looked a bit hookerish.  Definitely not ok for my work party! :)

The Okay: The neck lines were nice.  Not to plunging, but flattering.

So after the 3 fails, I was feeling that a sequin dress in my budget range ($80-$150) was not going to cut it.  I was sad and deflated.

BUT THEN...I found a navy dress with black sequins, cap sleeves and chiffon peeking out from the edges by the same INC brand those horrible gold dresses are from.  I tried it on and LOVED it.  I don't know if it's new or old (though it wasn't on sale), but I haven't found it online.  I got it from my area Macy's store.

Pardon the horrible photo quality - I was in a dressing room with only my phone to capture it.

Review: Not itchy, smoother fit and not soo tight. It clinches in a little at the waist and has a slight A-line which is what I need for my hips.  It's a little shorter than I'd like, but the modest top and pair with tights and I think it is ok.  I could also get a chiffon slip that hung out an inch or so to lengthen the look of this dress.

I am wearing this dress this week for my work holiday party and will post a new photo of how I style it up and all complete next week!  Happy Sequin Shopping.