Styling March Madness: Round One

Howdy, friends and blog readers (although I hope to count you as a friend if you read my blog). If you didn't already know, I am currently an intern for College Fashionista where I write weekly style articles focusing on accessories. Every Friday you can see the lovely people around my campus, but for the next few weeks they are running a competition on their Facebook page starring those of us usually behind the camera!

Jacket- Forever21

Top- H&M

Jeans- Gap

Heels- H&M

Necklace and Sunglasses- Thrifted

I wore this outfit on the last day of my California trip before changing into more practical airport friendly clothes, but it seemed like a pretty good representation of my style for the contest. Minimal and clean yet up to date with a little girly edge.

So what I would love is a little help from my readers. If you could follow THIS link and like the photo, that counts as a vote! That's all you need to do! Feel free to friend request me if you happen to see my Facebook page, but just one extra vote could put me into the next round. YOU HAVE TO ACT FAST THOUGH BECAUSE THE 1ST ROUND ENDS TOMORROW (March 19) at 11:59 EST. So vote as soon as you see this! haha feel free to share it with you Facebook friends as well! Of course, only vote if you do like my outfit, but hopefully you do if you're following me? I'd like to think so at least. Thanks, friends (yes, I'm assuming we are all friends now).

xoxo, Katie

ps- you can also find all of my articles for College Fashionista here if you are looking for something else to read!

Weekend Warrior

Hat- eBay

Top- H&M

Jacket- Forever21

Jeans- JBrand

Boots- Old

Boyfriend jeans are the best pair to wear on the weekend. Seriously, I'm considering investing in a few more because they're so casual yet easy to style in a more formal way. Sadly, these pair have a hole in them that doesn't belong :( They got ripped on a loose piece of metal, and I'm thinking of taking a pair of scissors and some contrasting denim to them and making them even more distressed. They weren't cheap, though, so it's going to be hard to cut them up, haha On a lighter note, I can't get enough of this jacket. If I had an extra $19 laying around I'd snatch up the black one they have on sale, but in classic college kid fashion an extra $20 is a luxury no where to be found in my bank account.

Winter White...and Black and Gray

Jacket- Forever21

Top and skirt- thrifted

Boots- Bakers

Oh would you look at that. Another monochrome outfit of mine. How original, yes?

I know, I know, I need to work more color into my wardrobe, and I've been working on that! I've been spending quite a bit of time adjusting myself to the idea of color by online shopping and not allowing myself to look at black, white, or gray items...

No matter what happens on the color front, I am in love with this jacket. I longed for a black leather moto jacket all winter, but never found one I really liked. Really, I just needed ANY fitted jacket in my closet. Can you believe this is literally the only one I own? Anyway, when Valentine's Day came up, I knew I had to get SOMETHING because my dress for this weekend's "official" celebration is sleeveless. While I couldn't find a black one I liked, this white one from Forever21 was a total steal- only $15! They had a cobalt blue one too and I'm seriously considering going back and getting that one in a bigger size for a boxier, oversized feel...hey, that's at least some color right?