Jen and Molly

Jen and Molly
Jen and Molly met at the University of Wisconsin as undergrads, became best friends, and now they’re roommates together in Lincoln Park. We had a nice laugh about Molly’s Theyskens’ Theory top. She and I both have tried on the Theyskens’ Theory Dotta dress in the same ital print, and it fit both of us terribly. The way the dress was cut was horrible and accentuated all the wrong places.

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This dress saddened me because I am obsessed with Theory. A white button-down Theory shirt was one of my first investment pieces for my wardrobe. I bought it when I was still an undergrad at Michigan State, and used to have to drive all the way to Troy to visit the Somerset Collection mall to shop at Neiman’s and Saks. Most of Olivier Theyskens’ designs for Theory are swoon-worthy – but this was not one of them. It was just so funny that both of us had the same experience with that dress looking great on the rack and then terrible on our bodies.

On Refinery29: Megan

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Megan’s pendant necklace is the House of Harlow Tribal Pendant. I own the knuckle ring from the same collection.

To see Megan’s full length photo, please click on over to Refinery29.

Nicole Blaje in Libertine

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Nicole Blaje and I rapidly became friends soon after I started my blog. I used to drop into Cynthia Rowley on Damen Avenue during the winter to warm up during snowy street-style hunts in Bucktown. We’ve spent hours chatting about everything from 90s pop culture to fashion blogs (duh) and runway collections to deeper issues of social class and politics. Basically, Nicole is my intellectual fashion soulmate. Like me, she’s also a grad student in a master’s program at Loyola.

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Besides, only the coolest person in the world would rock this Libertine silk top dyed to look like it’s covered in bloodstains. Nicole told me she found it on Yoox, steeply discounted, and it was one of the greatest finds of her internet fashion shopping career. Like me, she’s a crafty bargain hunter when it comes to fulfilling her designer clothing cravings!