Americana: Star Spangled Dress

Happy happy Friday and hooray for a long weekend! You may have caught this dress over on my Instagram {or the LIKEtoKNOW.it account!}, but I’m actually styling it a little differently than I had originally planned.

This dress can be worn off the shoulder, but I opted to wear it as a strapless dress since it was a little tight around my shoulders.  The star print screamed Fourth of July to me and I really wanted to pair it with my red bandana for a classic ‘All American Girl’ look.

I wanted to have several pops of red to really make this look patriotic so I wore one of my favorite red lipsticks; I love that this one has a very slight coral undertone that looks so vibrant and bold on me.  I also threw on one of my tassel bracelets from Francesca’s.  This one has bright tassels and wood beads that I felt would complement my Fieldcrest wood watch.

Let’s talk Friday Favorites; this week I’m wrapping up some of the hottest sales to take advantage of this holiday weekend…because I already have:

• 50% off everything at LOFT with free shipping; LOFT rarely offers free shipping {normally you have to either order in store or spend $125 online to qualify} so this is the perfect opportunity to stock up on some great staple pieces for work or weekend as well as starting to pick up some transition pieces for when it {finally} starts to cool down.  I just snagged these adorable shorts and this knit top with fun flared sleeves that also is available in black and white.
• J. Crew Factory is currently offering 50% off everything including sale!  Factory isn’t always the best quality; I’ve had issues with sweaters and knits pilling pretty quickly so I like to keep an eye out for sales like these.  This embellished sweater is so cute with the gold detailing on top of the stripes and I also love this cute summer graphic tee.
• Banana Republic has 50% off sale items and 40% off summer staples.  Their sale dresses are FIRE.  I love the ruffled v neckline on this striped dress and their cardigans come in so many colors and are all under $50 right now!
• I stopped by Francesca’s yesterday to check out some of their new jewelry; they are offering BOGO 50% off on clothes, jewelry and accessories.  Also, pretty sure I need this donut graphic tee in my life immediately.