Late Summer Flare

Crochet Crop Top: MinkPink 'Cotton Fields' (on sale here from $62 to $37)

Flared Pants: Others Follow

Heeled Sandals: Jeffrey Campbell 'Encase' (on sale here from $160 to $49)

Necklace: Vanessa Mooney

Hat: Vintage

Summer may technically be over, but I tend to stretch my summer wardrobe for another month or so til SoCal temps drop lower than 80 degrees. 

One of my favorite summer items that I've been wearing quite often for the past couple months are flared pants! They're perfect for the scorching hot temps because of how thin and lightweight they are! Plus, they always come in fun colors and prints. Below are a few simple tips I always use when styling printed pants! Hope you find them helpful! 

TIPS:

1) Pair your printed bottoms with a solid colored top. Typically, I'd choose a top in a color that's also found in the bottom. This will help bring your look together and make it cohesive.

2) Choose a fitted top if your bottoms are looser and flowy. And choose a looser top for the more fitted bottoms. This will help balance out your whole look.

3) I would suggest wearing printed bottoms with some sort of heel to elongate your legs. The busy prints can make your legs appear shorter so throw on some heels to finish off the look.

So Sneak-y

T-Shirt: Joe's Jeans 'Maven Tee' (here for $68)

Jacket: Mink Pink

Sweatpants: LnA (similar here)

Sneakers: Nike

Oh Mother Nature...you sneaky sneaky lady. You and your wildly fluctuating weather is getting me oh so sick. And my body is really struggling to keep up with you! I mean I was literally knocked off my feet Saturday afternoon and spent my whole weekend feeling like I was more than half dead. 

Before this sickness suddenly overcame me, I was able to take my pups on a walk around the neighborhood during the chilly morning. But after that, it was game over for me. My weekend came to an instant end within the next couple hours when I was pretty much confined to my bed for the rest of the weekend. I guess you win some and you lose some...and clearly Mother Nature won this battle.