Outfit: Pinkapalooza

Surprise!

Not much warning prior, but I have cotton candy pink hair now! I actually have fallen completely in love with it and am hoping to keep it (or maybe experiment with more fun colors?) for a while. For a long while I was rather wishy washy about dying my pixie pink and have always come up with excuses not to, but I sort of jumped off that metaphorical cliff a while ago. I mean why not? Besides ever since I put the pink in I have been complete smitten. The best part is children's reactions to funky colored hair. They stare at you as though you're some kind of fairy and it is absolutely amazing! My own little six year old niece sprints up to me whenever she see's me to inform me of what pink think my hair currently smells like to her.

Any who other than my pink hair the one other change in my life has been the fact that I have officially aged another year. I am now legally twenty one and I spent my birthday down back home in Chicago. Which is where the whole 'Pinkapalooza' name came from. I made the dreadful mistake of going up there during Lollapalooza weekend. It makes the entire city a complete and utter madhouse. Other than the chaos and crowds that ensued from a music festival I had a lovely time being back home. These photos were actually taken in The Art Institute which is one of my favorite places so it was wonderful to visit on my birthday. While I was there they had a huge Degas exhibit and they finally had Vincent Van Goph's portrait back. Every time I went it was away on tour I swear. The whole Impressionists section is what makes this museum absolutely phenomenal. Degas, Monet, Van Goph, Renoir. The impressionist movement as a whole is something I need to take the time to study because I've always been fascinated my it. 

Dress: Ruche Shoes: Target Glasses: Old Navy Purse: Target

Seeing as this is primarily a fashion blog I would like to stop and take a moment to discuss my dress here. Frankly the thing I love most about it is that it is a very stand alone dress. Many a dress I come upon need several types of accessories in order to convey your style through it and while I can do that with this dress I can also just wear it alone. It feels complete by itself. Plus the skirt has a great amount of flow and detail without being overwhelming. Just look at it!

It's this lovely sort of faded patchwork of floral and leaves with some subtle sparkle. Who wouldn't love that skirt? I can't wait to experiment more with this dress in fall and come up with some warm dressed down outfit varieties.

P.S. As a fun little bonus picture here I am being awkward and uncomfortable as my elder sister teased me and several people passed and stared!

- Rebecca

*Photos by Missy*