Striped Tee Dresses and Pink Crossbody Bag

Sharing two incredibly similar outfits today, with sneakers, striped tee dresses and my little Rebecca Minkoff Jean MAC crossbody bag. Sometimes when I follow an outfit formula I'll tweak it a little each time I wear it, but these outfits feature such similar dresses they are almost identical!

What I wore:

Necklace: Kmart silver long circle pendant necklace
Dress: All About Eve striped black tee dress 
Shoes: Converse Chuck Taylor All Star coast blue
Bracelets: the usual plus turquoise and silver bracelet stack
Bag: Rebecca Minkoff Jean MAC bag in fig 

Why I wore it:

Added a little extra colour to this staple black and white tee dress with the pink Rebecca Minkoff Jean MAC bag, blue Converse and even a little turquoise and silver bracelet stack. Had a busy day with an appointment, the school run, and working from home. Because it was such a hot day and there was a little bit of running around between everything I went with this simple dress. It's a firm favourite of mine as although it's black it's a nice loose fitting shift dress and so it's perfect in the heat!

I thought the colourful accessories were great with the black and white too - all colours work with this dress!

Last worn: black and white striped shift dress, turquoise bracelet stack, circle necklace, blue Converse, Rebecca Minkoff Jean MAC.

Other ways to wear: black and white striped shift dress and leather jacket, blue Converse and midi skirt, Rebecca Minkoff Jean MAC and monochromatic blue outfit.

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What's In My Bag: Rebecca Minkoff Jean MAC

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What I wore:

Necklace: thrifted purple wooden bead statement necklace
Dress: Cotton On 'Tina' white striped tee dress in Lissy black / Gardenia
Shoes: New Balance Coast women's running shoe in black 
Bag: Rebecca Minkoff Jean MAC bag in fig 

Why I wore it:

This was a really hot day - I feel my face shows that well now I've decided to give up the hunt for a good BB cream or tinted sunscreen.😅 All the tinted ones I've tried since my go-to was discontinued are breaking me out. So I'm giving up and just wearing plain, sheer sunscreen. Despite the heat we had a busy day ahead of us, so a simple shift dress was the ideal outfit.

We'd picked a venue and sent our son's party invites out before the big floods hit Brisbane a few weeks ago. So when my friend told me at a playdate our favourite park was closed we were shocked and had to scramble to find someplace new for the party. We went by the park to confirm it was still fenced off and unusable after the floods, and then checked out some other possible party venue parks near us, and of course to let the kids play in the playgrounds! It was tricky as being a party for prep kids we needed toilets in the park as well as a fun playground, and lots of space for all our guests in a covered area for shade. Thankfully we found another park that worked and we were able to let everyone know the change of venue a few days before the party.

Last worn: black and white striped tee dress, lilac necklace, New Balance sneakers, Rebecca Minkoff Jean MAC (above).

Other ways to wear: black and white striped tee dress in winter, Rebecca Minkoff Jean MAC and printed shorts.

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How You Can Wear It:

Striped dresses are wardrobe staples! You really can't go wrong with stripes. In neutral black and white, you can add more colour with some brighter accessories as I've done here with the pink crossbody bag in both outfits, and the blue Converse in the first outfit.

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