Jenna Lyons dubbed these pants “party pants”. (Jenna’s current picks are here). I could not agree more. They are so fun and have this cool, modern seventies vibe. I feel like entertaining in a a sunken living room with a wet bar and serving tropical drinks. This may be my favorite piece in the whole Ratti “Into the Wild” collection. The pants are linen and a great cut. They have been sold out, but keep popping back. As of blog press time, there were a few sizes available. It may be worth a bit of jcrew.com stalking if at first you get the dreaded “We’re sorry. This item has been so popular, it has sold out.”
It is all in the details. I love that these J. Crew pumps in the Ratti “Into the Wild” print have striped piping. The striped detail gives them such a nice finish, in my favorite blue and white. Each pair is unique depending on how the fabric was cut. I particularly love mine with the prominent berries on the toes.
I thought it would be fun to style them with stripes. This is one of my favorite shirts by J. Crew. I featured it in navy in this post. It is similar to my favorite shirt dress that I previously featured in gingham, coral and chambray (in this post, this post and this post, respectively). The stripes are subtle and the shirt is so easy to wear. One of my new favorite hats topped off the look.
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It is hard to think of bananas without thinking about monkeys. I love the energy that monkeys have. I was born in the year of the monkey. My husband’s nickname for me when we were dating was Curious George (now CG1). My son absolutely loves Curious George and I have read all of the books multiple times. He has a large collection of Curious George “stuffies”. I have always been curious and love my son’s curiosity and constant questions. Life without curiosity, enthusiasm, and going bananas would be so boring.
Curious George Collection
This preppy display of golden bananas caught my eye. The shirt drapes nicely, too. I styled it with one of my favorite new hats from J.Crew, white jeans, my new gold espadrilles (that are on constant repeat) and a bandana in the Ratti “Into the Wild” print. I was inspired by the J. Crew challenge to wear this print five ways in five days and managed to certainly “go bananas” for it and buy it in several pieces.
About a month ago I wrote about my Grandmother B in this post. June is her birthday month (and mine), so I have been thinking about her a lot. I decided to style the J. Crew Save the Bees t-shirt again with some Gingham. It has been very cool and foggy, so the layers made sense and wearing bees makes me feel connected to her.
I love dresses for summer. They are so easy, one step and you are dressed and yet you also feel more dressed up. There is nothing better to beat the heat. I have this J. Crew dress in navy from last year and also coral from this year. I was so excited to see it in Gingham. The shoes are super comfortable and are on sale.
Note: this dress, like the Candy Stripe Cashmere Shell from this post and Liberty Blouse from this post, keeps selling out and then they are each often replenished the next day. So don’t be discouraged by seeing sold out at first. I recommend trying the link in the morning for the most inventory.
J. Crew recently issued a challenge to wear gingham for a week on their instagram. Here are Jenna Lyon’s five amazing looks. My husband and I returned from a rare night away from our son to find a Peppa Pig in our bed. (I recently won Peppa playing a carnival game at Legoland California). Here is one of my gingham looks from last week, inspired by Peppa.
J.Crew Dress
the navy leopard 