OOTD: Field Trip (Navy And Stormy Blue)

Yesterday I was one of the mom chaperoning my daughter's class field trip to a theater. It was the first time for me chaperoning a field trip and as I realized later, my first time ever on a school bus! When I was little I could walk to school by myself and for the field trips in Italy we used private bus companies. I don't think there is something like the yellow school buses in Italy, it is something very American to me.

Anyway, I wanted to be comfortable but also a bit pulled together so I decided to wear a linen cable over a shirt and my Tory Burch Alexa cropped skinnies in lieu of jeans.
I was preppier than my usual self in this outfit but I liked it a lot, especially for the occasion. The linen cable is from last year and while I like it I am happy that I only paid $17 on final sale for it as the first time that I wore it (granted, I was sweating in it in July) I was covered in blue shreds (I still got a few yesterdays). As you might remember the nice detail on this sweater (that makes it less Brooks Brother-esque) is that it has two slits on the side at the hem, so it doesn't blouse at the hem like a regular sweater but goes down straight.





My matchy-matchy self loves how the color of the shirt (the contrast-stiches perfect shirt from a few years ago) is almost the same than the Alexa. I bought the Alexa during the recent Tory F&F event. They are more refined than denim but less casual than chinos (it's a twill) and I looove this color for summer (it is called "manatee" but in case like me you don't know what a manatee is I would describe it as a stormy blue). I got a 27, which seems to be my pants size at TB (I don't own any other pair but I tried a pair of board shorts last year in the same size). The SA adviced to go with my smaller size (a 26) because he had feedback that they stretch out but the 26 was really too tight. They stretched out a bit but not like crazy so I think it was the good decision.
While they are expensive for casual pants, I've already worn them a lot. This is another outfit that I really liked:





That's the tie-end shirt that I bought at Banana for a song. I really love it, it is very summery. You can get it here with 30% off the sale price today until 2 pm your time (but it is much cheaper in store). People on the website complain about the gaping but it doesn't gape on me in my regular size (unless the white one fits differently, which I will discover soon as I just ordered it).
Speaking of Banana, I regretted not getting that circle dress in coral with one of those 40% coupons. My store had only a 4P left and even if I have only a 20% off coupon I might get it to wear at my daughter's bday (but the 0 looked better because slightly longer).

That's it! I will try to do another post on Friday before the crazy weekend.