OOTD: New Black

Saturday I took my daughter to a birthday party that had a "rockstar" theme, so even if there was no dress code (and especially not for the moms) I had a little fun in creating an outfit I would be comfortable in but with a little something that would remind the theme of the party.
I decided to wear a tee that I bought a while ago on Gilt. It is by Sandro and can be appropriately described as "slouchy". The tee has "New Black" written on it and to be honest I am not sure if it refers to the color or what. The color was called "white" and it looked white on the Gilt website but because it is white linen on the front and black linen in the back, the color tends to read more as marled grey when I am not wearing it because the black shows through, which when I took it out of the package was a bit disappointing. However, once on, it is definitely white (hope this makes sense) and I liked the graphism a lot so I decided to keep it. As a side note, this was my first Gilt purchase ever and I am not a fan. First of all, when you start to understand how it works, you realize that the stuff they sell is often two years old so not THAT cheap (except when they do blowout sales); second, they don't offer free shipping, which sucks; third more often than not they don't offer refunds on but only store credit, which double sucks. I am much happier with MYHABIT, which is the Amazon flash sale site: they have a great selection, prices are lower compared to Gilt and they offer free shipping and refunds in 14 days.
You might ask what pushed me to break my years-long resistance to Gilt to buy this tee, in particular. Well, this tee is what I would call a "rebound tee". I had just bought the "Ooh Chic!" Zoe Karssen tee on shopbop.com, after lusting over her tees for more than a year. When the tee arrived I was disappointed to find it to be VERY oversized. I was expecting it to be a bit slouchy but it has a cropped fit that makes it look just big (I bought the smaller size available). Also, I thought that for the money ($75), it wasn't THAT special (it was very thin and half or rayon and actually I thought it was overpriced crap) so I returned it and that's when I happened on the Sandro tee on Gilt, that seemed a good substitute. I took a few pics of outfits that I was planning around it though and kind of regret it when I look at them (except, it is now sold-out). This one for example:



Anyway, back to my Saturday outfit, this is the Sandro tee (incidentally, when I cut off the tag I saw that the original price was $150. I love Sandro but they are out of their mind):




I started to work on adding some "rockstar" touches to this simple "jeans and a tee" outfit. I really didn't feel like wearing black (that would have made the task easier), because it was a gorgeous day (if a bit chilly), so accessories had to be the key. My studded Sam Edelman Frankie ballet flats from last year really give any outfit a tough-chic look. I tend to forget that I have these (their season is somehow short as your foot is so close to the ground that any amount of rain could ruin them but I don't wear closed toe shoes in the heat of the summer) but really I should wear them more often, also because they are the most comfortable ballet flats ever, it's like wearing slippers (I walked for hours in Paris last summer in these).



The belt, that is from JCrew and I think was called "crystalline" something, has little rhinestones that you can't see well in the pics.
I thought that this outfit missed a necklace but I couldn't find any necklace for the look I was going for, sparkly baubles really added nothing in this case. Then I realized that I didn't need sparkles, my black resin link necklace (last year birthday present from mother in law that I picked myself) would do it. In fact I think it looks great and I received a lot of compliments on it:





I think you could mistake me for ina in these pics, except she would be wearing heels! She is also a fan of Zoe Karseen as you can see in one of her recent post (sorry, I am in a hurry and cannot link!)

I have a busy week ahead that is going to culminate in the busiest weekend ever (my little girl 6th bday party, my best friend anniversary party the same night and mother's day), so I could suddenly disappear without notice!