I had an outfit planned for Easter but I had almost abandoned the idea of wearing it because of the forecasts and all the rain that poured here on Saturday. However, when we woke up yesterday morning the sun was out and I couldn't wait to wear my newly acquired surf tweed mini from last year. Thank you to The Chic Chauffeur for selling me this skirt on the JCA a few weeks back (I love her blog, check it out!)
I had never tried this skirt when it came out (I was turned off by the price and some negative reviews and sold out pretty quickly in my size) and then I could never catch it on sale for a decent price. I would have missed on a great addiction to my closet if it weren't for the JCA Exchange. I was a little bit nervous that the 0 would be too small (as I gained some pound since last spring) but it fits perfectly (it is actually a little bit loose in the waist) and it is longer than this past fall minis. Double yay!
I had the perfect sweater to wear with the skirt (a short-sleeved cashmere cardigan by Ralph Lauren in a candy shade) but I washed it on Friday evening and it didn't dry by Easter because of the humidity that we had, so this is actually a backup outfit that turned out to be great. Instead of pairing two candy shades, I went tonal with the Cecelia cami in seaweed and the lumiere ruffle cardi in natural:
I ended up wearing it with the cardigan closed and belted but later in the day it got really too warm for the mohair cardigan:
We had planned to have Easter brunch in the neighborhood with the family of one of my daughter's girlfriends from school. We were 7 with 4 kids all under age 4 so it crossed my mind that maybe I would be better off in jeans or other stain-proof clothes but after all I don't have many occasions to dress up a bit so I crossed my fingers that no meatball or other flying food would land on my skirt. I was lucky!
Here we are on our way to the restaurant. I know, my sweater is longer than my jacket but it was the ideal weather for the ruffle-collar trench and also the skirt looks too cute with that jacket, so pardon me for this fashion misfit:
After brunch we wanted to catch the Easter bunny at the Carl Shultze park, which was a 20-minute walk from the restaurant, so we stopped by the apartment for a quick change (it got also incredibly hot). And when I say quick change I mean that I had literally two minutes to take my skirt and stockings off and grab the first bottom that happened into my hands. Which in this case was the vintage slim jean in rustic wash. I really like this pair of jean but the belt loops are really giant and give it a worker look, especially if you wear it with a jean belt like I did. I wanted to wear my tortoise shell belt and matching flats but impossible to find either of them in the time slot allowed by my husband (but I did take a pic when we came back home):
Halas, by the time we got there the Easter bunny was gone but they had planted gorgeous tulips and we took some pics since my daughter was all decked out in her Easter outfit. She looked adorable, a flower herself:
And with mommy:
We spent the rest of the afternoon at the park, hiding and seeking our own Easter eggs. My daughter was running around like a little bunny and it was a pleasure to watch her looking for the eggs. At some point she wanted to hide the eggs for mommy and daddy but then instead of letting us find them, she went and "found" them herself (it was hilarious and so genuine because she didn't mean to cheat. I loooove this age, they can engage in a conversation but they are still innocent).
What did you wear on Easter?
