express denim trapeze dress

I recently had the opportunity to partner with Happiness Boutique, an online clothing and accessory store based in Berlin, Germany. The selection is a little daunting with hundreds of affordable statement gems to choose from, but it didn’t take long for me to fall in love with this pendant, which can be adjusted to be worn as a long necklace or a shorter statement piece. The necklace arrived just over a week later (not bad at all for free international shipping) and I’ve already been wearing it on repeat with my loose summer dresses. If you fall in love with anything from the boutique, be sure to take advantage of the customer reward program. It’s a point-based system that gives you the opportunity to earn free jewelry and, really, who doesn’t love free gems?

Dress: Express (similar)
Sandals: Steve Madden (available here and here)
Ring: c/o Julie Vos
Clutch: Tory Burch (also love this one)
Necklace: c/o Happiness Boutique
Sunglasses: Karen Walker c/o Shopbop
Lips: Stila “Fiore”
Nails: Essie “In the Cab-ana”, YSL “Bleu Celadon”

I wasn’t kidding when I said I was wearing this Gerard Yosca pendant nonstop. It has already become my favorite piece to mix and match with my new summer staples, like the chambray dress I picked up at Express. It’s already sold out, which is a bummer because it’s a pretty solid knockoff of the AG Jeans x Alexa Chung “Honey” dress from earlier this season. The only drawback, as you can see, is that it gets awfully wrinkly! It was perfect when we left the house, but looked like this after 15 minutes in the car. Oh well. I’ll just pile on more jewelry next time to distract the eye! Visit Cara’s blog post today to see how she’s wearing a piece from Gerard Yosca’s latest collection in our #WaysToYosca series. As an added bonus, Gerard is offering a 20% discount with code Mesa20!

In other news, I fractured my foot today. My foot fell asleep while I was working on this post. I needed to start getting ready for work and tried to walk on it. I came down the wrong way, heard a terrible popping noise, and collapsed in excruciating pain. The Urgent Care doctor said it’s a fracture at the base of my little toe, but I still need to go to orthopedics for a follow-up appointment. I’m in a plastic boot/cast and can’t put weight on it. It sucks. On the bright side, who’s up for an outfit photo with a cast and crutches?! Seriously, though, if anyone has tips on using crutches, I’d love to hear them. I opted to sit on a flight of stairs and scoot up rather than use them. It’s going to be a long month.