About a week before I left for Indiana, I ordered 3 things from the J.Crew factory. These shorts (in bright yellow) arrived before I left. I love them, but they are a little too small, so I think I will have to return them, unless I lose about 5lbs before I make it out to the outlet mall.
My 2 other purchases (the Clare cardigan in brocade blue and this top in vibrant fuchsia) arrived while I was gone, but John was still home, so he rescued them from the front porch. Then I bought this skirt at the regular J.Crew in Indy.
I wore this outfit on the first day back to work, and met John for lunch because we had no groceries at home. He commented on my skirt, and I said it was new - from J.Crew. Then the conversation went something like this:
John: Do you have a J.Crew addiction?
Andi: no - well, maybe a little.
John: And is J.Crew more or less expensive than the Gap?
Andi: welllll...
I then explained to him my new-ish shopping philosophy, where instead of buying 3 t-shirts at the Gap for $7 each and then rarely wearing them, I would buy a maxi skirt at the J.Crew for $22 and wear it more frequently. It's just math!
Anyway, this is my new skirt and I love it. For the first outfit, I went with the most obvious pairing of a white tee and cognac accessories. I felt very fancy all day long!
Tee: Gap (option, option, option)
Belt: Gap (similar)
Skirt: J.Crew (exact)
Watch: Fossil (similar)
Necklace: Old Navy (similar)
Sandals: Target (similar)
I heart J.Crew so I'm with you all the way!
ReplyDeleteYou look very fancy! Love this skirt. I actually just made my first ever J. Crew Factory purchases (ever!)
ReplyDeleteI can see why you love it! That is a great skirt! I see so many amazing deals from other bloggers from J Crew Factory I need to get down there more often! Or they need to open one closer.
ReplyDeleteYou will get a lot of use out of the maxi skirt. I have never shopped at Jcrew. My jcrew items have been hand me down. Also today I got 2 Jcrew items from the recycling center.
ReplyDeleteI was worried I've started to develop a little JCF addiction lately, but I'm just so enamored with the quality of some of the pieces, and I'm paying only a little more than I would at typical mall stores. I think as long as you're buying pieces you love, are staying in your budget, and aren't just buying because of the brand, you're in a fine place. But that's just me. The me who is also loving your outfit. I would wear it all the time.
ReplyDeleteJ Crew is an amazing store! I'm glad the factory outlet is less expensive LOL. Lovely look. That top is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteLauren xo
Sophisticated In Style
Haha, I am perusing the JCF website as I read blogs--I just had to check out the extra 30% off sale!
ReplyDeleteI love their colorful shorts and even have the exact yellow pair you mentioned. Bummer that they didn't work out for you, but they have about a zillion other fun colors.
Love that maxi skirt too!
I seriously love j.crew and having the outlet so close is the best! Cute skirt!
ReplyDeleteI really love this outfit - you look great in this maxi skirt! Navy is "your color" - seriously, every time you wear it, you look so wonderful!! I have not jumped on the J.Crew or J.Crew Factory train yet...I feel like they probably have some nice basics but I wonder if the quality is really that much better for tees, cardigans, sweaters, etc? Like, is it worth it? I'm so frugal (no, CHEAP, ha!) that I worry that I'll buy something from there that won't last me as long as some of my less expensive things...but I'm trying hard to improve the quality of the pieces I wear because I'm a grownup now, haha. SHOPPING IS HARD!
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