Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Marianne: My Free Pass (aka cute stuff at H&M that I might buy)

Honestly, I think it's amazing I made it almost to July without breaking my Fast Fashion Fast, but now it's summer and I am finding myself in need of some hot weather, work-friendly clothes. I work in a casual office, but that doesn't mean I can wear cut offs and t-shirts (SIGH), so I have been combing H&M for some cheap and cheerful summer clothes. I know H&M doesn't work for everyone, but it consistently works for me, much more so than Target, and I think the quality is better too.

Before I dive in, some parameters I applied are:

NO T-SHIRTS
NO JEANS
NO CUTOFFS
NO CAFTANS (this is a tough one though)


Okay, I know I said no caftans and then I put up a dress called "kaftan dress", but this just looks like a loose, easy dress. The reviews are good and I honestly can't decide between the leopard and the black. What say you?

I always try and seek out cotton, silk, or linen from H&M, because I've had great luck with the quality in the past. I love this fabric, but I'm a little on the fence about those sleeve ruffles. This could be the perfect light summer dress though...hmmm.


I want a new striped jersey dress, and while I've been looking at this one from Madewell I don't think it's worth $75. This one is $30 and I have had my eye on it for a while. I can't decide if it would really work on me but I should probably just try it.


Another striped dress--this could be a total disaster on my body. Probably should skip.


This one just looks easy. Perfect for those August days when you just don't want anything to touch your body, you know? I do worry about it being too short on me, but I think I'm going to give it a whirl.

I really need a couple of work blouses that I can wear with jeans. This looks promising, if not a little more ruffly than I would normally gravitate towards. I'll try if for $9 though.


This is going to be polarizing because of the price, but hear me out. This looks SO MUCH like my absolute favorite Vince blouse, which cost this much used. I haven't been able to find anything similar for under $400, so I am very tempted by this. I can always return it...right?

IDK guys, maybe I should just buy this and call it a day.

5 comments:

  1. Buy what? The hyperlink "this" didn't work for me.
    I like the silk blouse a lot! If you get it I'd like to hear a review. I say black for the kaftan dress because I don't like that particular leopard print. I'm pretty darn picky when it comes to leopard though,

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    1. Drat! Link is fixed, thanks for letting me know!

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  2. Black kaftan 100%! Only because I think the reverse side of the leopard fabric is a dead giveaway that it's fast fashion, and it peeks out along the bottom hem in the clip of the model wearing it.

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  3. Did you get the black kaftan? Most of the sizes are sold out in the black. I ordered the leopard, since the black was gone.

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    1. I did! It's on the way (fingers crossed), that certainly sold out fast. Now they have it in a lovely blue batik print too!

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