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Youthful & Free

Sunday, Jezebel Magazine in partnership with the BB&T Atlanta Open hosted a party in conjunction with their most recent issue that highlights Atlanta’s Top 100 restaurants. I attended with the hopes of capturing some “Best Dressed” pics and since that was easy peasy as there were lots of well-dressed Atlantans in attendance, I was then able to partake in the tasty food and play in the photobooth! here’s what I wore:
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Dress c/o Free People, Necklace c/o Free People, Cynthia Rowley purse, vintage cuff, rings By Phillip
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some people have an accent nail, i have a PARTY nail!
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Dustin and I thought the front of this dress looks like an owl, can you see it? I think it makes it so much cooler, not that it needed cool points cause it’s just straight AWESOME.
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once we got there Dustin asked “Jess, have you seen your Street Style section in print yet??!” and I exclaimed “NOOO!!!” and we both ran over and flipped to page 58 and then proceeded to OooH and Ahhhh :P then we took the above photos and got filmed doing so by the Modern Luxury videographer, silly awesome moment that I’ll never forget!

the title of this post was actually something Dustin said to me after the party, he said that I looked pretty in my new dress and said that I looked “youthful and free” which made my heart flutter and I thought it was the perfect compliment to me and the dress!

-Flashy

Trader Vic’s

hidden below the Hilton Atlanta downtown is Trader Vic’s, a tiki lounge and restaurant with a Polynesian-meets-Elvis Presley-meets-Hawaii family vacation vibe. they have a long list of Island drinks served in sea shells and delicious food prepared by Chef Cheing Phour. I’ve visited the bar area twice before, once was for this years birthday and I blogged about it (here) and another time was also for a friends birthday. it’s a great spot for birthdays or a night on the town and pretending that you’re going out to eat on a beach vacation. Dustin and I had the pleasure of sampling appetizers with some of Atlanta’s food bloggers and learning more about the history of the restaurant and even how to make a Mai Tai! I kept to my usual mojito and lived vicariously through all the pretty fruit adorned cocktails while noshing on my favorite: coconut shrimp!
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i wore—Kensie tank via clothing swap with friends, Forever 21 skirt via recent Hawaii trip, shoes are recent Ragorama scores, Hobo bag, and sunglasses from Clothing Warehouse-Lil 5
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arrrgh, it’s my date for the fine even’n! *only to be read in pirate voice.
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tiki tunes by TONGO HITI
quirky guys that know how to get a crowd moving and laughing! 
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this is the flower crown I started making at V+VJJZ but finished at home. materials came from Michael’s, old flower leftovers from project #1 for Common Creativ and a few are from Jess Jones’ crown leftovers, a smorgasbord if you will!
outfit side note-I’m excited to style this skirt in a different way. preferably with heels and maybe a crop top. the peplum detail is really fun and flattering for my figure but makes choosing a shirt more of a challenge-or at least with my wardrobe. I knew diving into the peplum scene wouldn’t come as natural but I’m into trying out something new!
thanks for having us Trader Vic’s! city “vacation” night anyone??
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-tonight is a Southern Blog Society meet-up at Bevello and I can’t wait to mingle with everyone in Buckhead, see you soon ladies!
-LF

BACKYARD BBQ

this time of year is all about bbq’s, denim, Budweiser American flag cans, citronella candles, backyards and lighting things on fire, amiright?! hope everyone had a grand 4th of July and lit many’a fireworks and sipped many’a gold beers while yelling “America!” like my friends and I did :P we certainly didn’t let thunderstorms stop us from shooting balloons with BB Guns or grilling every form of linked meat under the moon! if I’m not mistaken I have celebrated our nations birthday a total of 4 times with the first round being a Backyard BBQ Bash with my V+VJJZ ladies at Jess Jones’ home in Kirkwood. here’s what I wore:
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top via a clothing swap, UO skirt, Sam Edelman boots, vintage backpack, Free People sunnies, headband via Artlantis Art Festival
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Happy Friday!
♥FLASHY♥

EXPERIMENTING

though I’ve tried several times to rock odd shaped slacks such as harem pants, carrot top (aka paperbag trousers) etc. I’ve had no luck with my body shape looking even REMOTELY flattering with the structure of the waist. so, I had given up until I spotted these maroon Urban Outfitters slacks at a clothing swap and since they were free I thought, eh ..why not give’em a try? took a lil courage and the right top but I think this outfit is somewhat flattering, trendy and it was extremely comfortable for a Friday afternoon at work and afterwards having dinner with a friend.
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LOFT top, UO pants, Frye sandals, vintage bag, Clothing Warehouse sunnies 
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playing around with layers, discovered this fun film reel in Photoshop!
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thanks to my roomieboo who snapped these sharp pics! she’ll make an appearance on the blog soon, should  share some of her killer art!
hope everyone enjoyed the first official weekend of Summer! mine included biking around Piedmont park, tossing the frisbee and eating fresh chips and salsa, all with SPF 45-just needed to get in a lil pool time and it would have been complete!!
xoxo, Flashy

#FlashbackFriday

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photo taken last weekend in Birmingham for my brother’s match-up day for his residency, as he got placed at his #1 we celebrated ALL DAY starting at Chez Fon Fon in downtown. had the best trout I’ve ever had and a really yummy “opera cake” which was a first and tasted very similar to tiramisu. 
wore my cap (duh.) Kensie dress and other accessories I wear on the daily.
Have A Good Weekend ALL!
I’m celebrating my 27th birthday, whoooo
FLASHY