Halston Heritage dress (via Rent The Runway), Club Monaco belt (similar for less), Celine clutch, Zara shoes, Dana Rebecca necklace

I had a wedding in Dallas this past weekend and I didn’t know it was black tie until three days before. This lack of planning caused a serious meltdown/panic attack. What was I going to wear? When did I have time to shop? S*&%!!!!  I like to know what I am wearing to a wedding about a week in advance. This way I can enjoy the week leading to the big day.  Then, when the wedding comes I am not totally stressing about what to wear. This wedding was not that way. I searched the web all day on Tuesday, but I couldn’t find one thing that I liked or was in budget. My last stop was, Rent the Runway. I have rented from RTR before but I never got to wear the dress because of a stomach bug I had taken on the day of the event. I remembered the dress was really pretty so I gave it another shot. Knowing, this time, I had about three days to receive the dress, I picked the first option that was available for the weekend.

That story leads me to this dress. Hmmmm, print?! I remember thinking the next day, “What the hell was I thinking. I am not a print girl.” I panicked until the day it arrived, which happened to be the day before the wedding. I tried it on with both eyes closed and slowly opened, one.at.a.time. I didn’t love it at first, but I also didn’t hate it. The dress itself was gorgeous, but with so much color and pattern, it was a lot for me to take in at that moment. I ended up letting myself sleep on it and then realized, I didn’t have any other option. It was this dress or my birthday suit. After wearing it around the house for an hour, it grew on me! After getting to enjoy my, “getting ready” process with a bottle glass of champagne, I was reallllly liking the dress. Just kidding. But I did end up totally loving it.

This post was not sponsored by RTR, but I do totally recommend them to all of you! The dresses are gorgeous, the shipping is fast, the return processes is super easy, and they are like 1/3 the price of a normal black-tie dress. 

 Club Monaco faux leather shorts, Club Monaco t-shirt, Gianni Bini jacket (similar + similar), 3.1 Phillip Lim bag, Zara shoes, Glam Rocks + F21 rings,  J.Crew belt worn as necklace (similar), F21 sunnies, Revlon “Love That Red” lipstick

 This “necklace,” you see in the pictures was an emergency addition to the outfit. I was originally wearing, this beauty, that Molly was kind enough to let me borrow. I wanted to add a little length to it so Molly creatively used my gold belt to do so. The original LuLu Frost necklace was perfect and I was really excited to show off the look (seen here). Unfortunately, while at brunch I went to adjust it and it  broke. I felt so badly! No one wants to be wearing someone else’s belongings when they break. THE.Worst. She was super cool about it and we ended up having a fabulous brunch, but I kept wondering how I was going to accessorize this very simple outfit. I then remembered the belt Molly had used earlier. I clipped it mid-way to create a similar length as the one before. Lesson of the day: when in doubt, use the resources around you!

many thanks to the amazing Molly Miller for the photography 

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