First Day of School Outfit.

Photography: Kate Castellano Photography

Top: Forever 21 // Skirt: Target {A closet staple! Almost identical here} // Shoes: Clark's // Hat: Forever 21 // Purse: Vintage Chanel {Similar here, less expensive here} // Sunglasses: LOFT // Earrings: Talbots {Old, similar here} // Bracelet: {From the store I work at in Maine} // Ring: HJ Greek // Lips: Liner is NYX lipliner in Hot Red, Lipstick is L'Oreal Colour Riche The Reds in Blake's Red 

     So excited to finally be blogging the outfit that I wore for my first day of school for starting my senior year of college earlier this week! First day of school outfits are always a big deal, but I knew that I wanted my last real first day attire to be especially fun, bold and sassy. Gotta show everyone on campus my senior status!

     I actually don't wear black and white very often (I'm much more a fan of color), so this outfit was slightly outside of my comfort zone! But the "girly-ness" of the cut of the skirt, the added heels and my red lips definitely made this color combo a bit more Annaliese friendly. :-) I ordered this Forever 21 crop top earlier this summer and have been so excited to wear it! It fits me very well, but the only thing that I was disappointed about when I received it is that it truly is a CROP top! It is barely longer than some bathing suit tops. That ruled out wearing it with most of my bottoms and skirts for anything school related, but my favorite black and white skirt has the option of being very high-waisted! So I was able to style my new crop top and make it school appropriate. Win-win! 

     I will probably definitely be packing the crop top for my weekend trip to Myrtle Beach though! Attire for a beach town like Myrtle is a lot more casual than dressing for school, so I can't wait to style this top with some of my favorite shorts or other skirts. 

     I thought it would be fun to end this post with a few other pictures from my first day back to school on Monday with some of my friends!! I snuck off campus to a park in Uptown Charlotte in the middle of the day to do this photoshoot, but the rest of my day was filled with going back to class, resuming sorority recruitment practices, and catching up with all of my sweet friends!

My Little, Julie!

My amazing suitemate/bestie Caroline!

My roommate from last Fall, Kirstie, who is back from studying abroad in the UK!

First day selfies with my friends Max, Lily and Joe!

     Similar outfit pieces to mine are linked here below! Be sure to visit the blog on Sunday (my birthday!) for a preview of the amazing birthday/blogiversary photoshoot that I got to do in Virginia last week... on Monday I'll be sharing the whole thing! 

     Have a great long weekend!

     xoxo Miss ALK