tee | bikini | swimsuit | dress

tank | espadrille | sandal | shorts

Shopbop‘s Friends and Family sale is here!  You can take 25% off your entire order with code INTHEFAM.

There are, of course, a few exclusions.  Namely (and heart-breakingly) Stuart Weitzman.  SOB!

**UPDATE on 4/5:  I had originally stated that Rag and Bone denim was NOT part of the sale.  So happy to be proven wrong!  It turns out that Rag and Bone isn’t part of the sale, but Rag and Bone/Jean (basically allll of Rag and Bone’s denim) is part of the 25% off.**

But whatever.  It’s fine.  Because the rest of it?  Is so, SO good.  Last year I used this sale to stock up on drool-worthy summer pieces – before everything was completely picked over.  And those pieces ended up being the workhorses of my summer closet.  (Happily, many of these pieces are back this year, so keep reading for my favs, or check out this new post to see them in action.)  In addition to my fav tees, shorts, sandals, and dresses, I’ve also taken a little virtual stroll through the swim section, so…yeah.  As I said before, it’s good.

Wear-Everyday Tees and Tanks

I always use the Shopbop sale to stock up on unique basics.  Wilt is one of my go-to brands (you’ll see a ton of it in the list below) because they’re both interesting and durable.  I wash/dry all of my Wilt pieces without fear.  Here are the wear-everyday tees I have my eye on:

Annoyingly Expensive Denim Shorts

There’s no getting around it:  the best denim shorts cost as much as jeans.  I fought this fact for years, until last Spring when I finally broke down and bought these and these.  They ended up solving allll of my denim short woes, and I ditched an entire stack of castoffs.  In hindsight, I should’ve just gone with the good stuff to begin with.

(And I’d stay away from Free People shorts – they look so cute but the pairs I’ve tried are insanely stiff and uncomfortable.)

The Easiest Summer Dresses

I’m not talking fancy dresses.  I’m talking about a dress that you can just throw on with a pair of sneaks and go.  Or with flat sandals and a leather wrap bracelet and voila!  A summer uniform.

Walkable Sandals

This list is short, but I can vouch for almost every pair in the list.  There’s nothing I hate more than uncomfortable shoes.

Swim, Baby, SWIM

I would be remiss if I talked about summer without mentioning swim.  The list below include suits that are especially good at pooch-hiding and/or chasing kiddos, suits that our readers swear by, and a few too pretty not to mention.

My Michigan hometown (Marquette – in the UP) just had a snowday.  Seems like a cruel joke, right?

C’mon Summer!

xo,

S