LTK: July 13, 2009

It's getting so hot out! It's becoming a challenge putting together outfits that are OK for work but that won't reduce me to a puddle of sweat once I step out the office door. Here's today's look; pretty basic, but I like it:

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Kept everything pretty simple because the shoes and the bracelet both make serious statements. I picked up this badass wood-and-metal bangle in Laguna Beach this weekend; I'm obsessed:

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So good. All my girlfriends think it's amazing; my boyfriend and guy friends find it perplexing. (More proof that we really don't dress for men.)

Oatmeal puff-sleeve blouse: Vintage, handed down to me by a friend.
Black linen miniskirt: Forever 21, $16.
Tortoiseshell sunglasses: Mossimo for Target, $14.99.
Python-print gladiator platforms: Sam Edelman, courtesy of Solestruck.com.
Wood and metal bangle: $26, Randy Boutique, Laguna Beach, CA.