About Mandie

Hi! I'm Mandie, the girl behind Nautical Stripes. Some of my favorite things are nautical items, sailing, stripes, bangles, ripped jeans, bright colors, clutches, vacation adventures, running (only outside), and cooking (always homemade).

Born & Raised: St. Louis, MO
Lives: Chicago, IL
Favorite Meal: Salmon with mashed sweet potatoes
Signature Drink: Captain and Diet Coke
Go-To Closet Item: Ripped, Dark Jeans
Go-To Designer: Tory Burch & Kate Spade
Travel Aspiration: Ireland

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Don't Blend In

Hi Gorgeous!!!!

Wow, talk about a long stretch between posts. I sincerely apologize for that but hopefully I can make it up to you. In the past few weeks, I have since gotten home from Florida and moved to Chicago Illinois for a after graduation job. With my degree in psychology, I decided to try out the Human Resources field as a career option. So far, I am loving it up here. I get to dress like a "big girl" for work and weekends have a whole new meaning to me! ;)

Today I am going to share some of my essentials for working in the 9-5, business casual attire workplace.

Shoes really are essential to any job, but especially for where I am working. There is a lot of walking because the company is spread out over 10 mile radius. Here are my favorite shoes to get the job done right:
Tali Bow Ballet
These Cole Haan flats are seriously my favorite pair ever. They are so comfortable and so cute! They go with just about anything which I really love. Some of my favorite things to wear these with is: navy dresses, magenta dresses, navy pants, black pants, and jeans (semi-casual Friday y'all). 

Now let's talk about pants. Where I am working, you can wear skirts, pants, dresses, whatever you would like. As long as it is business appropriate of course. My favorite work pants are from J.Crew of course, and are the perfect shade of navy. I love wearing them with my Cole Haan flats and a cute button up. 

In other news, has anyone been keeping up to date with Vineyard Vines? I am seriously loving everything they are putting out this season. Look for my post tomorrow about what's in my shopping cart!

I hope you aren't mad at me anymore. Now that I am all settled into Chicago, I will be posting more frequently. As always, the links are below and don't forget to comment :) 


xoxo-Mandie
Links: 
-Pants: https://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/pants/Skinny/PRDOVR~18850/18850.jsp
I have them in navy and black!
-Shoes: http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/cole-haan-tali-bow-ballet-flat-women/3842263?origin=category-personalizedsort&contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=MAPLE+SUGAR&resultback=700
-https://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/shirtsandtops/casualshirts/PRDOVR~C6279/C6279.jsp