What Would Ashley Wear?

Wear It Your Way: Simone

For this edition of Wear It Your Way, I asked Simone a blogger pal of mine to participate! We met in February and I was glad I had the chance to visit her before she moved to San Francisco. She’s a great girl, who loves supporting great causes and I knew I had to approach her when I started the Wear It Your Way series.

1. Why did you choose the item?
I’ve been excited about Emergy ever since Ashley told me about it. I love how the pieces from this collection are made by Rwandan women; I like all the jewelry I buy to have a story behind it and if it helps empower a community or an artist, that’s even better! It took me forever to decide on a piece… I wanted them all! Ultimately, I chose this necklace because it’s delicate but still makes a statement and because I need more color in my wardrobe.

2. Why did you pair it with this outfit?
During summer, I live in easy basics like this jersey dress with silk paneling from J. Crew. They’re comfortable and keep me cool, but I get bored with my summer wardrobe very quickly. Standout accessories like my Emergy necklace and my electric blue Clare Vivier clutch are a great way to breathe life into a tired wardrobe, and I like the way the green of the necklace pops against all the neutrals in my outfit. The clutch is kind of difficult to pair with other accessories, so I needed jewelry that would work with it rather than fight against it. This necklace does the trick!

3. Describe your style:
My style is very eclectic; I’ll wear a fluffy tulle skirt and pearls one day and a ratty t-shirt with skinny jeans, a giant scarf and a cashmere boyfriend cardigan the next. As a young professional fresh out of college, my clothing budget is pretty tiny; I need to get a lot of mileage out of my clothes. This means that I wear a lot of neutrals and use my accessories to make my outfits interesting. As I mentioned in the first question, I like my jewelry to tell a story or have meaning behind it. I get a lot of my jewelry when I travel or from companies like Emergy that work with artisans and smaller designers. I also like to wear a lot of my mom’s old jewelry. She was a kind of a hippie in the 70’s and her style is still very bohemian, so she has a lot of great pieces. Since I moved from New York back to the Bay Area, I’ve really embraced that sort of easy California style that is chic, but casual and not super trendy.

How adorable is Simone’s puppy, Olive???