Personal Style: Pinspired Black & White

For today's personal style post, I wanted to take two looks that I found on Pinterest and recreate them from my closet. If you will remember from my Joe Fresh post, I gushed over how cute the crochet lace shorts were.  Well, I saw them in store, and bought them!  Now, the major problem I'm having is trying to style them.  What do I do when I have a style issue?  Turn to Pinterest, of course!

For look one, here is my Pinterest inspiration:

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And here's what I came up with:

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If I'm being honest, I'm still on the fence about these shorts.  This seems to me like the only way that I could really style them without it being overwhelming or looking out of place.  My one friend gave me the idea to try a chambray shirt or bring in a graphic tee/leather jacket with the tights to kind of mix hard and soft.  I will have to try those next. What do you think?  Have you found any cute outfit ideas that include lace shorts?

And for look two, here is my Pinterest inspiration:

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And here's my interpretation:

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Now this outfit is definitely cute.  I would pair it with some brightly colored jewelry and a fun clutch and it would be the perfect summer date night look!

Here are both outfit details!

Look One

Shorts- Joe Fresh for JC Penney

Sweater- Gap- SIMILAR

Clutch- Old Navy- SIMILAR

Tights- JC Penney

Look Two

Shirt- JC Penney

Skirt- White House Black Market Factory- SIMILAR

Shoes- Target- SIMILAR

Linking up with The Pleated Poppy for What I Wore Wednesday!

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