Hello Lovely Readers!

Today’s look is one I wore a few weeks ago and features one my fave additions to my closet this spring: the perfect peplum.  As you may remember both W and I wore this top last month and had such a fun time styling it.  I wore it in MadMen style here and W mixed it up with a fun houndstooth print skirt here.  I kept it simple this go round with wearing a simple black pencil skirt and some of my gold jewelry staples. The outfit was complete with a stachel bag featuring bold gold hardware.  How are you wearing the peplum trend this spring?  We’d love to hear from you, so drop us a note on Instagram, Facebook, or in our comments section located below each post.

Happy Shopping!

~L

• Top, c/o Sugarlips (sold out, but other fun options here)
• Skirt, Target
• Shoes, c/o SoleSociety
• Bag, Vince Camuto
• Sunglasses, Fossil (similar)
• Necklace, Dillards
• Lips, Stila in Betsey
• Blush, Tarte in Adored 
• Bracelet, Stella&Dot

P.S. Don’t forget to sign up for our fabulous eShakti custom clothing $50 gift cards giveaway here! 

It’s giveaway time at the DoubleTake Girls!  In honor of our one year celebration, eShakti has graciously given us not just one, but TWO $50 gift certificates for our readers!  If you are new to our blog and haven’t heard our ravings about eShakti yet, they are a fabulous online boutique that has quickly made its way to our top favorite places to shop.  eShakti is currently online only, but that is where the best part comes in: they custom tailor your dress/shirt/skirt of your choice in a variety of options of your choosing and ship it directly to you! Plus they make all styles available in 0-36W. 

Do you find that skirts are always too short for your liking? Or perhaps you like dresses that are cap sleeve rather than sleeveless?  Look no further then, as eShakti has a huge array of crisp, chic styles that are perfect and ready to be customized just for you.  A few of our current loves are shown above (as well as the “Her Fifties Colorblock” skirt we showed off on the blog last month). The blue maxi dress is gorgeous and plan to add it to my closet very soon!  L is loving all the classic black and white combo print skirts that are currently available.  You can’t go wrong any of them!

If you haven’t already spotted an item that you’d love, you are sure to find something to drool over in their new group of spring items here. 

Now to the important question you are all thinking:  how do I enter this drawing?  Well we’ve made it super simple:

1. “Like” us on Facebook if you haven’t already done so.

2. “Like” eShakti on Facebook here (and/or) follow eShakti on Pinterest here.

3. Visit eShakti.com and shop around for your favorite item. Leave a comment below to tell us what you would order if you won! 

{Please post just one comment saying you have completed the above steps, your favorite item, and your first name/email address.}

{One Additional Entry: Share our facebook post - and leave a 2nd comment.)

Giveaway runs 5/10 -5/17@ midnight. Winners will be announced on May 19th, and will have only one week from 5/19 to respond to our email to claim their prize. Entries will be verified. US mailing address only.)

Good luck to all our participants! And thank you to eShakti for hosting this amazing giveaway!  

XOXO, 

L & W 

Hello Lovely Readers~

I’m so excited to share some news with you today: my husband and I are expecting our first baby in October! We are beyond thrilled for our baby on the way! We will celebrate our 6th wedding anniversary at the end of September, and the baby will be here just two weeks after. I can’t think of a better gift! Stay tuned as I share weekly updates and my fashion adventures for dressing my growing belly.  It’s going to be one fun and whirlwind adventure.  We find out in a mere 10 days if our little pumpkin is a boy or girl. Not that I’m counting down til 18 weeks or anything!  Hey, a girl has to have advance notice for getting a brand new room in order and closet ready of adorable clothes! :)

Thank you to all our wonderful readers that keep the DoubleTakeGirls going.  We are excited to share this adventure with you too!

~L

Hello Lovely Readers~

Today’s post is from our fashion vault! W and I stumbled upon another outfit we forgot to post later this winter.  Turns out we had perfect timing since today was under 40 degrees (you would have never thought we were starting to sweat in our blazers yesterday with 80+ degrees)! But back to the task at hand, I loved wearing this look!  I used an easy 3-step pairing to create it: slim fit boyfriend denim, classic blue stripe button down shirt and a faux fur vest. I’m carrying a favorite Coach bag from my collection, called Rory. I’ve been eyeing the just released bright spring colors - but W has been good to keep me from buying one! ;) What do you readers think? Would you wear your faux-fur vest in this easy, casually chic outfit? 

• Blouse, The Limited (similar, perfect for spring temps)
• Vest, Simply Vera Wang via Kohls
• Denim, Express (similar)
• Bag, Coach
• Shoes, Jennifer Lopez via Kohls (similar)
• Sunglasses, Fossil
• Watch, DKNY (similar)
• Lips: Revlon (same shade here, new release from a brand we love!)

Happy Monday!

This weekend was packed with lots of fun events: a wedding shower, landscaping our front yard, shopping at the J.Crew Factory 50% off sale…and a half marathon!  Needless to say, I’m a little pooped (well from the running/shopping, I can’t claim any of the work on the yard - shocker, I know). The race was a blast and the weather was picture perfect. I must give a special shout out to my college friends that also ran in the race: Carlie, Kara, Bailey and Claribel!  I also managed to convince my husband to run it with me. He did awesome, especially considering we didn’t train at all like we needed to and this was his first running event ever.  Check us out on Instagram if you want to see a few pics. :)

So today’s outfit pretty much sums up my normal take on style: chic, classic and comfy.  You can’t go wrong with nautical stripes paired with gold accessories, in my opinion.  I picked up the navy pleated skirt at a 40% off sale at The Limited a few weeks ago. It’s so comfy and already look forward to wearing it again. The outfit is topped off with my new Coach tote (“saffiano north/south city tote”) in this gorgeous tan shade that seems to go with ALL my spring outfits. It’s one of my fave purchases this season for sure. The price point is great too and makes it really affordable (especially with the 25% discount you can get for signing up your email address here).

 ~W

• Top, Loft (old, similar)
• Skirt, The Limited - On Sale! (still may be in stores as well)
• Tote, Coach
• Bracelet, Stella&Dot
• Watch, DKNY (similar)
• Necklaces, Banana Republic (similar), Coach
• Shoes, Payless (similar)
• Lips, Stila