Emerald Forest

I'm certainly not the only Flock Together gal swooning over this emerald dress of Elana's; it may in fact be our most-swapped item to date, although I've never counted. While the dress is beautiful as-is and I could easily have dressed it up for the office, as soon as I asked to borrow it I knew I wanted to grunge it up a tad with combat boots (which was Hannah's idea as well, great minds think alike ; ).

It all went downhill from the boots into a total bohemian look. While I normally would've opted for this fall-hued woven belt (seen in this post), I've been trying to embrace neutrals more and opted for this one instead. Next of course came a big floppy hat, and a vintage necklace my granny recently mailed me fit the color palette perfectly. Honestly, the idea of a color palette is not something I thought of when getting dressed until quite recently. I don't know what it was, but I've become more aware of it lately and am gravitating toward a more limited color palette with outfits than I used to go for.

And now for a little blogger disclosure: I sure did not wear this around camping; we went for a long hike by the lake (seen here) so a swimsuit was a must. But, I knew the pine trees would make for the perfect backdrop for Elana's beautiful dress.

Outfit details: Dress: swap from Elana; Necklace: Vintage, from Granny; Justin Boots: Vintage, Ebay; Felt Hat: Thrifted; Bracelet: Handmade in Oaxaca; Woven belt: Handmade, my shop here.

And here's how some beautiful gals have worn it:

Leah // Jessi

Jen

 Hannah // Elana

Erica // Katie

Ashley // Marisa

Thanks Elana for loaning so many of us your beautiful little dress. And to everyone, I hope you enjoyed a wonderful labor day with some nice R&R! I'd love if you popped on over to my little blog and told me about your labor day.