A Holiday look with SimplyBe

Hello Wonderful Friends, Happy New Year!

I hope everyone is starting the year off great so far. So today's post has to do with the virtual holiday party that I did a few weeks back, if you don't remember I teamed up with two great bloggers Liz and Hailey and we each through a virtual holiday party with decorations and recipes. At the time I had not received my item from SimplyBe and I got the item right before Christmas on Christmas eve which was great. But I hadn't gotten to post about it because I had to get it altered but more about that later. :)  

So a little about SimplyBe if you have never heard of them before, they are a UK based company that started in 1999. The company was created to celebrate curves and to give women fashionable clothes in their size. They provide clothing from sizes 8 to 32 and have been providing stylish clothes to women in the UK and have started serving women in the US. 

So like I said before I had to get the dress altered a bit. Since I wasn't sure which item SimplyBe was going to send me I went with a size 16 because I decided to go bigger instead of the item being too small. But I think if I had known they were giving me this dress I would have gotten a 14 because it's stretchy material. But yeah I had to ask my mom to take it in because I felt like I was swimming in the dress, as you can see in the photo in the left it just hangs on my body. I wasn't going to shorten the dress but when my mom saw me in the dress she convinced me it would look better if it was shorter and I'm happy she did. What do you guys think? 

So when I was taking pictures today my dog would not leave my side, she has been extra clingy so you might see her in a few picture here and there! So look out for Mocha! :) 

(Dress: SimplyBe) (Jacket: Forever 21+) (Shoes: Forever 21) (Clutch:Moms)

 

So to style the dress I paired it with a faux leather Jacket, black clutch and black heels to keep the outfit simple.

I have to say I love the dress, if you follow my blog you know I love black and white so that is one reason I chose this dress. The dress is a very stretchy material which is comfortable to wear and I really love the lace panels on the sides, they are just a great accent to the dress. I also really adore the drop waist of the dress, I've been wanting to try the trend and I really love it. Oh and can I say the dress has sleeves, it's so rare to have dresses with sleeves, the sleeves just make me feel extra comfortable in the dress. I'm really happy with the dress they sent me. If you want to check out the dress you can (here), the dress is currently on sale, they also have tons of dresses on sale right now.

So yeah this was the first time I ever reached out to a company to ask to gift me an item and I just want to thank Liz from With Wonder and Whimsy so much for helping me through the process. I was so scared, nervous and intimidated about reaching out to a company especially SimplyBe because they have been working with such big bloggers recently but it was a big step for me and I'm so thankful that Liz was so helpful. I know I emailed her a lot with questions on what I should do and she was so awesome by helping me. 

Did you spot my little Mocha in my pictures? But yeah thank you for reading. 

XOXO ~ Nina ~
{Don't forget to Follow}

Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | Bloglovin'