WHAT TIME IS IT? [my preppy summer essentials]

summertime!

Hi everybody! I am officially done with school as of this past May 28th!! I'm a huge high school musical enthusiast (and so is Abigail!) so OBVIOUSLY there was plenty of musical breakouts! We had exams the last 3 days so i got to leave by 11:30 each day which was great! I had an amazing school year with more new friends, and a whole lot of “scandals” (i consider myself a relationship expert, at my school i’m the one to tell the couples to “stop holding hands in class!” and “leave room for Jesus!”).

Anyway, I’m super pumped for summer, i’ll be a mermaid like always, meaning i’m constantly swimming! Whether that means the pool, lake, or beach! Now i do like to sit out and read in the sweet sunshine, but I LOVE to swim.  Now enough stuff about me, here’s my personal summer preppy essentials, and some recommendations too!

Swimsuits

i’m assuming we all know what these are? So i’m not one to flaunt myself or want to look good for other people by showing off a lot of skin. I don’t wear bikinis, or the oh-so popular triangl swimsuits. Yeah it’s weird that I don’t wear bikinis like 99% of girls my age (and mind you i’m in 8th grade) but that’s ok! I don’t wear grandma one pieces either. so if you’re like me, I like tankinis, and i’m ok with cropped ones! I’ve got some from target as well as from monokini suits, and lilly and J.crew make some gorgeous ones too!

monokini                             J.crew                          target

Southern tees

we all wear ‘em year round, but getting some cute colorful ones can easily be a simple way to improve the outfit. Vineyard Vines, southern proper, Lauren James, frat collection, they’re all fun places to shop!

Baseball Caps

These are great for sitting outside, so why not wear a cute one that’s convenient too?

  

Sandals/Jack rogers

Steve madden makes some great sandals that are really easy to make a statement with! I have a jeweled pair from last season, but leather ones are really popular right now too! I also just got a pair of platinum Jack rogers and I LOVE them. Jacks are probably one of the first things that come to mind when “preppy” is mentioned, but really anybody could rock them

  

Water bottles & tumblers

it’s good to stay hydrated in the heat, and what better way than in style? I love using my monogrammed camelbak and lilly and kate spade have gorgeous tumblers as well!

      

xo,

Lily