Peace, joy, and love

I think we all know that I am a big and bold dresser when it comes to fashion. I love prints, textures, and layering when it comes to style. However, I've always felt that my style is always better during the autumn and winter months when I am able to best layer my looks to my liking. To keep my style fun and fresh during the warm months of summer, I prefer to wear jumpsuits, rompers or dresses. This way, I am able to pull off flawless looks with ease.

These days, I rarely find myself shopping in store. Instead, I chose to shop online at a variety of boutiques to find unique pieces that fit my taste without breaking my budget. Over the next few weeks on The Mod Little Melanin, I'll be highlighting some of my favorite online boutiques to shop at. First up, is a store based out of Indianapolis, Indiana called Magnolia Boutique! They're the winner of a 2018 Indiana Boutique Award, and offer affordable fashions for a range of sizes. Many of their clothes are bohemian inspired, and feature bold, whimsical patterns and prints.

​On this Mod Little Melanin post, I'll be highlighting the Smocked Striped Flare Jumpsuit in Rainbow Multi that is available for $59.00 on their website, indiefashionboutique.com. I wore this colorful jumper on my birthday, June 5th, during my quick trip to Philadelphia to house hunt. What drew me most to this jumpsuit were the fun bell-bottom pants. Often when I purchase jumpsuits they're too short. However, this jumpsuit from Magnolia Boutique is tall girl friendly, I'm 5'8", and can even be worn with a wedged sandal and still be the perfect length.

With the Smocked Striped Flare Jumpsuit being such a bold, busy pattern, I kept my accessories to a minimum and wore only large hoop earrings and stacked several rings on my fingers. My shoes are a pair of gold strappy flatforms from Target that I purchased several years ago. You can find similar style sandals on sale now at Magnolia Boutique and Target.

Happy shopping!

​- Chelsea Nicole, The Mod Little Melanin