An Abstract Amazon Find

As someone pointed out to me this week, we’ve been having terrible weather in Wisconsin since we’ve returned from Mexico. While I can’t take all the credit, I told them I would return to Mexico in hopes of resetting us. The groundhog did say we should have an early spring though. So here’s to holding out hope for that!

In the meantime, we’ll keep either getting you ready for your upcoming vacation, or just looking forward to buying warm weather clothing items. Y’all already know they’ve hit some rock bottom prices on everything. It’s no-man’s land out there in this sludgy weather. I kid about heading back to Mexico, but seriously Wisconsin, just throw some sun our way and I’ll shut up!

The only thing keeping us from sliding into our beds and hibernating until Spring, is all the new stuff we are excited about and planning to shoot for the blog! We’ve long talked about our need to explore more tall brands. It feels like we’re taking a firm step towards that goal. Hopefully it’s as exciting to you as well! We took advantage of some ridiculously good sales to test some items out. Stay tuned, we can’t wait to try them all on and share them with y’all.

Back to the outfit at hand though. Kimono’s or cover ups, have always felt tricky to me. It probably has everything to do with the fact that buying a cover up while I was in high school basically meant that it wasn’t actually going to “cover” anything. While Caitlin was just squeaking by with it covering her butt, I was just stuck wearing shorts and a tank top and pretending it didn’t matter to me. Are any of my tall sisters guilty of this?

For the longest time, I was indifferent to fashion and dressing myself well. I figured, what was the point? It was quite literally, a stretch to make something work. Thankfully I grew up past that attitude and started paying much more attention to styles that A. I could make work from mainline, and B. discovering new to me tall brands that would actually fit.

When I ordered this fabulous large headed hat (per Caitlin’s rock star find at Nordstrom), I added on a cover up. I knew it probably wasn’t going to work on me. It was on sale though, and apparently I’m a glutton for punishment. Trying it on took me back to my high school days of bemoaning that nothing cute comes in my size. Instead of wallowing in self pity or deciding to keep an ill-fitting garment, I just returned it.

Instead, I hopped on trusty Amazon to find something a little better fitting and possibly a bit lower priced. Amazon is never hurting for choice! You have to be discerning though, to make sure you’re picking something that isn’t both cheap in price and style. After scrolling through for an hour, I added a couple to my cart and called for Caitlin’s opinion.

I could caution anyone worried about shopping Amazon –  just to make to use Prime, so that you have the option to return items, and it’s free. It takes any concern off the table associated with online shopping. PLUS, always read the reviews. If you scroll down to find them, some people are even nice enough to show a picture of them wearing the garment. This is always helpful, especially if they talk about height, which a lot do mention!

So I picked the print I liked most and was pleasantly surprised to find how well it fit. Especially considering it was a one size fits most. I love that it came with a waist tie, it came in handy especially with the windiness we experienced in Mexico! You can snag this print or another, here. I wore a tall one piece suit from Asos that Caitlin and I bought in a two-pack last year. The high cut of the suit is very flattering on our long legs!

I will probably try to style this over an actual outfit as well, to maximize usage. I’m picturing it with some white jeans for a crisp summer look! We’ve linked some other cover up options below, if you’re not into shopping at Amazon yet.

Check this out for an accurate depiction of the wind!

How do you choose your cover-ups? Tell us below!

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