Tomorrow is the big day!

The Chicago Sidewalk Sale starts tomorrow and goes until Wednesday this week!  Don't forget to stop by Daley Plaza on your lunch break to shop amazing local designers and boutiques.  Kate will be there all day on Tuesday and Amy will be there on Wednesday.

Can't wait to see you!

Style it: Rosa Ruffle Tank - a must have for every woman's wardrobe

As the summer is heating up and the wardrobe is starting to have a little less appeal than when you first took it out after the long winter, it is always important to keep adding special key pieces to it so it stays fresh and new to you.

One of my favorites for the summer and a must have piece is our Rosa Ruffle Tank.  I love the Rosa Ruffle Tank because it is lightweight and cool due to the silk/cotton blend of fabric, fully lined making it office appropriate, it looks great on it's own  or as a shell, and the ruffle detail at the neck and sleeves adds special interest and detail to any outfit.

To wear the Rosa Ruffle Tank as a casual piece, pair it with a great pair of white shorts, capris, or jeans.

To wear the Rose Ruffle Tank to the office, add a great bolero over it like our silk Victoria Bolero jacket and wear it with a great pair of linen pants.

For evening, try pairing our Rosa Ruffle Tank with a sexy pencil skirt and pumps.

Our Rosa Ruffle Tank is $129 and is fully lined.  It comes in 3 great summer colors (turquoise, fuschia, and grass green - pictured above) and 3 must have neutral colors (black, white, and mushroom - pictured above).

I think I might wear my fuschia Rosa Ruffle Tank tomorrow with a pair of skinny jeans and some killer heels I got from Florodora Shoes (check them out if you haven't already - they are located at 348 S Dearborn St. in Chicago - tell them Kate sent you!).

Here's to it finally being warm!
Kate

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Independence day!  Hope you are enjoying a much deserved break.  Tomorrow is the last day to save 20% sitewide so don't forget to shop.

Enjoy your day and eat some BBQ for us!
Kate

Who needs three lengths of tank tops anyway? (psst – YOU do!)

So adding new products to our website is a little tricky from my perspective. It takes a chunk of change to buy the inventory and photograph it plus a ton of time for things you’d never think about (ex: creating an item number, populating all our systems with said new item number, issuing a PO, dealing with delivery dates, calling when said delievery dates aren’t met, writing the copy, creating all the pages, cropping all the photos etc. etc). Although I like to keep my customers happy and coming back for more, there are a lot of “others” to consider before I make the move to buy a new product. So if you’re wondering why I’ve invested all of the above “examples” into three different lengths of tank tops, I can understand why you would now be scratching your head at this point, but let me explain.
The best product I can invest in as a business owner is a product that I can sell to one of my existing customers. Although three different lengths of tank tops seems like a crazy investment of time and resources, all of our current tank top customers need to take a look at their wardrobe and think hard about what I’m about to say.

THERE IS NO PERFECT LENGTH TANK TOP!!!

Everybody who has ever worn a tank top knows this but maybe doesn’t realize it. How many times have you found yourself standing up from your desk and adjusting your tank top or fidgeting with it at some point in the day? If you find yourself doing that, it doesn’t mean you have a bad tank top, it really means that you are not wearing the correct length tank top that your particular outfit needs. Here’s how I decide which length of tank top to wear on any given day:

         Regular Length Tank top

Perfect for:

• tall women
• long torsos
• wearing under dress shirts that you are tucking into a skirt or pair of pants/trousers
• wearing on their own untucked with shorts, pants or skirts

                  Short Tank Top

Perfect for:

• petite women
• short waisted
• wearing under t-shirts and see thru tops
• when wearing a belt and not wanting to tuck something in

               Extra Long Tank Top

Perfect for:

• tall women
• long torsos
• wearing under see thru tunics or dresses to act as a slip
• the days I’m feeling lazy and only wear leggings but still want something to cover my behind.

Everybody fits into more than one of these categories which is why it is necessary to evaluate your wardrobe, find out when you like which length tank top, and make sure you are “covered”.
Here’s a visual way to keep the facts straight:

Just in case you want to give a new length tank top a try, shop today thru July 5th and save 20% by using code: HAPPY4TH at checkout at kateboggiano.com.

Happy Thursday!
Kate

New Must Have Arrivals for Summer!

Now that it's finally warm outside (Chicago has been really cold except for the last couple weeks) we thought it would be appropriate to FINALLY highlight some of our amazing summer additions. Here are my favorites that are flying out the door as we speak:

Metallic Tank Tops Sequin Tank Top

Both of these tanks are great for layering and add something really special to your wardrobe. The Sequin Tank Top is an extra long tank top and good for date night while the Metallic Tank Top looks amazing underneath a jacket, sweater, or button down.

Even though these are our newest edition tank tops, they happen to be spaghetti straps. For those of you looking for tank tops to wear on their own and with a normal or standard bra, we have started to stock more colors of our wide strap tank tops. These wide strap tank tops are the same nylon spandex blend as our regular tank top that is so popular. Try one today!

Here are my favorite wide strap tank top colors for the season:


Happy Summer!
Kate