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Just FYI: Johanna Ortiz's just-out collaboration with H&M is not yet sold out!! Score while you can with the eyelet embroidered lovely, above, and this $34 one-shoulder swimsuit that can be worn as a top. Check out the entire collection here!

Considering the news' non-stop curve balls, I thought you'd might enjoy some of my recent uplifting discoveries. First, Glennon Doyle's just-out memoir Untamed is all I can think about when I'm not reading it. In short, it's about self-love, self-acceptance and self-trust, and all of it is so inspiring and universally resonant. (For the Cliff Notes/condensed version, listen to Goop's podcast "When You Quit Being Good.") Also feel-good because it makes me look good is Beauty Counter's cult product Brilliant Brow Gel. I just started using it and I'm loving how it makes my brows look fuller and thicker, but most importantly, totally natural. Seriously, obsessed! And since there's no place like home right now, I'll be cozying up with True Botanicals' new glow-inducing Clay Detoxifying mask, Beauty Chef's Well Kit to bolster my immune system, these Clare V x Anthropologie pillows for lying low, and Vitamin D-ing in the above floral Rhode top. For future big nights out, I'll be prepped with this giddily affordable Paco Rabanne-spirited disc-sequin dress (worn under an oversized black blazer). Stay healthy!

$42, gap

An everyday shirt that goes the extra ruffly mile, plus complements my new favorite jeans, or this...

1. Gap ruffled shirt, $42, gap.com
2. Staud leather pants, $406, matchesfashion.com
3. Bottega Veneta sunglasses, $385, ssense.com
4. NARS Lip Lacquer in Freestyle, $26, nordstrom.com
5. Justine Clenquet bracelet, $90, shopbop.com
6. Jacquemus basket tote, $460, netaporter.com
7. Jaggar sandals, $152, shopbop.com

Boom! And just like that I not only own the best jeans to date, but two pairs: black and dark denim, both by Citizens of Humanity. They boast a straight-leg silhouette, high waist and crop that hits ever-so-flatteringly just below the ankle. I can wear them with sandals, heels and boots--truly everything!

$119, mango

Future party planning starts now...

1. Mango polka dot maxi, $119, mango.com
2. Luv Aj Diamonte Hoops, $65, shopbop.com
3. Gucci Baume a Levres in Penelope, $42, netaporter.com
4. Gucci tweed wallet on chain, $1450, neimanmarcus.com
6. Gianvito Rossi lace-up sandals, $775, netaporter.com

Everything about the above outfit is perfection--its balance of ease and polish, uptown and downtown, feminine and masculine. But I'm even more obsessed with the person wearing it. Her name is Frannie Gilligan, and you may recognize her as Clare V's beautiful, bag-toting model. (Designer Clare Vivier happens to be her aunt!). Frannie compels me not only to stock up on all of Clare V's amazing bags, including the just-out woven tote, above (20% off here!), but also to want whatever she's wearing. Let's start with Frannie's vintage Levi's jeans, above, which she procured at Mille. They boast a high waist, straight leg and perfect length (i.e., most flattering combo ever). I found the most excellent versions from Levi's here and here as they're sold out everywhere else (I'd cut the hem to adjust length and for worn-in effect). Then there are Frannie's signature retro-chic, wear-with-everything loafers by Tod's, her cat-eye sunglasses, her adorable Peter Pan-collared blouses, like this and this, her pretty floral dresses (this, this and this) and, of course, her aunt's latest spring bags, including the Petit Bateau (third pic below, on sale here), metallic midi-sac (immediately below, also on sale) and this punchy lizard-embossed clutch (my fave and also on sale!).

Photos: Clare V, Frannie Gilly

I am more than ready for carefree days, spring breezes, warm sunshine and flowy dresses. You? You might be after checking out some of my on-sale but new-to-market dresses, including the floral Free People, above. Also tempting: this shoulder-tie check C/Meo Collective (throw a cropped black blazer on top), this gorgeous ivory Acler, this pretty and clever Rococo Sand dress-meets-skirt, this striped-mini Parker, and this ethereal, embroidered Capulet.

Coming in hot: cropped blazers! The Chanel runway in Paris yesterday was chock full of them and, naturellement, and so were the boulevards. Proof here! The fit is oversized, but the details are striking and feminine. I found a few inexpensive vintage ones here, here and here, and also these newbies from J.Crew (or this Chanel-y one), Nanushka, Acne Studios, and Zara. (The ones pictured here are from Chanel and Dior.)

Okay, people, here's respite from all the bad news out there: Shopbop just launched an exceptionally great sale, featuring new and amazing spring styles at up to 25% off (discount code here). There's tons of stuff I want and love, but I've whittled it down a bit to these Loeffler Randall sandals, above, this cutest-thing-ever Jennifer Zeuner heart necklace, these cool cream trouser-like BLDWN high-rise jeans, this (all-the-rage) chain-link under-$100 Studio 33 bag, this pretty yet simple Free People floral dress, this super chic, super versatile white Ramy Brook dress, these perfectly-cut Agolde jeans, this Veronica Beard leopard-print maxi (beach to street, baby!), this spot-on ruffled APC blouse, and these year-round Loeffler Randall booties. Check out all the goodness here!