Daily Look: Bright White

We're on vacation! Sam and Lauren are spending two weeks exploring California from San Francisco to San Diego. We've scheduled posts for every other weekday that we're gone. In the meantime, follow our trip on Instagram @twinstyle_sam and @twinstyle_lauren.

Dress: Gap // Shoes: Converse // Sunglasses: Ray-Ban // Bracelet: Forever 21 // Rings: Madewell // Lips: MAC Girl About Town // Pink Streaks: Creative Image Adore in Pink Rose via Urban Outfitters

This outfit is about as simple as it gets: a throw-it-on eyelet sack dress and a brand spankin' new pair of Converse (my sixth pair overall, if my count is correct). I've wanted optical white Chuck Taylors for the longest time, but come on, they're not exactly practical and I'm not exactly the neatest person around. But I finally decided to just bite the bullet and take a chance on them (this was my version of YOLO because I'm such a wild and crazy person). I doused them in ScotchGard immediately, hoping to stave off the dingies as long as possible, again, because I'm a total bad girl. Intimidated yet? Oh, and I also put some fun streaks in my hair right before we left for California using a hair dye that I threw into my cart along with these shoes to get free shipping. That's what we call a win-win.

Do you wear white shoes, or are they a terrible idea? How do you keep yours clean?