Always remember that you are absolutely unique, just like everyone else. A teal dress from Petal Lush with lace detail on the sleeves and butterfly earrings from Wardrobe Desires felt suitably contradictory for the sentiment.

Roopsi Bansal in a teal lace-trim dress, holding an antique white lace parasol under a wisteria-covered pergola in Wellington, Florida

An antique white lace parasol shielded me from the Wellington sun while purple wisteria hung down from the pergola overhead — the kind of frame you don't get to plan, just find.

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