Olivia Palermo at Topshop in Chicago

This past Tuesday Topshop, Olivia Palermo, and Refinery29 teamed up for a holiday party and styling event. In honor of her new blog aptly titled oliviapalermo.com she shared her passion for layering and making clothes your own at the Topshop on Michigan Avenue.

I learned three things from Olivia Palermo.
1. You can use rubber bands to magically create a billowy 3/4 length sleeve.
2. Creative layering can help you get the most out of your wardrobe.
3.  Velvet shoes will last you a lifetime (is this true?)

Olivia styled about 20 looks on mannequins throughout the store and walked through the looks she put together on 4 models. The place was totally packed and Olivia turned out to be as sweet as she looks in all her photos. I love it when that happens.

Get Olivia's favorite look in her Holiday Season edit on Topshop.