What Are the Chances?

I was seriously just going to post a photo today of pretty little Lauren Conrad wearing this amazing Mara Hoffman creation and wonder where on earth I might possibly track it down.....

And on my daily trip to my favorite online shopping mecca {shopbop}, I see that it is newly available. Newly as in TODAY. Coincidence? Me thinks not. It is $298 and so hard to justify. But damnit, it's pretty hot.

{LC image found here}