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ivory and silver splatter bracelet, shell rose necklace, striped shirt dress, white rouched tank, white skirt, Wilco
Hi all. Happy Monday. How did the day treat you? Hey I’m talking to you! My Blackberry is lonely lately. I want you to comment and tell me about your day. Yes, you!
I myself don’t have much to report today, so I’ll keep it short and snappy. Outfit:
So this striped shirt dress has been my nemesis for a couple of weeks now. First I bought it and loved it. Then I took it home and tried to style it. With great difficulty. Just nothing was working the way I wanted it to. The length was playing tricks on me. It seemed too short to be a proper dress. Too long for shorts. Everything I tried layering with it up top looked great and I couldn’t decide between pieces, whereas everything I tried to layer on bottom looked wrong. To belt or not to belt? I was torn. It looked like this battle was going nowhere. I thought about returning it. But I would keep the shirt, I decided, because I had high hopes for pairing it with leggings in the fall.
Alas, I didn’t want to wait until the fall. I still had a crush on the shirt and I wanted to wear it, damnit. So I said, enough already shirt dress. Let’s do this. It took me a few more tries this morning but I finally decided to try it with a skirt. And that ended up being the key! Ironically, the skirt is shorter than the dress itself but somehow manages to fill in the gaps that I was finding irksome. Furthermore, it’s a skirt and thusly does not compromise the true nature of the garment – which is that of dress.
It was also a good day for jewelry. I wore this necklace last week, but felt it didn’t get quite enough due, while layered with another necklace. I love it so. You know what else I love? My bracelet. I have been severely neglecting my massive bangle bracelet collection. Something about bracelets not really photographing well, but enough is enough. Bangles are the best, and I was wrong to doubt their power. So the bangles are back. Dig?
Shirt Dress – 5.7.9
Rouched Tank – Work
Skirt – Max Rave
Wedges – Wet Seal
Bracelet – 5.7.9
Necklace – 5.7.9
Title courtesy of Wilco – “Jesus, Etc.”
I support bangles like a mofo.
You make me laugh.
I love how you layered it. I’ve seen other bloggers layer dresses over top of other dresses; that might work with this one. It really is a great dress, I’m glad you found a way that you like so you didn’t have to get rid of it.
And the bracelet? Yes.
Swear I didn’t forget about you! I was sicker than a dog for over a week (like couldn’t get out of bed sick) then we had to make a quick trip to Ohio, and now we’re back. I need to go through all the posts I missed!
Love this! The layering is perfect! I never would have thought to put it over a skirt like that and the bangle rocks! But, I must say, the necklace? Absolutely my favorite and I want one!
I love this look! And hooray for bangles! I love bracelets, but for some reason I don’t like to wear them in the summer. Who knows why? I save them until fall and then wear them incessantly.
I’m so glad you decided to keep the shirt and give it a second chance. It’s super cute!
Love the outfit – you really made it work here! I absolutely adore the necklace, just adore it. Bangles? you betcha, bring it on. It looks perfect on you.
The days are flying by for me and my fam. School started last week, I have one left in high school. Wow, the days are just flying by now. I thought summer vanished, but I truly don’t know where the past week went. Hopefully, it will calm down some soon.
I just found your site and I love the project. Great idea to use the dress as a cardigan of sorts with the other dress!
I love the dress layered over a skirt and tank – I think it’ll be fantastic over tights or leggings, too, but I think it’s so summery and breezy like this. Great look!
Fascinating. I love the things you do with dresses and accessories. Good job.
Me? I had a pretty good day. Did some leg weights at the gym a-la BFL and swam with Master’s. Tried to kick my own butt and did not quite succeed, demonstrated by the fact that I am STILL AWAKE. But on the happy side, I got to spend a good bit of time with both the boyfriend and the parental units, which is always a win.
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