Monday, September 8, 2008

Return of Dress Week - Swirly Kimono Dress

Patterned kimono dress with matching blue belt (Vero Moda), rust cami (InWear), two-toned wedge shoes (Aerosoles), wood cuff and disc earrings.

I had a spastic moment this morning with my new hairstyle. It looked like a Brillo pad mated with a Tribble. Bad, bad news. Hence, the old faithful straight hair.
Did I mention I love dresses? I love dresses.

I'm really getting my $9 worth out of this dress this summer - this is a repeat from June when I went to see "Sex and the City", right down to the shoes and jewelry. There isn't a whole lot I can do with this dress - the colours are somewhat limiting (rust, cobalt blue, white and pale pink). Matching it up with the browns is the easiest - I don't have any other cami other than this rust one that I can wear under it (and I have a kazillion camis, so I don't need anymore!).

I think I could do it with a turtleneck underneath and boots and tights for fall/winter. Cobalt would look good.

Suggestions for how else to wear this dress? Let's see how creative you are...

5 comments:

  1. Sheila YOU LOOK FABULOUSLY FEMININE AND SASSY! That dress looks great on on you...
    I'll return w/ some ideas...lol

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  2. First of all, your dress is great! Not to mention the price.

    There are a bunch of great Victorian-ish ruffle neck blouses out right now, so I might stick one of those under it and go with funky flats. I thought of that because I just saw a beautiful orange ruffle blouse at AT Loft that I'm coveting!

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  3. Thanks, *lady d*!

    Interesting idea, erica! I have some ruffle-neck blouses (wrong colours, but right style) that I will try just to see if the look works.

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  4. I think that this is a great look, just perfect for going to see SATC!
    I find it hard to leave the house with just a dress on. I always have to have a skirt on underneath or some other little embellishment. But that's just me.
    Also, the scarf has become a must. I almost feel naked without one on now.
    So maybe you could experiment with pants/skirt under the dress & a scarf.

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  5. Hello and welcome, della street dreaming!

    I like the idea of another skirt with this...I think I could do that. I have a hard time doing the pants and dress thing - I always think it looks like I have too much fabric on. A scarf is a great idea!

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