I am Stardust, I am Cerulean

I felt like wearing this new-to-me suede dress today.

My usual go-to for styling a dress like this would be tights and a blouse under it.

• Suede studded dress - Danier Leather, vintage 80s; purchased here for $68.00
• Ruched mesh top - no label, thrifted; first seen here (2nd outfit) under my Cheese Curls dress in July
• Leggings - Sympli, thrifted; purchased here for $14.95 (I've been wearing them around the house)

As I looked at my shoes, I realized that the gold dots...matched my gold sneakers. Why not try something different? 

I didn't want to be fully bare-legged, but I wanted to wear these little sheer lace-topped anklets (thrifted recently). Enter leggings! 

I know some of you are picking your jaws up off the floor, but never say never. I really liked wearing the dress this way! 

I also adored this cerulean suede, and the little gold studs had me humming "Woodstock" all day. It's like a deep blue sky sprinkled with stars. 

Incognito and scarfed up. "I love all this!" said a lovely person when I stopped at the drugstore on the way home. 

I was also delighted with the unusually roomy midsection - I'm so used to the 80s dresses being very snug hourglasses. 

The stuff: 

I walked to and from work in these shiny shoes. 

• Mulberry silk scarf - Fluevog

Gold bling: 

I wore the bracelets over my long mesh sleeves. 

• Gold bangle - thrifted
• Both eelskin bracelets - vintage 80s, thrifted
• Earrings - vintage fair
• Brass leopard ring - thrifted
• Lapis lazuli ring - Wendy Brandes