Sept 12th - Outfit #10 - Dress Week of Horrors! Teal-a-Palooza

Look out! It's Dress Week!

This is an "all inclusive" Dress Week this time around. If you'd like to participate, please drop me a link by the end of the week (so, by Saturday morning, m'kay?) or email me your ONE dress that you'd like to show off to the blogosphere!

Not such a great outfit yesterday, so let's get back on that fashion horse and try, try again.

All "fresh" items for this capsule: the embroidered velvet teal jacket, the dress and the shoes.

The jacket replaces this red one that got irreparably damaged, and it's new-to-me. I bought it back here in April. It's by Ann & J Concepts, it's made in the US (nice!), it's cotton/Spandex and was $9.50, thrifted.

It's nicer on me than on the hanger. No hanger appeal! I really like the shaping through the bodice and the waist, and how the neckline does sort of a stand-up collar. Cool, eh?

The dress is another thrifted item. It's by O'Lala, is also made in the US, and was $9.00. I bought it in October 2011 (here, worn rather plainly). I last wore it here (for my "Invasion of Dress Week") last December - ah, that was the last wearing of my Manolo Blahniks.

The stuff:

The shoes are by Me Too - I got them with birthday money in October 2010 (here, with a fab zebra skirt) for $75.00 at Feet First (a mall store). I haven't worn them a lot - I always look at the heel with a leery eye and think, "too high!" but the hidden platform actually makes them surprisingly comfortable.

I last wore them for our friends Steve and Celia's wedding last November (please admire my awesome wedding attire in shades of blue and teal - I'm wearing a hat!). I also wore them earlier in November 2011 (here, with a really cool jacket), and in January 2011 (love the purple/teal combo).

Jacket (Ann & J Concepts, thrifted), dress (O'Lala, thrifted), shoes (Me Too), belt (Club Monaco), earrings (Plum).