24 June 2011

oy. dressing up is hard.

I have a weekend full of wedding festivities planned and I'm realizing that I haven't mastered the art of putting together dressy outfits. If this wedding happened to be at Starbucks I'd be layering like nobody's business and happily hopping around in my leopard pony-hair flats. But when I have to wear a dress sans sweaters, scarves and jackets, I'm lost. Piling on lots of layers is my go-to formula for achieving a spunky look, so when I'm limited to wearing just one piece I don't know what to do! 

After I found appropriate dresses I had to do some shopping for heels. Everything I tried on made me feel like I should have one of my legs wrapped around a pole. They all seemed to be appropriate for strippers or geriatrics, with not a lot in between. But regardless of my dress and heel woes, I think I found two cute outfits for the rehearsal dinner and wedding. Here's one more outfit to tide you over until I post pics next week!


This dress reminds me a bit of a Catholic school uniform but it's made out of an amazing Italian fabric, and I love the little pom pom balls on this scarf! 

Uniqlo dress, random scarf, Nine West shoes


Aaand, I think this is the first time in blog history that I'm wearing heels! Woo! (here are my thoughts on heels, if you missed it)

7 comments:

  1. Hahah GO HEELS. I'm not much of a heels person either, but you're totally ROCKING THEM. I love the POP they add to your outfit.

    And eeek. Your scarf is way cute. I love the pom poms SO MUCH. They remind me of little bunnies are something. How cute is THAT? So cute!

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  2. ooooooh so cute! i wish i put something as cute as this for my cousin's wedding, instead i succumbed to the stein mart sales racks.

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  3. cute! and as for the layering...if it gets cold, you can always opt for the cardigan!! :))

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  4. Love this outfit! The pop of blue in the heels is perfect.

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  5. my god you look wonderful!
    the shoes! the dress! the scarf! ;) you have mastered this. ;) i love it!

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  6. those heels are FANTASTIC! and i love the dress ... such a chic look!

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  7. ah i love little poof balls! and your shoes are so unexpected in a fantastic way, with this outfit. lovely!

    :) christen @ fromthewoods.blogspot.com

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