Wednesday, February 8, 2012

A lack of color

dress: vintage | cardigan: H&M | belt: Forever 21 | boots, ring: ModCloth

When you find the perfect vintage dress, and it fits you perfectly, and you're having a perfectly snow-free winter and it's a perfect sunny February day, you are obliged to go on a photo adventure. Take it from me. Seriously, I wasn't even all that cold when we took these photos! I don't know who ran off with our Michigan winter, but they don't seem to have any plans to give it back. And that's just fine with me.



This is the dress I mentioned a couple posts back - the one I got at the little vintage shop right down the street from my old house. I've only been there twice, but both times, I have found a dress that fits me like it was made for me. There's something magical about that place. When I tried this dress on, the owners told me that they had been waiting for so long for their "Cinderella" to come along and snatch it up. I wonder how many Cinderella moments I can have at that shop before my luck runs out!

Do you have a special vintage shop you return to? Have you had that elusive Cinderella moment?





I absolutely can't wait to style this dress up as many ways as I can! It's actually kind of formal, but I thought I'd dress it down for its first outing. I'm a little bit in love, which is a bit surprising because I'm not always the biggest fan of neutrals; the lack of color intimidates me to no end. But I'm starting to realize that they can be kind of like a blank palette. I can satisfy my instinct to go crazy with color in other ways...



11 comments:

  1. wow, this dress is absolutely gorgeous! i love how you styled it more casually as well. :) Beautiful photos too, lady!
    xx

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  2. Lovely photos! And the dress was such a great find, it's going to be even more beautiful in spring!

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  3. i really love your outfit!!
    the white lace dress and the yellow cardigan are a perfect combination!!
    anna

    http://letourbillondelavie.com/

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  4. Such a pretty and simple look!

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  5. SUCH a pretty dress, I <3 photo adventures too!The boots, the farm, the lack of snow that I am jealous of... perfect!
    hannah
    thebraidedbandit.blogspot.com

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  6. oh em gee....i am in love with this dress! i love the way you styled it, can't wait to see you style in again and again!

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  7. so beautiful! love the dress.

    delicatelyfierce.blogspot.com

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  8. These pictures are so beautiful! You look absolutely stunning in your new dress too. What a great find!

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  9. oh, white lace dresses are my weakness--I can never have enough! You look gorgeous.

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  10. Oh my goodness, I love everything about this styled shoot! ray ban wayfarer

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